Batson's Blog

After a break from the cupcakes last week, I was back on track this week. This time I chose Cupcake Delirium . It was a little tougher to coordinate because you can't necessarily swing by Cupcake Delirium as easily as some of the other places I've tried. That's because Cupcake Delirium does business off their website or out of their food truck. They have free delivery in Charlotte with a $30 minimum order. I didn't need that many cupcakes, but there's a $5 charge if you order anything less than $30, so rather than ordering off the website, I tracked down their food truck. It wasn't too hard to find because Cupcake Delirium is active on social media. They post the daily location of their truck on their Facebook page and on their Twitter account . I was going to get just a couple of cupcakes at $3 a piece, but then noticed they have a deal to get four cupcakes for $10. So I could get two cupcakes for $6 or four cupcakes for $10. Their deal suckered...

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...