Retro Bakery – Las Vegas, NV
I spent last week in Las Vegas, NV with my husband and I *KNEW* that one stop that needed to be made was at Retro Bakery. Boy, did it NOT disappoint!Just about 20 minutes from The Strip in Vegas, Retro Bakery is located just off the highway in a quaint little shopping center. I was greeted by a super cute, super friendly bundle of joy named Kari. I had tweeted to her (@RetroBakery) earlier that morning that I was going to be stopping by that day, but I wasn’t sure if she had checked her Twitter or not, so I didn’t mention right away who I was. But… eventually it all came out who I was and how I came to land at the Retro Bakery that day!
Ok… now the cupcakes. I should have taken a picture of the display case. There were so many delicious cupcakes to choose from, it was very hard to pick. My husband and I decided we’d each pick two.
I chose the 
Peanut Butter Cup (Chocolate cake topped with peanut butter buttercream and dark chocolate shavings) and the 
Cinnamon Toast (vanilla cake topped with cinnamon buttercream dusted with cinnamon and sugar) cupcakes while my husband chose the 
Cotton Candy (Vanilla cake topped with pink cotton candy buttercream and blue glitter sugar) and the 
Creamsicle (Vanilla cake topped with a vanilla/orange swirl buttercream).
The tag line on the bakery’s business card is “It’s All About the Buttercream” and they aren’t kidding!! The buttercream on these cupcakes was TO. DIE. FOR. Creamy, flavorful, smooth… it just rolled across my tongue with each bite. Each buttercream flavor was distinctly the flavor it said it was going to be. So when I bit into the peanut butter… it actually tasted like peanut butter. Most suprpisingly, the cotton candy buttercream tasted exactly like cotton candy!!
As I look back, I wish I would have tired one more cupcake with a different base flavor. We had three with vanilla and one chocolate. The chocolate was so delish… most and chocolatey!! Yummm!! I gotta give it to the vanaill though… because it was by far the BEST vanilla cupcake I have EVER tasted! It was dense, but not mushy, springy and moist, full of flavor and baked PERFECTLY. I could have eaten those vanilla cupcakes alone if the buttercream had not been so heavenly!
So thank you to Kari for being so sweet when we came to visit!! And thank you to Retro Bakery for making such delicious cupcakes!! I can’t wait to get back to Las Vegas to try four more flavors!
Comments (149)
I love cupcakes…and those look super yummy.
Just stopping by from SITS…and I'm glad, cause I can't eat them, might as well drool over my laptop!
There is a shop like that in Hudson Ohio also. They are called Main Street Cupcakes and I know what you mean about the buttercream. So yummy! Those cupcakes looked so yummy (especially the creamcicle). Glad to know that they have shops like that all over. Great post!
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Oh my, is it wrong to be so envious of you?!
Those look so good,.. so good. Now I have some serious cravings.
Have a fab SITs day!
I'm hopefully headed to Vegas w/my husband in a couple of months, so I'm going to have to keep my eye out for this place. Mmmm. Stopping by from SITS to say hi & congrats on being FB today.
Oh my god; I intended to pop over from SITS and say hi, then run in the shower (post gym) but it is now entirely YOUR FAULT that I will be a sweaty, badly-coiffed (like I really care) mess for hours. Because once I started reading (like horny guys read Penthouse — yup, great articles, and "OH! WERE THERE PICTURES?") your blog, I could not stop.
Frosting and cake. (Insert Homer Simpson groan here.)
Oh my, I am salivating right now! Those look so yummy, I wish I lived near Las Vegas now!
Oh my goodness, those look de-lish! I've been to Vegas many times but never been there…it'll definitely be on my list for next time.
Jamie
They look so beautiful and yummy. I'm drooling sitting here but I'm also inspired by the decorative nature of them too.
Happy SITS day! These look amazing!
oh my gosh…….yuMmMmmmMM!!!!!
that is all i can say!!!!!!
congrats on your SITS day!!!!!
the chocolate looks absolutely divine!!
Happy FB Day ! From another SITS ! that is so cool you stoped by Retro Bakery! me and my daughter are celebrating our Birthday in Las Vegas in October and i am ordering our cake from there too!!! Anywoo congrats on your special day !! Hugs Connie
That peanut butter cup cupcake looks right up my alley!
That peanut butter cup cupcake looks right up my alley!
Mmmmm…. this made me hungry!! I love cupcakes! My first visit here – I'll be back! Great blog!
The look so good! Cotton Candy…oh, yeah!
crap I was in vegas two weeks ago how did i miss this!
Dropping by from SITS – staying to make myself even hungrier than I already am!!!
Have a great day! Great Blog!
The cupcakes you and your husband chose look so delicious. Congratulations on being a featured blogger.
Stopping by from SITS
The cupcakes look really really good. Now I want one. Happy SITS day!
Just reading your blog made my jeans get tighter, but I don't care because I love cupcakes! (and cake, and pie, and cookies…you get the picture.) Have a great SITS day!
Those cupcakes look amazing!
Stopping in from SITS – I'm so wanting a cupcake or two right now! They look delicious. Happy SITS day.
Those all look so yummy! Happy SITS day!
Holy sugar frenzy! It's evening here, almost bedtime and something tells me I will be dreaming about cupcakes. My MIL is visiting this week and it has whipped me into a frenzy but I have got to make time to bake cupcakes now ~ damn!
Congrats on your SITSta feature and enjoy reading all the love!
What delicious cupcakes! I would of headed right for the peanut butter ones! My favorite!
Oh, I do need some of those!
Those are some awesome looking cupcakes!
Oh goodness….I live only about 10 minutes away from Retro Bakery, and you are tempting me to go have a little snack RIGHT NOW!
holy cupcake batman!!
these look seriously yummy!
Oh wow, I really wish I had one (okay maybe two..LOL) of those delicious looking cupcakes…Yummmm.
Congrats on your SITS day! Enjoy.
MMMM! That made me very hungry! I am a softie for sweets! I can't get enough! By the way, I came here from SITS and this is my first comment via them!
This site is dangerous. . .
Mmmmmmm.
Happy SITS day!
Mmmm buttercream. Now I have a huge cupcake craving, those look amazing!!
-Claire
http://intransitblog.blogspot.com/
Yum, I'll take a Peanut Butter Cup one…or maybe the Cinnamon Toast one…or maybe….
Happy SITS day!
Congratulations on being the featured blogger. When I am in Las Vegas for the SITScation in October I am definitely making at stop at the Retro Bakery.
You have a very cute blog.
I've just had lunch and thought I was full. But maybe I can fit one in – but which one !
now, i mean this in a good way. i'm glad you are not near me!! i've managed to lose 25lbs. this year and your cupcakes would turn the dial UP!
omg, they look good! now if you were like 30-40 mls away i could handle that. close make a trip when i'm having incurable cravings but far enough to keep me from buy 20 a day.
sorry, i'm just a motor mouth tonight.
Followed the link on SITS to your blog!! I will have to remember that cupcake store next time I am in Vegas! Just looking at the pictures of the ones you got makes my mouth water!
I hope you have a wonderful Tuesday!
Happy FB day! Your cupcakes are making me hungry.
Oooh! What a sweet way to start the morning! I'm popping over from SITS a day late. Hope you enjoyed your Saucy day!
Oh, wow. SO yummy looking. I'm a huge cupcake fan, so I'm following you now!
oh I have never heard of this place- looks divine!
This is the best shop ever! I live here in Vegas and I can confirm the craziness they make my brain do. I live clear across town and I make the trip because they are so yummalicious!!
Great post! I came over from "The Secret is in the Sauce" .
I think I saw these guys on the local news one day. Since I live here, I better go over there and try them out!
Stopping by from SITS!
Those cupcakes look terrific!
Trying to follow you & Retro Bakery on Twitter but coming up empty on the links!
[...] Note: I met Kari in August of 2009 when my husband and I went on a little vacation to Vegas! Her bakery is charming and her cupcakes [...]