Review: Mrs. Beasley's

Ventura Blvd, Encino, CA

#1. Red Velvet Cupcake (mini)
A red velvet cake with cream cheese frosting, topped with red sugar.
Frosting: It was decent: pretty light, but not as cream-cheesy as one would like. It lacked that rich flavour that traditionally accompanies a red velvet cake.

Cake: It was very dry. The chocolate taste within the cake was nice, but diminished by the very dry cake.

Ratings:
Cake: 2
Frosting: 3
Overall rating: 3

#2. Coconut Cupcake (mini)
A vanilla cake with vanilla whipped cream frosting, topped with coconut flakes
Frosting: It was very plastic tasting. While we expected coconut, there wasn't a hint of coconut flavour to be found.
Cake: An average vanilla cake. It tasted like a standard grocery store bought cupcake, and was a little dry.
Overall, the only hint of coconut on this supposedly "coconut" cake was the coconut sprinkled on the frosting.

Ratings:
Frosting: 2
Cake: 2
Overall rating: 2.5 / 3


#3. Chocolate Mint Cupcake (mini)
A chocolate cake with an indeterminate frosting, topped with a mint chocolate cup.
Frosting: It tasted super heavily of peppermint extract, which was almost overwhelming. It had a very greasy feel and left a film in our mouths.
Cake: A completely unremarkable chocolate -very dry with bland flavour.

Ratings:
Frosting: 1
Cake: 1
Overall rating : 1



#4. Peanut Butter Cupcake (mini)
A chocolate cake with a peanut butter buttercream, topped with a peanut butter cup.
Frosting: It had a strong peanut butter taste, which read as slightly unpleasant. It was the same consistency as the mint frosting but was not as greasy.
Cake: The same cake as featured in the mint cake. It was slightly less dry, but still very bland.

Ratings:
Frosting: 2.5
Cake: 2
Overall: 3 (the whole was better than the parts.)


Overall, a disappointing outing . None of the cupcakes stood out at all.
Best of the 4: Red Velvet