Cupcakes Befall Us!
Cupcake madness befalls Sacramento! Not one, but three cupcake shops are scheduled to open this fall, just in time for holiday parties and afternoon treats galore. The cult of the cupcake has been building rapidly over the past five or so years, and you can now find cupcake shops, cookbooks, blogs, and even knitting patterns (see above). When I lived in New York in the 80s (yikes, was it that long ago??), I used to go to a bakery on the lower East side just for their chocolate cupcakes filled with vanilla cream. It was like Hostess but 20 times better. And then I discovered Magnolia Bakery on subsequent visits, and their cookbooks
carrot-coriander cupcake I made for a friend's birthday
So how can you get your cupcake fix this fall? Here are the details I have for the three new shops:
- Opening in October: Icing on the Cupcake, 5065 Pacific Street, Rocklin
www.icingonthecupcake.com; 916-315-9500; the Hummingird, with pineapple, bananas, and pecans sounds intriguing
- Opening mid-October: Babycakes, 3675 J Street, Sacramento, from Chef Teresa Urkofsky-Collins, an instructor at the American River College culinary program (and former local restaurant chef)
- Already producing: Capital Cupcakes, no store, but you order a dozen at a time by phone at 916-607-0344
www.capitalcupcakes.com; you can mouse over pictures of their cupcakes and read the descriptions, such as the Steve, a lime cupcake with lime curd and a meringue topping that sounds good
For more cupcake yumminess, see the following:
- One Skein: 30 Quick Projects to Knit and Crochet
for the knitted cupcake pattern
- Local blogger Vanilla Garlic, who has a slew of delicious cupcake recipes and photos, plus links to other cupcake mavens
- And for taking your cupcakes to work or play, you've got to get the Cup-a-cake, which neatly holds your frosted delight without marring or squashing it. All the cool kids are getting them!
Comments
Wow, thanks for the cupcake plug, this is so exciting to have so many options. I just wanted to let the readers know that Capital Cupcakes has 2 new retail partners now. Old Soul Co at 1716 L Street, Rear Alley and Bean Trees Coffee at 10 & L Street carry our cupcakes daily in a variety of flavors that rotate. Stop in today and enjoy!
Posted by: shellie nast | October 18, 2007 6:55 AM