Wonkblog: The rise and fall of America's first public cupcake company in five charts

America's first public cupcake company, Crumbs Bake Shop, announced late Monday that it will be closing every one of its nearly 50 remaining stores nationwide. The news likely came as a surprise to cupcake fiends countrywide. Could this mark the end of the (not so great) American cupcake fad? Or did Crumbs massive cupcakes, those 600 calories monstrosities, simply scare away the cupcakery's once seemingly endless lines?