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• Can I call ahead and place an order for cupcakes?
Absolutely! We love preorders! They help us plan our baking for the day. Give us a call anytime during business hours seven days a week. All of our friendly helpful staff members can help you with your order.
• How many do I need to order if I am calling ahead?
It’s up to you!
If you just want to be sure that we have one jumbo red velvet for you at 8pm on a Thursday night, that’s ok with us. Just call and we’ll set it aside. If you want a dozen of anything, feel free to call ahead. It isn’t required but it is helpful. If you want 2 dozen or more, call as far ahead as possible. We are SUPER FLEXIBLE and if it is humanly possible for us to fill your order, we’ll do it.
• How far ahead should I call?
We don’t have a required lead time or a minimum order size for preorders. If we can make it happen, we will! So call us as soon as possible and we’ll work your order into our baking schedule. We are your cupcake emergency headquarters.
• How many cupcakes should I order for a party of ten people (or 20 or 500)?
If you want Jumbo ones, usually one per person is just great. For minis, we recommend 2 to 3 per person. We recommend that you err on the side of “more” versus “less”; not because we want you to buy more but in our experience, people eat more than you’d think when it comes to cupcakes. Really, we’re not pulling your leg. Besides, there are worse things than having left over cupcakes to share later!
• What if I want red velvet (or any specific cupcake) on Friday, or Monday or Wednesday?
We are super flexible and we understand that sometimes you want your favorite cupcake for your special day like a birthday or a wedding. So you can order any of our cupcakes on our entire monthly menu any day of the week. All we ask is that you order two dozen of a flavor if it isn’t on our menu for that day. We do need a little advance notice to make sure we have all the ingredients on hand so let us know as soon as possible.
• Do you deliver?
Absolutely! We deliver 7 days a week. We use zipcar for our deliveries too! We will deliver for a $15 fee and no minimum order to these area codes.
Additional fees apply for deliveries further away. Give us a call and we’ll let you know how much it would be. • How do you deliver?
To reduce our carbon output, gas consumption, usage of parking spaces in the city, and our effect on the environment, we use ZipCar for our deliveries.
Most of our employees use public transportation or ride bikes to commute to work, including the owners of the bakery. We are then able to use ZipCar for errands, shopping, and for our deliveries as well. For more information about ZipCar and to see if it is right for you or your business, click here. • Can I have a specific color for my icing?
We don’t use food coloring for any of our cupcakes (except Red Velvet). As a more natural alternative we flavor icings with berries like strawberries (light pink) raspberries (darker pink) marionberries (light purple) and blueberries (light blue). If you’d like to add some color, consider a cupcake stand with matching ribbon.
• Do you write on cupcakes?
Sorry, but the way we decorate them doesn’t lend itself well to writing on them. We can, however, put a fondant letter, number, or other cutout on top. It is an elegant way to dress them up even more and make them your own. The additional charge for these is .50 per letter/number/cutout shape if they are all the same.
• How long will my cupcakes last? Do they need to be refrigerated?
Our cupcakes should be stored refrigerated, served at room temperature, and consumed within 24 hours of your purchase. We recommend that you enjoy your cupcakes as soon as possible after your purchase to ensure the freshest possible cupcakes. However, if you can’t eat them right away, they should be refrigerated as soon as possible (within an hour). It helps to wrap the box in plastic wrap to limit air flow which dries out the cake. Many of them our cupcakes have pastry cream filling which is perishable and needs to stay cold. Some of our icings and fillings don’t require refrigeration so if you need something that will keep a little longer, or that doesn’t require refrigeration, ask us to make a recommendation. If you do refrigerate your cupcakes, take them out of the refrigerator at least an hour (minis) or two (for jumbos) before you are going to serve them. This allows the buttercream icing to get back to room temperature. Allow a little longer if it is colder in the room. Remember that buttercream frosting is mostly butter and will melt if it sits in the sun in your car, even if it’s chilly outside. • Do you have cupcake stands?
We sure do! We have a few options. Disposable cardboard stands are available for purchase. We can decorate them for you as well. We also have glass stands that you can rent from us. Call for details, pricing, and deposit requirements on these services.
• Do you do weddings?
We love to help plan your day and find a way to make your cupcakes your own. Call us to set up a wedding consultation. We have lots of options to choose from and we love to customize. It’s your day, after all! You can call us anytime to talk about your options.
• If I want a specific flavor, should I come in early that day to be sure you don’t run out?
Nope! We bake and decorate here during all of our open hours so that we virtually never run out of the flavors on our menu for the day. Occasionally, someone will walk in and purchase all of the cupcakes that we have decorated (seriously this happens now and again) but we immediately start baking and decorating more so we can catch up. When this happens we aren’t out for the rest of the day, just for a short time.
• Can you donate something to our school auction / fundraiser / non profit event?
We believe in supporting the community that supports our business. We get LOTS of requests and we grant as many as we can. All we ask is that you send us your request in writing and include a deadline date. • What do you do with your leftover cupcakes?
Every evening we save our unsold cupcakes and donate them to Blanchet House, a nearby service agency for the homeless.
Check out the great work that they do at www.blanchethouse.org/blanchet.htm. We donated over 3,000 cupcakes to them in our first 3 months together!
• Do you sell Gift Certificates?
Absolutely! We sell them in any denomination. Drop in or give us a call.
• Is Cupcake Jones a chain?
Nope, but it is the lifelong dream of Lisa’s to own her own business and cupcakes seemed to be the perfect thing to sell! So while we would love to sell cupcakes in your home town, for now we are sticking around here and doing our best to fulfill the needs of cupcake lovers in P-town. You never know where we might end up!
• Do you really make everything there in the bakery?
Yup! Not only do we bake everything from scratch, we also fill, ice, and decorate everything in our tiny little bakery. We make almost all of our garnishes from scratch as well. At different times of year you’ll find us making things like hand candied rose petals, white chocolate “pearls”, fresh grated dark chocolate, marshmallows, candied citrus peel, chocolate chip cookies, pecan pie filling, fresh berry jam, gingerbread cookies, cinnamon sugar pie crust cookies, mint sandwich cookies, our own “oreo” style sandwich cookies, and our own graham crackers among dozens of other handmade garnishes.
• Do you bake dairy free / sugar free / wheat free / gluten free / eggless cupcakes?
Sorry but due to storage issues in our tiny space, we focus on the traditional recipe cupcakes. We just don’t have the space to keep substitute ingredients on hand. We do recommend Sweet Pea Bakery in SE Portland. They are awesome! ENJOY!
• Do you bake vegan cupcakes?
YES! We are happy to offer vegan favors. Everyday we have vanilla, chocolate, and red velvet vegan cupcakes. The jumbos are filled just like our "full dairy" cupcakes. Minis are not filled. Watch for more vegan flavors in the future!
• Where did the name Cupcake Jones come from?
Jones is Lisa’s dad’s last name. PLUS, it is a play on the slang term “jonesin’” meaning something you are really craving….like a cupcake!
• If I wanted to keep up on what you are up to, do you have a blog?
Yes! You can find us at www.cupcakejones.wordpress.com
• Why is cupcake jones unique?
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