Cupcake Joy

About a 3.75 here.
I didn’t notice the smaller size that the other reviewer mentioned, but maybe she is right. Not sure. Regardless, the two flavors that I tried were better than expected. They could hold up to the better cupcakes in the area in a blindfold test.
The first was the Sweet Potato Joy… their signature cake. It was delicious with just the right moisture in both frosting and cake. Not excessively sweet but not too bland either. I love the golden sprinkles on top! I do think it could use a little something to bring out the flavor, but who am I to argue with a great tasting cupcake?
The second was the Chocolate Addiction. Again… a very well balanced cake. Very impressive!
I edged this review up from a 3.5 as the staff is so darned friendly! That and the fact that they take great care to provide you with cupcakes in a presentable form. I will stop by the next time they are near.

Tried a vanilla/​vanilla. Great big dollop of frosting on top, and I like that the double vanilla had a cream cheese based icing. But, the cake was on the dry side, and I immediately noticed the item itself was smaller than you get from the other trucks and specialty shops– its the size wrapper you get when you bake them at home. For the same price as the other guys, I’ll go to the other guys, though.

After stuffing ourselves on a great lunch at the Tapas Truck, we were still curious about a new arrival on the Farragut food truck scene, so Amanda and I headed over to Cupcake Joy to see what they were all about. We had snagged one of their red velvet sample bites on the way to our original destination and it was a definite palate pleaser. This is a pretty barebones operation as far as the cupcake truck world goes (compared to some of the well established ones, such as Sweetbites), but they turned out a pretty fine product in the end.
At $ 3 a cupcake they basically fall in line with every other mobile vendor out there, but they also offer a discount on a dozen at $ 29. The one thing really holding them back in my estimation is the selection, which is pretty sparse, and consists almost entirely of variations on chocolate or vanilla. There are a few unique flavors though, and I’m not sure if those will be rotating or not, but they don’t really coincide with the current season in any way, so it’s possible they’ll be permanent fixtures. The website lists many more flavors that weren’t featured, so I’ll be intrigued to see how they turn out, and if they can up the production to include more options per visit.
I decided to try the Lemony Joy (whoever thought naming a cupcake after a dish detergent was a good idea really needs to reconsider the implications) and Amanda went for the Sweet Potato Joy (also, putting your name in the title of every cupcake is not necessary). She easily got the better of the two, with a cupcake that reminded me very much of my mom’s sweet potato pie. The cake batter was perfectly moist with the ideal density and the frosting wasn’t too sweet or too plentiful. My lemon cupcake had a nice burst of zest to it and certainly wasn’t on the sweet end, but it seemed tiny compared to hers and just seemed to singular in focus. I don’t particularly care for the over the top, 15 ingredient, $ 6 monstrosities some brick and mortar shops create, but a little more inspiration than just lemon cake and lemon frosting would have been nice.
I definitely preferred these cupcakes to Curbside’s drab offerings, but they’ve got a ways to go before they catch up to my still-​reigning queen at Sweetbites Mobile.