20 January 2006
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.
posted by Rob at January 20, 2006 05:55 PM
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.
posted by rachel at January 20, 2006 09:04 PM
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?
posted by .d at January 21, 2006 05:31 AM
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.
posted by Rob at January 21, 2006 06:31 AM
Lovely picture of Ira!
posted by PB at January 23, 2006 02:05 AM
Two of my favorite things: cuppycakes and birdies! Thanks!
posted by Alicia at January 28, 2006 06:47 PM