"Homestyle" cupcakes at The Cupcakery

Interesting article in Bellesville News-Democrat about The Cupcakery, which has bakeries in Edwardsville, Illinois, St. Louis, Missouri (that's the one I've visited last January but don't think I have any photos, alas) and Knoxville, Tennessee.

"The way I would describe our cupcakes is homestyle with a flair," said Ericka, 36, of St. Louis. "We're not glamorous or glitzy. We're just classic."

Seven varieties are always on the menu: double chocolate, confetti, tuxedo, gold rush, peanut butter cup, red velvet and cuppa coffee cake. They sell for $2.75 each or $31 a dozen.

Featured flavors -- such as island dream, grasshopper, strawberries and cream, lemon drop, mocha cappuccino and Italian cream -- change weekly.

"My favorite right now is one of our seasonal cupcakes," Nicole said. "It's called pumpkin harvest. It's a pumpkin-spice cake with cinnamon butter-cream icing and a small piece of Bissinger's pumpkin bark on top."

The Cupcakery's Edwardsville location looks like a contemporary coffeehouse with bright natural light from a wall of windows, a 16-foot-high ceiling with exposed steel beams and seating that includes high-top tables and leather chairs.

Dozens of colorful, perfectly decorated cupcakes line cake stands next to a coffee-and-tea bar where customers fill their own mugs. A party room seats up to 20 people who can decorate their own cupcakes if desired.

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