Batson's Blog

This week I made another stop in Cornelius. I’d been to Just Baked and Maddy's Fatty's , but somehow I missed BW Sweets Bakery . The funny thing is: it’s right on Catawba Ave., one of the main streets that goes through the town. Free parking is available on either side of the street, though crossing the street proved to be difficult because there’s no stoplight nearby. Thanks to a driver who slowed down for me, I made it across the street after about a minute of waiting for the traffic to break. It's a small shop inside, but there's a decent selection of cupcakes available. It wasn't hard to choose three different flavors to get. Cinnamon Roll Cupcake I’m pretty sure Granny Mac’s forever ruined me with their massive cupcakes. What this Cinnamon Roll cupcake lacked in size, it made up for in flavor though. I love cinnamon, so the abundance of cinnamon flavor on and in this cupcake made it an exceptional treat for me. The frosting was probably the ...

As far as I know, Cupcrazed , out of Fort Mill, SC, is the only cupcake shop in the Charlotte area that was once featured on Food Network's Cupcake Wars and Cupcake Champions. They had a Sunday special that they'd posted on their Facebook page, so I made the trip and got some. With several interesting flavors to choose from, I couldn't pick just one or two. I had to get four cupcakes. Blueberry Pancake This cupcake was the reason I went to Cuprazed in the first place. I saw a photo of it on their Facebook page and my jaw dropped. I'm pretty sure I let out a few comments of disbelief at my the phone I was looking at the Cupcrazed Facebook page on. Blueberry pancake as a flavor of a cupcake??! I had to try it first. Wow! It really did taste just like blueberry pancakes. There was almost a taste of blueberry muffin in the cupcake too. It tasted incredible! The blueberry syrup on top was the perfect accent to the cupcake and the frosting. The funny thi...