Granted, there are a lot of them about these days : mostly sold in retro-styled boutiques, lovely little sugar-infused & candy-coloured delights in the most diverse array of flavours imaginable (Jammie Dodger? Ginger & Lime?)
I have sampled quite a few in my time, from places like : Lola's, The Tea Boutique, Bread & Butter, The Sweet Tooth Cupcakery, Cocoa Emporium, Dish and Spoon... there are dozens just popping up all over the country.
A perfect cupcake should be sublimely light, fluffy & flavoursome, in a pretty little package.
Some promise the earth and massively disappoint - all the gimmicky decoration in the world cannot save a bad sponge recipe (Cocoa Emporium, I mean you...)
The recent spate of cupcake businesses has now attracted somewhat of a backlash, with many newspapers already writing about their demise... indeed some writers feel that they infantilise women, who apparently "coo over the cutesy, calorie-jammed treats as if they were newborn babies".
To this I say : how very silly. They are attractive looking, often tasty, cakes. They are not leading to the downfall of women-kind in anyway (other than perhaps causing an explosion in waist-lines).
Pretty as they are, I think I I have had my share of cupcakes for awhile, and shall devote my attention to other, equally worthy treats... chocolate torte anyone?
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