Muddy's Bake Shop
5101 Sanderlin Ave
Memphis, TN
(901) 683-8844
Cuisine:
Desserts, Bakery Cafe, Bakeries
May 4, 2009
Good bake shop, but does not stand up to the hype
I’d been told about this newish bake shop for a couple months now and just now got the chance to go check it out.
Muddy’s specializes in cupcakes, but also have pies, cakes, cookies and toffee bars. It is a very small place, with seating for no more than 10-15. It smells divine.
We purchased a slice of the expresso icing chocolate cake, a slice of the dreamsicle cake, and a Prozac cupcake. To go, we got 2 chocolate chip cookies and a toffee bar.
My husband and I found the icing on the cake too sweet for us; but the actual cake was lovely – moist and full of flavor. The icing, however, made us a little sick. The cupcake was devoured by our toddler, who had no problem with all the icing on the cupcake :)
Overall, while we liked what we had, we think that the cupcakes are the way to go, and if you get a slice of cake, be sure to scrape off half the icing if you don’t like things too sweet.
The cookies and toffee bars were also quite delicious.
Service wise, it was 2 hours to closing for them, and we felt a bit like they were too busy trying to shut down operations to close than to help us. The lady at the counter never smiled at us, and was barely polite. The girls cleaning up ignored us for the most part and were more interested in joking with each other.
Definitely a place you want to visit if you need a sugar fix. I’m hoping the indifferent service was more the result of a bad day, than their norm.
Dishes I tried:
Mocha Madness
The cake itself was moist and full of chocolatey goodness. The icing didn’t have enough of a mocha/expresso taste as described on the card, and was much too sweet for me.
Dreamsicle cake
Very sweet, but tastes like a cake version of a dreamsicle, as advertised!
Prozac cupcake
The best of the three things we had. The cupcake is chocolatey and moist and the icing isn’t overdone. It is very sweet, so have a glass of milk ready!
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pleasurepalate
05/04/2009If all else fails, chocolate is always a great backup! :)