Fancy Cakes by Leslie, Bethesda Row

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The latest bakery to join the cupcake race is Fancy Cakes by Leslie, now relocated to an actual shop in the Bethesda Row area. Although Leslie is known for her cakes, I found that she fell short when they were super-miniaturized. After trying four flavors: Chocolate with Chocolate; Vanilla with Raspberry filling (buttercream); Vanilla with Orange Buttercream; and Pumpkin, only the Vanilla with Raspberry cupcake was both flavorful and moist. The other fell short badly, with the Chocolate one tasting close to cake mix-like quality.

At a whopping $3.25 per cupcake at Hello Cupcake & G'town cake sizes, it was, um, a bit hard to swallow.