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26.06.2024 - 14:41 / bhg.com / Claire Hoppe
Claire Hoppe
If there’s one thing you should know about me, it’s that I have a serious sweet tooth. I don’t just mean that I like a dessert here and there: I mean I have a dessert after every meal type of sweet tooth. That’s why, when my mom and I decided to take a girls’ trip to Waco, Texas, where Chip and Joanna Gaines have their Silos property (the Magnolia homebase), I knew I had to try the cupcakes at the Silos Baking Co. Little did I know, I would end up trying every flavor the bakery makes.
The Silos Baking Co. offers five year-round flavors—Cookies ‘n Cream, Shiplap, Strawberries ‘n Cream, Lemon Lavender, and The Chocolatier—plus two seasonal flavors. We visited the bakery in late May and tried their summer flavors: Strawberry Lemonade and Orange Cream.
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Because I like to consider myself a dessert guru, I determined winners for not one, but multiple categories: best cake, best frosting, most aesthetically pleasing, and best overall cupcake (consider it the Olympics of cupcake tasting). Plus, I made an ultimate ranking of the flavors from best to worst. Seven cupcakes, two lemonades, and one very full stomach later, here’s my list of winners—and duds—in each category.
I will be the first to admit that I tend to lean more toward rich, chocolatey desserts over fruity ones. But even my mom (who prefers fruity treats) agreed that The Chocolatier was hands-down the best cupcake at the Silos Baking Co. The fudgy chocolate cake was perfectly balanced by the light and mousey chocolate frosting, a chocolate-lover’s dream.
This flavor shocked me. As I previously mentioned, I am not a fruity dessert person, and I have never been a fan of orange flavoring. (I disliked it so much as a child that I didn't eat anything
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