All photos are of cupcakes from Violet's Cakes via their website
Travel + Leisure (reposted today on CNN.com) story on "L.A.'s cupcake boom" - it covers Bluebird Café, Dainties Cupcakes, Sprinkles Cupcakes, Susiecakes, and Violet's Cakes (which also has a blog. The Dainties site is down - did they close?
I really liked the Violet's description and hope to check them out when I'm in LA at the end of May. We'll work on getting an interview here too.
Here's a snippet:
The place
Beyond the curtained storefront of Violet's Cakes, on Holly Street in Pasadena, Denise Weber leads her staff and daughter Olivia through the steps of baking and decorating as cheerfully as Snow White inculcated her dwarfs. Violet's has become a popular destination for Old Town workers and residents, especially on Fridays, when people of all ages, and men in particular, swing by for a weekend reward. "We call it handsome-guy Friday," says Denise. Will cupcakes supplant flowers as the new love token or mea culpa?
The goods
Flavors for the inner kid: PB&J, French toast (Denise's favorite), s'mores and the candy-based Butterfinger, Snickers and Twix. 21 E. Holly St., Pasadena; 626/395-9821.
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