The Cupcake Addict's Cupcake Collection

I guess in response to my bringing a cupcake and NOT sharing, the Boss brought back 2 cupcakes after lunch for the 5 of us to taste.  Said cupcakes were from Sugar Bakery and Cafe a few blocks from work.  Since I had the equipment available, these frumpy cupcakes entered the photo studio:

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Red Velvet from Sugar Bakery

Hostess wanna-be from Sugar Bakery

I don’t think I’d walk a few blocks for these cupcakes.  Granted, I am probably biased since I experience cupcakes made by bakeries that specialize in cupcakes.  (And to my aunt, cupcakes are NOT just little cakes.)  I tried the red velvet just to make 100% sure that I don’t like red velvet cake.  It tasted like red dye as I expected.  The cream cheese icing was good: nice and creamy with a sour, citrus note.  The cupcake was touted as “filled with truffle”, but the filling seemed to be a spread on top below the icing.  Granted, I only had 1/4 of a cupcake, but got only a trace of chocolatey goodness.   My feelings about red velvet are unchanged.

The second cupcake was a Hostess® wanna-be.   I wanted to like it, I really did.  It was like a homely dog in need of love.  Unfortunately, this dog had fleas.  The chocolate cake was dry and  there was a only a dime-sized dollop of cream inside.  Once again, not enough to be considered “filled”.  The icing was good;  it reminded me of the cooked chocolate icing my grandmother used to make.  Fudgy.   I almost think I would have rather had an honest to goodness, extremely processed Hostess® cupcake.

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