As you may or may not already know, Rob now has a few bionic teeth. They can run faster, jump higher, etc — but not for three months. Since he can only eat soft foods until that point, I feel obligated to double my cake production. My contribution:
These are just plain yellow cup cakes (from scratch, naturally) with my basic frosting, topped with sprinkles (or as I say, spirkles — or as they say around here: Hundreds and Thousands). I don’t like eating the sprinkles, but they sure are pretty, aren’t they? I just realized Rob could bite into one and ruin our his valuable new teeth, so maybe I should go back and pick them all off. Or make a new batch!
These aren’t terrifically rounded, muffin-like, on the top, but they’re pretty good. I don’t usually criticize the way things are done in the UK (I mean, apart from the things we all criticize — transport, cranky sales staff, the Welsh*), but British cupcakes are sad little things. The ones I’ve seen are completely flat on top, below the paper cup, and have been topped with a very runny (and then hard) icing.
I have two rules about baked goods: they must be comforting (reminding one of the good days of childhood, etc), and they must be indulgent. Something about flat little cupcakes inspires pity in me, and how can I be comforted by that? It’s not that British cupcakes don’t taste as good or that the cupcateers (as they’re known) aren’t as skilled; it’s just a preference thing.
But I’m totally right about this.
Anyway, a picture of Ira having a sit in the sun. Everybody laughed at me when I said it would be sunny today. They laughed!
*I’m kidding about the Welsh. It’s Rob who doesn’t like ‘em.
I’ve never before had dental work where they (honest to god) used a hammer, but it has allowed me to fulfil a lifelong dream to be partly composed of titanium, so that’s something. If only I could still eat regular human food.
Anyway, I can vouch for those cupcakes. A credit to American know-how.
Apologies to Wales.
adorable cupcake!! sorry to hear that the Britcakes are tiny! I wonder why that is? NYC cupcakes run in the opposite directions: huge with giant buttery icing.
Jamal is going to get a titanium knee. Titanium is very popular for replacing body parts these days. Did the whale swim by your flat?
The whale must have swum by, because it’s upstream of us now, but we didn’t notice it. We spent all this money on a river view and then fail to notice a whale going by. Very poor. But maybe we’ll get our own; Anna’s always on the look-out for new pets.
Lovely picture of Ira!
Two of my favorite things: cuppycakes and birdies! Thanks!