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Charlotte Cupcakes – Kimberley’s Bakeshoppe Gourmet Cupcakes

Though they aren’t native to Charlotte, Wal-Mart and Target both carry Kimberley’s Bakeshoppe Gourmet Cupcakes. They look like something you’d find in the display case of a bakery, rather than in a four-pack on a shelf at a big box store. Therefore, it qualifies as a candidate on my quest for Charlotte’s best-tasting cupcake. Plus, it’s an excuse to have something sweet. Other than their holiday specials, Kimberley’s has four different flavors to choose from: -Triple chocolate, filled with rich chocolate fudge -Vanilla bean, filled with sweet vanilla cream -Lemon Ice, filled with tangy lemon curd -Red Velvet, filled with real cream cheese As a faithful fan of anything red velvet, I went with that option. It was a tasty treat, but there were a couple of downfalls with this cupcake. First, it was tough to get it out of the plastic case and wrapper without becoming a frosting-fingered mess. There was just too much frosting on the top. Come to think of it, that was th...