THE QUINTESSENTIAL CUPCAKE

the quintessential cupcake: a cherry on top

I was walking down the street one day, holding a tray of these cupcakes when I suddenly heard a voice.

"Good-looking cupcakes!"

An ambulance was parked at the gas station pump getting a fill-up and sitting in the passenger seat with the window open was a man leaning out, smiling and drooling at my cupcakes.

*sigh!*

I said "thanks".

Gone are the days when I would walk by a construction site and get wolf whistles and hubba-hubbas.

here's the tray of cupcakes that the ambulance attendant was so hot, hungry and drooly for...


Nowadays, I turn on men (with the exception of my husband who hates all sweets!) with my baked goods. Well, let's be fair here. I've been known to turn on women with my baked goods too.

You might be wondering why I was walking around town holding a tray of cupcakes? Well, it was parent-teacher interviews that day and I was bringing a tray full of chocolate cupcakes for the teachers' pot-luck dinner! What a fabulous idea! an appreciation dinner where parents bring in pot luck dishes to feed the teachers!

I remember how hungry it can get hanging around the school until interview time and then sometimes being fully booked to the point where you can't even take a pee-break or get a bite to eat!

So I was only too happy to contribute these cupcakes for the teachers that day. I hope they enjoyed them!

I baked up a batch of my favourite chocolate cupcakes with this recipe and frosted with this recipe in a girlie pink buttercream. I employed my new arsenal of chocolate plastic roses , making them as mini as I could to fit atop the cupcakes (not an easy task!) I also sprinkled dragees on others. My favourite cupcake that day was the glaceed cherries I popped on the tops of some. They were picture perfect. The cherry on top evokes the perfect image of a cupcake. They were tasty too!