Sweet! Gourmet cupcake, ice cream shop opens third Jacksonville store

Teresa Stepzinski, Jacksonville Florida Times-Union
Updated ·2 min read
This classic Red Velvet cupcake is among the customer favorites at Smallcakes Cupcakery & Creamery, which is opening its third dessert shop in Mandarin.
This classic Red Velvet cupcake is among the customer favorites at Smallcakes Cupcakery & Creamery, which is opening its third dessert shop in Mandarin.

A bakery popular for its gourmet cupcakes, wedding and other specialty cakes as well as ice cream, cookies and brownies is welcoming guests to its third Jacksonville-area dessert shop.

Smallcakes Cupcakery & Creamery opens its newest shop at 11:30 a.m. Tuesday at 10111 San Jose Blvd. Suite 1 at Crown Point Plaza in Mandarin.

"We typically have between 22 and 24 flavors of cupcakes. Our most popular probably is strawberry cheesecake, which is a special we do a couple of times a week," said Brian J. Smith, who co-owns the three area shops with his wife, Stacie.

He said Red Velvet, Wedding Cake and Strawberry also are very popular.

Smallcakes Cupcakery & Creamery is opening its third area dessert shop at 10111 San Jose Blvd. Suite 1 in Crown Point Plaza in Mandarin.
Smallcakes Cupcakery & Creamery is opening its third area dessert shop at 10111 San Jose Blvd. Suite 1 in Crown Point Plaza in Mandarin.

Other cupcakes topping the daily menu include:

  • Pink Vanilla or Pink Chocolate: A vanilla or chocolate cupcake frosted with signature pink buttercream

  • The Chocoholic: Chocolate cupcake frosted with chocolate buttercream and sprinkled with chocolate shavings

  • Hot Fudge Sundae: Chocolate cupcake frosted with buttercream and finished with chopped peanuts, hot fudge drizzle and a cherry on top

  • Lemon Drop: Vanilla bean cake filled with a tart lemon filling then iced with lemon buttercream

  • Sinful Caramel: Vanilla bean cake topped with caramel buttercream and garnished with sea salt

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Smallcakes also offers monthly specialty cupcakes ranging from strawberry cheesecake to Biscoff Cookie Butter, Key Lime and Cinnamon roll, according to the menu.

Cupcakes cost $4.25 each, $22.50 for a half dozen and $42.50 for a dozen, the shop's website shows.

Gourmet cupcakes on display at Smallcakes Cupcakery & Creamery which opens its third Jacksonville dessert shop Tuesday, Sept. 19 in Mandarin.
Gourmet cupcakes on display at Smallcakes Cupcakery & Creamery which opens its third Jacksonville dessert shop Tuesday, Sept. 19 in Mandarin.

Daily ice cream flavors include Birthday Surprise, Chocolate, Strawberry, Red Velvet, Vanilla Bean, Cookies & Cream and Butter Pecan, according to the menu.

Smallcakes also offers artisan wedding and other cakes made to order.

Jacksonville's first Smallcakes Cupcakery & Creamery opened in 2016 at 13141 City Station Drive in River City Marketplace. The second opened last year at 13740 Beach Blvd. Suite 113 in Pablo Creek Plaza shopping center.

At roughly 2,450 square feet, Smallcakes Cupcakery & Creamery in Mandarin joins other Crown Point Plaza restaurants including Berndt Ends BBQ, Caprotti's Sandwich Shop, Nudo and Five Guys.

The Mandarin shop is open 11:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday through Sunday; and until 9 p.m. on Friday and Saturday.

Teresa Stepzinski is the dining reporter for the Times-Union. Follow her on Twitter @TeresaStepz or reach her via email at [email protected].

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