The Five Sweets Bakery, Costa Mesa, California

The Five Sweets Bakery is a new bakery in Costa Mesa, California.

The Five Sweets Bakery - Candy - Gifts
130 East 17th Street - Suite D
Costa Mesa, CA, 92627

These are their Cupcake offerings:

Cupcakes: (regular size) $2.25 each, (with topper) $2.50 & up, (mini size) $1.00 (min. 1 dozen)
(chose from chocolate, vanilla or cream cheese frosting & sprinkle colors on cupcakes)

Vanilla Pound Cake -Join the craze... these original cupcakes are amazing and all your taste buds will be satisfied.

Chocolate - A mini version of the Hershey Chocolate cake, you still cant go wrong.

Red Velvet - Our most popular cupcake, mini version of the Red Velvet Cake. The perfect accompaniment to any afternoon.

Strawberry - These cupcakes are made with fresh strawberries baked inside.

Oreo - For the child in all of us. Oreos baked inside, with a whole Oreo on the bottom.

"Sweet offerings of frosted cupcakes and desserts," The Orange County Register (Click through for photo gallery)


Photo by Cindy Yamanaka for The Orange County Register

It was her sisters who suggested she make cupcakes with a whole Oreo cookie embedded at the bottom of each – and it's now among the most popular treats.

Then there are the strawberry cupcakes, made at the request of Kuhen-Orr's mother, who suggested she try using fresh berries. The result was a beyond-moist, bright pink cupcake dotted with chunks of strawberries for a tangy delight.

Then, of course, there's the main attraction at Five Sweets, the red velvet cupcake, which is studded with chocolate chips. It's not too-cool, like the ones at Sprinkles, or as dense as those at Zov's; Five Sweets' version conjures up nostalgic images of simple, home-baked goodness. But it's Kuhen-Orr's luscious buttercream frosting that deserves mention here, as it's a refreshing departure from frostings so overly sugary that they make your teeth ache. Kuhen-Orr uses only fresh butter, vanilla and eggs to whip up icing with just the right amount of sweetness.

Red velvets are traditionally made with a cream-cheese frosting, and Kuhen-Orr said cakes and cupcakes can be made with it, upon request.

"I just don't like the idea of having cream cheese sitting out for hours or all day; that kind of weirds me out," said Kuhen-Orr. "But you can certainly have it made to order."

When Kuhen-Orr opened Five Sweets last January, about 100 cupcakes a day were made. In fact, the night before the bakery's grand opening, Kuhen-Orr was so fraught with fear that no one would come that she cried herself to sleep.

"And then on my first day of business, we had 150 people come in," she said. "And people still keep coming, so I just keep on baking."