Final Cupcakes from Main Street Cupcakes Rocky River

Today was the last day for Main Street Cupcakes in Rocky River.   Their other locations are in Hudson and Chagrin Falls.   I'm really going to miss them being just around the corner.  There is always online delivery though.

Our friend Ellie joined us today.   Her order is below:

Left to right:

Top row: Chip Overload, Birthday Cake, Red Velvet

Bottom row: Classic Chocolate, Caramel Apple, Wedding Day White

We started off planning to order four, but went with a half dozen instead.   

Top row: Caramel Apple, Coconut Cream

Bottom row: Strawberry Cookies and Cream, Hot Cocoa

The left one is MSC Fluff and right one is Chip Overload.

December Holiday Cupcakes

I stopped by Main Street Cupcakes today and got a couple of flavors.   The red one on the left is December's Flavor of the Month, Ruby Slipper.   It's red velvet cake with champagne buttercream frosting.  The yellow one is Lemon with a Twist, a lemon one with a generous dollop of raspberry filling in the center.   Both were extremely yummy.

They also gave me a mini hot chocolate cupcake for free!   See the tiny marshmallows?

Normally, Main Street has 16 to 20 flavors on a daily basis.  Today, I counted 25, 26 if you count the mini hot chocolate ones.

River Dog Cafe

Tonight we had dinner at the River Dog Cafe.   Neat little place.  I didn't realize that they have been open since this past April.   They specialize in fancy hot dogs and sandwiches.  It reminds me of Happy Dog, but without the bar.

I ordered the Jenny Dog.  It's a hot dog with brie, bacon, and truffle honey glaze.  It's a very tasty flavor combination.   The honey glaze is extremely sticky though.

Steve had the Chubalub.  It's a hot dog with crispy onions, scallions, macaroni and cheese, and a fried egg.   Tasty, but again messy to eat.  

We also split an order of Tot-Chos, which are tater tots with taco toppings.   Best to eat these with a fork.  

I really liked this place.  Next time I would like to try their duck breast BLT sandwich.  

October Cupcakes

We stopped by Main Street Cupcakes today to redeem my free birthday cupcake coupon.  I decided on the Berry Berry Strawberry because I don't remember having one before.

It's vanilla cake with strawberry pieces inside.   Very nice and fragrant too.

Steve decided to get Pumpkin Oreo Cheesecake.  

Notice the Oreo cookie piece between the frosting and cake.   He liked it.

July Cupcakes

I was out running some errands today and stopped in at Main Street Cupcakes.

From left to right:
Top row: Lemon Drop, French Toast, Cassada (my favorite!)
Bottom row: Nutella Half Baked, Italian Cappuccino, Wedding Day White

Birthday Cupcakes for Steve

Steve and I went to Main Street Cupcakes to get his free birthday cupcake!  These cupcakes are truly creative and flavor packed.  The store has the largest flavor selection that I've ever seen, over 230 different varieties.   We find something new to try each time that we go.

This one is Hazelnut.

The pink one is Bubble Gum.   The girl at the store described it as fruit punch flavored cake and frosting.

This one is Mimosa.  I've never tried this one before.

Steve picked out the Watermelon cupcake for his free birthday cupcake.  

To round our our selection, we selected Chocolate Strawberries and Champagne.  We've had the Strawberries and Champagne and the Berries and Champagne, but this is the first time we're trying this flavor.  We needed something with chocolate.

Brent's Blondie at Main Street Cupcakes

I haven't been to Main Street Cupcakes in a while.   They had this cupcake today.  I really do like blondies better than brownies, so this confection was just up my alley.  The website describes it as "Vanilla brown sugar cake baked with white chocolate chips and heath bar pieces topped with white chocolate ganache with a caramel drizzle."

It's yummy, a kind of salty sweet.   I had already started eating my cupcake when I realized I hadn't taken a photo yet!  I ended up buying the last one in the case so I could post a picture here.  I have dessert for later!

Sweetest Day Cupcakes

Today I decided to use my birthday coupon at Main Street Cupcakes.  It also happens to be Sweetest Day.  From left to right we have Orange Float, Chocolate, Shirley Temple, and Mint Chocolate Cookie.  The store also had these over sized Sweetest Day Cupcakes for a dollar more, but we decided to go for the Sweetest Day Rose instead.

September Cupcakes

We stopped by Main Street Cupcakes today.  From left to right we have Chocolate Raspberry Cheesecake, Lemon with a Twist, Caramel Apple, and Maple Chip.

Here is the view from the box when we got them home.

Main Street Cupcakes: July

I stopped by Main Street Cupcakes today.  Steve wanted something chocolate, so I got him the Lava cupcake.  That was so chocolatey it was decadant!

I also got the Little Italy.  It had a cream cheese icing, lemon chiffon cake, and lemon crumbles on top.  It was perfect!  Not too sweet, not too tart.  Yummy!

Main Street Cupcakes: May Flavors

It's the first Saturday of the month, and I decided it would be fun treat to get some cupcakes.  This is Main Street Cupcake's flavor of the month, orange creamsicle.  I managed to get the last one in the case!

The Cassada Cupcake is my favorite flavor, hands down.  Vanilla cake and topped with strawberry preserves.  Yum!  If it's there, I have to get it.

Although, I think the Chocolate Cassada is pretty good too.   They had both today.

Today I bought a Bostonian, described as "Chocolate cream cake topped with marshmallow fluff and garnished with a boston baked bean."  This is the first time I've seen it, so I look forward to trying it.  I love marshmallow fluff.

March Cupcakes

I was out today and decided to stop by Main Street Cupcakes.  I wanted to try the flavor of the month, blueberry pancake (the round  frosting with powdered sugar).  The cupcakes with the frillier icing are peanut butter and jelly.  I can't wait to try them!

Mostly Pink Cupcakes

We stopped in to Main Street Cupcakes today.  We bought some to share with some friends who have never tried these confections before. 

From left to right:
Vanilla Chai - chai spiced vanilla cake covered in rich buttercream frosting sprinkled with cinnamon
Triple Chocolate Raspberry - chocolate cake combined with fresh raspberries and chocolate chips topped in ganache and raspberry buttercream
Pretty in Pink - pink almond cake topped with a white chocolate buttercream
Raspberry Lemonade - raspberry lemon cake topped with a lemon-lime raspberry buttercream
Vanilla Berry - vanilla cake filled with raspberry preserves topped with a lightly tinted pink vanilla buttercream
Strawberries & Pink Champagne - moist pink champagne cake covered in a strawberry buttercream

Main Street Cupcakes for Halloween

It's almost Halloween, and Main Street Cupcakes decorated their goods for the season!

Left to right:
Top row:
Birthday Cupcake - Citrus infused white cake with rainbow sprinkles baked in topped with vanilla buttercream frosting and rainbow non perils
Wedding Day White - traditional white cake with a hint of almond covered in vanilla buttercream frosting
MSC Dark Chocolate Fluff - Dark chocolate cake filled with chocolate fluff and topped with chocolate ganache

Bottom row:
Mint Chocolate Chip - Dark mint chocolate cake filled with chocolate chips and smothered in mint buttercream topped with chocolate chips
Red Velvet - Southern style red velvet cake smothered in white buttercream frosting
French Toast - Vanilla cake with maple and cinnamon covered in vanilla buttercream and a pad of extra buttery buttercream

Fall Cupcakes!

Today I stopped in at Main Street Cupcakes and got some of their fall flavors.

Top row:  Vanilla Chai (Chai spiced vanilla cake covered in rich buttercream frosting sprinkled with cinnamon) and Sparkling Pear (Pear cake topped with champagne buttercream)

Bottom row:  Margarita (Margarita style white cake covered in delicious key lime frosting, garnished with green sugar) and Pumpkin Spice (Pumpkin spice cake covered in vanilla buttercream and a pumpkin spice garnish)

You can't tell from this view here, but the icing is so high that it bumps your nose when you take a big bite.  Yummy!

A surprise for me!

My husband bought these from Main Street Cupcakes today on his way home from grocery shopping!  Crunchy Peanut Butter is on the left and Honey Almond is on the right.  He knows exactly what I like!

Homecooked Meal at Joe's with Friends

Today a friend was passing through town on the way to visit family, so we went out to Joe's for a home cooked meal.

I got the chicken noodle soup again, but I should have gotten what everyone else ordered:

This was the German dumpling soup.  It was creamy and cheesy.  

This was my cranberry-orange muffin tonight.  Again, it was warm and delicious.

For my dinner, I had the country fried chicken dinner, shown here with mashed potatoes, green beans, and garlic mayonnaise.  It said in the menu that there would be three pieces, but I actually got four!   This was the first fried chicken I've had in a long time that wasn't from a fast food chain.  It was nicely crispy, and the meat fell right from the bone.  The garlic mayonnaise was a great addition to this dish!

My husband had the baked orange roughy.  He called it tasty.

My leftovers barely fit in the box! (front container).   I'll call this a total of four meals.

But we also ordered dessert:

My dessert was called France.  It was milk chocolate layer cake with white and milk chocolate mousse layers.   Those are chocolate curls on the top.   I had to take the last bit of my cake home.

My husband got Forbidden, a dark chocolate cake made with pudding.  It was really shiny and tasted very fudgey.