An ode
To the humble cupcake.
Not all cupcakes are humble. Just mine.
Recently, for whatever reason I can’t rightly explain, cupcakes have taken on a certain caché, especially with my fellow Gen X’ers.
And there is a big trend toward really pretty cupcakes.
Many folks are even having these pretty cupcakes for their wedding cake. (no, not mine…)
A really powerful, domestic and “womanly” woman at work makes cupcakes with some frequency. She proudly walks in the office with a trendy cool container full of lovely pink treats.
*sigh*
I detailed recently about making a birfday cake for my ownself, and since then, I’ve been pondering better icing recipes.
So yesterday I decided to make cupcakes, which gave me a chance to whip up some frosting.
The cupcakes? Well. They taste good, anyway.
The Good Man and I ate plenty.
But pretty? No. The frosting turned out an odd consistency. Yummy, but weird.
So when TGM and I had eaten our fill, I packed up the rest and brought them to work.
These wolves will eat anything.
Although, I have to say, there *is* something uniquely satisfying watching people eat my sad little creations. Something weirdly “female” to make good eats that people enjoy.
The reviews so far have been “tasty, not too sweet, but yeah, the frosting looks weird.”
Oh well.
Martha Stewart need not worry about giving up her crown to me…yet.
Here’s a blurry iPhone photo to give you the idea.
And I soldier on…
