Meredith Ford at the Atlanta Journal-Constitution blog Table Talk has searched far and wide to come up with the top 5 cupcakes in Atlanta.
photo by Joey Ivansco
Pictured is the red velvet:
How wonderful to open this month’s Bon Appetit to find Buttersweet Bakery in Hapeville featured.
The little bakery that could, Buttersweet owner Charlita Varner’s Key lime cupcake with cream cheese frosting is featured in a piece that’s all about the best of the bake shops across the United States. Atlanta is home to lots of “cupcakeries,” where smallish is best and flavors from funky monkey to plain old vanilla will make every day seem like your birthday.
Here are five spots that bake up cupcakes better than best:
Buttersweet Bakery’s red velvet cupcake is the moistest, reddest, most luscious version of this Southern favorite ever.
The other chosen bakeries are:
Little Cake Bakery
Sweet Pockets
Atlanta Cupcake Factory
Sugar Mama's
Readers are weighing in (and disagreeing) in the comments:
I would like to respectfully disagree with the comment/review posted for the Atlanta Cupcake Factory. I am a frequent visitor to this shop and I have tried all of their flavors. I would describe their Dulce de Leche’ frosting as not so sweet but as extremely rich. “Make your teeth hurt” seems a bit extreme for such a delicious experience. They told me it takes 3 hours to make that frosting. WOW! It has a sweetness to it for sure, but is not what I would call “sugary”. In my opinion the most “sweet” of their frostings would have to be their Chocolate Buttercream, which reminds me of my grandmother’s chocolate frosting.
photo by Joey Ivansco
Pictured is the red velvet:
How wonderful to open this month’s Bon Appetit to find Buttersweet Bakery in Hapeville featured.
The little bakery that could, Buttersweet owner Charlita Varner’s Key lime cupcake with cream cheese frosting is featured in a piece that’s all about the best of the bake shops across the United States. Atlanta is home to lots of “cupcakeries,” where smallish is best and flavors from funky monkey to plain old vanilla will make every day seem like your birthday.
Here are five spots that bake up cupcakes better than best:
Buttersweet Bakery’s red velvet cupcake is the moistest, reddest, most luscious version of this Southern favorite ever.
The other chosen bakeries are:
Little Cake Bakery
Sweet Pockets
Atlanta Cupcake Factory
Sugar Mama's
Readers are weighing in (and disagreeing) in the comments:
I would like to respectfully disagree with the comment/review posted for the Atlanta Cupcake Factory. I am a frequent visitor to this shop and I have tried all of their flavors. I would describe their Dulce de Leche’ frosting as not so sweet but as extremely rich. “Make your teeth hurt” seems a bit extreme for such a delicious experience. They told me it takes 3 hours to make that frosting. WOW! It has a sweetness to it for sure, but is not what I would call “sugary”. In my opinion the most “sweet” of their frostings would have to be their Chocolate Buttercream, which reminds me of my grandmother’s chocolate frosting.
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