Slow on the Cupcake Front, but King Cake Season is Here

The cupcake selections and opportunities have been a bit slow. However, it is Mardi Gras season, so this is a good time to indulge in a king cake since they're usually only available for about a month. The past few weekends, the hubby and I sampled a few from local grocery stores. They weren't comparable to a true Louisiana king cake, thereby not worthy enough to feature a full blog post. But between HEB and Kroger, the clear winner is HEB. If you plan on getting one, make sure you get the cream cheese filled flavor. I sampled the pineapple and wasn't a fan. Kroger's version wasn't bad, but just tasted like a cinnamon roll.

Anyway, back to the cupcakes. Several weeks ago, I had a chance to try Sprinkles Triple Cinnamon cupcake during a coworker's birthday lunch. While I failed to get a photo, here's more info about the cupcake itself from Sprinkle's website: http://www.sprinkles.com/gourmet-cupcake-flavors/triple-cinnamon-cupcakes/. It's a lightly spiced buttermilk cupcake topped with cinnamon cream cheese frosting and dusted with cinnamon sugar. This one is much better than their cinnamon sugar cupcake as this has frosting. It truly had a lot of cinnamon flavor and was moist.

Then, a few weekends ago, we made a trip to Gigi's. The flavor selections were the same as what I've featured before, but we did get a chance to try a different featured flavor this time; German Chocolate. It's German chocolate cake topped with homemade chocolate cream cheese frosting, toasted coconut and pecans.

The cake, frosting and consistency were good, but I just don't care for coconut and pecans. I realize this is typical of German chocolate, so it's just me.