Mad Batter Cupcake Cafe

My husband and I have always laughed when walking by this place, as it’s never open very late, or any «prime cupcake hours». Looks like they actually extended their hours. They had a buy-​one-​get-​one cupcake sale, so my husband finally caved and brought me back a Cookie Monster (oreos, buttercream frosting). Ugh, my stomach is turning. Dry chocolate cake and frosting was basically pure butter. Oreos tasted stale too. Yea, good luck staying in business, guys…

Is this cupcake place closed? I’ve stopped by a couple times in the last 2 weeks and the door is locked with no cupcakes in the display case at all. I liked the idea of a cute cupcake place in Newton, but is it already gone?

The décor is really cute. If I chose where to eat purely based on décor, I would probably go here all the time. Alas, I don’t.
The cupcakes are good. I like them. They have a good selection. I’m pretty weird about what I’ll eat, but I can always find something that I like. The main problem is the price. There are world-​famous cupcake places in Washington D.C. that charge less for a single cupcake. It works out to $ 1 per bite. That’s just not worth it. The create-​your-​own cupcake idea is cute, but they give you a ton of toppings — enough for two. If you want an additional, undecorated plain cupcake to use the rest of your toppings, it’s another $ 3. For what? They don’t even have to frost it.
I realize the rent in Newton Centre is high, but they’d do far more business at a lower price point. If I want to overpay, I’ll walk across the Centre to J.P. Licks, where at least I can get a giant, overpriced ice cream instead of a tiny, overpriced cupcake.

I really loved my cupcake at this cupcake bar!

I love good coffee and a good cupcake. This place has both. Plus a cute décor and clean surroundings. The hardest part is deciding what to eat since the combo of flavors is very different. My 6 year old loved loved the do your own cupcake. I tried some of her and brought home a couple of more. They were delicious, light, tasty, good quality ingredients, imaginative. I gave two different cupcakes to a friend of mine and she and her daughter loved them. I think this is my new favorite cupcake store. The service was great and yes, they do sell out but I’d rather get that than have cupcakes sitting there for days because people are not buying them. And the coffee is amazing: good, organic, quality brand, not watered down (please, keep this up as coffee is also what sells the cakes for the adults).
My daughter loved the décor and she asked I bring her back. Now… if I could get the cup cake makers to replicate the look of the Pinkalicious cupcakes… they would get a swarm of little girls trying to eat them (and moms willing to pay for them).

The décor was adorable, though very feminine. A bit too cutesy. Only saw women in there, no guys — which made me wonder if its décor is the cause since it sits smack between two very busy lunch stops in that area.
The cupcakes are ‘ok’. Compared to other cupcake places, they are quite small and dare I say too fancy. There is so much going on with the flavors put into and on the cupcake that the taste came out rather blah… tastes almost as if they cupcakes had been frozen and lost some of its oomph. They do however have quite a selection to pick from, if you are up for unique cupcake/​frosting experiences.
They have only been open a few weeks, so I will definitely try them again, once they find their groove.

I was dropping off my friend when I happened to look up and drive by this cute store. I hadn’t been in that area in a long time and asked my friend if she knew about it. She said it was new herself so we quickly turned around to check it out.
It’s a very very cute store. They have cupcakes already made and an option to frost your own cupcake. I’ve heard of other places doing that but we decided to get what was left in the case. We got there on a Sunday close to closing so there weren’t much left. We got one of everything which totaled 7 cupcakes to share. Most were chocolate-​based, but the ones that stood out were the red velvet (awesome cream cheese frosting), the banana bread cake w/​ganache and some type of frosting, and a white chocolate raspberry cupcake. I was the only one that liked the raspberry. Everyone, even the lady behind the counter, thought it was too sweet. I prefer vanilla cupcakes and I really enjoy fruity frosting. The chocolate-​based cakes were just ok. The texture and frosting didn’t wow me. However, there was one chocolate cake that was really moist that my friends really enjoyed. Banana bread cupcake? Genius! I think the frosting was a little heavy for it.
Grand total came to about $ 25. Not too bad for price. They had a flyer up for a bailey’s cupcake sundae that sounded good. I would like to try their other flavors. Since they were only open for a few weeks, I hope they will improve and stick around. A lot of people were coming in after us.

After reading the other reviews, my family and I decided we needed to try these for ourselves. I went in at 5:30 on a weeknight and purchased 4 cupcakes at a total of $ 14 (including tax). The cupcakes were mint, coconut, apricot, and mandarin orange. The cupcakes were quite small – and the apricot significantly smaller than the others as well. My family uniformly complained about the grittiness of the frosting – did they use granular sugar rather than confectioners in the buttercream? The apricot was tasty, but the chucks of fruit were sparse, hard and chewy. The mandarin orange frosting was overly sweet as well as gritty. Yes, the cupcakes were tasty, but for that price and that size, not worth a second visit. We are all very disappointed as we’ve looked forward to their opening for some time.

I work right in Newton Center and often walk right by Mad Batter’s so I was really anticipating their grand opening. The bakery itself is very cute! It is decorated very pink and colorful and has an old fashioned soda shop feel to it. I love the colorful chandeliers! I went in on opening day because it also happened to be my friend’s birthday that day. I arrived towards the end of the day around 4:00 and was a little disappointed to see that the cupcakes were almost gone. But I was also happy for them that they had such a busy day. The woman behind the counter (who I am assuming is the owner) was VERY nice and helped me pick out 6 cupcakes. There are a lot of interesting and different flavors here. My favorite of the cupcakes that I picked had banana cake with a chocolate icing and peanutbutter frosting on top. I thought the flavor combination was awesome, and so did my friends who I shared the cupcakes with. Overall I did think that the cupcakes were a little pricey and I do agree with some of the other reviews that the cupcakes are a little small. But I thought the flavor of the cupcakes were great! Keep in mind that this is their first week open and they are still trying to get into the swing of things. Cut them a little slack! They will work out all the kinks in their routine and get a better gage of how many cupcakes to make for the day. I think some of these other reviews were a little harsh. I will definitely go back here and try them again.

One star might be a little bit harsh. They just opened for a week. So I’m going to give them 3 stars.
Pros: Yummy cupcakes, interesting flavors, cute packaging, adorable store, warm and friendly staff. My cupcakes were moist, good flavored and cute.
Cons: Price, size, sell out quickly
It’s a good treat to bring to a party.
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I had been anticipating the opening of the Mad Batter cupcake café for over a month now… I was, to say the least, very disappointed in the cupcakes.
The décor is amazing, I actually loved the pink striped walls and rainbow chandeliers. the variety of cupcakes surprised me and I was so excited in fact it took me almost 5 minutes to make a choice.
When I sat down to eat my cupcake I almost cringed, not for the fact that I had spent 5 minutes deciding on a cupcake and not for the fact that I had just spent over $ 6 for 2 (one for my daughter), but that the cake itself tasted as though it had been frozen for weeks and the frosting– BLECH! It was labeled as butter cream, but I can assure you it was not.
I will say the staff was very friendly and informative, I just wish the cake was fresh and the frosting was better.

I was so looking forward to Mad Batter opening… the signage was up in Newton Centre for at least a month before they opened so I was eagerly anticipating this new cupcake place, as I am a sucker for baked goods and bakeries. Unfortunately for me, Mad Batter was a kind of a let down…
I stopped in on opening day to find out that the shop had sold out of cupcakes… this seems like a real amatuer mistake. The signage had been up for at least a month and they are in a high traffic area, so it is surprising that the shop didn’t anticipate the kind of business they must have had on opening day. However, being turned away once isn’t enough to deter me from returning, so I came back the next morning.
There was a good sized selection of cupcakes in some interesting flavors, so I got a number of cupcakes to try. The frosting is good, it is more dense than whipped, but they are a little stingy with the amount of frosting on the top. The cake itself wasn’t good, as it was dense and not very moist. Also, the cupcakes were small in size, which is always disappointing, especially for the price they charge. All the cupcakes cost $ 3.25, which I would gladly pay for larger and better tasting cupcakes, but these just aren’t worth the price they are being sold at.