The cupcake with the rose on top
So I'm shopping at Whole Foods this morning and my basket is filled with healthful foods: organic spinach; blueberries; Earthbound Herb Salad Mix, which deserves a post in itself; air-chilled, no-hormone chicken breasts; Fage yogurts -- you get the idea.
I get to the bakery in back, and sitting in the case is the most charming collection of cupcakes imaginable.
There are four varieties artfully arranged on a marble slab: one with an enormous pink rose on top (it looks as if it will topple over with the weight of the rose); one with a bunch of tiny, perfect lavender grapes; one with pale green grapes; and one unexpectedly topped with a pale green frog with its pink tongue stuck out.
I'm in love.
I couldn't afford to buy them all to photograph (I didn't have my camera with me), so you can't get the full effect. They cost $3.49 each.
Oddly, I don't have much interest in eating my cupcake. I just like looking at it.
(Photo by me)
Comments
Sweet Fancy Diabetes, that looks like a frostring sculpture with a tiny cupcake base.
Posted by: Owl Meat Gravy | June 6, 2009 2:03 PM
I've seen cupcakes with roses on them before.....if you could only buy one, should have gone for the frog with the tongue sticking out......NEVER saw one of those.
P.S. I will eat the rose one if you go back and buy the frog one to photograph.
Posted by: Lone Lady | June 6, 2009 2:19 PM
Cake is just the icing delivery system. -Alton Brown (and I tend to agree)
http://www.foodnetwork.com/good-eats/the-icing-man-cometh/index.html
Posted by: MrRational | June 6, 2009 3:57 PM
I didn't use the correct link in the post before.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pugRSCjMe0s
Posted by: MrRational | June 6, 2009 4:03 PM
That just looks like you'll be sucking frosting.
Posted by: Stephen B | June 6, 2009 4:06 PM
I think WF cakes are kind of gross. The frostings just seem to be solid greasy butter. If you get one of their whole cakes and let it sit a day or two, when you cut into it the cake part will be soaked with butter icing grease. BLECH
Posted by: dcdiva | June 6, 2009 4:49 PM
Has anyone found a whole grain bread at WF that they like?
I'm totally into their pain de campagne right now, but it's not for everyone. EL
Posted by: Dahlink | June 6, 2009 5:37 PM
Dahlink, I do a lot of breadmaking (I make all the bread we eat at my house), and I can tell you that making palatable whole grain breads that don't contain ingredients you can't easily pronounce is not an easy task.
Depending, of course, on your personal definition of palatable.
Posted by: Hal Laurent | June 6, 2009 6:55 PM
"Depending, of course, on your personal definition of palatable."
Hal, and your definition of easily pronounceable. ;)
Posted by: MrRational | June 6, 2009 8:24 PM
I attended a bridal shower today where creme de menthe cake was served. Mmmmm. Haven't had that in a long time.
Posted by: NotableM | June 6, 2009 8:59 PM
A creme de menthe cake at a shower suggests one of two things: an older bride or a bride who smokes Newports.
Posted by: Robert of Cross Keys | June 6, 2009 9:50 PM
Creme de menthe cake? Blech. Reminds me of a truck stop prostitute I used to date when I was running meth for the Jacuzzi family.
Posted by: Owl Meat Gravy | June 7, 2009 12:17 AM
A creme de menthe cake at a shower suggests one of two things: an older bride or a bride who smokes Newports.
I took a nap earlier and now I can't sleep. Just watched the Heartbreak Kid on HBO...
visited the blog and this comment from RoCK made me laugh, right out loud.
Posted by: PCB Rob | June 7, 2009 4:18 AM
Yeah, RoCK's comment was great. I'll have to have a creme de menthe cake if I ever get (gods forbid) married.
Posted by: Lissa | June 7, 2009 8:22 AM
You can stop the abuse now, thanks.
Posted by: NotableM | June 7, 2009 9:01 AM
A cake with the mouth wash built in.
Posted by: Owl Meat Gravy | June 7, 2009 12:13 PM
I like creme de menthe cake, NotableM. I think it is a great choice for a festive event.
Posted by: Lissa | June 7, 2009 12:48 PM
It's a real thiing? I thought you were joking.
Posted by: Owl Meat Gravy | June 7, 2009 1:31 PM
NotableM - My mom used to make creme de menthe brownies when I was a kid, but haven't had them in years. Your post brought back good memories!
Posted by: Trixie | June 8, 2009 9:51 AM
Hey, before you use language like that, how about a little warning.
Earmuffs!
Earmuffs!
Posted by: Robert of Cross Keys | June 8, 2009 2:05 PM
This cupcake looks a lot better than the cupcake wedding cake I saw this weekend...
Posted by: Maggi | June 8, 2009 3:02 PM
EL,
Anonymous' comment at 2:02pm should be probably be deleted.
Thanks. Not very elegantly expressed, huh. EL
Posted by: PCB Rob | June 8, 2009 3:13 PM
haha, man, I wish I would have gotten here in time to see the inappropriate comment.
Posted by: CantonKate | June 8, 2009 6:26 PM
CantonKate, it wasn't that good. Just a bit scatological.
Posted by: Hal Laurent | June 8, 2009 7:12 PM