My friend Shannon doesn’t like cupcakes. She thinks they are
too sweet, too icing-y, and too hyped up. Really though, I bet you have at least one bakery where you live dedicated
to selling only cupcakes--cupcakes, where the frosting is taller than the cake
itself. And although I do love baked goods, I kind of agree that the cupcake
obsession that is taking over TV shows and bakeries is a little much. Cupcakes are
great, but there are so many other baked goods to be obsessed about. Anyway,
just as I am sitting here bashing cupcakes, Sara came to my house the other day and said that all she was craving was a fluffy delicious cupcake.
That got me thinking, and seeing as all of Sara’s cravings/food ideas inspire
me, I had to make the perfect cupcake, to my standards. This meant a fluffy
moist cake, with just enough frosting to make it slightly sweeter than it
should be. As far as flavors, this cake was my initial inspiration for these
cupcakes because it looks simple but elegant.
