What better way to bid farewell to summer than with lounging and eating with friends over delicious sandwiches and cupcakes in the park? That's certainly our idea of a good time.
It's hard to believe it's already been a year since last year's annual Delicious Sandwich Social with Jon Friedman, but here we are. The idea is like an edible secret santa (or should we say, "Secret Sandwich") swap, where each person brings an entire sandwich cut in half, labels it, places it into the vegetarian or meat bags, and hopes whomever blindly selects it will enjoy their sandwich.
And here's a rundown of the delicious sandwiches and cupcakes we shared throughout the evening:
Cupcakes Take the Cake brought 5 boxes of Robicelli's flavors of the day: Funky Monkey (banana, peanut butter, chocolate), Peach Cobbler, Bea Arthur (espresso, cream cheese), Tres Leches, and Blackberry Cabernet (pictured).
Emily baked these addictive mini peach cupcakes with caramelized white chocolate frosting, dusted with salt (so we can forget we're eating more sugar).
Melissa (not me) brought homemade fluffy, airy peach cobbler cupcakes topped with pecans.
Amanda whipped up a batch of Strawberry Jalapeno cupcakes. Despite the jalapeno hardship throughout the night, her hard work paid off!
Even near the end of the picnic, a tray appeared carrying more banana cupcakes with chocolate ganache and a cream filling. The composition reminded me of a banana hostess cupcake, though that comparison hardly does them justice. A full range of the cupcakes can be found here.
Nichelle had a little "cupcake accident" while presenting cupcakes to a baby. No matter, she got her cupcake, we got our laughs, and everyone was happy in the end.
Sandwiches ranged from the classic Tomato,Basil and Mozzarella (the 1/2 I got) to Fig and Brie on Fig Pepper Baguette (the 1/2 I made), to "Tunatastic" and so many other interesting combinations to admire and share bites of. The savory aspect provided a balance that is a bit less even in our other cupcake-centric events. Nibble on a sandwich, nibble on a cupcake, refresh the palatte, repeat for hours....
One lucky winner got a "goodie bag" full of secret prizes which will be kept suspensefully mum.
Join our cupcake meetup group (http://www.meetup.com/cupcake) to be the first to know about upcoming events in NYC and beyond. Maybe we'll see you next year at the 5th annual Delicious Cupcake Sandwich Social!
It's hard to believe it's already been a year since last year's annual Delicious Sandwich Social with Jon Friedman, but here we are. The idea is like an edible secret santa (or should we say, "Secret Sandwich") swap, where each person brings an entire sandwich cut in half, labels it, places it into the vegetarian or meat bags, and hopes whomever blindly selects it will enjoy their sandwich.
And here's a rundown of the delicious sandwiches and cupcakes we shared throughout the evening:
Cupcakes Take the Cake brought 5 boxes of Robicelli's flavors of the day: Funky Monkey (banana, peanut butter, chocolate), Peach Cobbler, Bea Arthur (espresso, cream cheese), Tres Leches, and Blackberry Cabernet (pictured).
Emily baked these addictive mini peach cupcakes with caramelized white chocolate frosting, dusted with salt (so we can forget we're eating more sugar).
Melissa (not me) brought homemade fluffy, airy peach cobbler cupcakes topped with pecans.
Amanda whipped up a batch of Strawberry Jalapeno cupcakes. Despite the jalapeno hardship throughout the night, her hard work paid off!
Even near the end of the picnic, a tray appeared carrying more banana cupcakes with chocolate ganache and a cream filling. The composition reminded me of a banana hostess cupcake, though that comparison hardly does them justice. A full range of the cupcakes can be found here.
Nichelle had a little "cupcake accident" while presenting cupcakes to a baby. No matter, she got her cupcake, we got our laughs, and everyone was happy in the end.
Sandwiches ranged from the classic Tomato,Basil and Mozzarella (the 1/2 I got) to Fig and Brie on Fig Pepper Baguette (the 1/2 I made), to "Tunatastic" and so many other interesting combinations to admire and share bites of. The savory aspect provided a balance that is a bit less even in our other cupcake-centric events. Nibble on a sandwich, nibble on a cupcake, refresh the palatte, repeat for hours....
One lucky winner got a "goodie bag" full of secret prizes which will be kept suspensefully mum.
Join our cupcake meetup group (http://www.meetup.com/cupcake) to be the first to know about upcoming events in NYC and beyond. Maybe we'll see you next year at the 5th annual Delicious Cupcake Sandwich Social!
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