valentine's day Rachel in Bay Area and Los Angeles next week

I'll be in the Bay Area (for all of two days, January 27-28), and then in Los Angeles January 29-February 1st. Looking forward to meeting as many cupcake bakeries and eating as many cupcakes as I can. To arrange a meeting, email me at cupcakestakethecake at gmail.com - so far I have plans to visit Cupkates cupcake truck in Oakland on Thursday, and am also going to be tasting and reviewing the frozen yogurt cupcakes (frocakes) by Los Angeles' Half Baked Co. I'll probably be back in both places at some point, but if you have any tips, let me know. I'm hoping to meet up with Kimmie again, who drove down from the Bay Area to go to CupcakeCamp LA, again, so we can compare cupcake notes.

valentine's day Half-Baked Co. features frocake (frozen yogurt-filled cupcakes) and cupcakes on a stick!

I've been meaning to write about a lot of the people I met at CupcakeCamp LA, and now, as I get ready to head back to California, I have to accept that I am only human, and simply don't have time to blog about all the amazingness that I encountered at that event. So my apologies, but I will be posting as time allows, but please understand that I cannot possibly blog about all the cupcakes I encounter, much as I'd like to.

One of the cupcake companies I discovered at that event was Half-Baked Co. but I didn't realize until just now that they combine two of my favorite things: frozen yogurt and cupcakes! In the form of frocakes...with these flavor options:

Cookies ‘n Cream

chocolate cupcake filled with

cookies n cream froyo

vanilla buttercream

crushed oreo rim and oreo on top

Mint Chocolate Chip

chocolate cupcake filled with

R.F. mint choc. chip ice cream

mint buttercream

chocolate chips

Root Beer Float

chocolate cupcake

filled with vanilla froyo

root beer buttercream

chocolate sprinkles and cherry on top


I found some others on their Facebook wall, including this amazing candy cane frocake: chocolate cupcake filled with candy cane frozen yogurt, green mint buttercream and crushed candy cane pieces.

There's more! The "Half" in their title comes from this:

Welcome to Half Baked Co. where we bake with half the fat, calories and sugar. We are an online bakery based out of Burbank, CA that uses only the finest ingredients in our deceptively healthy baked goods.

We always use local and organic products and carry a variety of vegan, gluten-free and reduced sugar options.

This allows us to create freshly inspired treats available for pick-up from our commercial kitchen or for delivery within the San Fernando Valley. Shipping is also available across the U.S. for select products.

Cupcakes on a Stick come in pink heart, death by chocolate red velvet or salted caramel. And also seasonal flavors, like the ones below, from their holiday pie collection (pumpkin, apple and pecan):



Other cupcakes:


cotton candy cupcake!


s'mores cupcake


cutie cakes in 8 colors


Mardi Gras king cake cupcake


Chocolate Peanut Butter Dream Cupcake

You can also find them on Facebook and @HalfBakedCo on Twitter.

Half Baked. Co.
Los Angeles, CA (LA delivery, nationwide shipping)
halfbakedco at gmail.com
310-880-8380