Lots to Sprinkle About

The latest cupcake consumption was by way of Sprinkles. There were a few seasonal flavors I wanted to try, as well as post a review about a standard cupcake that I never featured before.

First, I had lemon meringue. Not a flavor I would normally choose, but for the sake of the blog... It's a graham cracker-lined lemon cake filled with lemon curd and topped with sweet, fluffy toasted marshmallow. At first, I enjoyed the light lemon flavor with the marshmallow frosting. When I got to the curd filling, I was shocked by how tangy it was! A bit too tangy for my liking. Overall, it was an OK cupcake.

Next, onto the black and white cupcake, which is one of Sprinkles' signature standard cupcakes. It's Belgian dark chocolate cake and creamy vanilla frosting. Simple, but tasty.

Last was the limited edition raspberry cupcake, which was sweet raspberry cake topped with luscious raspberry frosting. Very nice raspberry taste and not overpowering being that the cake and frosting were both raspberry.

Until next time, stay and eat sweet!

August Cupcake Specials

Here are this month's specials...

Sprinkles

August 2-18:

• Raspberry: Sweet raspberry cake topped with luscious raspberry frosting.

August 2-September 2:

• S'more: Graham cracker-lined Belgian dark chocolate cake filled with bittersweet chocolate ganache and topped with toasted marshmallow frosting.

August 23-September 8:

• Vanilla Hazelnut Chocolate: Madagascar Bourbon vanilla cake topped with rich, creamy hazelnut chocolate frosting.

Crave

August 19-31:

• Stracciatella: Vanilla bean cupcake streaked with rich Italian Perugina chocolate.

Ooh La La Dessert Boutique

• Orange Creamsicle: Orange and white swirl cake with orange buttercream frosting.

SWEET Houston

New Seasonal Flavors:

• Chocolate with Strawberry (Mon/Sat)
• Orange (Mon/Wed/Fri)

Back in Business

Sorry for the break, but I had a baby recently, so needless to say, I've been pretty busy. Anyway...aside from visits to the usual cupcake haunts, here are reviews of the latest cupcakes.

From Gigi's, the hubby and I split a Merry Margarita cupcake. It's margarita flavored yellow cake with a margarita cream cheese frosting, rimmed in sugar crystals and topped with a candied lime slice. The candied lime slice is missing because my husband ate it before I could take a photo! This was a nice, citrus-y cupcake for the summer; moist and sweet!

Next, I tried Candy Bar Crunch. It is yellow cake with bits of Butterfinger baked in, topped with Butterfinger buttercream frosting and crushed Butterfingers. I'm not really a Butterfinger or peanut butter fan, but I decided to try it anyway. It was decent for someone who doesn't really like peanut butter flavor.

And then, on another occasion from Ooh La La Sweets, I went with the Velvet Elvis. It's your typical red velvet cake with fluffy cream cheese icing. All in all, a good tasting and the right consistency red velvet cupcake.