Ja Da’s Desserts doesn’t have a shop. They are available by special order by contacting the owner, Jamie Savage, (at 503-351-9769 or by email at jadasdesserts@hotmail.com) or at the Portland Saturday Market. These cupcakes were the best that I had in the Portland area.
Cupcakes at Ja Das
Chocolate Mint from Ja'Das
When we first approached the cupcake booth, we were offered samples of the sweet potato cupcake. The sample was so delicious, I couldn’t resist trying a whole cupcake. I decided on the Snickers cupcake and we were given 2 spoons so we could eat it out of the cup. We took our treat over to the fountains…after getting a little distracted by these little guys…
Puppies! Click to enlarge
Snickers Cupcake from Ja Da's: click to enlarge
The cake was extremely moist and rich. The icing wasn’t overly sweet despite the caramel swirl. There were bits of cut up Snickers bars on top and the saltiness and crunch of the peanuts provided nice contrast. I have no complaints, as this photo will show…
YUM!
After wandering around the market for awhile, somehow we ended up back at the cupcake booth. A sweet potato cupcake found its way into my shopping bag. Mr Shuck and I remembered it the next day during the 3 hour drive back home. It was still fresh and stick to your fingers moist after a day (probably because of the air tight plastic container).
My overall rating for both of these cupcakes: ♥♥♥♥. If I were in Portland, I’d go out of my way to make it to the Saturday Market for another one of these. My only complaint is an environmental one: these cupcakes have a lot of packaging. Granted, they do keep the product fresh, but it’s a lot of landfill space. Maybe one day they will consider compostable plastic.
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