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" At 103 degrees, it&amp;#039;s sweltering enough to melt a cupcake&amp;#039;s frosting in six minutes flat, but that&amp;#039;s not deterring the line that&amp;#039;s snaking around the block at Silos Baking Co. in Waco, TX. And why should it? Many of the people here have traveled from all over the Lone Star state, as well as Florida, Colorado\u2014even Canada\u2014to try Joanna Gaines&amp;#039;s treats (and, fingers crossed, catch a glimpse of the woman herself). To an outsider, you&amp;#039;d think she invented the next rainbow bagel or Freakshake. But Gaines&amp;#039;s game is shiplap, not schtick-y snacks. She&amp;#039;s known for renovating homes with her husband, Chip, on HGTV&amp;#039;s Fixer Upper, though it&amp;#039;s no secret that if she had more free time\u2014you know, when she isn&amp;#039;t launching a line of paint, wallpaper, furniture, a quarterly lifestyle magazine, running a home goods store or caring for four kids\u2014she&amp;#039;d love to launch a cooking show. Instead, she used what spare moments she has to open a bakery.  The 1,600-square foot store&amp;#039;s been open for less than two months, but the buzz surrounding it has been building since late February, when Gaines first announced she was transforming the former florist shop on the edge of the Silos (AKA the epicenter of all things Chip and Jo Jo, where the famed Magnolia Market home goods store is located). It&amp;#039;d feature an &amp;quot;unexpected grouping of fresh-baked pastries, breads and sweets&amp;quot; that aimed to let guests &amp;quot;feel [her] family&amp;#039;s love of baking,&amp;quot; Joanna teased in an Instagram post. The menu doesn&amp;#039;t have the hallmarks of a viral food phenomenon\u2014the kind that inspires Splash Mountain-caliber lines and nonstop Instagram posts\u2014but it offers Fixer Upper fans (and the loved ones they bring with them on their pilgrimages to Waco) something even greater: A taste of the Gaineses&amp;#039; well-curated life.            Chip taste tested (stuffed his face) all the final flavors for the bakery today. His personal favorite, the strawberries &amp;#039;n cream cupcake. &#127827; We are super close to opening the new place! #chiptested #chipapproved #fixerupper &#128247;: @matsumoto818 A photo posted by Joanna Stevens Gaines (@joannagaines) on Apr 27, 2016 at 8:02pm PDT     It&amp;#039;s Like Disney World for Shiplap Lovers. Every last detail pulls you into their universe, which also happens to be a super-brand in the making: The walls are lined in white subway tile, every treat in the window is labeled with Magnolia&amp;#039;s signature, wedding-placecard-worthy calligraphy\u2014even the sugar and flour bins in the back of the bakery, far from guests&amp;#039; view, feature it. Like that black and white toile wallpaper in the bathroom? It&amp;#039;s from Joanna&amp;#039;s line for York Wallcoverings, out next March. Notice that sign to the right of the front door? It&amp;#039;s a letter board from Letterfolk Co., a regular fixture in the homes they decorate. Craving that #shiplap shirt the employees are wearing? You can buy one as you decide which cupcake to order\u2014or pick up a different style at Magnolia Market, right next door. In a way, the Gaines have created a Disney World for shiplap lovers. As you turn onto Webster Avenue, you can see the patinated tops of the Silos, rising up against Waco&amp;#039;s squatty skyline like Cinderella&amp;#039;s Castle at the Magic Kingdom. Blocks away, $10 parking signs pop up everywhere; an unexpected revenue stream for the Baptist church, car repair shop and other businesses surrounding Magnolia Market, which have seen 25,000 to 35,000 people flock to the grounds each week, according to the Waco tourist information center.  That foot traffic alone, combined with the buzz surrounding the bakery&amp;#039;s opening, told Chip and Joanna that Silos Baking Co. needed to maximize every square inch of the shop&amp;#039;s space. Instead of rows of tables, the front of the bakery houses a winding velvet rope (only it&amp;#039;s not velvet, because this is Joanna Gaines we&amp;#039;re talking about, not the owners of a circa-1983 dollar theater) to keep the lines orderly. As soon as you get in line, you&amp;#039;re handed an oversized index card that lists the menu, along with a 3 1/2-inch pencil to mark your order, so there&amp;#039;s no\u2014or rather, less\u2014waffling by the time you reach the cashier.  Employees are stationed every few feet, ready to answer any questions you may have, and the drinks are strategically placed in two fridges just left of the front door, so you can grab them as you enter. The line may seem daunting at first, but with those practices in place, the average person waits just 7 minutes before being handed a &amp;quot;Cupcakes are muffins that believed in miracles&amp;quot;-stamped black box with their order inside, says Sarah Winn, the front of house bakery manager.  &amp;quot;On the weekends, it can be as long as 20 minutes, but we try to keep things moving,&amp;quot; she explains.  Joanna&amp;#039;s All About Maximizing (Oven) Potential. Keeping the lines moving was one thing; keeping up with demand has proven to be just as great a challenge. &amp;quot;Leading up to opening the bakery, we tried to max out the kitchen, baking 10,000 cupcakes in one day,&amp;quot; Winn says. &amp;quot;You prepare for hours and hours, but you never know what&amp;#039;s going to happen until you open the doors to 3,000 people.&amp;quot; And that&amp;#039;s exactly what happened. Thousands of people stopped by for a cupcake, muffin, cookie or Prize Pig (the sole savory item on the menu, a cheddar, bacon and chive-stuffed biscuit); a trend that&amp;#039;s continued every day since the shop opened in mid-July. The bakery sells about 3,500 cupcakes and 300 cookies on &amp;quot;slower&amp;quot; days\u2014that number leaps to 3,900 cupcakes and 500 cookies Thursdays through Saturdays.   At first, everyone clamored for The Classic, a universally likable combination of chocolate cake with vanilla buttercream icing, but it was soon overthrown by two competing bestsellers: Strawberries &amp;#039;N Cream, a bright pink cake with vanilla buttercream (which also happens to be Chip&amp;#039;s favorite item on the menu), and Lemon Lavender, a delicate blend of lemon and lavender-infused cake with a cloud of lemon buttercream on top.  &amp;quot;I think a lot of people are coming here for the first time, so they want to try something they haven&amp;#039;t had before,&amp;quot; Winn says.   Even the Sprinkles Get the Joanna Touch. Even the ordinary flavors are jazzed up with names that nod to the Gaineses&amp;#039; world: There&amp;#039;s the Silobration, a chocolate buttercream-topped vanilla cake that nods to the duo&amp;#039;s annual multi-day party at the Silos; Shiplap, a vanilla-on-vanilla combo; and Nuts &amp;amp;amp; Bolts, a pecan- and walnut-studded cupcake with cream cheese frosting. The last one was almost called Demo Day, but the nutty name won out after polling fans.           I need your help! I&amp;#039;ve been spending the last few weeks trying to decide on fun names for all of the sweet treats we will offer at the bakery. This is Chip&amp;#039;s favorite cupcake because it&amp;#039;s full of Texas pecans and walnuts and has a cream cheese icing. Chip narrowed it down to three options and we want y&amp;#039;all to help us decide on the final vote. Here are the three options: a. The Nut | b. Nuts &amp;amp;amp; Bolts | c. Demo day Comment below with your vote and let&amp;#039;s get this cupcake a name! We will tally your votes and share the winning name at 3pm tomorrow! A photo posted by Joanna Stevens Gaines (@joannagaines) on May 11, 2016 at 7:00am PDT     Just like the homes Joanna decorates, aesthetics matters\u2014down to the sweets themselves. Most major bakeries have their own signature swirl (be it Georgetown Cupcake&amp;#039;s pouf or Magnolia Bakery&amp;#039;s sprinkle-holding swoop-and-scoop technique), and Silos Baking Co. is no exception. While some shops go overly cutesy or kitschy, Jo Jo&amp;#039;s style is more refined whimsy. Crinkly cupcake liners are eschewed in favor of rustic brown parchment paper, and each treat is topped with a swirling cone of frosting that&amp;#039;s just as tall as the cake itself. There are no rainbow sprinkles; just tiny white nonpareils, a chocolate-covered espresso bean (for topping the punny Cup O&amp;#039; Jo, of course), or a green Magnolia leaf made out of gum paste.  That&amp;#039;s the magic of Gaines&amp;#039;s touch: Every detail looks good enough to eat--and at Silos Baking Co., you can. Follow Delish on Instagram. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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