I think one thing I make clear around here is that I am a lover of baked goods. My second love is chocolate. That said, I don’t eat cake all that much. It’s a little to heavy for me so I hold eating cake to special occassions. I’m a cake snob; I will pass over a cheap grocery store sheet cake at a graduation event. I do this with ice cream too.
Mike: Not me, I can’t help it. Even when I know it will be bad I’m still lining up for a piece of crappy cake. It’s been happening a lot lately as we reach the end of the school year.
I love making cupcakes. They are just a small piece of cake. I can make a batch and toss them in the freezer (yes, icing and all) and have one when I get a hankering. My all time favorite cupcake is this recipe I came across in America’s Test Kitchen years ago and have been tinkering with ever since. The cake is moist and doesn’t crumble. When you take a bite the frosting is light and fluffy then suddenly you discover a dense chocolaty surprise of a spot of ganache in the middle. You don’t eat this cupcake, you experience it!