Let ‘em Eat Cake

Wish you guys were still open. The cupcakes were sooooo good. Just tried a place in Pleasanton and was disappointed. If you open I want to know.

I wanted custom cupcakes for my birthday Nd my first thought was Let Em Eat Cake. I went in and explained what I wanted and trusted Let Em Eat Cake to use there creativity. My only request was that the cupcakes be high end labels (Gucci, Chanel, LV etc) and that’s all the info I gave. Well… Needless to say Let Em EatCake did an amazing job. I loved them and the were moist and taste really good. Thank you for the wonderful cupcakes! This is my 3^rd time ordering for you and each time has been fantastic. Thanks again!

The cupcakes were pretty good I must say.
We came here a year ago so things may have changed but this is what I thought about the place:
They have cupcakes called jumbo cupcakes but they are pretty much the same size as regular cupcakes, maybe a crumb bigger, so keep that in mind.
Another thing that happened, we went to buy them and we had to wait about an hour for them to bake them, I’m not sure why, maybe because it was early or maybe that’s just the way it goes for this place.
They usually have a groupon too and its a good deal, that’s the reason we found this place! So if you’re thinking about going, look for the groupon! :)

I’ve been wanting to try cupcakes other than Nothing Bundt. I found this place on Groupon. Nice to have a locally owned retail cupcake shop.
The lady behind the counter was very nice. I like the cake as it is not overly sweet. The Red Velvet was a little dry and I would like it more moist but the lemon one was very good. I will try again when I’m in the area.

Loved our double tier cake and mini cupcakes for our wedding! Simple look, ivory with ivory ribbon at the base, and fresh red and orange roses for pops of color. We sliced the tiered cake and served it along with the cupcakes (in lieu of sheet cake.) The minis were the perfect size and our guests loved them! Plus, we were able to serve 4 flavors total. Let ‘Em Eat Cake was also great about making sure no nuts were used, since several of our guests have allergies. And they were affordable compared to other wedding cake makers nearby. Definitely worth considering for your special events.

Really Good place to get a cake done. Employees are really helpful and creative. The cake was delicious I couldn’t have asked for a better cake and the design they came up with.

Cupcakes are huge here so is the price (3.75). Let ‘em Eat Cake located on Vasco between Jack and another big box fast food franchise.
saturdays (3 – 5) buy 2, get one free.
–lemon, mocha, and ?
–base very moist, subtle flavor if any
–toppings very flavorful, sweet, lemon had a lemon drop in it
kids should be warned about this or not permitted to chomp on this one.
crumbs:
–Let has better cupcakes than most known competitors
–cupcakes aren’t my fave so repeat will take awhile.

Three years later — my daughter’s 10^th bday party and what could it be but the Frozen theme?! But to get a vegan cake that looked good and tasted good seemed like a tall order —
I’m updating this review only because Sara and her crew did such an AMAZING job with the cake — it looked divine and everyone who tasted it wanted another piece (including well no, especially me!)
The cake was a real winner! This is my absolute go to for delicious vegan cakes that are so hard to find! And that silver airbrush all around the cake really did the job to get it to feel Frozeny!
Thank you Sara!

One of my bridesmaids ordered a cake from Let ‘em Eat Cake for my bridal shower and it was literally my dream cake! The cake was moist and the frosting delicious but not overpowering. And the detail was just gorgeous!
So I decided to buy a groupon to get cupcakes for my husband’s birthday here and was so happy that I did. We had the heath bar and reeses cupcakes and they were both amazing, my mouth is watering just thinking about them! I highly recommend ordering cupcakes/​cake for your next special occassion here.

Stopped in to get a cupcake because I couldn’t get to my favorite place today. The cupcakes are GINORMOUS. Really, REALLY big. O_​o.
And the staff/​owner (?) was very friendly. Unfortunately, the cupcakes were incredibly dry, overly sweet (to the point of cloying) and not (for me/​my household) at all satisfying. More like a muffin than a cupcake; frosting like supermarket sheet cake cover. :(. Got 4 different flavors and there wasn’t one that we had more than a bite of. $ 15 down the drain. But the folks are really nice.

Cupcake or cake cakes? These things are huge! I left with a Vanilla Carmel cupcake and a slice of ginger bread cake that was free because of my Unilocal checkin. Both were nice, sweet (because of the buttercream frosting), and similar in size but I needed milk with both because they were a little on the dry side.
Points for generous checkin offer, happy hour on Wednesdays and Saturday, and size of the cupcakes.

I was in the area because I had to go to Comcast for my parents. I stopped in and got a few for my dad, since he loves sweets. I don’t remember the flavors, but I got 4 different ones. They were pretty big, heavy on the buttercream frosting, and only some of them were moist. Still, my dad seemed to enjoy them. Maybe if you place an order, they will be less dry.
Prices seem on par with other cupcakeries, and the lady who helped me was very nice.

My friend picked up 2 cupcakes last Friday. 1 cookies and cream and the other vanilla caramel.
They looked delicious but didn’t cut the cake! Both cupcakes were not at moist as I would have preferred them to be.
I also thought the cupcakes were a bit pricy. I don’t believe I will be back anytime in the near future.

Stopped by this place because of a groupon offer, and wanted to get some treats for a coworkers birthday. I didn’t mind at all the prices, they are comparable to other cupcake bakeries, but I wasn’t really wanting these giant cupcakes… We had to cut the pretty things in half to serve them.
I came it at 930 am (9 is opening time). No one came to greet me so I rang the bell and found that there were only 5 cupcakes to choose, so I got a mixed box.
Presentation wasn’t top notch, the box was plain and too big for a dozen. The lemon cupcake was the least favorite, and the only leftover that went stale. The vanilla bean was nothing to write home about, tasted like a box mix.
The Andes mint and the marble were both home runs. Perfect amount of frosting/​flavor and next time I would stick with these and/​or try new flavors.

I guess we lost our excitement as quickly as we gained it.
The last time we were here, we got Zebra and Red Velvet cupcakes which qualified for a free Slice of the Week (with Unilocal check-​in). Unfortunately, they didn’t have it at that time. It would have been OK, but this lady came up with this lame excuse that the free slice is only available in the afternoon. Are you kidding me? We’ve been there on a separate occasion after having lunch next door at Lo’s and we got the free slice. And if that’s the case, don’t you need to update your Unilocal Check-​in Offer to reflect its availability? Or maybe add something like «while supplies last.»
We also noticed that the cupcakes were rather dry; they were not as moist as cupcakes should be. Also, as good as it is, the cream cheese frosting of the Red Velvet just melts too easily. Quite a letdown.

I visited Let em’ Eat Cake on my way home, they were easily located directly off the freeway. I checked in on Unilocal and received my complimentary slice of the week. I ordered half dozen cupcakes, all tasty! The helpful employee even did something special for me by changing the frosting because I’m not a buttercream frosting fan.
They had a lot of photos out of their work, I’d definitely check in with them before ordering our next cake.

*TIP* Half price Cupcake happy hour 3−5pm Wednesday & Saturday! Plus a free «slice of the week» normally $ 2:50) when you check in and make a $ 5 purchase.
I don’t know what’s wrong with me these days, I seem to be getting pulled into this Cupcake craze. So when I was in the area for the day and craving Cake I decided to hit up this place, it’s been in my bookmarks for a while and I just couldn’t resist the half price Happy Hour.
The staff are really nice and knowledgeable of the Cakes they had in the display case. None of them had descriptions on them so I had to ask. Prices before HH are actually very reasonable too, the website says $ 3.50 — $ 6.00 for the Jumbo ones but the only ones I saw were $ 3.50. Regular ones are $ 1.75 — $ 2.50 and Mini’s $ 0.75 — $ 1.
Cookies & Cream (
) — Light sponge with delicious Oreo cookies crumbled inside! Oreo Cream frosting was nice but a little too sweet. I liked that they top it with WHOLE cookie.
Grasshopper (
) — Chocolate sponge was very crumbly and a tad on the dry side. Frosting looks unnaturally green but had a nice strong mint flavor. I was won over by the addition of the Andes Mint.
Slice of the Week (
) — I believe this was Pumpkin with Cream cheese frosting. Very moist but I felt the spices overpowered the whole flavor of the Pumpkin. Frosting was delicious and light.
I also got the Vanilla Caramel (White cake with caramel, buttercream frosting and caramel drizzle) Which I didn’t try, Hubby appeared to inhale it before I could even take a picture. I think he liked it. lol

So we had our wedding. And I must be honest…
Our cake was AWESOME! Sara and the rest of the crew did a great job. Hubby and I loved the cake and it was more then I imagined. I uploaded pictures.
There is no need to write some long drawn out review. Plain and simple this place is awesome!

Let ’ em eat cake? Why that’s exactly what I did :)
Cupcakes that is and my, were they worth every high caloric bite!
I had stopped in once before to pick up a few cake pops. I remember they were a little sloppy in presentation though excellent in taste, which is why I put them on my foodie (to go back to places) to try some more of there treats.
Located off Vasco rd, next to a nail salon and a liqueur store, this isn’t exactly where you would envision a cupcake shop to be.
The place is a little small, its painted with girlie colors such as purple and some additional bright colors. I personally think the inside appears a little sloppy and unorganized though, its still cute.
We came here one late afternoon (thankfully) because come to find out? It was cupcake happy hour time! All cupcakes are half off after 3:00 p.m. that are originally priced at $ 3.50 Yea! And they still had a decent selection to choose from with them all looking quite appealing,
We decided to get a variety of cupcakes. with those being
1. Red Velvet– This was incredibly moist with the cream cheese frosting tasting heavenly!
2. Grasshopper — Chocolate with mint frosting adorned with Andes mint chocolate’s (my babes) I am not big on mint though, I had a slight bite and it was quite good.
3. Dulce De Lece– White Cake with caramel baked within along with a white frosting drizzled with caramel = Heaven! The c.c. was moist to perfection and the frosting was pretty sweet though delicious and the caramel drizzled on top was literally like the icing on the cake! Perfect!
4. Reese’s Peanut Butter — Chocolate cake with Reese’s baked with in it, along with a chocolate frosting adorned with slices of Reese’s. — This for the most part was heavenly with the taste being sin full good and the cupcake being extremely moist however, I really felt the frosting was just too sweet.
5. A mini chocolate cupcake with vanilla frosting– This was my first trying of there cupcakes and my, was it a great introduction to there delightful treats! Moist, fluffy like a little bite from a cloud in heaven :)
We also got a Unilocal special for checking in and placing an order over $ 5.00 you got a free slice of the cake of the day which we ended up getting some sort of cherry cake. The presentation was a little sloppy and I am not into cherry so, I ended up giving it to my mother. She said it was overall moist and tasty however, she just thought the frosting was too sweet.
Overall, all of the cupcakes were extremely moist, extremely delicious in taste as well as quite generous in size. My only complaint would be that I felt some of the frosting’s were a little too sweet for my liking though, still delightful and well worth the non happy hour price. The service seems to be so-​so, with no one really being extremely upbeat and cheerful though, still decent. The shop is average cute though, I believe it is in need of a little bit of a revamp however, nothing bad enough to drive someone away.
Regardless of the minor imperfections, I am definitely a fan!!!

Stopped by here on my way to a pre-​show picnic at the Livermore Shakespeare Festival and, upon confirming that there was indeed a Saturday afternoon happy hour (thanks Patty W. for the tip!), grabbed half a dozen.
These are seriously jumbo-​sized cupcakes in a variety of flavors, with (in my opinion) just the right level of consistency, density, moistness vs. dryness, and, of course, loads of yummy frosting without being too sugary-​overwhelming.
My favorites by far were the Reese’s (vanilla cake with Reese’s inside, chocolate buttercream and candy on top — a nice juxtaposition of vanilla on chocolate) and the Chocolate Peanut Butter (chocolate cake with peanut butter chips and chocolate peanut butter buttercream with Reese’s pieces), both of which were meals in and of themselves.
Another good find thanks to Unilocal!It’s conveniently located right off 580 at the Vasco Road exit. If you’re headed down to the wineries on Tesla Road where you can pair the cupcakes with a picnic and wine tasting, Vasco allows you to breeze down there easily, along the outskirts of Livermore.