cupcake crawl: hospital edition

so my friend ash has been having some complications with her pregnancy that has landed her in bed rest in the hospital for a while. without sharing too much of her personal business, suffice it to say, her, charlie, and baby rhett could use your prayers. she is stable and so is rhett, but they will continue to monitor her and rhett until he makes his appearance.

so, what does a good best friend take to her friend in the hospital? well, when that friend is me, CUPCAKES! i texted ash and let her know that i was coming and needed her help for the blog, and she said she would be happy to! so i stopped by southern poundcakes, this great bakery near my office and the hospital, and grabbed a half dozen little cups of happiness and headed on over. our friend lauren was there too, so the three of us chatted and rated and ate some sugary goodness. 

here's what we thought:

altogether, we gave southern poundcakes an average rating of 80.33. not bad! i think their mini poundcakes are my favorite, but the cupcakes were fun & happy.

for an update, you should know that ash got discharged from the hospital tonight- hurray! big answer to prayer, although we continue to pray for ashley and rhett as they continue the journey towards full term. pray that God would keep rhett nestled inside of ashley until His perfect timing.

hang in their rhett, and stay well ash!!

cupcake crawl: the cake house

so a few weeks ago, i stopped by the cake house on my way home. i had tried to stop by before and couldn't find it, so this time, i was glad to be able to locate it and get there before they closed. 

i must say, i was a bit let down.

when i walked in, the store was kind of cool because you could see the whole kitchen. it was decorated with cupcake knicknacks. i waited a bit for the woman in front of me to make her selections, then i made mine, pretty much getting one of everything that they had left.

carrot cake

traditional cake- tasted just like a publix/walmart/kroger cupcake. couldn't decide if that was a good or a bad thing

pink lemonade cupcake- by far, mine and nathan's favorite

red velevet

the remains :)

all in all, we gave this place a 70. good for the stockbridge area, but not our favorite.

new feature: the cupcake crawl!

alrighty folks, another new feature for ya- an ongoing cupcake challenge!

inspired by my recent consumption of a variety of cupcakes, i'm going to start a new, ongoing feature reviewing local cupcake shops and rating them. i'm really pumped about this!!

so every time you see this symbol, it means there is a review ahead!! to make all things equal, i've come up with a report card that i will fill out on each, and i'm going to try to take pictures as well. here's the report card:

if you've got a cupcake place you want me to check out, send it to me!! here's my list so far:

cupcake shops:

lenox cupcakes

camicakes

highlands bakery

atlanta cupcake factory

little cake bakery

gigis cupcakes

caryns cakes

piece of cake

holly's cupcake store

sweet pockets

buttersweet bakery

button cakes bakery

west egg cafe

the cake house & more

bliss

cookie studio

obviously, that's quite a few, so this will take a while. stay tuned!

if you want to visit & be a guest judge, let me know! i'll be looking for taste testers & cupcake comrades!

enjoy!