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Center: Sea Urchin cupcake Delux Town Diner, Clockwise from top Whoopie pie cupcake, red velvet cupcake, and carrot cupcake, all from Lulu's bake Shoppe; chocolate cupcake with chocolate frosting , Vicki Lee's; Boston cream cupcake ,Lulu's Bake Shoppe; butter cupcake, Vicki Lee's

Check out the cupcake!

Everyone loves this childhood treat, and bakeries are taking note

By Joe Yonan
Globe Staff / August 30, 2006

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SOMERVILLE -- Renee McLeod takes a whiff of the air, swivels around, and swings open the door to her little bakery's convection oven. She takes out a worn tin of coconut cupcakes, beautifully domed and golden brown, and, barely looking at them, sets the tin on a counter. (Full article: 1534 words)

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