Charm City Cakes

I was so excited to come here. Have watched Duff for years! Unfortunately, I was so disappointed in the cupcakes. The frosting, however, was wonderful. Smooth and silky. I bought a dozen (for $50) in a variety of flavors as well as two jar cakes. The cakes are all the same flavor, either a yellow cake or a chocolate cake. They were really dry and crumbly. The different flavors were the frosting. Passion fruit cupcake was yellow cake with a passion fruit frosting. Espresso was a dark chocolate cake with Espresso frosting and so on. Had such high hopes for the product of my favorite bakery star.

We stopped by charm city cakes after we went to the aquarium. I picked up 5 cupcakes and 2 cookies. The chocolate base of my cupcakes tasted like a Costco chocolate muffin. Kinda dry and simple flavor. The icing on my cupcakes were buttery and light but not that flavorful. The espresso icing had the most flavor. The 2 chocolate chip cookies I got tasted a day or 2 old. The flavor was good but the cookie was basically crumbling, I was hoping for a softer texture. I wouldn’t go out of my way to return here but I think it’s still worth trying. The cashier was very nice though!

We love Charm City Cakes! We first started getting cupcakes here during lockdown of the pandemic. We would go for walks in the neighborhood, and we noticed their little window with the open sign and the doorbell you could ring and order cupcakes. It soon became a regular stop on neighborhood walks. We love the seasonal cupcakes and the cake jars, and, I'm not overstating this here, the best chocolate chip cookie in the city. It's lacy and chewy and sprinkled with sea salt. Oh, and you get to look at all the amazing sample cakes on display. They've got merch, and they also have cute little baking kits for kids, among other gifts. Can't wait till my little one is old enough to take a kids class here!

My daughter and I were so delighted by Charm City Cakes. We got there a bit too early, but that gave us time to look around and find the buffalo! (Hint: Read the signs!) We took a beginner class (my daughter is six) for decorating unicorn cupcakes. I had never decorated with fondant before, so it was completely appropriate for both of us. Annamarie and Persi (I'm sorry if I made mistakes on your names!) were very pleasant and joyful. The fondant and tools were all conveniently available (although the fondant colors were different than the picture shown). I highly recommend the class, and I thought the cupcakes themselves were quite tasty! If you're visiting the Inner Harbor, take a trip to Charm City cakes. It's worth it!

Stopped here while traveling because it was on my daughter‘s bucket list as she just loves stuff. We were lucky enough to have it opened and the gentleman working, Derek, took such wonderful care of us and made the whole experience. Something really special definitely recommend definitely will go back

Ordered 6 cupcakes for delivery in Baltimore. They came perfectly packaged and beautiful with quick delivery. Like nearly everyone else, I watched the show many years back so I was excited to try the vanilla, cookies and cream and passion fruit cupcakes. This would really be 4.5 stars because I didn't love the frosting. It was creamy, not as sweet as you'd expect frosting to be and in some cases, almost a little flavorless. But the cake part was delicious in all three, sturdy but not dry, and sweet. I assume the frosting isn't as sweet because the cake is, which would make sense. I will order from here again, or may order a full cake some day soon.

We got the passion fruit cake in a jar…the cake was dry and the frosting was overly greasy (to much butter) and tasted like artificial passion fruit. I know Duff would definitely have cut this baker if it had been on TV.

I dream of these cakes!!! I always make sure when I drive to Baltimore to stop by and grab jars of cake to go. Plenty of rotating flavors and options. I accidently placed my order to early and they had no issues changing my order for a later day. This staff is the friendliest bunch in Baltimore. I loved the lemon cake the best. Stop by to see their magnificent and decadent cakes.