Comments on: Dietribes: Cupcakes

By: Kelly J

Kelly J — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 14:56:26 +0000

Wow, cupcake post #3 for me… mildly pathetic.

I wanted one so bad after seeing this yesterday that I researched cupcake shops here in Indianapolis! I found one I really want to try, The Flying Cupcake Bakery. I am getting a jumbo-sized Black Bottom cupcake (”Decadent dark chocolate and cream cheese cupcakes; rich and gooey.”) for my boyfriend’s mom’s birthday and bringing it to our birthday dinner tonight. They’re even writing “Happy Birthday Barbara” on it for me! Very nice sounding woman. I am thinking about getting the Red Velvet Elvis for myself… “Fit for a King: dreamy red velvet cake loaded with chocolate chunks and topped with soft cream cheese icing and white chocolate shaving.” MMMMM!

By: Erin

Erin — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 23:04:47 +0000

The Cup a Cake is cool, but to transport lots of cupcakes, the Cupcake Courier is the way to go!

It’s really cool and comes in lots of colors now.

(and for all you Office fans, it’s made by Jenna Fischer’s sister in law)

By: S

Wed, 16 Apr 2008 22:08:08 +0000

Am I the only person in the world who doesn’t like cupcakes? I see cake as the junk you give to a friend after the frosting has been eaten. Cupcakes = less frosting.

By: Rachel

Rachel — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 21:50:51 +0000

A friend of mine makes chocolate Guinness cupcakes with Kahlua frosting and they are To. Die. For.

I love cupcakes – they are just the right size!

And Karen – when you organize your Cupcake Caper, can I come?

By: Gayle

Gayle — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 20:11:29 +0000

In Portland we have a few different cupcake shops, which are all amazing! I was so inspired that I attempted to make homemade cupcakes one night. well, mine didn’t turn out quite as well (the recipe was terrible and I’ve never baked a cake or made icing from scratch although i’m normally a very good baker/cook). The icing also didn’t work too well so I kept adding more sugar, then more butter, then more sugar, until it looked about right.

In the end, we ended up with about 2 dozen very dry, rock hard cupcakes and a gallon or so of icing. I haven’t retried it yet because I think my roommate would freak! But I’m hoping to find a really good recipe soon!

By: Mary

Mary — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 19:43:47 +0000

I’m not a vegan, but I make a killer vegan cupcake. My vegan friends all adore them. I brought a batch of chocolate mint vegan cupcakes in for our holiday party at work and my vegan co-worker ate four of them.

He was so happy. And so very wired.

I also sort of want a rad cupcake tattoo. I don’t have any tattoos right now, but I think a cupcake would be a totally rad tattoo idea that would still be awesome when I’m like 90.

By: heather

heather — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 19:05:52 +0000

I love cupcakes, but I can never find enough of those paper cupcake cups whenever I get the inkling to make them.

I can sympathize with the toddlers and cupcakes paradox. My mom brought some to my preschool on my birthday and a kid bit me when I wouldn’t give him the biggest one. Then again, he bit everybody…

By: Melodye

Melodye — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 18:37:28 +0000

I just threw a bridal shower for a friend of mine. One of her colors is Tiffany blue and I wanted to incorporate that into the bridal shower. There’s a local bakery here in Las Vegas that specializes in cupcakes and they had one that looked exactly like a Tiffany box – blue frosting and white fondant ribbon. The cupcakes were gorgeous but were almost $100 for two dozen!

By: Julia

Julia — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 18:25:44 +0000

In Minneapolis, we have a great place also called Cupcake. Click on my name for their website. I especially recommend the Mad Cow.

And I’m going to be in Charleston SC next week, so I’ll definitely try to hit up the sister Cupcake!

By: Peps

Peps — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 17:24:52 +0000

I live in Charleston, SC and there is a great place downtown called Cupcake. For my wedding anniversary I got their giant red velvet cupcake because I didn’t save the top of my wedding cake. The cupcake was way better than the wedding cake!