James and the Giant Cupcake
James and the Giant Cupcake
Banana cupcakes filled with house-made caramel, topped with whipped vanilla buttercream, chocolate sauce, rainbow jimmie sprinkles and a dollop of red vanilla buttercream (cherry inspired).
Vanilla cupcakes filled with vanilla pudding, topped with vanilla buttercream dipped in chocolate ganache.
Vanilla cupcakes filled with marshmallow fluff, topped with turquoise vanilla buttercream, white nonpareil sprinkles and edible glitter.
Milk chocolate cupcakes topped with a coconut glaze, chocolate buttercream and a white chocolate star sprinkle.
Key lime cupcakes with a graham cracker crust, filled with lime curd, topped with lime buttercream and graham cracker crumbles.
Vanilla cupcakes with confetti sprinkles baked into the cake, topped with vanilla buttercream and confetti sprinkles.
Chocolate cupcakes filled with vanilla buttercream, topped with chocolate ganache and a signature vanilla buttercream swirl.
Lemon cupcakes topped with a tart lemon buttercream, white nonpareil sprinkles and rainbow heart sprinkles.
Chocolate cupcakes topped with mint buttercream and an Andes mint.
Chocolate cupcakes piped with a creamy peanut butter buttercream, topped with green sugar sprinkles and a Reece's Peanut Butter Cup.
Gluten free and vegan chocolate cupcakes topped with vegan vanilla frosting and a drizzle of vegan house-made sea salt caramel.
Gluten free and vegan cinnamon cupcakes topped with vegan vanilla frosting dipped in cinnamon and sugar.
Vegan chocolate cupcakes with a vegan blue frosting Cookie Monster design and an Oreo cookie smile.
Red velvet cupcakes topped with cream cheese frosting and a red heart sprinkle.
Chocolate cupcakes topped with vanilla buttercream frosting, drizzled with sea salt caramel and a dash of Fleur de Sel.
Chocolate cupcakes made with Guinness Stout beer, filled with a whiskey chocolate sauce, and topped with Baileys Irish Cream frosting.
Vanilla funfetti cupcakes topped with a vanilla buttercream "sky", a sweet and sour rainbow ribbon and edible glitter.
Chocolate cupcakes filled with mini chocolate chip cream cheese frosting, topped with cream cheese frosting, shamrock sprinkles and a "pot of gold" sprinkles.
Vanilla cupcakes topped with green vanilla buttercream, shamrock sprinkles, gold edible glitter and a "gold" chocolate coin.
Carrot cupcakes flavored with coconut, topped with cream cheese frosting, green and orange jimmie sprinkles and an Irish flag topper.
A white Russian cupcake. Milk chocolate cupcakes filled with a vodka white chocolate ganache, topped with Kahlua buttercream and a chocolate straw.
Chocolate cupcakes topped with pure vanilla bean buttercream frosting, edible glitter and a single chocolate star.
Vanilla cupcakes made with real vanilla beans and topped with pure vanilla bean buttercream frosting.
Vanilla cupcakes made with real vanilla beans and topped with pure vanilla bean buttercream frosting.
Buttermilk cupcakes topped with fudgy chocolate frosting and topped with rainbow sprinkles.
Red Velvet cupcakes topped with cream cheese frosting and red sprinkles.
Chocolate or Vanilla cupcakes topped with vanilla bean buttercream frosting and dipped in rainbow sprinkles.
Vanilla cupcakes piped with bubblegum flavored buttercream frosting and topped with electric blue sprinkles.
Chocolate cupcakes topped with mint buttercream frosting and an Andes chocolate mint.
Blueberry cupcakes topped with cream cheese frosting and a touch of blue sprinkles.
Cinnamon spiced cake with swirls of brown sugar & cinnamon, topped with cream cheese frosting.
Chocolate cupcakes topped with vanilla buttercream frosting and drizzled with sea salt caramel and a dash of Fleur de Sel.
Chocolate or Buttermilk cupcakes topped with vanilla buttercream and rolled in toasted coconut.
Light lemon cupcakes topped with a tart lemon buttercream frosting and pink sprinkles.
Cupcakes flavored with coconut, topped with cream cheese frosting and a dash of cinnamon.
Buttermilk cupcakes filled with strawberry jelly and topped with a creamy peanut butter frosting.
Chocolate cupcakes with a coffee flavored mascarpone frosting, topped with a chocolate covered espresso bean.
Chocolate cupcakes topped with a chili cinnamon chocolate ganache and a touch of red sprinkles (spicy.)
Chocolate cupcakes topped with fudgy chocolate frosting, chocolate sprinkles and chocolate chips.
Chocolate graham cracker cupcakes with cream cheese frosting, dipped in graham cracker crumbles.
Chocolate cupcakes topped with cream cheese frosting, blue sprinkles and chocolate curls.
Banana cupcakes with Banana's Foster, topped with buttercream frosting.
Devil's food chocolate with a coconut glaze and topped with milk chocolate buttercream frosting.
Strawberry cupcakes topped with vanilla bean buttercream and dipped in hot pink sprinkles.
Pink lemon cupcakes with a light lemon buttercream frosting, topped off with a pink Lemonhead candy.
Chocolate cupcakes topped with peppermint and mint chocolate swirled buttercream frosting, mint chip shavings and mini chocolate chips.
Red Velvet cupcakes topped with chocolate cream cheese frosting, red sprinkles and a chocolate dipped cherry.
Vanilla cupcakes with confetti sprinkles baked into the cake and vanilla confetti frosting.
Vanilla cupcakes with chocolate chips baked into the cake and chocolate chips vanilla buttercream frosting.
Vanilla cupcakes topped with a seasonal colored buttercream frosting and dipped in toasted coconut. Or Chocolate cupcakes topped with a seasonal colored cream cheese frosting and dipped in toasted coconut.
Vanilla cupcakes with a cream filling, topped with white vanilla buttercream frosting and rainbow colored star sprinkles.
Chocolate cupcakes with a caramel filling, with chocolate buttercream frosting surrounded by peanut butter buttercream, topped with a chocolate star and peanut butter chip shavings.
Banana cake with a caramel filling topped with vanilla buttercream frosting, drizzled with caramel and a dash of salt.
Chocolate and Vanilla marble cake topped with chocolate and vanilla swirled buttercream and rainbow sprinkles.
Chocolate cupcakes filled with a salted chocolate ganache, topped with chocolate caramel buttercream frosting and edible gold glitter.
Chocolate cupcakes piped with a creamy peanut butter frosting and topped with chocolate & green pixie dust.
Chocolate cupcakes topped with a mascarpone cookies and cream frosting with a Newman-O.
Buttermilk cupcakes flavored with cinnamon & nutmeg, topped with maple buttercream frosting and a cut of maple bacon.
Vanilla, chocolate and strawberry cupcakes topped with pink, red, peach and white buttercream roses.
Gluten free and vegan cinnamon and cardamom cupcakes topped with brown sugar buttercream frosting and a sprinkle of brown sugar.
Strawberry cupcakes filled with a strawberry sauce and topped with champagne buttercream frosting and pink sprinkles.
Chocolate cupcakes with a buttercream filling, topped with buttercream frosting dipped in glittery white sprinkles (like his glove).
Chocolate cupcakes made with Guinness Stout beer and topped with Bailey's Irish Cream frosting.
Chocolate cupcakes with blue buttercream Cookie Monster design and an Oreo smile.
Buttermilk cupcakes topped with fresh banana slices, peanut butter frosting and disco maple bacon.
Graham cracker crusted chocolate cupcakes with marshmallow fluff filling, chocolate buttercream, dipped in graham cracker crumbles, topped with a chocolate dipped toasted marshmallow.
Rainbow vanilla cupcakes topped with vanilla butttercream frosting and a red sparkle star.
A white Russian cupcake. Milk chocolate cupcakes with a white chocolate vodka ganache filling, topped with Kahlua buttercream frosting. "The Dude abides".
Yellow cake with honey buttercream filling topped with lavender mascarpone frosting, a butterfly, cascaded with honey and a pinch of salt.
Vanilla cupcakes with a caramel filling topped with vanilla buttercream frosting dipped in toasted coconut and graham cracker crumbles with a drizzle of chocolate sauce.
Cinnamon chocolate cupcakes filled with a spicy chocolate ganache, topped with Kahlúa buttercream frosting and a red heart.
Lemon cupcakes filled with lemon curd, topped with a light lemon buttercream frosting.
Blueberry cupcakes with cream cheese frosting, dipped in graham cracker sprinkles topped with a single blueberry.
Lemon cupcakes filled with lemon curd, topped with cream cheese frosting and dipped in graham cracker crumbles.
Vanilla cupcakes filled with cookie dough (eggless) & topped with vanilla buttercream rainbow sprinkles and a chocolate chip cookie.
Outside
a cake with the word lee baby written on it
Carrot, lemon, The Salty Banana, Key Lime West (Available Mar. 1 - Mar. 31), and the mini is Funfetti (Available Mar. 1 - Mar. 31)
2 Red Velvet, 1 Sea Salt Caramel, 1 The Salty Banana, and a mini holiday Cupcake
I love it
Decor
Inside
a variety of cupcakes
a black cake with white icing
7/2022
I love it more
Holiday hours
Lemon, Jack Frosted (blue winter theme) and Troop Beverly Hills
March flavors
Sea Salt Carmel minis, Chocolate Cheese Cake minis, and Guinness/Baileys Chocolate cupcake.
Holiday hours
Decor
The view
Cute display
Limited edition cupcake and Betsy dog wants it!
My friend is seriously obsessed w/this place =D
End of day selection 6/2022
Jason V.
Mar 2, 2025
Great cupcake spot. Always a nice variety of flavors and strong chocolate coverage. Vegan options and mini cupcakes too. Nice frosting. During the great cupcake arising a lot of mediocre shops turned up everywhere, but James and the Giant Cupcake is delightful. Nice staff too.
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Jacqueline F.
Dec 7, 2024
Cute spot with great gluten-free cupcakes! They used to have just a basic chocolate and a basic vanilla which was boring to me. But they've expanded and had four types of chocolate the last two times I visited (basically) chocolate with different frostings. But that's fine.I got one of each and they were so good. I visited after lunch and they had plenty of cupcakes. The people behind the counter have been very nice. The one thing I noticed is that the cupcakes travel well. I got the cupcakes and ate them the next day. I expected to see a box with swirls of frosting all over it, but that wasn't the case. It was quite good and I was pleased to get to eat four, yes, four as a snack. While my gluten-loving co-workers were eating their snacks, I had a chance to pull out a treat that made them envious. And it was so good.
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Jeff W.
Sep 11, 2024
After running by this place for months I came to see that this was thee Oakland cupcake jam! I went inside to get my girlfriend her favorite cupcake (red velvet) and was greeted with kindness, cheerfully educated on my options and overall left with a mini cupcake too. :) Sad that their jack London location closed but just Drive another 15 minutes and do yourself a favor to support this local gem! Cant wait to try the vegan options!
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Margaret H.
Mar 8, 2024
I ordered three dozen mini cupcakes for a baby shower. The sea salt caramel and the chocolate cheesecake were a HIT. None of us could taste the flavor of Guinness and Bailey's chocolate mini unfortunately, but we applaud their innovative take on cupcakes.I have been coming to the store for many years. They are reliable, although their window for pick up was a little bit on the late side this time and their cashier seemed unclear about where my order was even though I came twice in 30 minutes to ask.
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Rachel M.
Mar 25, 2023
Cupcakes are one of my kryptonites and this place is no exception. I had usually gone to the downtown Oakland location pre-pandemic and found out they closed it (sad emoji) so I dropped by here to curb my craving.The inside right wall hung whimsical and creative drawings of the cupcake flavors through the years and it really added to the store's ambiance. The March flavors were in full swing and on display. I got the Key Lime West (Mar. 1 - Mar. 31), Lemon (Mar. 1 - Mar. 31) Over the Rainbow (Available for order 3/16 - 3/17). I really enjoyed the first 2 - I'm a sucker for citrus flavored cupcakes, especially if the cupcake is moist and flavorful and the frosting paired nicely and wasn't too sweet. I especially liked the graham cracker crumble that added a textural layer. The Over the Rainbow was unfortunately overbaked and a smidge dry. It happens I guess!The lady working there remembered me from frequenting the downtown Oakland and was very friendly. She packaged my 3 cupcakes nicely and even added some tissue so they didn't get messed up if they bumped into each other.Long live James and the Giant Cupcake!
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Liam M.
Jul 11, 2024
It was my first visit to the store--I had heard good things and I love cupcakes, so... I placed an online order to pick up a few cupcakes the next day. The store is super easy to access right on a clean little block of San Pablo Ave in Oakland. There was one customer being helped when I arrived, so I enjoyed getting a sneak peek at the craft as the baker was decorating a pretty little cake in the back. She came out and asked if she could help me--and she was so pleasant and happy, tbh her smile distorted time--but when I snapped out of it I told her my name and she had my order waiting for me. Oh yeah the cupcakes--I ordered 1 giant sea salt caramel + a regular full size version, 2 full sized lemon, and 2 full sized dreamfluff. Holy smokes these are so good! So fresh and delicious! I highly recommend James and the Giant Cupcake for their cupcakes and I'm confident their custom cakes are also as delicious as they are beautiful. Check them out!
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Daniela J.
May 3, 2024
Love these cupcakes. I wish I had remembered to take a picture before we devoured them but they were pretty and delicious. We had red velvet, chocolate, blueberry, and carrot. I also had a gluten free snickerdoodle. They were great for my hubbys bday and I would order here again. Online ordering the door before was super easy and there was status updates day of.
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Bay C.
Aug 5, 2024
I'm reviewing the gluten free vegan cupcakes which did a dooooozy on my stomach. The bite sized tastes best to me but my stomach was Not happy.
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Paul L.
Dec 2, 2024
Didn't know what to expect, but wow you have to certainly try this place out. It's an unassuming small bakery that was decor in a modern clean look. I had walked in to get some cupcakes for a birthday party and the staff there was super helpful with selecting a variety of flavors. When we had them after dinner and the reaction from everyone was phenomenal- the cakes were fresh, you can taste the real ingredients from the frosting down to cake itself. The most enjoyable were the lemon and salted caramel cupcakes. A must try place!
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Kathy M.
Jan 13, 2025
just driving through and boy am I glad I stopped in... we absolutely loved these cupcakes the best that we have ever had and such a small thing as a cupcake can really make your whole day special and these certainly did!!!
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