"Adults are drooling over more sophisticated versions of cupcakes," Freedom News Service, East Valley Tribune
Pull back the pleated paper. With the first bite, front teeth etch a decadent trail through buttercream frosting before reaching the soft cake below. The imprint of tooth through icing stays put, offering visual evidence of richness.
This cupcake looks sexy. Not like a kid’s kindergarten birthday treat. Cupcakes have taken on a whole new image. A more glamorous kind of identity.
“For dinner party cupcakes, put them on a silver tray and adults fall all over them,” says Anne Byrn, whose recent cookbook, “Cupcakes From the Cake Doctor” (Workman, $13.95), glorifies the diminutive desserts. In the book, she starts with doctored-up cake mix concoctions, then adorns them with dozens of flourishes. She tops them with swirls of frosting or meringue, and often hides a luscious surprise filling deep inside the cake.
Pull back the pleated paper. With the first bite, front teeth etch a decadent trail through buttercream frosting before reaching the soft cake below. The imprint of tooth through icing stays put, offering visual evidence of richness.
This cupcake looks sexy. Not like a kid’s kindergarten birthday treat. Cupcakes have taken on a whole new image. A more glamorous kind of identity.
“For dinner party cupcakes, put them on a silver tray and adults fall all over them,” says Anne Byrn, whose recent cookbook, “Cupcakes From the Cake Doctor” (Workman, $13.95), glorifies the diminutive desserts. In the book, she starts with doctored-up cake mix concoctions, then adorns them with dozens of flourishes. She tops them with swirls of frosting or meringue, and often hides a luscious surprise filling deep inside the cake.
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