MSM CULINARY Sweet-Tooth Swooning By Way of Sweetness Bake Shop and Café L ately, cupcakes aren’t just cupcakes any- more. In fact, they’ve become a much bigger deal than their diminutive stat- ure suggests. For South Miami’s Sweetness Bake Shop and Cafe, flavor is everything. The ‘ole red velvet and the generic vanilla song and dance is joined by a medley of different tunes con- sisting of nutella buttercream and bacon crumbs, and Corta- dito-flavored cupcakes at the sweet-shop, pushing the enve- lope of what can and what can’t be done in the holy sanction of all things “sweet and savory.” Cupcakes aren’t the only antidote for a sweet-tooth ache served up on Sweetness’ menu. The confectionary kingdom also specializes in producing some of the Miami’s tastiest desserts – from their legendary “des- sert shots” to a rainbow of fla- vor-packed pies and just about every deep-fried everything. The sugar rush doesn’t stop there. Sometimes, one hit of their mini-cupcakes like the 52 MIAMI SHOOT MAGAZINE CULINARY By Nicole Sariol Photography by IMANI OGDEN Dulce Coco and Guayabera cup- cakes, isn’t enough to quell your craving. For this reason, the bak- ery makes it possible to supersize cup-sized cakes to real-sized cakes. And as if Sweetness couldn’t be more considerate of their customers’ demands, the bakery also caters to the salt-sa- vants with an eclectic menu of hearty lunch dishes like their sta- ple Raspberry Brie Sandwich and G.O.A.T. Grilled Cheese and an ice-cold craft beer to top off the perfect way to end your midday chow. You can also spot the bakery burning some rubber in their food truck, Sugar Rush. And for the patrons in Hialeah, dreading the drive over to South Miami just to get your Sweetness fix, good news. The bakeshop just opened up off of West 49th Street. Do we smell a cupcake takeover acookin’ in South Florida? Per- haps. But we can definitely smell something heading from Sweet- ness’ direction. Maybe it’s just a batch of Maple Bacon Cupcakes fresh out of the oven. In that case, we’ll take a dozen, please!