WHERE TO EAT The best Cupcake in the world (according to food experts)

"Swing by the Lincoln Park spot and sample the award-winning red velvet cupcake, or create a treat of your own by mixing and matching cake and frosting flavors."

"The oozing lava center of the Strawberry Lava Fudge cupcake won me over, as did the frosting, which is made with fresh strawberries and is good enough to eat with a spoon."

"Today, Baked has become a sweet-tooth mecca with favorites like their signature red velvet cupcakes."

"A double-dose of vanilla extract -- in the cake and in the buttercream frosting -- gives these cupcakes from famed baker Billy Reece of Billy's Bakery in New York City great vanilla taste that's just the right amount of sweetness (and more than irresistible)."

"The red velvet cupcake is the only gluten-free option—but it's outstanding and (bold statement alert) just as good as the regular one."

"The bakery’s inventory almost inevitably leads to piggishness on the part of cake lovers. There are so many good ones that must be tried."

“Best Cupcakes in the U.S.: Magnolia Bakery - The buttercream has a pleasant grittiness from confectioner’s sugar. You really get a feeling of the crystalized sugar texture.”

"Mal and I shared Charlie’s Chocolate Chip cupcake, which was vanilla chocolate chip cake with vanilla butter cream frosting and a small chocolate chip cookie on top, and, oh, yes, it was amazing."

"Perhaps it's the combo of perfectly moist chocolate cake and just the right amount of coconut cream-cheese frosting piled on top. In any case, pretty much everything at this Marina shop is TDF."

"The Flying Cupcake is a vegan and gluten free cupcake wonderland traveling around Indianapolis!"