School is still going good for all of those people who may be concerned but I would like to discuss my new discoveries.
Here in Wilmington we have two main cupcakes bakers, Coastal Cupcakes on Princess St. and Hot Pink Ckae Stand on Market St. These two bakers are competitors that are just blocks away from each other and Michael and I decided to try both of these and essentially write a review.
The two cupcakes we tried from Coastal Cupcake were Coconut Cream and Oreo Cheesecake. The Coconut Cream had a yellow cake made with coconut milk and a buttercream frosting with coconut milk and coconut strands on top. Michael and I found the cake itself it be a little a dry, but certainly still delicious. The frosting on this cupcake was by far simply amazing; it was creamy (silky) and tasty...I can't imagine any better frosting! The Oreo Cheesecake was by far the better of the two. It had a base of oreo crumbles, a chocolate cake base injected with with a cheesecake filling and topped with a creamcheese/oreo frosting. This was overall delicious and had that nice cheesecake surprise! All the flavors blended so deliciously together. The inside of the cake was very moist, but just like with the first cupcake the outside was a little dry.
Hot Pink Cakestand provided us with a vegan Mint Chocolate and a Snikers cupcake. The Mint Chocolate had a beautiful mint green frosting whose base was buttercream; however the frosting was dry and thick and literally was rather crunchy on the outside. The cake itself was delicious; it was very moist but just chocolate flavored with no mint. The Snikers cupcake was a chocolate cupcake with a mini-Snikers bar inside with a heavy whipped cream dollop, caramel syrup, and two honey-roasted peanuts. Once again the cake was very moist and the whipped cream and caramel topping was a good light contrast to the heaviness of the cake. The Snikers bar however, sunk to the bottom and thus caused it to stick to the paper and was a good idea but executed poorily.
Overall both bakers had good items to offer, but if you are looking for a upscale but relaxing atmosphere to get a true "gourmet bakery" experience, then look to the new kid on the block Hot Pink Cake Stand. Their owner as a former interior designer set up a beautiful shop with room for customers to sit at tables or at the bar in order to enjoy these cupcakes. Coastal Cupcake was founded by two business majors and their shop lacks the same atmosphere as Hot Pink nor does it have a place to sit down. Though Hot Pink cupcakes are a dollar and twenty-five cent more than their competitors I would have to say the experience was worth the extra price. In summation we need real cupcake bakers who went school for that shit...so we can get true gourmet cupcakes from bakers not just people who failed at other careers.
In order to burn off these calories I went to the university gym and discovered the wonders of the elliptical, which is a machine that essentially is a running cardio workout that doesn't cause impact on your joints. It was so much fun that I ran about 5 miles and hour for nearly 2 1/2 miles, by the way the machine keeps up with all these numbers. Also what is nice is that it provides your heartrate and the numbers of calories burned. I find that I can able to run fast and for a longer period of time because my knees, ankles, and hips are not take the force of me running on concrete. I can't wait to get in there tomorrow and do it again! If there are any with a gym membership check out these machines, they are tons of fun!
Holly
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