For some jaded dessert aficionados, the very mention of the word "cupcake" induces eye rolls. Yes, Sex and the City and those absurdly long queues it spawned outside of New York's Magnolia Bakery helped push the spherical concoction into decline, but many a hard-to-resist version still exists. Whether they are churning out a bright strawberry rendition or a hedonistic one shellacked in hot fudge, these 10 bakeries around the country prove that from-scratch cupcakes can still be worth lining up for.