CUPCAKES
It's not enough to have one gourmet cupcake joint in town, Cupcake Royale, whose lemon and lavendar cakes are to die for—now we've got Trophy Cupcakes as well (which Jess Thomson reported on in January). I feel this picture accurately represents the current utter hysteria over cupcakes. What, you haven't heard about how people are flipping out over mini-cakes not just here but nationwide? How every city seems to have a cupcake scene, as in "What was the cupcake scene in Atlanta like before you arrived?" which is an actual question asked in an interview on the blog Cupcakes Take the Cake (since 2004).
Here's an excerpt from another interview on that page (one of many), with the self-described pro-blogger and femmebot Violet Blue, who blogs about cupcakes and sex on Metroblogging SF.
You write primarily about sex in various permutations, and are often found being photographed with cupcakes. Is there a connection for you between sex and cupcakes?
Absolutely. I'm not much of a sweet lover: I tend to prefer foods that are savory, I hardly ever order dessert in a restaurant and I never eat candy. But cupcakes are transcendent in every way. They combine rich textures with complex flavors, and when you take that in with the purely physical act of eating a fastidious little cake so lovely, delicate, intense and lick-your-fingers-sensual, I think you have one of the sexiest foods on earth.
I'll buy that. A quick google search for 'cupcake blog' yields a multitude of them, including Vegan Cupcakes Take Over the World, 52 Cupcakes, Portland's Saint Cupcake bakery blog, the Mom-approved Cupcake Creations, which includes sensible and tasty recipes for versions in gingerbread, coconut, and chocolate orange. Not so Cupcake Bake Shop, where you can learn to make peruvian caramel-filled lemon cupcakes with raspberry buttercream and coconut. Or chocolate with chestnut-fromage blanc frosting and madeira wine glaze.
Give me a freaking break! How precious is this going to get? Pearls on the cupcake? Been there. Graceful plastic deer from the 1940s holding up your candle? Done that. Cuba libre cupcakes? Well, if you need a taste-tester...
7 comment(s)
cupcake eater says:
I\'m staying loyal to Cupcake Royale. My new favorite cupcake-- Red Velvet, yum.
Posted On: Friday, Mar. 16 2007 @ 9:15AM
tsk tsk says:
lavender! spell-check, please.
Posted On: Saturday, Mar. 17 2007 @ 11:01AM
rachel says:
that\'s all you have to say to me after such an exhaustive cupcake post? you\'re no fun at all.
Posted On: Monday, Mar. 19 2007 @ 3:10PM
Lange says:
The new Common Ground Coffee & Cupcakes is in the old downtown Renton antique district now. They opened three weeks ago to raves and now have an instant following. They have very real, honest to goodness creamy butter cream frosting and baked in small batches throghout the day. Really good Caffee D\'arte coffee too. Great service and hip sorroundings. Sexy too, in a young Audrey Hepburn sort of way. Check out the art. I\'m partial to the Double Dutch Chocolate cupcake but my daughter\'s favorite is the Pink Vinilla Coconut Sweet Sixteen. They have eight to 10 kinds everyday, including Caramel and Caffe d\'Arte made with real espresso.
Posted On: Monday, Apr. 2 2007 @ 3:32PM
Kristy says:
We will not be returning to the new Common Ground Coffee & Cupakes after a recent visit to treat our children to a cupcake. They ordered the Double Dutch Chocolate cupcake and both did not like it - shocked at the fact my kids would turn down anything chocolate I tasted it - something was wrong with it. When I brought it to the attention of the person working behind the counter she said \"oh, our chocolate cupcakes don\'t have a lot of chocolate in them, that\'s probably why they don\'t like them\" - I told her to try it there really was something wrong with it - she did not and threw it away without asking me if I wanted to try another flavor. $2.00 per cupcake is quite expensive when you only eat 2 bites. Poor customer service. I\'ll stick to Cupcake Royale!
Posted On: Tuesday, May. 8 2007 @ 3:41PM
Alisha says:
Trpophy cupcakes is the best- their red velvet is to die for. I am having them to my wedding, instead of a normal boring wedding cake I am doing supcakes. They make them to match my them and even bake a cutting cake. Cupcake royale is dry. These are moist like how they should be.
Posted On: Friday, Oct. 19 2007 @ 9:34AM
Alisha says:
Trpophy cupcakes is the best- their red velvet is to die for. I am having them to my wedding, instead of a normal boring wedding cake I am doing supcakes. They make them to match my them and even bake a cutting cake. Cupcake royale is dry. These are moist like how they should be.
Posted On: Friday, Oct. 19 2007 @ 9:34AM