After taking Evan to the airport at the crack of dawn on Sunday I had the entire day wide open. I decided to make it a pampering kind of day.
I started off with a manicure and pedicure at a new nail salon. Then I had my hair trimmed. Then I decided to wander around Stanford University with all the tourists, taking pictures.
In my travels around town I kept passing a cupcake shop so I stopped in to see what it was all about.
It's called Kara's Cupcakes at Town and Country Village in Palo Alto. A very clean, modern shop but pink like a bakery box.
They had about a dozen types of cupcakes to choose from. Even a few gluten free options. I ended up getting Sweet Vanilla, S'More, Meyer Lemon and Sweet Chocolate.
So far I have just had half of the vanilla one. My dad had the chocolate one. I guess we are purists when it comes right down to it.
I found the frosting to be a little overly sweet so I wiped most of it off. The frosting to cake ratio is quite tricky, isn't it? The cake part was delicious. Perfect actually. And as for the fosting I was warned – it is called Sweet Vanilla for a reason.
I think it would have been better chilled. I can't wait to try the S'More one. Something about toasted marshmallow frosting is quite alluring.
I am enjoying very much your more frequent entries. Thank you for sharing!! Oh, and I am definitely a frosting person…the more the better..
My friend Thelma has been reviewing cupcakes lately. When I go visit her in September I would love to be able to take her some Kara’s cupcakes, but am not sure how I can juggle them along with my sewing machine!
I’ve heard of that cupcake shop, I haven’t gone, but they look prettier than Sprinkles cupcakes.
I was surprised that they actually have a Cupcake Wars on the Food Network channel where chefs need to put in interesting flavors and develop new recipes with kiwi and curry and such. And then bake ONE THOUSAND cupcakes for an opening that night! Who knew that cupcakes would be the big new thing? Or rather, the little new thing!
I even think that Kara’s Cupecakes was on Cupcake Wars. I can’t remember how she did.