More Belly Busting

The week before last, we went to Gigi's as planned. We got a whopping seven cupcakes because we had a free one with the punch card. I don't know why we didn't just buy five and get one free. Anyway…My flavor selections consisted of birthday surprise (top left), mellow cream (top second from left) and wedding cake (top second from right). Boyfriend's flavors were midnight magic (top right), grasshopper (bottom left), red velvet (bottom second from left) and champagne (bottom right).

First cupcake I ate was the mellow cream. It's a devil's food cake filled with chocolate chips and marshmallow cream; and topped with chocolate ganache and a swirl of white frosting. It was a lot smaller than the normal Gigi's cupcake due to the frosting. This is a gourmet version of the ol' Hostess Cupcakes. Crave Cupcakes also has a version of this that I've tried before called Crave chocolate and cream. The Gigi's version was good, but from what I remember, Crave's was better.

My second cupcake was the birthday surprise. It's a white cake with pink buttercream frosting, topped with sprinkles. For a standard issue cupcake, it was quite good.

The final cupcake was the wedding cake. I've described this one before and it's similar to the birthday surprise except for the vanilla frosting and white sprinkle dots. No complaints on this one either, but I was busting out of my jeans at this point; forcing each bite.

Last weekend, we decided to do the bundt cake thing again for a change. It was the same as before and just as good again this time around.

This weekend, I think I'll be baking at home; probably vanilla cupcakes. This gourmet cupcake habit is expensive. My wallet (and belly) need a break.