Anyway, the other day Mom and I drove out there to try their cupcakes and see just how good they are. And, it's the first time I've ever been truly pleased by a cupcake bakery. Once in FL our cousin Lisa, Mom, and I stopped in a cupcake shop, and we couldn't even finish the treats we bought. The frosting was goopy and gross. In Provincetown this summer we sampled a shop there, and my aunt was the first to note that the cake was definitely from Duncan Hines. Even in Boston, at Sweet bakery, the cupcakes fell short of my expectations. So to come across a cupcake bakery I actually liked? This was pretty big.
My best friend Ellie came over too, to help us sample the cupcakes.
Mom and I decided on three. First, their "Black and White" (already sliced up) was a marble cake topped with cream cheese frosting and a thick layer of chocolate ganache. The group vote was that the cream cheese frosting tasted too buttery.
Next we tried the Peanut Butter Madness cupcake. A chocolate cake filled with penut butter and dipped in ganache and drizzled with more peanut butter. The cake wasn't too sweet, which we all loved and the peanut butter drizzle added a surprising amount of flavor to the cupcake itself but the consensus was that there wasn't enough peanut butter filling.
Our last was a seasonal flavor there. It was "Blueberry Pancake", and my favorite of the three. A blueberry cake with maple buttercream and candied walnuts. The almost savory muffin-like cake was perfectly complimented by a sweet very maple-y frosting. It really did taste like a pancake, if you can believe it. I recommend you try it for yourself!
Maybe I'll try making a sort of breakfast themed cupcake one of these days. Bacon is getting more popular with baked goods...
Within another ten minutes these last few pieces were all gone too!
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