SweetBox Truck is the newest cupcake vendor in Philadelphia, boasting fresh cupcakes (baked daily) made with fresh ingredients and made completely from scratch. The truck can be found at 3500 Market Street in University City, though the location may change (keep up on Facebook and Twitter for up to date information).
The cupcakes come with the standard flavors of chocolate, vanilla, and red velvet but there is also a list of rotating flavors like cookie dough (a vanilla cupcake with a cookie dough center), chocolate peanut butter (chocolate cupcake with peanut butter frosting and a fudge center), Philly Hostess (a chocolate cupcake with chocolate ganache, Philly written in red frosting on the top, and a vanilla cream center), and a lot more. You can find the full menu on the SweetBox Truck facebook page.
The schedule for the truck can be found by following along on Facebook and Twitter.
Oh, and the cupcakes? They are fantastic. Pictured above is the vanilla cupcake with vanilla buttercream frosting. The cake part is super moist, has strong vanilla flavor, and is light, probably the best vanilla cupcake I've ever had (and I've tasted a lot, considering my favorite flavor is vanilla). The buttercream on top is creamy and fluffy, there isn't too much piled on and there isn't too little, and it isn't overly sweet but it definitely isn't lacking either. You'd think it ends there, but it doesn't, on top of how great the cupcake tastes it also looks great, something very few bakeries (at least in this city) have been able to accomplish, let alone excel at like SweetBox Truck has.
And because I'm a glutton, I couldn't stop after one cupcake.
I also had the chocolate/vanilla, peanut butter (with fudge center), a philly hostess, and a cookie dough cupcake.
The chocolate cupcake is really moist (thankfully, I've had some dry cakes elsewhere) and I have nothing bad to say about it.
The peanut butter frosting is great, even though I'm not a huge fan of peanut butter. It's made with natural peanut butter which gives it a strong peanut flavor instead of that over-processed, sugar laden taste that other peanut butters can give.
The cookie dough may be my favorite because it combines the awesomeness that is the vanilla/vanilla cupcake (also known as Vanilla2) with a cookie dough filling. The cookie dough is made with mini chocolate chips so you still get chocolate chips but you aren't losing precious cookie dough space for them.
And finally, the Philly Hostess cupcake. A chocolate cupcake with chocolate ganache, Philly written on top with red frosting, and a vanilla cream center. it's based around the classic Hostess cakes that are sold almost everywhere but this version is much better.
Follow SweetBox Truck on Facebook and Twitter for more updates on location, flavors, and hours! I highly recommend these cupcakes, they are some of the best I've had and it's clear a lot of hard work and care goes into making each cake look and taste amazing.
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