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Family Dining A Great Place for Birthday, Sports and Teen Parties! Ask us about fundraisers, club meetings, banquets and catering. The Last Honest Pizza • We use tons of fresh toppings. • Our dough is made fresh daily, right in our own kitchen. • Locally owned and operated, we pride our- selves on friendly, prompt service - whether you dine in, carry out or get it delivered. CASA DE ORO 9676 Campo Road ENCINITAS 1321 Encinitas Blvd. ESCONDIDO 1161 E. Washington Ave. NORTH ESCONDIDO 555 W. Country Club Lane #J LA MESA 5999 Severin Drive LA MESA 8032 La Mesa Blvd. (by Vons) RANCHO SAN DIEGO 2650 Jamacha & Fury (by Ralphs) SANTEE 9824 Magnolia Avenue SOLANA BEACH 126 S. Solana Hill Drive TIERRASANTA 10415 Tierrasanta Blvd. UNIVERSITY CITY 3250 Governor Drive VISTA 923 E. Vista Way 619-589-2424 760-753-8303 760-489-0191 760-489-0955 619-589-1510 619-462-1650 619-670-1808 619-449-0521 858-755-6662 858-277-3111 858-457-2334 760-941-1700 Cupcake Love has 10 flavors available every day, plus two more that change weekly. The flavor calendar is listed on their Website. Full-size cupcakes are $3 each, and mini Love Bites are $1.75. My daughter Carina and I went there recently to pick out a selection of cupcakes for our family, and I thought I’d let her give you her impression. “Driving in to the Beachwalk Shopping Child Resistant Safety Fence Family Owned and Locally Operated Free Estimates • Effective Pool Barrier is designed to prevent climbing • Attractive Pool Barrier maintains view and access • Removable An adult can take Pool Barrier down or up in minutes www.arollawaypoolbarrier.com • Authorized Dealer • Est. 1988 (619) 444-7995 92 San Diego Family Magazine • Available in a Variety of Colors • Available Auto Locking Gate A Roll-A-Way Center, you can hardly miss the bright sign and sparkly pink counter. Unable to decide what cupcakes to buy, my mom and I chose one of each flavor—a dozen. Some of my favorites were German Chocolate Love Story, Chocolate Peanut Butter Ecstasy, Gingerbread Man, and Tiramisu Amore. Along with those flavors we also got Chocolate Loves Vanilla, Vanilla Really Loves Chocolate, The Party Girl, Candy Cane Bliss, Coconut Snowball, Chocolate Sin, Red Velvet, and Vanilla Bliss. They are all as good as they sound. February 2010 gourmet. Now North County has its own specialty cupcake bakery in Solana Beach on Highway 101. Owner Ilene Lamb discovered her first cupcake bakery while on vacation. She had an itch for more cupcakes when she returned, but couldn’t find anything similar in San Diego, so she decided to open her own shop, as she is seriously passionate about these mini cakes. Cupcake Love opened in November of 2008 and has been satisfying sweet tooths ever since. N ot just a simple dessert for kids’ birthday parties anymore, cupcakes have gone Louise and Carina Julig Cupcake Love Treats to share with someone you love! Visit SanDiegoFamily.com and enter to win one dozen cupcakes from Cupcake Love. “Every month, Cupcake Love offers a new selection of cupcakes. Some stay the whole month, where others stay for only a week, so if you hear about a great cupcake, hurry up and get it! Along with their regular cupcakes they also offer mini cupcakes in the same flavors. If you have a smaller family I would recommend getting those, or fewer cupcakes, because they don’t keep too long. However, they’re so delicious they wouldn’t last long anywhere.” Like Carina, I, too, loved the German Chocolate Love story, devil’s food cake topped with chocolate ganache and a coconutty German chocolate icing. The Peanut Butter Ecstasy was also amazing, a chocolate cake topped with flavorful peanut butter icing. Each cupcake looks like a mini work of art, with the icing colored and layered to match the season and topped with sprinkles, edible glitter or a chocolate decoration. Cupcake Love can also do special orders for birthdays, showers, weddings or other occasions, and rents cupcake stands and plates. Even if you just take your cupcakes in a box, one nice touch is that the boxes have custom-made holders so they don’t slide around on their way to your destination. If you plan on buying more than two dozen cupcakes, please call in advance to make sure the flavors you want will be available. Cupcake Love 437 S. Highway 101, Ste. 106 Solana Beach; www.cupcake-love.com 858-755-5506 ❖ Louise Julig is a freelance writer based in Encinitas. Her daughter Carina Julig is a sixth-grader who loves to write. SanDiegoFamily.com

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Cupcake Love

Not just a simple dessert for kids’ birthday parties anymore, cupcakes have gone gourmet. Now North County has its own specialty cupcake bakery in Solana Beach on Highway 101. Owner Ilene Lamb discovered her first cupcake bakery while on vacation. She had an itch for more cupcakes when she returned, but couldn’t find anything similar in San Diego, so she decided to open her own shop, as she is seriously passionate about these mini cakes. Cupcake Love opened in November of 2008 and has been satisfying sweet tooths ever since.

Cupcake Love has 10 flavors available every day, plus two more that change weekly. The flavor calendar is listed on their Website. Full-size cupcakes are $3 each, and mini Love Bites are $1.75. My daughter Carina and I went there recently to pick out a selection of cupcakes for our family, and I thought I’d let her give you her impression.

“Driving in to the Beachwalk Shopping Center, you can hardly miss the bright sign and sparkly pink counter. Unable to decide what cupcakes to buy, my mom and I chose one of each flavor—a dozen. Some of my favorites were German Chocolate Love Story, Chocolate Peanut Butter Ecstasy, Gingerbread Man, and Tiramisu Amore. Along with those flavors we also got Chocolate Loves Vanilla, Vanilla Really Loves Chocolate, The Party Girl, Candy Cane Bliss, Coconut Snowball, Chocolate Sin, Red Velvet, and Vanilla Bliss. They are all as good as they sound.

“Every month, Cupcake Love offers a new selection of cupcakes. Some stay the whole month, where others stay for only a week, so if you hear about a great cupcake, hurry up and get it! Along with their regular cupcakes they also offer mini cupcakes in the same flavors. If you have a smaller family I would recommend getting those, or fewer cupcakes, because they don’t keep too long. However, they’re so delicious they wouldn’t last long anywhere.” Like Carina, I, too, loved the German Chocolate Love story, devil’s food cake topped with chocolate ganache and a coconutty German chocolate icing. The Peanut Butter Ecstasy was also amazing, a chocolate cake topped with flavorful peanut butter icing. Each cupcake looks like a mini work of art, with the icing colored and layered to match the season and topped with sprinkles, edible glitter or a chocolate decoration.

Cupcake Love can also do special orders for birthdays, showers, weddings or other occasions, and rents cupcake stands and plates. Even if you just take your cupcakes in a box, one nice touch is that the boxes have custom-made holders so they don’t slide around on their way to your destination.

If you plan on buying more than two dozen cupcakes, please call in advance to make sure the flavors you want will be available.

Cupcake Love 437 S. Highway 101, Ste. 106 Solana Beach; www.cupcake-love.com 858-755-5506

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