Or at least, I don't think they do.
But that is beside the point because a couple of friends of mine who recently made a trip to the East Coast from LA brought four perfectly perfect little cupcakes from Magnolia Bakery back to me. I love cupcakes, but have been disappointed by some of the bakeries' offerings in LA. I finally got to try the ones from the bakery that almost started the cupcake frenzy a few years ago.
The cupcakes were basic - just permutations of chocolate and vanilla: vanilla cupcake with chocolate frosting, vanilla cupcake with vanilla frosting, chocolate cupcake with chocolate frosting, and chocolate cupcake with vanilla frosting. Is it bad that I ate two of them in one sitting? And one in another sitting that was about 30 minutes later? I shared the fourth one.
They were delicious, which is surprising, since they made quite a long haul across the United States. The cakes were tender and just slightly sweet, perfectly balanced with the sweeter, but not overly sugary, frosting. I appreciated that the cupcakes weren't over the top with frosting, which seems to be the reason that I don't love Sprinkles in Beverly Hills.
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7-12-2006 @ 10:01PM
zack said...
The frosting is sickeningly sweet. The cake part is rarely moist, usually crumbly. The cross country voyage probably helped them. This place is not worth the wait in line at all. Try here next time. http://www.sugarsweetsunshine.com/
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7-13-2006 @ 12:08PM
Chris said...
I agree, the frosting is far too sweet to eat in its entirety. The frosting is also hard and crumbles like plaster, and they put an excessive amount on it. The cake part was just ok, but I doubt I will be going back anytime soon, and when I do, it will be with a jug of milk.
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