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#SundayFunday – It’s All About Character at Sweet Bakery

Sweet Bakery in Boston, MA (via Facebook)

While cupcakes are no longer trending as they did at their peak, the dessert is still wildly popular. Just watch Cupcake Wars on The Food Network to understand the passion and craze behind this ultimate nostalgic treat. And at Sweet Bakery in Boston, passion and craze are at an all-time high. Named Best 101 Cupcakes in America in 2014 and Best in Massachusetts in 2015 by the Daily Meal (psst, @TheDailyMeal, have you tried TQC?), and awarded Boston’s Best Cupcakes in 2009 and 2010 by the Improper Bostonian, Sweet Bakery is still famous for its long lines and out-of-the-box, customizable cupcakes.

With five locations in Boston ranging from downtown to Harvard Square, these cupcakes are continuing to make waves in the Boston food scene. Baked fresh every morning with handcrafted frostings, fillings, and batter, Sweet Bakery prides itself on its finer ingredients including Callebaut chocolate – a Belgian couverture chocolate – Madagascar bourbon vanilla, and Bensdorp cocoa.

Walking into Sweet Bakery on School Street is like walking into Gail’s in London with its chic, minimalistic style and decor. From the rustic appeal of London’s streets to the clean and airy cupcake flavors, Sweet Bakery feeds into Boston’s growing demands. And, keeping up with the demands means boasting on behalf of the local Boston sports teams, initiating Instagram-worthy trends, and illustrating the best part of Boston – its four seasons – atop every cupcake. Depending on the season, you can find garden-inspired cupcake themes, holiday adorned frosted designs, and everything from the Boston Celtics’ logo to unicorns with horns. With such high-quality visual toppings, we ask Sweet Bakery, “Are these cupcakes too cute to eat?”

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#SundayFunday: Boston Burger Company – A Frappe Lover’s World

Smores from Boston Burger Company

Traveling for a food adventure has become the highlight of most weekends but in our #SundayFunday column, we look to expand the gastronomic pleasures of travel to feature some of Massachusetts’ most underrated food destinations.

Known for its baked beans, creampies, and clam chowdah (yes, chowdah – not chowder,) Boston is a place of no-nonsense eating. Sticking to its traditional values and food groups, Boston is all about its history, its baseball franks and its hearty meals. That is why, it’s no surprise that hidden behind the name Boston Burger Company there is a tradition of sweet, satisfying, over-the-top frappes. If you’re not from Boston, then the term “frappe” is just as confusing as “chowdah” but not to worry, at the Boston Burger Company in Cambridge, MA, you can have it all.

A milkshake is New England is only shaken milk and syrup, not to be confused with a frappe which is a mixture of ice cream, milk, and syrup (in Boston, words have different meanings.) To compensate for the confusion and the battle between frappe vs. milkshake, Boston Burger Company takes it a step further with their #freakfrappes – a combination of ice cream, milk, and syrup, topped with sweets like an actual layer of strawberry shortcake or a horizontal graham cracker smothered in marshmallows and melted chocolate. Each frappe is presented in a tall sexy glass and every part of the glass is used as part of the #freakfrappe. No space is overlooked. The S’more Than You Can Handle #freakfrappe is a frozen hot chocolate frappe with a graham cracker rim (crumbled graham crackers sprinkled onto the rim of the glass), chocolate syrup, and topped with a wicked (a.k.a “great”) big s’more.

Visually, the #freakfrappes are a play on adult nostalgia. It is a calling to our childhoods, when all we wanted to do was mix all our favorite sweets into one great big bowl of ice cream. M&Ms, Oreos, Nutella (a cult classic), peanut butter, and melted chocolate are only but a few of the options offered at Boston Burger Company and they are the essential components of any good frappe.

Of course, the Boston Burger Company serves their famous burgers like the Hot Mess, featured on the Rachel Ray Show, a burger with bacon, sweet potato fries, homemade thousand island dressing, diced pickles, jalapeño, red onion, lettuce, and American cheese – but honestly, who cares about the delicious burgers and fries when you can sustain yourself with a #freakfrappe? Oh, and since it’s #SundayFunday, ask for a Boozy Frappe – you’ll thank us later.