To continue my recent trend of blogging about weighty things and frivolous things back-to-back, I give you this:
I'm over cupcakes. Oh, sure, they are cute and all, but after Saturday, I'm done. This revelation didn't stop me from downing a leftover cupcake from the festivities this morning for breakfast, but I couldn't really let it go to waste, now could I?
So here is the deal: a party for 100 people, a weighty cake (10 x 10 and four layers deep), and 70 cupcakes. I sliced the cake -- it was a bit messy (because it was a real carrot cake full of carrots, crystallized ginger, pineapple, raisins, and walnuts!!!) and therefore a bit more labor intensive than normal -- but let's face it, cutting a big cake always takes some effort and skill (in grad school I worked for caterers and cut many, many cakes). But it is worth it. Saturday's party-goers filed right past the pretty cupcakes (in four flavors) to wait in line and get a slice of cake from me. Only when the cake was all gone (and I stretched its servings to 48), did people reach for a cupcake. I had the dregs of the cake (the bits that fell off the real slices) and I had a cupcake (okay, there were lots left over... I've had several cupcakes). The cake wins (and not just because carrot cake is the best cake on the planet): the cake/frosting ratio is better, the distribution of frosting is better, and the cake has more moist surfaces.
I'm hereby committing myself to the cake camp. I'm a cake enthusiast.
AAATA #5 should go straight on Eisenhower
4 months ago
1 comment:
Okay, I feel a need to amend this post... I just had a yummy cupcake (ninja style) made by my sister-in-law. Cupcakes certainly offer fun decorating options and are nice that you can drop of 6 of them or whatever the number of recipients calls for. For big splashy parties, I'm going for cake. For other events -- especially when there are few people or no facilities for cutting, I'm down with the cupcakes.
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