As planned, this past weekend was dedicated to Gigi's. I had Red Velvet (top left), Champagne (bottom left) and English toffee (bottom right). Boyfriend had grasshopper (top right), wedding cake (middle left) and white midnight magic (middle right).
A little apprehensive, I tried the English toffee first. For some reason, I always correlate toffee with a flavor combination of nuts and coffee (perhaps because it rhymes?), which is why I was hesitant to try this one. I don't drink coffee and as I've said before, don't really like sweet-salty mix. This cupcake is a toffee cake with toffee filling and frosting, and rimmed with chocolate toffee bits. Boy was I pleasantly surprised! It was excellent. And not too much toffee flavor like you'd expect. It was balanced perfectly and the toffee bits gave it a nice crispy crunch. Probably the best cupcake out of the three I had that day.
My second cupcake was the red velvet and third was champagne. As I've tried these before, I don't have anything new to say about them. They are both very delicious and as most Gigi's cupcakes, have nice little touches. I like the light sprinkle of sugar crystals on top of the red velvet and the champagne has edible pearls and white chocolate chips surrounding the frosting.
By the time I got to the champagne cupcake, I thought I was going to pass out. Eating occurred in slow motion and everything sounded like those slow, digitally altered voices similar to when Will Ferrell got shot in the neck by that dart in the movie Old School. I've started to pace my cupcake consumption by spacing the eating of each one at about one hour intervals. It's worked well for the most part. I just think Gigi's cupcakes are so filling that even the hour between the second and third cupcakes wasn’t enough this time around.
Not sure yet what's next on the schedule of sweet eats, but stay tuned!
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