Brown Betty Dessert Boutique

Brown Betty has the best cup cakes in the city, hands down and that is coming from a cake/​cup cake snob. I have tried alot of the cup cakes around ranging from disgusting to average but Brown Betty is in a class all its own. Tiffany’s in the Gallery is the closest competitor but BB wins my award. They have so many different winning cupcakes they have something for every palate. My personal favorite is the Chocolate– Hattie Don’t Play, it truly is the best chocolate cupcake I have had. It is more of a brownie with icing more than a cupcake because of its density, reminds me alot of the famous brownies at Jr’s in Brooklyn.
Just a heads up, many days the Liberty Place location sells out well before close on its biggest sellers.

I like the cupcakes. They are on the dense side but I think the texture is great because it doesn’t fall apart easily and there is enough frosting for the cake. The only downside is the staff. Every time I go here I don’t feel very welcome. It’s like they want you to pay and get out. If you ask them what flavors they have you’ll get a big eye roll. And it’s with every single person I deal with. Everyone here has some kind of an attitude and I would not come back but there aren’t other bakeries in the area so I just ignore the attitude if I have to go here.

Amazing!!! I love Brown Bettys, they have the absolute best cupcakes ever, I love their icing, and there sour cream pound cake is incredible, but I especially love their red velvet, best ever!!! Way better then whipped bakeshop. I’ve gotteny sisters wedding shower cake/​cupcakes here and just recently her baby shower cake. They both came out phenomenal, and the customer service was excellent!!! This is where I will be getting all my special occasion cakes!!!
UPDATE: I ordered my nephews baptism cake from here after having such a wonderful experience with my sisters wedding and baby shower cake. Customer service was a horrific the girl at the front was very uneducated on the products in the store I knew more than her from having had ordered cakes previously. I ordered a square cake which is easier to cut and serves more therefore costing more yet I was given a round cake. I was also given the wrong flavor cake and the wrong flavor icing then what I’d ordered, and last but not least the writing on the cake looked like a three-​year-​old wrote it and the decorations were comical. It was embarrassing. And then to boot, The cake tasted old and dry. When I called and complained I was offered three free cupcakes. REALLY??? The cake was well over $ 100. Dropping in for three free cupcakes was not even worth my time. I would buy cupcakes from Brown Betty’s if ever I was in the area because they are good but I will never order a cake for an occasion from there ever ever again and I tell people all the time not to do the same because my last experience was just that bad

I’m generally not the biggest cupcake fan, but I really did love the offerings at Brown Betty’s. I tried the coconut, sweet potato, and carrot cake (any by ‘tried’, I mean ate the entirety of all three within 5 minutes), and all were equally delicious. The cake part is of each was dense and flavorful while the cream complemented the cupcake very well without being overwhelmingly sweet. Definitely worth a stop in.
4 stars because the inside was not especially cozy nor welcoming.

Soooo before I came here I read plenty of the reviews from other Unilocalers, I must agree with those that said BB’s cupcakes are very dense. A little to dense for my liking or what I look for in a cupcake. It worked well for the pound cake flavor we had but not the cupcakes themselves. My fiancé and I tried the Red Velvet, Strawberry, Carrot Cake and Pineapple Pound Cake. Overall they all had a good flavor but I’m use to my cupcakes being more moist, light, & fluffy, and these cupcakes just didn’t give me the wow factor. BB’s cupcakes aren’t bad but I have had better.

This was my favorite bakery, but on Valentines day I don’t know what happened. I ordered 4 Strawberry letters, 4 Red Velvets, 2 Sweet Potatoes, 2 Plain Vanilla and 2 Fruit filled cupcakes. When my daughter brought home the order the Sweet Potato cupcakes weren’t in there. I was upset at my daughter for not checking the order.
Also, a recipe wasn’t included. I called the Bakery and they had me on hold for 5 minutes. I understood because it was Valentines day. I called back and the young lady that answered the call was very rude. Not to mention my cupcakes this time around were a little dry. I don’t think I will visit that location again, but I did order the cookbook. Can’t wait to make my own cupcakes.

They were solid good cupcakes. My favorite was the pumpkin with cream cheese icing.

I’ll go with 3 stars now because I never wrote Brown Betty a 5 star review. These used to be my favorite cupcakes of all time. The texture of the cake is more like a pound cake vs a traditional cupcake cake. LOVE LOVE LOVE them. The strawberry is my favorite.
However, yesterday my husband picked up 6 cupcakes for Valentine’s Day and they were the driest, saddest cupcakes I have ever had. They were truly inedible and neither of my kids would eat them. We were all so disappointed because BB is usually a huge treat for us. I don’t know if the cupcakes were old and should have never been sold to us, or what the problem was, but every single flavor was so dry. :(

I brought cupcakes from here today for my daughter’s sleepover. I had one half and wow they are delicious. The staff is friendly and professional will go back for sure.

These cupcakes are delicious! The staff is very friendly and inviting! I personally like the coconut as well as the raspberry filled one! So tasty!

Very, very disappointing. These cakes are very visually pleasing and not terribly overpriced, but incredibly dry. The double chocolate cupcakes *looked* amazing, but fell very short of my expectations.

My cake was simple but yet very beautiful I was very impressed with my cake I’m not a fan of red velvet cakes but this was delicious

The cupcakes at Brown Betty are amazing! I stop by when I am in the city. The bakery is always clean and the service is excellent. I have fallen in love with just about every flavor cupcake. Will try the ice cream next time I am in town.

Ordered cup cakes and birthday cake for my Unilocal Elite Amigo. What an awesome spot! The desserts were very fresh, tasty and some of the best ive ever had. The chocolate and the pineapple cup cakes were my personal favorite. I cant wait to come back!

Rich, intense, elegant, palate-​penetrating cupcakes and cakes. Love the pineapple flavor the most.

Cupcake city! (but don’t just come here for the cupcakes, great cakes and the sort are to be had here too)
I’ve been a customer of Brown Betty’s since they opened their doors and were running the show from LibertiesWalk. It’s always my first stop before I need to bring something sweet anywhere — to Brown Betty’s I go, for their red velvet, their vanilla and lemon poundcake, their sweet potato, their strawberry, their peanut-​butter chocolate, their pineapple delight options all topped with succulent — never-​too-​sweet– buttercream frosting.
It’s decadent eating, simply put. These cupcakes, are more cake-​like than fluffy, airy confections — so if you are looking for a light-​type cupcakes, you won’t find them here. For those not fond of these denser cupcakes, I hear you. I like cupcakes on the other side of the spectrum too, but these cupcakes are not them — these cupcakes are like a good piece of cake in cupcake form, and amen to that!
Prices are reasonable. A $ 3 cupcake will cure what ails you. I’ve ordered custom cakes a plenty here — and those prices are reasonable too, and they are mighty Deeee-​licious! Love that there is a location downtown too, but get thee there early and collect as they quickly run out of your favorite before day’s end.
I keep hoping and praying that they turn their 2^nd street location into a little café, so I could get a good cup of coffee and nibble on one (or two, or three) delightful cupcakes.

Yummy yummy in my tummy! Love this place and frequent it often. For someone’s birthday, for my birthday, when visitors come into town, when I am hungry, when I need sugar, when I am walking by. So far, I have not had a cupcake that I have not loved and wanted to go back for… Vanilla with buttercream, sweet potato (maybe my favorite), pumpkin, lemon, pineapple and red velvet just to name a few. All tasty times.
This location has a private room attached to one side for private events and tasting for wedding and special occasion cakes. I peaked in this last visit and saw the actual Betty! Betty who started this little cupcakery. She is the cutest and nicest. And was, of course, eating a cupcake.

[This review is for the ice cream sandwiches we had from the Brown Betty Ice Cream Bike at the first day of the Brooklyn Flea Market in NoLibs]
Overall, we thought the ice cream sandwiches were pretty tasty. The chocolate cookie cake shell tasted good. The vanilla ice cream was velvety good. Portion wise (from what I remember), the Chocolate flavor offering had a lot more ice cream stuffed in the middle… the Vanilla portion was skimpy. (I prefer vanilla)
My only complaint: I know that it was hot out that day. I certainty don’t expect ice cream to stay in a solid form for 5 minutes or anything… but as soon as I was handed the sandwich, the ice cream melted (disintegrated) into the wax paper holder (a soupy mess). It was as if the tricycle’s freezer box needed better insulation/​temperature control (dry ice?)
Anyway, we liked the sandwiches… even at $ 4.00 a pop.

When I’m looking for a cupcake, I’m always on my way to brown bettys. In fact, I’m always thinking about the Sallie’s Fruit Filled Sour cream cupcake… preferrably with lemon curd. It’s a sour cream vanilla poudcake (dense but moist) filled with lemon curd and then covered in lemon/​buttercream frosting… let me wipe the drool from my mouth. I love this cupcake. Thank goodness they only make it on certain days or I might be tempted a lot more. On the flip side, all of their other cupcakes are so good that it doesn’t matter too much.
Other favorites include their Jean’s road trip (red velvet), Betty’s buttermilk (lemon pound cake with lemon butter cream frosting), Only for Eliza (sweet potato pound cake with spiced vanilla butter cream frosting) and a classic, Sallie’s sour cream (sour cream pound cake with a vanilla butter cream frosting).
I finally had the opportunity to use them for a special event this past weekend which finally pushed me to write my review. The order was for a bridal shower. We kept it simple because these cupcakes are pretty as is. We went with three dozen of the Sallie’s sour cream with ivory and light pink vanilla butter cream frosting and glittery sprinkles on top. Amanda was so easy to work with. Everything was fresh and ready for me by noon on the day of as expected. Once it was time for dessert, lets just say that many people commented on the cupcakes. They were a big hit!
When picking up my order, I was thrilled to hear about their plans to turn a portion of the space into a little café. The progress looked great and I can’t wait to stop by once it’s open!

Aside from this place being a small take-​out shop with no seating I’m a big fan. They have a custom cake business on the side and a couple other desserts but for the most part they’re a cupcake shop. The prices are average and the service was very friendly.
Aside from the normal cupcake flavors they have a few unique options, of which I tried two. The lemon curd filled cupcake and a sweet potato cupcake. Both were incredible, moist, fresh, and flavorful. As the sweet potato cupcake sort of tasted like carrot cake with a smoother texture. Cream cheese frosting would have been a better fit than vanilla but it was still great.
Next time I’m in Philly I’ll definitely be stopping by, these guys do cupcakes superbly.