Yea, it took me this long to go to a Sprinkles, and turns out one just opened in New York, none the less while still in LA, I checked out the flagship store and it was very cool. The thing that really got me was the attention to detail, everything is coordinated, you can see the table below matches the stickers, our cupcakes were boxed with so much care.

My better half and I tried the Cinnamon Sugar, Chocolate Marshmallow and the Salty Caramel (Only available in November).

The Cinnamon Sugar cupcake is a delicious spicy Buttermilk cake, with no frosting just a Cinnamon Sugar Coating, exactly the kind of thing husband likes.

The Chocolate Marshmallow was my favorite, Dark Chocolate Cake, Dark Chocolate Ganache and a Marshmallow filling!

Last but not least the seasonal Salty Caramel, I am a sucker for Salty Caramel and this cupcake did not let me down, the cake and the frosting were Caramel,very nicely done, not overly sweet and the Frosting was perfectly sprinkled Fleur de Sel.

This the last LA post for now, you can see them all right here, we went to all those places the same day, not shown was our stop at Birrieria Jalisco (warning: website has music!) for some delicious Goat Stew for lunch!

Are you going to CupcakeCamp NYC tonight? If you are, and I hope you are, maybe you can try my FlufferNutter Cupcakes! I had one yesterday, they’re good!

Last year I took the same Peanut Butter base cupcakes, but with Jelly inside.  This year I decided to go with Fluff instead. I added a little bit more salt to the cakes, so they have a little more bite against the fluff, which was piped as a filling.

Also a change from last year, I subbed the shortening from the original recipe with Butter, who would rather eat shortening?!? We’re not frying chicken here! Other than that I love this recipe, the cupcakes dome so nicely and they’re moist and tasty. Even the dough is great, it’s fluffy so pouring into the cups is a cinch with an ice cream scoop.

See you tonight!

Two Whole Foods cupcakes one crazy cute (above) and one one a little Cake Wrecky, but more on that later. Today, I hung out with the very cool Mary Ann from Puff & Choux (also the organizer of CupcakeCampNYC) while I sipped the some hot chocolate from City Bakery’s Annual Hot Chocolate festival. I chose the delicious Earl Grey Hot Chocolate, it might sound weird but, trust me it was yummy.

After that, I stepped into Whole Foods and spotted that “Cake” Cupcake! Seriously how cute is that? To be honest, I was a little wary the top cake was going to be giant butter cream glob but it wasn’t! It was a little Vanilla Chocolate Chip Cake on top of a pretty decent Devil’s Food Cupcake! Score!

I will share something with you, dear reader, my favorite animals in the world are pigs (they’re great too look at and great to eat!) and before you think this post all over the place, I will show you why pigs come up. Behold reverse “butter face” piggy cupcake.

Precious fondant face: check. Cute Squiggly Tail: check. Body? …Meh. Feet??? Feet? What are those exactly? Oh well, cupcake was still good though, same Devil’s Food from the “Cake” cupcake. What are those? Why not just put the cute fondant face and call it day?

I will, however, wish all the party people in the house (that’s you, dear reader) a great week!

Today is Mad Men’s Third Season finale and what better way to bid a sad “See you next year” farewell to one of my favorite shows, than (of course!) making a cupcake version of Mr. Draper’s drink of choice.

An Old Fashioned is made with bourbon, simple syrup, ice, a few dashes of bitters and garnished with an orange slice, a lemon twist and maraschino cherries. These cupcakes are a bourbon cake, topped with a citrus glaze and topped with a a slice of orange and a Maraschino cherry, and if may say so, they’re quite delicious.

Bourbon cupcakes (loosely adapted from Two Ton Bourbon Pecan Cake)
yields 15 cupcakes

• 2 cups and 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
• 1-3/4 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1 cup and 1 tablespoon bourbon
• 1/3 cup and 2 tablespoons milk ( I used soy milk, simply because was out of reg milk)
• 3/4 cup canola oil
• 10 ounces white sugar
• 3 eggs

Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) until it’s done, I know that’s a little vague but I forgot to write down how long it took. It was early morning on a Sunday, OK? I think it took about 30 mins, and these cupcakes by the way domed beautifully.

Now, which of the characters do you think would enjoy these? Honestly I think the only characters who would love these are Trudy Campbell, Suzanne Farrell (Sally’s teacher) and of course Sally herself. (…wait there’s Bourbon in these?!? )

Oh and also check out Cupcakes N Cones Madmen Inspired Cupcakes, they’re very cool.

PS: I am so dieing to know more of Sal’s storyline!!

PPS: This is my 100Th POST!!

So there, that’s fixed!

Happy Sunday Party People!