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| - We were walking along and I spied a large cupcake in the window. It only took a second of arm-twisting for my boyfriend to convince me to go inside. We were greeted with a table of ornately decorated chocolates and a case of cupcakes with frosting as big as the cake.
There were also samples of the ginger rose chocolates. While we sampled, the owner, Amanda, was so nice and talked with us for about 15 minutes about her shop, her plan to introduce more cupcakes, and her chocolates. Right now, she only has a few cupcake ingredients, but in a week, they're hoping to have a rotating schedule. She uses real butter cream frosting and each cupcake is filled with a creamy pudding-like filling. Sadly, I gave up cake for Lent, so I have to come back in a week to taste, but my first will be the peanut butter chocolate. Or the mango peach. Or the lemon lavender. Or....
We did try more chocolates, though. While we were there, only dark chocolate was available (no complaints here!) although Amanda does offer a selection of white and milk chocolates. I got the cherry with dark chocolate and le-BF enjoyed a sea salt caramel with dark chocolate. Amanda uses fair trade cocoa and natural, local ingredients. They are so rich and satisfying, you only need one. That's why the French eat like gluttons but are rail-thin - they use quality ingredients without waxes or fillers, so you're satisfied with one..although with all of her flavors, a small sampler box is probably worth it!
Do yourself a favor and stop by. This is definitely worth a trip to the Southside. I have a feeling I'll be updating my review to 5 stars after I try the cupcakes (only reason why I didn't give full stars - I can't report on those heavenly-looking cupcakes).
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