{"id":1438,"date":"2009-05-14T13:17:05","date_gmt":"2009-05-14T13:17:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thebunnylog.com\/journal\/2009\/05\/14\/cupcake-craze\/"},"modified":"2009-05-14T13:18:16","modified_gmt":"2009-05-14T13:18:16","slug":"cupcake-craze","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thebunnylog.com\/journal\/2009\/05\/14\/cupcake-craze\/","title":{"rendered":"Cupcake Craze"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The cupcake craze is really in full swing now and Sienna is all into cupcakes too! It must have started when I gave her a cupcake at the <a href=\"http:\/\/thebunnylog.com\/journal\/2009\/04\/10\/easter-egg-hunt\/\" target=\"_blank\">Easter Egg Hunt<\/a>! There are these 2 stuffed cupcakes that came with the kitchen set the 1st floor tenants gave to her and she loves those things! Well, if you know me, you know I love me some cupcakes so she must have inherited from me! On Monday afternoon, I finally made the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.peterandrewryan.com\/baking\/2009\/03\/chocolate-cupcakes-with-banana-cream-cheese-frosting\/\" target=\"_blank\">chocolate cupcakes with banana cream cheese frosting<\/a> that I had on my list to bake. I didn&#8217;t plan this very well because Monday night I attended <a href=\"http:\/\/www.etsy.com\/storque\/events\/news-from-the-etsy-labs-511-cupcake-craft-night-3920\/\" target=\"_blank\">Cupcake Night<\/a> at Etsy labs. I&#8217;ve been meaning to go to a couple of their recent craft nights but it turned out those nights were rainy and I got lazy. But I was intent on going to cupcake night! Free cupcakes and cupcake crafts! And then after cupcake night, Brenda met me so I could give her her camera back (I was testing it out for her) and she gave me the leftover mini cupcakes that her friend (who is a pastry chef and used to work at Union Cafe!) baked. Oh man. I thought I would never say this but&#8230;cupcake overload!! Good thing I signed up for that aerobics class at the Community College!<\/p>\n<p><img src=\"http:\/\/thebunnylog.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/batterblog1.jpg\" alt=\"batterblog1.jpg\" \/><br \/>\nFilled and ready for the oven!<br \/>\n<img src=\"http:\/\/thebunnylog.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/frostedblog2.jpg\" alt=\"frostedblog2.jpg\" \/><br \/>\nFrosted (I opted not to add the yellow food coloring) I really need to take more care in photographing food! I looked so much better than this!<\/p>\n<p>I thought these cupcakes were good but they taste best the same day they are baked. I noticed the bottom of the cupcakes got dry as each day passed. Also, the recipe says it should make 12-15 cupcakes, I got 21! (I gave some to Jana and some to Peter!)<\/p>\n<p><img src=\"http:\/\/thebunnylog.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/etsycccnblog3.jpg\" alt=\"etsycccnblog3.jpg\" \/><br \/>\nMy cheesey attempt at coloring. Good thing I can bake the real thing better than I can color the fake thing! HA!<br \/>\n<img src=\"http:\/\/thebunnylog.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/ivyccblog4.jpg\" alt=\"ivyccblog4.jpg\" \/><br \/>\nI was delighted to find that they had cupcakes from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ivybakery.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Ivy bakery<\/a> in Bay Ridge. A place I attempted to go to twice but were closed both times! They were good! (Now I&#8217;m dying to try <a href=\"http:\/\/robicellis.com\/blog\/?tag=cupcakes-bay-ridge\" target=\"_blank\">Robicelli&#8217;s cupcakes<\/a>!)<br \/>\n<img src=\"http:\/\/thebunnylog.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/ogcccblog5.jpg\" alt=\"ogcccblog5.jpg\" \/><br \/>\nCupcakes from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.onegirlcookies.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">One Girl Cookies<\/a>. I was intrigued with the blue icing. I&#8217;m such a sucker. The icing tasted a bit too sugary. I prefer the more creamy type. They had other cupcakes from other places but these were the two I tried.<br \/>\n<img src=\"http:\/\/thebunnylog.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/cctagblog6.jpg\" alt=\"cctagblog6.jpg\" \/><img src=\"http:\/\/thebunnylog.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/cctag2blog7.jpg\" alt=\"cctag2blog7.jpg\" \/><br \/>\nThese were the cupcake crafts I did, they are tags, or going to be tags.<\/p>\n<p>I also got to meet <a href=\"http:\/\/www.swap-bot.com\/user:racheljohnson\" target=\"_blank\">Rachel<\/a>, the founder of swap-bot and a new transplant to Brooklyn! Such a sweet person!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The cupcake craze is really in full swing now and Sienna is all into cupcakes too! It must have started when I gave her a cupcake at the Easter Egg Hunt! There are these 2 stuffed cupcakes that came with the kitchen set the 1st floor tenants gave to her and she loves those things! 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