Cheshire Cakes — Restaurant in Crystal Lake

My friend and I stumbled upon this place on a whim when we were on our way to color me mine next door and we are glad that we stopped in! All the cupcakes and other desserts were themed so cute. I got the Alice’s ubirthday cupcake as well as the croissant cinnamon roll (genius). When we tried them at home, I was surprised! The cupcake base itself almost tasted like it has a corn muffin taste which I actually really enjoyed! It tastes like the cornbread cookie from crumble. The cupcake is GF and vegan which I would have never been able to guess as a person who normally doesn’t follow those diets. The frosting was amazing as well. The croissant cinnamon roll was my favorite! The employee serving us was also super sweet. Thank you! We...

This place is super cute with really cute baked goods. The customer service was good too. However, the two cupcakes we had were not good at all. I know no one wants to leave a bad review on a small business but I have to be honest. They were both extremely dry and the frosting was extremely greasy. I figured my cupcake was so dry because I had gotten a gluten free one but my sister's red velvet was also extremely dry. We spent $7 on these cupcakes and we expected them to at least be as good as boxed cake. We do want to try some of their other treats because they have such good reviews and we want to support local, but the cupcakes could not have been part of these reviews unless we caught them...

2 dozen cupcakes for $90, and they were probably the worst I've ever had. Frosting was straight up butter, they were super dense and just hard to eat. Even the toddlers who will eat anything with sugar didn't want them after one bite. Basically no effort in the decorations, and they were destroyed as if someone dropped the box, I know I didn't. Bix was sealed so you couldn't even see what was inside when picking up like with other bakers. So...