More Cupcakes!
Thanks to my daily dose of Daily Candy (which finally started in Seattle, yeah!), I discovered that the forever-in-renovation space in the Wallingford Center had been completed, serving a very useful purpose as cupcake shop and cafe, Trophy Cupcakes and Party.
After a brief stop for lunch, beer purchases at the Bottle Shop and a dose of gourmet at Cosa Bella (where I picked up the very excellent Ecorce de Sapin, a wonderfully runny cheese, tasting of slight sour and toasted almonds), Jill, Jamie and I made our way to the cupcakery. Jill chose a chocolate cupcake with vanilla frosting, I went vanilla all the way. Other choices included red velvet, variations on coconut and a chai cupcake. Wisely, we decided that going basic would give us a good sense of the cupcakery's potential; after all, if they couldn't make a decent basic cupcake, were the gourmet ones really worth it? Jamie disagreed, but he also doesn't like cupcakes, so I'm not sure that I trust his line of argument. (Sorry Jamie)
The Trophy Cupcake was delicious. Airy cake, with enough structure to support the generous helping of frosting, but not overly dense. The frosting on it's own wasn't as sweet and cloying as say, a Safeway cupcake. I'll be eager to see how well it does over the long-term. I suspect that cupcakes are a fad that are nearing their end for now, but Wallingford could be a great location, considering the neighborhood's heavy emphasis on family. Also, the cupcakery sells an assortment of other stuff, including cupcake decorations and cards.
In other news, I finally broke down and bought the new Shuffle; mine was a year old, starting to have problems and rather than suffer the pain of it's eventual breakdown and demise, proactively purchased a new one. For those that care, i selected silver. The colors are super cute, but in the end, I thought the silver was best.