After our much too quick visit to gorgeous Trout Lake Farm in Washington, Emily from Busy Mommy and I headed back to Portland for the night. Everyone else had flights home that afternoon, so we had the whole place to ourselves. And of course, we had just enough time for a quick cupcake and bakery tour of the city!
We started out at Saint Cupcake Galore. I love it when bakeries have mini cupcakes to sample! Here we have vanilla, chocolate, pumpkin spice, toasted coconut, and vanilla with chocolate chips.
Gorgeous cinnamon roll, which we cut in half and went straight for the center, of course.
And an oatmeal cookie whoopie pie with peanut butter and jelly buttercream frosting. Too cute!
Our next stop was Cupcake Jones. More mini cupcakes, yay! We sampled the devil’s food cake, vanilla bean, red velvet, and white chocolate marionberry mini cupcakes here. Loved that vanilla bean pastry cream!
But we didn’t stop there, we saved the best for last! Oh, how I loved Voodoo Doughnut. I think my jaw dropped when we walked into this fun doughnut shop!
They had so many fun doughnuts to choose from! Yes, that is a Froot Loop doughnut you see! I got it just for fun, but it turned out to be one of my favorites!
Here’s what all we picked.
Maple bacon. Of course we had to try this one! I am not a huge bacon dessert person, but I did like this doughnut. Although I don’t think I could’ve eaten the whole thing! One bite was enough!
Had to try just their basic, glazed doughnut. Yum.
Dubble Bubble!! And the blue one with pink sprinkles right next to it is blue raspberry. These two weren’t my favorites, but I will admit they taste exactly how you’d imagine they taste. So if that’s your thing, totally go for these doughnuts!
Vanilla Oreo doughnut. Yuuummm.
Chocolate Oreo Doughnut with Peanut Butter. Double yum! This might’ve been my favorite.
Chocolate cake doughnut with crushed Heath bar topping.
And a banana fritter with chocolate, peanut butter, chocolate chips, and salted peanuts. Definitely a highlight of the day!
Thanks so much Emily for running around Portland with me and hanging with me through all these crazy desserts!
Have a great weekend, all!
Woah! Those are some funky donuts! The cinnamon looks so good! I love bacon but not with deserts. This is awesome! I loved the sign with the ghost!
Amanda, how do you stay in such great shape discovering all these goodies?? Do you eat these divine desserts!?!? :-)
Voodoo Doughnuts is my broods favorite place on earth! The cereal doughnuts are my favorite…. Welcome to Portland!!
Portland is so lovely! Another great place to check out is “Two Tarts.” Their mini bakery items are delicious!!
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I am from Portland and you hit all the good spots indeed! I am so glad you had fun! Maple Bacon is so popular in the Great Northwest and I am happy that we were able to turn you :-)
Your food shots always jump out of the page, and never fail to make me crave! YUM!
You are in my list of fave sites!
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everything looks so yummy! gorgeous pictures and beautiful scenery. thanks for sharing your adventures.
did u announce the winner of the lovely Kdub ball? i think i missed it.
I think I just gained 10 lbs reading this post! All look wonderful. I remember seeing Voodoo Doughnuts on an episode of Anthony Bourdain. I would have to try them all sadly.
I went to Portland in February and tried the Voodoo Doughnuts…I think they are the best! And in your pictures they look really yummy!
What a fun weekend!!!
Glad you made it to VooDoo! Next time you make it to Portland, you have to try Papa Haydn. They have AMAZING desserts!
Beautiful pictures, those places look great! I want to visit VooDoo Doughnut one day. Looks like you had a wonderful trip!!
You have ruined me…now every time I go visit a new city I feel like I need to seek out all the cupcake shops so I can eat and take pictures of yummylicious cupcakes like you do :)
It’s a tough life, traveling around the county, seeing these beautiful sites and tasting this yummy treats – but someone’s got to do it!! he he he! I’d love your figure with this diet!! double he he he! (Yes, I’ve read about your successful weight loss and looking forward to my own success story soon – You’ve given me so much hope!)
Many blessings,
Donna
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The last one would be TDF….YUM!
I saw Voodoo Donut on a Food Network special one time. I still remember it b/c donuts are kinda my thang. It really does look amazing!
I have always wanted to go to Oregon. Possibly because I have always wanted to go to Voodoo Donut. Now I’m not sure my life could ever be complete if I don’t take this trip. Thanks for the amazing pics!
Um- you have the coolest job ever! If you ever need an assistant travel/taster partner… I’ll be glad to fill the position! :)
I cannot wait to try that place one day! Yeah not so much on the bubble gum one, I’ll go for that bacon maple, chocolate oreo and apple fritter. Drooooool!
Voodoo Doughnuts are the best…although I did notice you left out the actual names of the doughnuts… (:
Welcome to Portland! Glad you had a good time. Looks like you ate tons of yummy stuff!
Those look yummmmy!
HEY I live in Eugene,OR will have to check this out Thanks for your visit to Oregon!
Diana, I live in Eugene too. You MUST go to Voodoo! The banana fritter thing is amazing and so is the maple bacon. My 6yr old got the Voodoo donut and thought the jelly center was awesome. Oh, bring CASH, that’s the only form of payment they’ll take.
I want to go to that doughnut shop so badly!!
Omg, I’m not even a fan of donuts but those Voodoo ones look AMAZING! Lovely pictures.
I am so enjoying your venture and photos! Thank you for sharing and continue to have a blast!!!
Hey girl, loved our mini-adventure in Portland together. Hopefully we get to do it again sometime! Have fun in Mexico!
VooDoo is so fun! When we were last visiting, I had a cake donut with chocolate, peanut butter, and rice krispies! yum~!
A fruit loop donut AND a maple bacon one?! I must go to this place someday. :)
Amanda – I LOVE all of your pictures. I am now thinking of blowing all of my weight watcher points and cramming as many cupcakes into my mouth as possible:) Thanks for taking us on all of your adventures! WAR EAGLE
Oh, I want that banana fritter. It looks so good. I have a hard time eating donuts since I worked at Daylight Donuts (in Auburn) in high school and gained a ton! I think my kids would love that bubble gum donut though.
you ATE cupcakes without me?? JK! :D i wish i was there
Oh my goodness – how do you stay so slim with all of the sugary delights you taste? I’m assuming it’s only a bite of each, but it must be hard to push the rest away! I am on a VLC (very low carb) diet right now, so am living vicariously through you. Keep those delicious pictures coming!
holy donuts! going to Voodoo is one of my life goals :)
Love Portland, our daughter lives there and they wouldn’t move if you paid them.
I absolutely love VooDoo! I love Froot Loops so I would be all over that doughnut! Such cute ideas! The bubblegum one, though? Ehh… not so sure! It’s cute though!
I’ll admit I do love all of your travel blogs they make me so envious! but I’ll love it when you get home and we get to see some more pictures of those cute lil pups of yours.
Beautiful…simply too beautiful to eat!!! YUM!!! How on earth did you ever get into this line of “work”?! Keep the inspiration coming…
Yay for Washington! :) I’m originally from Washington State and moved to Buffalo, NY after getting married…if you are heading up to Tacoma, WA stop by Hello, Cupcake 1740 Pacific Ave, Tacoma, WA http://www.hello-cupcake.com. Safe travels! :)
oh gosh..I want one of those donut so bad ! lol
Amanda one of these looks better than the next…wow!
And I love that sign from Voodoo Donut. Too cute!! Good things come in pink boxes <– love it :)
Have fun with the girls in Mexico!!!!
Mmmmmm!! Love the look of that vanilla oreo donut – amazing! :)
I <3 your blog post's. All of this glorious food…my fave being the sweet stuff…It just looks to.die.for! But I have to ask…how often do you visit the dentist!? ;) But, seriously, thankyou for sharing and keep it up! :)