Empirical Baker

Yes, this is a cooking blog, but if you haven’t noticed, I am obsessed with Cupcakes.

Recently, Serious Eats did a ““Best Cupcake of New York City”. I was delighted to see Robicellis on the list. (Surprisingly, the cupcakes used in the taste test from Robicellis were over a week old! And they still placed 10th in the City!)

(BTW, if you have not seen it yet, go watch the Robicelli’s Cupcake War Audition Tape)

Number one in the city was Baked, based in Red Hook. For me, Robicellis were better than Baked. However, Baked Totally won over my heart with their Red Velvet Cupcake. Why?

IT HAD THE RIGHT ICING!!

Ahem, sorry for the caps. I have no idea where the whole “Red Velvet with Cream Cheese” craze started. The original, and correct, icing is Cooked Flour Frosting. This frosting can be tricky to get right, but it tasted oh so divine.

Surprisingly, I have done only a few cupcakes on this blog.

• Dulce de Leche Cupcakes with Brown Sugar Frosting has been requested a few times from my friends. They said it was better than Robicelli’s. (I disagree, but I am pretty critical :)
• Orange Chocolate Cupcakes were my cupcake camp contribution. The owner of Buttercup Bakeshop called these amazing! (Buttercup Bakeshop is the 12th best cupcake in the City!)
• Spicy Mexican Chocolate Cupcakes are my newest addition. Once I find vegan Sugar, the cupcake part is completely vegan!
• Strawberry Jalapeno Cupcakes, or the most painful cupcakes I have ever made.
• In development (i.e. on my phone and I havent posted them yet) are Bacon Chocolate Chip cupcakes :)

What type of cupcakes would you like to see?