VAIL —— There should be a Nobel Prize for cupcake chemistry and Lauren Smith should win it.
Smith walked away from a boring career in biotech to move to Vail, ski and make cupcakes. She opened Mountain Cupcakes earlier this month in Vail Village. The kitchen is on site so it smells like deliciousness the minute you walk in the door.
“I’ve had the greatest reviews from people sitting here eating cupcakes,” Smith said.
Her dad eats Kara’s Cupcakes in San Francisco and likes his daughter’s better, as he should. And if you can’t trust your dad, whom can you trust?
One woman from New York City told her it was the best cupcake in this spiral arm of the universe — or words to that effect.
Smith’s mom works in the restaurant industry. Her grandfather was a winemaker in Sonoma.
“There’s chemistry and food that runs in my blood,” Smith said.
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