Samantha L.
Yelp
When Lil' Cakes and Creamery first opened, I browsed the store but didn't buy anything. During the pandemic, I wanted to surprise my boyfriend with a milkshake and cupcakes so I decided to order from Lil' Cakes and Creamery, which is located in Gaithersburg Square. They specialize in cupcakes, ice cream, pup cakes, cookies, macarons, milkshakes (with and without cupcakes), ice cream cakes and custom cakes.
I wasn't sure what standard milkshake meant so I asked for clarification. Apparently, it's just a milkshake without the cupcake bits. You can choose from 24 flavors. I couldn't find a list of flavors so I went with Cookies n' Cream. Living less than 5 miles from the store, I was surprised that the milkshake was melted and not frozen as expected. The melted marshmallows at the bottom of my milkshake added texture (in a good way) to the milkshake.
I bought a box of six cupcakes, which consisted of
Strawberry and Cream, Cookies n' Cream, Red Velvet, Peanut Butter Cup, and Hot Fudge Sundae.
In the last week, I had cupcakes from three different cupcakeries in the Gaithersburg area, and I'd say these are the best cupcakes I've had in awhile. All of the cupcakes were moist and those with buttercream frosting had the perfect texture and balance of butter and cream cheese.
I loved how the Strawberry and Cream cupcake was made with fresh strawberries, filled with strawberry jelly, and topped with whipped cream frosting and halved strawberry.
I was surprised that their version of Cookies n' Cream consisted of a moist chocolate cupcake with Cookies n' Cream frosting and Oreo cookie.
My boyfriend expected the Peanut Butter Cup cupcake to have a stronger peanut butter flavor. It was just a moist chocolate cupcake with light peanut butter frosting.
I can't wait to return to try more cupcake flavors including Birthday Cake, Wedding Cake, Pink Vanilla Cupcake, Lemon Drop, and Sinful Caramel Cupcake. I wish that they had more fruit flavored cupcakes or cupcakes without chocolate.