Cupcake

I went to hear Lynne Rosetto Kasper speak at the University of Minnesota on Sunday. I found the talk to be obvious and repetitive. It wasn't bad, it just wasn't anything interesting, new, or challenging. But I did get a good, kid free visit in with my friend Bonnie, and we won a door prize of a "How to Eat Supper Book."
The highlight was meeting another urban duck keeper. And another lady interested in learning about ducks.
Also, we went to this cafe, Cupcake, before the talk. They have an open bakery area, so Silas and Emmet liked watching them mix and pour and bake and ice all the cupcakes during lunch. So much so that Silas has worn a towel tied around his middle all evening saying that it is his apron and that he is making red velvet cupcake with spiky icing.
Unfortunately, the cupcakes looked much better than they tasted. Or at least the red velvet one that we sampled was pretty poor. The cream cheese icing was decent. Bonnie selected a "deconstructed cinnamon croissant" which appeared to be monkey bread with croissant dough, an idea worth replicating at home in my opinion. However, the red pepper and bean wrap I had was actually awful, and I am an extremely un-picky eater. So for me to not like something is a pretty bad sign.
And the service was bad. For example- they wouldn't make a grilled cheese sandwich for me/Silas. It's a bakery so I know they have bread, and many of your menu items contain cheese. But when I asked they said they didn't have a grill. Hmm..so how will you make the pancakes my husband just ordered? And it took ages for our food to come out.
So despite my high hopes from their cool website, I won't be returning.