Billy's Bakery

Billy's Bakery is pretty much the same thing as Magnolia's, I was told that this is because the Billy's owner left Magnolia's to start his own business. It is a lot smaller inside, and has less to offer, but the style is very cute, sort of 1940's meets modern day. The day that we went they were serving regular cupcakes like chocolate and vanilla combination and some with different color icings and sprinkles for $2.75, as well as specialty cupcakes like red velvet, banana, and carrot for $3. They also had pies and little pastries and cookies in another window. I must say that the pictures on the website are more appealing than the products in the actual store. My friend, Jessica, wanted a vanilla cupcake with vanilla icing, but they didn't have it in the window so she asked if it would be possible to get one, or at least scrape the chocolate icing off and have them put vanilla icing on it. They said that it wasn't possible. I also noticed while we were ordering that one of the employees came upstairs with a sheet tray filled with frozen cupcakes. It doesn't bother me that the cupcakes are frozen because most places freeze cakes and cupcakes, but I found it strange that he walked up with it while there were customers. He could have waited until we left, since the shop was empty. And since they had extra cupcakes and containers full of buttercream in the back, they probably could have easily gotten her a vanilla vanilla cupcake. She chose a vanilla cupcake with chocolate icing, I chose banana with cream cheese icing, and we both got a piece of the peanut butter pie for 4.25.

We decided to split the cupcakes so we could get a taste of each. The first bite of my banana cupcake scared me because it tasted rotten. It was so moist and banana filled that it just had a spoiled flavor to it. It wasn't rotten or spoiled it was just super banana-y. The vanilla one had a strange flavor and crumbly texture to it which led us to believe that it was a mix....it could have also been the combination of being over baked and frozen. The chocolate icing wasn't bad. So the cupcakes were sort of a disappointment, but the pie was delicious! I brought it home and shared it with Neil; it was a pretty big slice of pie and it was peanut butter cream cheese! One of my most favorite combination's! It was sort of mousse like and fluffy and soft and heavenly.  The crust was very crumbly, but the texture and flavor went so well with the mousse. It was also topped with pieces of peanut butter cups and peanuts. I loved it, but that combination is hard to miss.  I'd have to give Billy's Bakery a 5 out of 10, the place was cute, the pie was good, everything looked pretty, the service is okay, but the place is known for cupcakes, and they were not very good cupcakes.