There's an interesting article in the Wall Street Journal about
cupcakes. These yummy treats are 'recession proof' according to the paper with alot of new businesses opening up in NYC. I know that when I was in NYC in May,
Magnolia Bakery was heaving!! Like anything, there is the good and the bad.
I love the
Cupcake Room - delicious, small and very pretty here in Sydney. And of course, I love the Magnolia Bakery ones (especially baked at home and with a cup of less sugar than the
recipe).
What's your favourite cupcake place and flavour?
Image from The Cupcake Room
How did you get the recipe for the Magnolia Bakery ones?
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Hi Chris! I just found your blog through Decor8. (I love your art!)
ReplyDeleteAnyway, I love cupcakes and recently took a class here in Austin, TX at a local bakery called Sugar Mama's. It was a fun class, and the owner and baker were so nice...but the next day when my husband and I tried to take a bite of the cupcakes, the frosting had turned to hard butter. I am not kidding. It was more than a little gross! It was supposed to be a Swiss Meringue frosting I think. Maybe I wasn't supposed to refrigerate them (?) but still! So I'm still on the lookout for the best cupcakes. I grew up making the Betty Crocker or Duncan Hines box cupcakes with my mom, and you know, I liked them just fine!
BTW, I watched Cupcake Wars last night on Food Network, and one contestant make a lemon-flavored cupcake with a salmon cream cheese frosting! OMG! (the judges loved them). I'm intrigued....but not daring enough by far to try it at home! :)
Hi Christina - welcome to my blog! The swiss meringue frosting sounds a bit dodge - I don't think it should go hard like that even if you do put it in the fridge. The class sounds like fun. Like you, I am not sure about the lemon cupcake with salmon frosting. Yuk!! Sometimes, the simplest things are always the best.
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