Road Trippin: ATL Cupcake Edition

Variety of flavors from CamiCakes in Buckhead

Recently I took a road trip to Atlanta, my birthplace. Known as the jewel of the south, this progressive southern city has more to offer than crunk, fried foods, and Housewives - although we like all those things too. I got the chance to taste CamiCakes, Gigi's of Buckhead and The Little Cakery who supplied cupcakes for the V.I.P. suites at Cirque Du Soleil. Peep game...



CamiCakes (Buckhead)

Flavors: Banana cream cupcake and a Strawberries-n-cream cupcake
Cost: $2.75 each 
Score: 4.9

CamiCakes has 4 locations; this is buckhead

Nestled in a busy shopping center in Buckhead is the bustling CamiCakes. Pink from tip-to-stern this neatly presented cupcake shop featured 10 different flavors of perfectly-portioned cupcakes waiting to be eaten. I walked away with a banana cream cupcake and a strawberries-n-cream cupcake for $5.89. By far the best cupcakes in Atlanta!

Banana Cream Cupcake from CamiCakes

Strawberries-N-Cream Cupcakes

GiGi’s Cupcakes in Buckhead
Flavors: Chocolate strawberry and Kentucky Bourbon Pie
Cost: $3.50 each 
Score: 3.7

Gigi's Cupcakes in Buckhead

Gigi’s Cupcakes is a popular franchise in the south whom I have deemed the beauty queens of cupcakes. Gigi’s packaging and presentation is flawless and friendly with huge cupcakes featuring large crowns of frosting. I walked away with a Kentucky bourbon pie cupcake and a chocolate covered strawberry cupcake totaling $8.59. Overall this cupcakes are pretty to look at and happy to hold but flavors wise they can be a bit too bold. The KBP was a rich cake but the frosting was mountainous and ultimately gave me a headache from all the sugar. The chocolate strawberry (a chocolate cupcake with strawberry frosting covered in chocolate) reeked of artificial strawberry flavor which is a no-no for the Critic.

The Kentucky Bourbon Pie Cupcake

Gigi's of Buckhead's vast Selection

Little Cake Bakery

Flavors: The Marie Antoinette (vanilla cake with raspberry center; topped with caramel and whipped  cream)
Cost: $2.50 each 
Score: 3.9

Little Cake Bakery in Buckhead

After getting a quick manicure from Nail Favors in Buckhead, I happened upon a little place called Little Cake Bakery. A quaint shop that featured 6-8 flavors for $2.50 each. After debating between the Samoan and the mint julep, I chose The Marie Antoinette; their crown jewel of flavors. The cordial cupcake was a vanilla cupcake with a raspberry jam center topped with caramel drizzle (reminiscent of gold ornate) and topped with whipped cream and a cherry. It was gorgeous! 

The Marie Antoinette Cupcake

Little Cake Bakery Special's Sign

The Word on the Street Is...Sprinkles & Crumbs Bakeshop may Open in Atlanta!

Earlier this month I reported that Georgetown Cupcake is opening in Atlanta in Spring 2013. I was excited given the burgeoning cupcake scene happening in the peach state. Well, it seems that Sprinkles Cupcakes  and Crumbs are following suit and are also making tracks to the gem of the South. Sprinkles is slated to open in Lenox Mall (and the Buckhead area in general; an upscale enclave of Atlanta) upon it's renovation while Crumbs is looking to open eight new shops in the Atlanta area. Although this is purely the scuttlebutt, I'm happy to see so much attention being focused on The Critic's hometown and the spread of Cupcake Love! ;-)

The word on the street is....Georgetown Cupcake is opening in Atlanta

Photo courtesy of Georgetown Cupcake 

The word on the street is....Georgetown Cupcake is opening a new store in Atlanta, GA! The store will be located in Atlanta's trendy Buckhead area and is slated to open in Spring 2013. This will be Georgetown Cupcake's sixth store with their fifth store opening next month in L.A. Georgetown Cupcake made the pseudo-announcement on their Facebook page on October 4th. Atlanta's cupcake scene is on the rise and a move to the A-T-L is an awesome one (in my humble opinion). 

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