tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36460660.post970201850258557583..comments2024-03-11T21:31:15.183-07:00Comments on Feeding My Enthusiasms: Yes, We Have CupcakesUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36460660.post-49236999551524842812010-09-28T10:03:24.952-07:002010-09-28T10:03:24.952-07:00Tanita, Y'all need to move back here to CA soo...Tanita, Y'all need to move back here to CA soon! And you can skip the cake and go right to the buttercream if you like...its that good!<br /><br />Cuppy, thanks! From you that is a special compliment :)<br /><br />Lynn, Yeah I've actually purchased some of the lovely Seattle area cupcakes and I like mine better...plus saving all that dough.<br /><br />Next Sister Down, If you can whip cream by hand for German Babies you could probably do the buttercream easily, too. After all folks were making buttercream frosting long before we had electric mixers. But buying them is good, too. Full employment for bakers!<br />I remember going to a wedding where they had a tower of cupcakes instead of a cake. Cute, but I would rather have a slice of cake. I can understand the appeal of having one once and a while at work...even for $5 a pop...wish I had that opportunity here.<br /><br />Tanna, Yep coffe and rum are awesome together. Bet you are finding some great flavor combos in France, too. My boss complains that he is eating too many fabulous croissants...how is that possible?Ellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04733838869805925920noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36460660.post-16905852068661446452010-09-27T08:55:03.389-07:002010-09-27T08:55:03.389-07:00Coffee Rum ... I'm there.
These are just the b...Coffee Rum ... I'm there.<br />These are just the best party announcement I can imagine.MyKitchenInHalfCupshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07321041059604871286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36460660.post-71035491631578332762010-09-25T07:54:07.594-07:002010-09-25T07:54:07.594-07:00Wow, that buttercream looks fabulous! Of the comm...Wow, that buttercream looks fabulous! Of the commercial cupcakes I've had, I thought they were really vehicles for the wonderful buttercream. And now that I have read the instructions for making the buttercream, I can understand why they can charge that much for the cupcakes. It looks like finicky work and something best done with a KitchenAid mixer or something else that has a whisk attachment. I guess I could do the whisk part by hand, but to be honest, I'm too lazy. And that's why the cupcake shops can charge so much--because I'm not the only lazy one.<br /><br />I don't really understand the cupcake craze, because cupcakes aren't my favorite type of baked treat. But I hear stories from friends who work in D.C. There's a mobile cupcake vendor that charges $5, and people come from their offices and line up to buy. I guess if you're stuck in cubicle land, you take your workday pleasures where you can find them.<br /><br />First time I knew that cupcakes were starting to be a new trend was four or five years ago when I attended a wedding, and instead of a wedding cake, there were cupcakes.Next Sister Downnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36460660.post-3058536624139597632010-09-24T06:02:15.126-07:002010-09-24T06:02:15.126-07:00Oh, yes, those look like a party right there!
Don...Oh, yes, those look like a party right there!<br /><br />Don't you feel wonderful knowing that you have the skills to make such beautiful cupcakes and don't have to shell out $3 per cupcake?Cookie baker Lynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11069661176518230573noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36460660.post-33216819495283068802010-09-22T13:58:36.520-07:002010-09-22T13:58:36.520-07:00O
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YUM. Those are amazing looking!O<br />M<br />G<br /><br />YUM. Those are amazing looking!cuppyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01909781060020733179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36460660.post-8602569126929116522010-09-22T01:52:48.442-07:002010-09-22T01:52:48.442-07:00::sigh:: CANDYCORN!
Nothing else says "autumn...::sigh:: CANDYCORN!<br />Nothing else says "autumn" quite the same way... lovely looking cupcakes. I don't know why we're all so obsessed with them - I didn't like them as a child because you never knew what you were going to get during a classroom birthday party scenario -- but if the frosting is good, they can indeed be a reasonable serving of cake. Yum.tanita✿davishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01671822274852087499noreply@blogger.com