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Wednesday, June 4, 2008
Hey cupcake!
When and how exactly did cupcakes get so trendy? Because they are. I feel like everytime I turn around I’m seeing a picture of a cupcake somewhere.
Even Waco has cashed in on the trend. Leah at the Olive Branch has a talent for the delectable treats, piling them high with buttercream icing.
And now the new, What About Cupakes?, on 25th Street is all cupcakes, all the time. They’ve got a long list of flavors they’ll whip up for you from classic white to german chocolate with coconut pecan frosting. You can even just stop in the store and pick up one little ol’ cake to satisfy your cupcake jones. For $5, you can have them put a cupcake in a tiny little box with a card, to give to someone. Your secretary having a bad day? Pick her up a chocolate cupcake with sprinkles while you’re at lunch and leave it on her desk.
Me, I have issues with the cupcake. I’m an icing girl, so I’d be happy to just lick the tops of them off and leave the cake for anyone who would be willing to eat it after I licked it. However, offering someone a freshly licked cupcake is kind of awkward, so I tend to pass them up altogether. I DO love to look at them though. To me, they’re like ribbons or the little girl jewelry boxes with the spinning ballerina — they’re lovely and frivolous and youthful.
So, treat yourself, cupcake :)
