Cupcakes

[KalamityKel]

It's raining...

[the-e-dealer]

better get the cakes in

[woodrot]

Blates cupcakery is a business cul de sac now when former cupcake barons hold ?40 seminars to show others how to profit from their knowledge

http://www.eventbrite.com/event/3809113160

[Alan Medic]

What is it with you and 'blates' woodrot? I'm not ready for that slang yet. Are cupcakes the new 'cats'?

ETA 'you'

[Horsebox]

woodrot Wrote:

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> Blates cupcakery is a business cul de sac now when

> former cupcake barons hold ?40 seminars to show

> others how to profit from their knowledge

>

> http://www.eventbrite.com/event/3809113160

2 girls 1 cupcake?

[red devil]

Alan Medic Wrote:

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> Are cupcakes the new 'cats'?

Woody's worst nightmare... http://www.wilton.com/img/frisky-feline-cupcakes-main.jpg

[a peace of cake]

the-e-dealer Wrote:

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> Or like critising other peoples posts on forums.

> Or ahem the colour of a mobile phone mr dark

> kettle. Oh or selling cakes so mea cupcake and

> shut yer cakehole. Yeah i know ! Or editing one's

> posts to infinity!:)

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I dont know who that is directed to as the english is not very clear but what has mobile phones got to do with anything?

the next part is not clear but the editing posts was that refering to yourself?

[KalamityKel]

now now play nicely or not at all

[Jeremy]

The cakes themselves are generally fine. I like cake a lot.

But it's a temporary fad which reached saturation point long ago. And the word itself is an annoying Americanism which somehow worked it's way into the english vernacular.

I expect it will all die down next year, along with "keep calm and" merchandise.

[maxxi]

Besides - who can be happy with a mere cup these days? Now if they were called mugcakes*...

*Might also help describe those prepared to pay the ED premium for a 2oz mouthful of eggs, sugar, flour and artificial colouring.

[Gidget]

Jeremy,

Nothing wrong with the word cupcake - what about the words fairy cake?

Some of them are tasty, some aren't. The same with slices of cake. They should be eaten the same day I believe, but too many people sell them beyond their eat by date.

It's the over-decorating I can't stand. You are going to eat them so why bother? You don't ice a muffin usually, so why the over-decorating malarkey with the cupcake?

[Jeremy]

No problem really, but as far as I can tell, fairy cake is English/British. Cup cake is American.

As for the decorating... well I guess icing is a defining feature of a cup/fairy cake, right?

But yeah, as long as it tastes good I'll happily eat one. Or three.

[Gidget]

Jeremy,

Not sure why the word cupcake is annoying, it just means a cake made in a paper baking cup; and fairy cakes are much smaller and cupcakes bigger. Cupcakes seem to be traditionally slathered with more icing than a fairy cake.

Maxxi,

There are recipes out there on the internet for microwave cakes made in mugs if you get the urge.

[Jeremy]

Gidget, we are under no obligation to reach a formal agreement on this.

[red devil]

Jeremy Wrote:

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> Gidget, we are under no obligation to reach a

> formal agreement on this.

This is nothing, wait until the Fairy or Butterfly cake argument kicks in...

*Throws in Fondant Fancy curve ball*

http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/food/ic/food_16x9_448/recipes/fondant_fancies_88368_16x9.jpg

[????]

Now you all know ho I feel about f*cking Prosecco

[Gidget]

I like all of the above. No need to slag off the name of cupcake. Butterfly cakes and fondant fancies are a work of art. They can all have their good points.

[Salsaboy]

mmmm butterfly cakes. I remember my mum making those when I was a kid. Yum yum.

[Pickle]

Not sure if any of you have kids, but cake sale days at school are hilarious, if ever there was something to set off competitive Mum syndrome, cupcakes are it. Needless to say I just send my kids along with money to buy cakes, and save myself the embarrassment.

If ever my kids force me to make cakes for birthdays I buy Tesco basics un-iced fairy cakes and Dr Oetker icing in a pressurised can. Job done.

[katie1997]

oh, competitive baking is rife EVERYWHERE - schools, workplaces, you name it.

I think the reason that cupcakes have been singled out FOR SO MUCH HATE is because, well...basically what rosie said, the bloody edible glitter, their sickly, tasteless, twee-ness. Whilst some of them may look scrumptious, they generally don't deliver. The ubiquity of cupcake businesses. Cupcakes for EVERY occasion etc. Cupcakes for Ladeeeez (ha!) Prosecco cupcake quids? Victoria Sponge AS A CUPCAKE anyone? Mini cupcakes. Cupcake-sized cupcakes. Giaaaaaaant Cupcakes. you get the picture.

hear hear for a fairy cake and butterfly cake revival!

[katie1997]

the underlying theme to this thread isn't about cupcake-loathing, its really about Netts' concern over what jamface over the road is baking for Christmas, competitive an all that :))

[computedshorty]

katie1997

TMI shorty, really.

So what's all this crap then?

[Salsaboy]

Bring back the Battenburg. That's a proper cake.

[Gidget]

Ms. Cupcake in Brixton Village has a good selection of different flavours. They are all vegan. The flavours aren't too far out, for example, she had peanut butter and chocolate, bounty (as in bounty bar) lemon, vanilla, amongst others that I can remember. All of her products are vegan. She has a website. She provided free cupcakes for locals after the riots summer 2011. They are tasty and not too much effort has gone into them, which I like.

[KalamityKel]

Gidget... I worry about you sometimes!