Demand for gourmet cupcakes exploded in the early 2000’s.
The gourmet cupcake became a cultural and economic phenomenon over the last ten years, with gourmet cupcake shops proliferating across the country, selling increasingly elaborate and expensive concoctions.
Cupcake ATM
An ATM is set to open where your dough comes out freshly baked — with icing on top. Sprinkles, a gourmet cupcake chain with 10 locations nationally, is set to open its first 24-hour cupcake vending machine on March 9 at its original store in Beverly Hills, Calif.