Hungry Heart Cupcakes, Portland

The flavors don't always stick around long at Hungry Heart Cupcakes. But it's not because the options—like the Dark and Dusty cupcake with dark chocolate and the cocoa nib cupcake with dulce de leche frosting and Maldon sea salt—aren't a hit with customers. It's because the bakers only use fresh, seasonal ingredients in their treats. They take that ideal even farther with special seasonal cupcakes that might include fresh fruit in summer or butternut squash cupcakes with sage vanilla frosting in the chilly winter months. But much like a house guest who gets lost in your house's east wing, some flavors linger indefinitely. One such cupcake is Grandma's Horchata with Saigon cinnamon, described as "a churro in cupcake form."