Best of Metromix Detroit 2013Cupcake
Lots of restaurants serve great desserts -- there's no question about that. And here in metro Detroit we sure love to eat them up, yum. The cupcake trend is sweeping retail and in-store bakeries and we can't get enough of those tasty little cakes. How do you satisfy your cupcake cravings? If you think we left out a deserving nominee, let us hear about it!
And the winner is…
Pink Elephant Cupcakes
22301 Jefferson
St. Clair Shores, MI 48080This was a close race that knocked out two-time reigning champ Just Baked. Readers sided with the fun variety of flavors -- like Boston Cream, Oreo, the Stud Muffin, the Scarlett O'Hara and Tiramisu -- at Pink Elephant.
Nominees
Just Baked
33309 Seven Mile
Livonia, MI 48152Just Baked - the original in Livonia and other area locations - offers more than 50 flavors of gourmet and jumbo-style cupcakes, including red velvet, Fat Elvis and cinnamon doughnut. Several traditional butter-cream cupcakes are featured and made fresh daily. Oh so delicious.
The Cupcake Station
136 N. Old Woodward
Birmingham, MI 48009Neighborhood: Downtown Birmingham
Sugar-loving fans will take comfort in the fact that, seven days a week, the Cupcake Station whips up a multitude of cupcake flavors and decadent desserts like cherry cheesecake tarts, peanut butter bars and triple-chocolate brownies. Take a seat at the sugar-free, fat-free yogurt bar for custom-made cupcakes and sundaes.
Rockin' Cupcakes
6930 N. Rochester Road
Rochester Hills, MI 48306Every cupcake is baked fresh daily and sold that day. Any leftovers are donated to local food charities.The bakery also sells homemade ice cream from Cook's Farm Dairy, a working dairy farm in Ortonville, and the shop's coffee and soft drinks also are Michigan-produced.
Taste Love Cupcakes
304 S. Main St.
Royal Oak, MI 48017What's not to love about cupcakes? Taste Love Cupcakes offers custom cakes and cupcakes for your party's dessert table. Their cupcakes are baked from scratch using local vendors and organic ingredients whenever possible. Be sure to try their signature flavors like sweet potato.
Last year's winner
Just Baked
33309 Seven Mile
Livonia, MI 48152Keeping its 2011 Best of Metromix title, Just Baked — the original in Livonia and other locations in Novi, Ann Arbor and Royal Oak — offers more than 50 flavors of gourmet and jumbo-style cupcakes, including red velvet, Fat Elvis and cinnamon doughnut. Several traditional butter-cream cupcakes are featured and made fresh daily. Oh so delicious.
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Watercooler - March 7, 2013 at 3:13 PM
If you haven't had a Pink Elephant cupcake, you haven't had a cupcake. They're definitely the best. You nailed it!
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