speaking of cupcakes... taste test!

 So speaking of cupcakes and our fascination of all things tasty gooey cake-like flavorful piled with frosting and unhealthy..... one Saturday we decided to have a taste test comparison. This competition was between - - - - -

 Who we've already mentioned (toffee crunch anniversary cupcakes, remember?)

 And Bake You Happy - who actually won the "Cupcake Wars" competition on the Food Network

 Above are the cupcakes from Velvet Cupcakes. Three of them are our contest subjects: Their Red Velvet (back right), their Salted Caramel (center), and their Lemon. The Chocolate/Vanilla (back left) and the Chocolate Strawberry (front left) tagged along just because we WANTED THEM.

 Above are the contestants from Bake You Happy. Their Red Velvet (right), their Salted Caramel (back), and their Lemon (front). The cupcake with all the popcorn on it is actually the one that made them the winners of Cupcake Wars, so we bought one to try because we WANTED IT.

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THE RESULTS

Salted Caramel winner: Bake You Happy

Lemon winner: after a major fight we decided to call it a tie

Red Velvet winner: Velvet Cupcakes

*and I have to add a little note here that we're pretty partial to Velvet Cupcakes all the way around

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Super scrumptious, OF COURSE!

Deleriously delishious OF COURSE!

They use fresh strawberry puree for the strawberry frosting

Umm..... interesting? 

Caramel cake, marshmallow frosting with popcorn, candy covered sunflower seeds, and a drizzle of caramel. It was an unusual but pleasant mix of flavors, but I don't think I'd have it again.