Seattle Only-Free Chocolate/Cupcake Samples Valentines Day Madrona YMMV~
Cupcake Royale offers free Valentine's Day tasting
Cupcake Royale's Deathcake Royale, a seasonal offering for Valentine's Day, is a squared-off cupcake with a cupcake 'n' crossbones logo. The $6 confection -- that's not a typo -- includes layers of imported Venezuela and Madagascar "single-origin" chocolate (from Theo Chocolate), espresso ganache (using beans from Stumptown Coffee Roasters) and chocolate cake drizzled with chocolate ganache and topped with chocolate curls. It will be sold between Feb. 1 and Feb. 14 -- you can place advance orders -- but free samples will be available Friday for the curious. The free tastings will be from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. at the Madrona store (1101 34th Ave.), 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. at the West Seattle store (4556 California Ave. S.W.), and 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. at the Ballard store (2052 N.W. Market St.).