The Anthony Bourdain thread

pie is way better than cake

Those cupcakes Dan pictured looked pretty proportional to me.

CUPCAKES should be an occasional treat and not the norm is we're getting technical

*if

the top one on the left and the second one from the top, underneath it look pretty crazy

! So frosting that is as high as the cupcake is an expected, normal proportion to you???????

also want to point out that the only thing visible on the top right one is frosting

If I can see cake around the frosting then there is not too much frosting is my general rule.

i'm kind of over cupcakes too, at least as being this "thing" people "front" about

woah, so that's like ganache ON TOP of frosting? wow.

I could tell what was going on in the top right one. If that's all frosting and you can actuall pull it out of the holder then yes that's too much frosting.

can't actually

See what I don't like about those is that I want a well-distributed amount of frosting with cake in every bite -- that frosting technique guarantees that at some point there will be a mouthful of frosting or else you'll have to pull it apart and re-aportion the bites out, which negates the forkless aspect completely.

it's like people with no baking skills but who want to open a bakery of some sort instead decide to open a cupcake shop and omg toss a few dozen red velvet cupcakes into the display case and suddenly there's a line out the door. yeah it's tasty, sure, but i dunno it's a little boring maybe.

People with no baking skills are baking tasty cupcakes?

it's a funny world we live in

tbf the cupcakes in the photo that i am repping actually use really nice flavor combinations that are kind of cool and unique without being gimmicky.

i dunno, i'm not impressed by the guy who makes nothing but cupcakes. even if they're really good ones.

iirc the one with the dark green frosting is a "green monster" cupcake that uses sam adams in the batter--i was not convinced at first but it totally works and is really tasty.

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41oiDpkcsnL._SL500_AA240_.jpg

imo do one thing, and do it well

Yeah as long as the one thing you do totally rocks, it's cool.

tbf the cupcakes in the photo that i am repping actually use really nice flavor combinations that are kind of cool and unique without being gimmicky.

oh I totally agree with you on that, I just have minor issues with their frosting methodology because it seems like half the bakeries around here are copying them and that causes hell on dudes like me who like cupcakes and have facial hair

"i dunno, i'm not impressed by the guy who makes nothing but cupcakes. even if they're really good ones."

I'm impressed by anyone who makes anything tasty.

"and that causes hell on dudes like me who like cupcakes and have facial hair"

Shave or carry wet naps.

Cupcakes are for children's birthday parties and moments when whimsy matters more than taste or texture, because they're basically all exterior from a baking standpoint and are nearly impossible to keep from drying out.

This is the most OTM thing ever said about cupcakes. They're kind of ok, maybe sometimes, but as far as sweet delicious baked goods go, they're somewhere in the bottom third. I don't "fucking hate" cupcakes -- I don't wish they were never born, or blame them for all my problems, or anything like that. But at their very very best, they are efficient frosting-delivery vehicles, and nothing more.

too many of these cupcakes i'm having lately are pretty weak too. i had some the other night from a place in long beach that were purportedly EPIC but they tasted like something you'd pick up for $3.99 for a half dozen at ralph's instead of $5 apiece.

i have had all kinds of fancy-ass OTT cupcakes around chicago but these are still my favorites:

http://www.chicagomag.com/images/2005/12%20December%202005/0512Arena_Cupcake9.jpg

Shave or carry wet naps.

fuck that noise, imo

wet naps are for babies and gurls and I am neither, I am a MAN

a MAN who eats CUPCAKES

http://www.southportgrocery.com/imgs/photogallery/Cupcakes-on-White.jpg

Some of you anti-cupcakists are clearly having inferior cupcakes.

there are way too many fucking cupcakes in seattle.

i like cupcake from time to time but gosh ppl, make something more interesting once in a while!

Some of you anti-cupcakists are clearly having inferior cupcakes.

well that was kind of the root of the argument, wasn't it? ie, cupcakes are harder to do than people think they are, so a bunch of them end up being kind of shitty and overpriced...?

the little bakery by my house does a great hostess cupcake imitation that is so good.

i hate the idea that a good cupcake is some kind of artful masterpiece. i will eat a good cupcake but it's not like the be all end all.

yes, tza

n/a's cupcake has perfect frosting to cake ratio

ie, cupcakes are harder to do than people think they are, so a bunch of them end up being kind of shitty and overpriced...?

What is this NOT true of, though? Trying to think of anything that is amazing 90% of the time and drawing a blank.

Where are those from, n/a?

too many of these cupcakes i'm having lately are pretty weak too. i had some the other night from a place in long beach that were purportedly EPIC but they tasted like something you'd pick up for $3.99 for a half dozen at ralph's instead of $5 apiece.

― omar little, Monday, October 12, 2009 2:47 PM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark

$5 apiece! should have been one gd hell of a cupcake for that.

oh btw I was wrong about that upper-right cupcake, that's essentially molten chocolate cake with ganache stuck in it

The existence of cupcakes at all is slightly questionable, though not offensive. Why do people need to eat pure sugar and flour in this form, in a world where actual cake exists? If you think you need a big sugar rush on-the-go, you are wrong about that.

http://www.kickasscupcakes.com/include/Menu_2009_09.pdf

here's the menu for Kickass Cupcakes, some of them are really ludicrous

(also on the website they have a pic of their s'more cupcake which is pretty much the most lolsome thing ever)

cupcakes are mini-cakes. people like mini-cakes when they don't want to eat (or buy) a whole cake.

i bet i just recognized southport bakery cupcakes on sight

xxxp uhhh maybe i don't want an entire cake?

maybe i like variety and can buy several different cupcakes, cut them up, and share them?

maybe i only feel like cake or a cupcake very rarely and am happy to just buy a cupcake and get on w/my life?

maybe there needs to be a cupcake thread?

i bet i just recognized southport bakery cupcakes on sight

― A B C, Monday, October 12, 2009 1:54 PM (28 seconds ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

otm

okay the mojito cupcake is dumb, but WS all over a S'mores cupcake