Photo of Bunny Hops cupcakes (carrot cake) and article by Jeff Houck for The Tampa Tribune
The Tampa Tribune looks at Tampa, Florida cupcake bakery The Cupcake Spot. (bolding mine)
Rogers and her boyfriend opened The Cupcake Spot on South Dale Mabry Highway in early December. Since then, response has been mushrooming. Valentine's Day saw their tiny storefront crowded with customers looking to spend $2.75 per cupcake and $30 for a dozen.
The appeal, she says, is emotional on many levels.
"Cupcakes are a comfort food," she says. "They're versatile, they're portion-controlled, so we don't feel like we're overindulging. They're portable. You can throw away the little wrapper, and they're not messy. You don't have to have plates or knives. They're your own personal cake. You get to have your own flavor. Especially at a party, if someone has different flavors of cupcakes, you get to pick which one you like.
"One of the biggest personality traits of the cupcake is that it evokes feelings of nostalgia and happiness. I'm sitting here and I'm exposed to these things, hundreds of them each day, and I look at them and they're just so darned cute."
Also check out Flickr user Side Salad's extensive The Cupcake Spot photo set.
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