The bloggers over at Absolutely Charmed recently went on a cupcake crawl (cupcake bakery tour) of the San Francisco Bay Area. Even though I visit there often, I have not actually been to any of these five bakeries (Noe Valley Bakery, That Takes the Cake, American Cupcake, Cups and Cakes Bakery and Icing on the Cake), so I was especially interested in their takes. Thanks for letting us reprint these photos and check their blog for cupcake reviews and more photos.

Lemon drop sugar bee cupcakes, Noe Valley Bakery

Andes mint cupcakes, That Takes the Cake

Chocolate peanut butter cupcake, That Takes the Cake: "This was my prized Peanut Butter Chocolate Cupcake, the best PB Cupcake i’ve ever had…ever!"

Assorted cupcakes, American Cupcake

Cool sign (it reads: "If cupcakes are wrong, we don't wanna be right..."), Cups and Cakes Bakery

Assorted cupcakes, Icing on the Cake
See Absolutely Charmed for more photos and information.

Lemon drop sugar bee cupcakes, Noe Valley Bakery

Andes mint cupcakes, That Takes the Cake

Chocolate peanut butter cupcake, That Takes the Cake: "This was my prized Peanut Butter Chocolate Cupcake, the best PB Cupcake i’ve ever had…ever!"

Assorted cupcakes, American Cupcake

Cool sign (it reads: "If cupcakes are wrong, we don't wanna be right..."), Cups and Cakes Bakery

Assorted cupcakes, Icing on the Cake
See Absolutely Charmed for more photos and information.
Comments
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When I used to live in Vancouver I was addicted to their lemon drop cupcake.
Thanks to Cupcakes Takes the Cake for this feature, cheers to you, from one cupcake fanatic to another!