Mother's Day cupcake challenge

"Sex and the City" heats up cupcake cravings

By Allyson Reedy
Special to Metromix

Blame it on “Sex and the City.” The show that made Manolos, cosmos and promiscuous sex must-have accessories for the savvy, single gal, also started a cupcake revolution. From the second that Carrie and Miranda bit into their pink-frosted (of course) vanilla cupcakes sitting on a bench outside of New York City’s Magnolia Bakery, women and secure men everywhere collectively thought, “Damn, it’s been a long time since I had a cupcake.” And then together, we all rushed out to eat them.

Like any trend, cupcake-centric bakeries first started sprouting up in the U.S. perimeters of New York and L.A. in the late 1990’s. Then they worked their way into mid-America in the 2000’s.  Now, if you’re hankering for a cupcake in Denver, you’ve got plenty of choices. But with options come responsibility, our friends. We decided to get a Metromix mom a chance to sample some cupcakes so we truly know which ones out sugar the competition.

Of the dozens of cupcakeries in the Denver area, who makes the very best?