OK, so I finally visited Eat Cake in Newburyport (see my first blog). Can I just say "butter?" Honestly - did you ever, as a child, accidentally put an entire stick of butter in your mouth? That's what the frosting tasted like. I brought one each to Tracy and Kate...I wonder if you felt the same way? I had vanilla with raspberry filling inside (the only redeemable feature of an otherwise butter explosion). Jeff had chocolate with chocolate and chocolate. Seriously. But I have no idea how good that one was.
Now, I also recently made a trip to Philly to visit my sister. We went on a pilgramidge to Clay's Bakery. I happen to know that they have the best cupcakes in the world (or a close second to the as-yet-unnamed bakery that Tracy is on the hunt for). Clay's failed to notify me that they were taking their vacation the week I was there. For that slight, Clay's now has only the 5th best cupcakes in the world.
We did, however, manage to try some deliciousness from the Elegant Cafe in Wayne. Given that their specialty was not cupcakes (more of a secondary line, if you will) Steph and I were disappointed to find that their cake was more like a corn muffin texture. Not good.
Did I happen to mention that Stephanie has a "unique" way of eating her cupcakes? I've never seen this before so it definitely surprised and amused me. She takes the cake part off the bottom and puts it on top of the frosting. No, she is not completely insane. Only partially. She eats it like a little sandwich.
Because #5 Clay's was closed we did hit up Jazmine's deliciousness whatever bakery that I can't remember the full name of. They're just around the corner from Clay's and have now been elevated over Clay's simply for being open while I was in town. The boys (Callum and Ryan) had mini vanilla vanillas (ah, boys after my own heart!) though Cal only at the frosting off the top of his and promptly turned over the cake to me. What a little darling. We scooped up 4 "various" for our trip to the Jersey Shore and shared them with Snooki, The Situation, and J-Woww. Snooki's bumpit got frosting all over it when she fell down drunk in the sand. But the rest of the cupcakes were yummo!
