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Cupcake DownSouth :: A Charleston
original. A South Carolina favorite.

Sweet news.

We've been fortunate to receive some delightfully positive press since our founding in 2006! Below is a sampling from the time of our founding onward...

Charleston City Paper :: A La Carte, March 2006

Skirt! magazine :: New Kid on the Block: Kristin Kuhlke is the Icing on the Cake, May 2006

Charleston Regional Business Journal :: Cupcake Craze Makes its Charleston Debut, August 2006

Charleston City Paper :: Sweetness: The Best Places to Indulge for Dessert, August 2006

Charleston magazine :: La Dolce Vita, September 2006

Post and Courier :: Dessert's Little Darlings, September 2006

Post and Courier { Lowcountry Brides } :: Lowcountry Wedding, January 2007

Edible Lowcountry magazine :: Retro Goodness, Fall 2007

USA Today :: Pretty Treats Take the Cake, September 2007

Martha Stewart Living Radio :: Cupcakes on the Air, September 2007

The Ellen Show { Ellen Across America } :: The Best Cupcakes in America, October 2007

​Budget Travel magazine :: 25 Reasons We Love Charleston, October 2007

Time Out New York :: Culinary Treats and Southern Charm, November 2007

Charleston Regional Business Journal :: Kristin Kuhlke Cobb Named to Forty Under 40, April 2008

MTV { My Super Sweet Sixteen } :: Episode 4: Margaret Ann, June 2008

​Budget Travel magazine :: A Girls' Getaway in Charleston and Savannah, July/August 2008

Charleston Home + Design :: Right Now: Eat, Summer 2008

Southern Living magazine :: Return to Charleston, September 2008

National Geographic Traveler :: Sweet! 25 Cupcakeries We Love, February 2009

The State :: Columbia Joins Cupcake Trend, July 2009

​Free Times :: All About Cupcake, September 2009

Crave magazine :: Life is Truly Sweet, October 2010

South Carolina ETV Radio :: Interview with Kristin Kuhlke, November 2010

Columbia Metropolitan Magazine :: Cupcake, November 2010

New York Times :: Three New Books Highlight Female Entrepreneurship, March 2011

Singular City :: Single Women Entrepreneurs, March 2011

Daniel H. Pink Blog  :: Single. Women. Entrepreneurs. { book review }, March 2011

​Fox Business :: Cupcakes with a Local Flavor, 2011

Single. Women. Entrepreneurs. { book } :: Author Dr. Erin Albert, 2011

Moultrie News :: Wedding Guide, January 2012

Wall Street Journal :: Take Monday Off: Charleston, May 2012

Post and Courier :: Sweet Success, May 2013

Post and Courier :: Chew on This, July 2013

Charleston Weddings magazine :: Southern wedding with French country flair, Summer 2013

Cupcake Wars :: Southern episode, October 2013

Charleston Home + Design :: La Dolce Vita, Winter 2013

The Tennesseean :: Cuisine in Charleston Whets Appetite: Cupcake Heaven, February 2014

Columbia Living magazine :: Best Bakeries in Columbia SC, January 2015

South Carolina Homes :: A Sweet Tooth's Dream in Charleston, 2015

​Tripping.com :: Best Cupcakes in the US, February 2016

​Fox Business :: Cupcakes with a Local Flavor, March 2016

TripAdvisor.com :: Cupcake DownSouth Earns TripAdvisor Certificate of Excellence, May 2016

The Culture Trip :: Cupcake DownSouth: Charleston's Cupcake Mecca, February 2017 

Fox 24 News Now :: Fox 24 Celebrates National Chocolate Cupcake Day, October 2017

​ABC News 4 Lowcountry Live :: Best Gift Ideas for Valentine's Day, February 2018

TripExpert :: Cupcake DownSouth Honored with Experts' Choice Award, April 2018

Fox 24 News Now :: Celebrate National Chocolate Cupcake Day with Cupcake DownSouth, October 2018 

VacationIdea Dream Vacation Magazine :: 22 Best Things to Do in Charleston SC, November 2018

​"In an event which would have been unthinkable a few decades ago, a local bakery is competing on food television to win $10,000 for its cupcake.

"Cupcake DownSouth, which has stores in Charleston, Mt. Pleasant, and Columbia, will appear on the Oct. 19 [2013] episode of Food Network's Cupcake Wars, an elimination challenge judged by a cupcake mogul and online macaroon company chef. Four bakeries are featured in the showdown..."

::  Post and Courier