User blog:LexiLexi/Like a Kid in a Candy Shop: Bakerella Reveals Her Favorite Sweet Shops

Everyone's favorite dessert blogger, Bakerella, has decided to share her favorite sweet shops on the west coast that she discovered while on her book tour. If her fantastic recipes are any indicator of her taste in sweets, we can guarantee the most delectable goodies from these places. Bakerella refers to "Voodoo Doughnut" as a gem for sweets, located in Portland, Oregon. The doughnuts sold at Voodoo are especially unique--for you bacon lovers, Voodoo sells bacon maple bars. Could there be anything more delicious? Also, if you love cupcakes, especially with a lot of frosting (and we all know the frosting is the best part), Bakerella introduces us to "Saint Cupcake Deluxe". Delicious! Another great option for west-coast cupcakes is "Cupcake Royale" in Seattle. Their motto is "does a booty good". Funny and yummy. Another great cupcake mecca is "Trophy Cupcakes", also in Seattle. Martha Stewart even featured them! Bakerella was particularly impressed with the peanut butter frosting: For more traditional flavors for cupcakes, try "Frost" in Seattle. The flavors are less quirky than at Voodoo, but Bakerella says it was "fine by me". After all, who can resist a classic chocolate cupcake? If you like it cold, try Bi-Rite Creamery in San Francisco, where you can sample the best ice cream with fabulous quirky flavors, like brown sugar with ginger caramel swirl. Hard to hear that without getting hungry, right? "American Cupcake", in San Francisco, is a treat for the tongue and the eyes--their cupcakes are not only delicious, but they're beautiful and colorful! Some are topped with cotton candy. In Ghiradelli Square in San Francisco, you can find "Kara's Cupcakes" another sweet cupcake shop with a modern flair and particularly helpful staff. So, for all you west-coasters, there are sweet shops galore! And who could be better to recommend an ideal sweet shop than Bakerella herself? So get out there, and get your sweet tooth on.

source: Bakerella.com