Coffee and Cupcakes

Whilst we were in Utrecht the other week, my friend Nikki told me about a new cupcake shop that had recently opened in the area, iBake. At the time they had a voucher available via their Facebook page which offered a free coffee with every cupcake purchased, so naturally we headed over on one rainy afternoon.
Upon arrival I was pleasantly surprised, the shop wasn't just any old cupcake cafe, they sold all kinds of cute and quirky baking paraphernalia; fun shaped molds and cookie cutters, presentation platters, decorating kits, the whole shebang! It took me about 5 minutes to even get to the counter because I was too busy running around saying "Ooh Arjan, look at this! Oh this is even better! Argh I want that!"
Sadly we arrived at a poor time, there were only a couple of cupcake flavours left, chocolate with a vanilla buttercream and (if I remember correctly) vanilla with hazelnut. Both Nikki and I went for the chocolate.
We sat outside under the awning whilst the rain poured on.
The cupcakes were very nicely balanced, the sweetness of the buttercream was not overwhelming when paired with the light, bitter-sweet cake. I would have loved to have tried some of the other flavours advertised on the board; cookies & cream, salted caramel, red velvet. I suppose I'll just have to go back another time!