Okay, so I have this not-so-secret infatuation with cupcakes. I don't know what it is but I guess it because you can get cake in one little serving it cuts the guilt or something but anyway, let it be said that I cannot resist a miniature cake piled high (or low) with icing and fanciful decorative items. So, I was all too sad I had to leave my friends wedding on the long weekend because they hadn't passed out the cupcake wedding cake by the time Mayson went into meltdown necessicating our immediate exit. So I guess I made up for it this week when I tried out a new cupcake shop in my neighborhood called the Whimsical Cake Studio. I was most impressed with their offerings, the variety was a little less than the Cupcake Bakeshoppe but I have to say the cake was a cut above. It had a great dense moist texture whereas the Cupcake Bakeshoppe cake is a bit on the airy-fairy side for me (I take my cupcakes wet and heavy). Not to say the CB cake isn't good, it's just not my favorite style of cake (however I did try them when they very first opened and I have heard they have adapted their batter recipes since then). CB's icing however is the most heavenly stuff I could imagine piling 4 inches high on a cupcake (just don't eat them straight out of the fridge, the icing MUST be room temperature to be experienced properly) and bless their little hearts for putting the icing all the way to the edge. Great personalities too. But back to the WCS, their shop is all retro'd up and they have some really cute little baby/kids stuff, which somehow totally goes with cupcakes. The giftware was really reasonably priced and unique (they had tiny little baker aprons for toddlers). All in all, I loved WCS, just wish their icing went all the way to the edge because truly, the cupcake is really all about the icing isn't it?
Then, later this week I was in our newly renovated Riverbend Safeway (which is really beautiful with many novel features if you haven't been you simply must stop in for a look) and noticed that they too are now offering indivdually sold GOURMET cupcakes at their bakery. So I got one for hubby (which is still in the fridge, did I mention he is a freak?) and chocolate truffle one for me (choc cake, choc icing, with chocolate truffle coating over the icing). It was pretty damn good for half the price of the boutique cupcakes. So that is my cupcake dining experience so far this week, makes me want to head back over to CB (haven't had their cakes since my baby shower in May 2006).
Since I'm on the subject I have also tried Babycakes in Wolf Willow and found their cupcakes to be not very impressive. The cakes were too small and the icing not piled high enough to leave me wanting more.
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CB is owned by a girl I went to Junior High with, but I have not tried it yet. Now we did use the Wolf Willow place Babycakes for Rito's first birthday and the lemon cupcakes with lemon icing ROCKED. We also did vanilla/vanilla ones as well and they were OK. The icing was totally piled high on those buggers. I need to check out WCS though, love me a good cupcake. I also need to go to the new Safeway, I am sure it is like our renovated one, but bigger.....
PS Your husband IS a freak, who leaves a good cupcake in the fridge that long?
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