Cupcakes

Have you noticed how "chic" cupcakes have become these days? I was watching Martha Stewart's show last week and it was cupcake week so she had several cupcake bakers on. I've also noticed there are a lot of cupcakes featured on blogs and websites entirely devoted to cupcakes these days. There are even cupcake charms on necklaces, bracelets, and fun things like that. It's amazing how these trends spread like wildfire.

I've also realized that cupcakes aren't just cupcakes anymore. They aren't the easy-schmeasy slap some frosting on a dry little paper-wrapped cake. These are true works of art now, with beautiful pastel frosting swirled just so and then dipped in sugar crystals that make them sparkly and dainty. If I'm not mistaken, and BritGal Sarah will have to correct me if I'm wrong, the British call them Fairy Cakes. When you see cupcakes from places like Sprinkles Cupcakes in California, that is exactly what you think about! They are just beautiful and something that a fairy would surely eat.

Cupcakes have gotten so popular that now we even have carrying cases for our cupcakes. Perhaps you like something sturdy and truly protective. You might like this:


If you're not so much of a frosting fan, you could always go old-school with one of these:

Let me leave you with one final thought about cupcakes, and then I'll let you go grab a glass of milk to wash down all of that frosting.

"Don't spit on my cupcake and tell me it's frosting." - Judge Judy