Why do most cupcakes suck? - Page 6

My M.O. for eating all cupcakes. There's no reason I need an inch+ of frosting on such a small piece of cake.

Cake balls are where it's at

Because people with taste eat normal cake, they have no need to eat them in cup form. They are civilized enough to use a fork and knife.

late to the party here, but My Name Is Matt And I Enjoy Cupcakes. While I am about the last person around here that anyone will ever accuse of being Into Dainty Things (no, not fair, we have kunk and globetrotter!) I do like the ratio of cake to icing to crusty-bits more than normal cake. And that's all I have to say about that.

dam straight. plain and simple.

none of this 'gourmet' 'niche' 'unknown artisan' 'non-ubiquitous' sf approved crap

did you see them at starbucks here?

What did I do to you?


Dude, come to Dixie. You'll change your tune.

Bump for a great quote from a Slate article of absurdly overfrosted cupcakes:



Why is the cupcake piled so high with frosting that you can't even bite into the whole thing?

It's symbolic. It doesn't fit into a person's mouth because it is eating-disorder food. It is food for people whose ideas of pleasure and vice are so twisted up that they can't imagine a sweet treat of normal proportions, something a person might eat two or three of (for breakfast, maybe) without feeling nauseated.

It is a cupcake for people who hate cupcakes.

Those overhyped, excessively ingredient laden, experimentally flavored cupcakes are just a fad. If you want a cupcake, ask for a simple one. If you like traditional frosting, it's ok, but try one with meringue frosting and you'll be hooked. Also, most cupcakes taste bad because you Americans like to eat your cake dry like hell, and cupcakes follow a similar recipe. Since cupcakes don't have layers of filling like cake does, the dryness is even worse. A recipe that uses heavy cream solves this problem.

Actually we don't. I would agree that this is a flaw of many bad cupcakes though.

American pastry overall sucks tremendously. I do enjoy a good cheesecake though.

You Puerto Ricans love to steal anything that is not bolted to the ground and rape women in your "pride parades".

You know so much about puertoricans it's baffling. Try to learn something before defining puertoricans by what you see at those "parades".

WHY DON'T YOU TRY TO LEARN SOMETHING ABOUT THE MOIST CAKES OF AMERICA










got u there.

cupcakes are fucking amazing. I love em.

cupcakes from boutique specialty cake shops? hell no. give me some store bought cake mix and some duncan heinz cream cheese frosting and a tall ice cold glass of milk an Ill be happy as hell.