Another - On the road review

I heard about a cupcake truck in Albany at the very begining of the summer. I FINALLY got to go last week and it was worth the wait. The woman who runs the truck posts on facebook and twitter where she'll be and forecasts how long and what flavors she has on the truck. We tracked her down at a mall outside of Albany with PB cup, PB and Jelly, Lemon Raz, Shirley temple, Strawberry Supreme (strawberry cupcake and vanilla BC) and Orange cream. She must bake all day and night! The cupcakes are $2-$2.50 and they are soooo good. We had the (clockwise from the cherry) Shirley Temple, mocha, PB&J and PB Cup.

My favorite was the PB&J ~ to die for! Shirley temple was creative and delish, mocha was tasty and PB Cup was good but tasted closer to a mocha than a PB Cup.

Seriously how cute is this truck?

Good thing for my thighs I'm not in Albany too much anymore. Hee Hee. If you find yourself in Albany or close by - check out Fluffalicious!

Craving Review - Mr. Cupcake

I've been dying to try Mr. Cupcake in Clifton, NJ for a while and this past weekend, a cupcake craving hit hard. You can see my full review at Yelp.com

I think Mr. Cupcake does smart advertising. I got a coupon in the mail for two free cupcakes, no strings attached. It was enough to push my craving over the edge, and just so I didn't look cheap -I paid for two additional.

Overall I gave them four stars. I found their cupcakes to be slightly undercooked - but not necessarily in a bad way. Some people make them dense, others make them fluffy. I would say these definitely lean towards dense. I missed the cupcake wars show on 6/27 but plan to try and catch the re-run on DVR.

From Top Left - PB&J, Carrot Cake, Oreo Cheesecake, French Toast.

Mt. Icing

I went to a local diner with my parents last Friday (See my yelp review here). I had already eaten dinner but figured I could grab dessert while they ate. I surveyed the dessert counters and settled on Mt. Icing.

1.) Because I love red velvet for the cream cheese icing (who doesn’t)
2.)Who could resist a cupcake the size of my head piled with enough icing to cover Mt. Rushmore?

Ultimately it took me three sittings to finish this cupcake. Some at the diner, dessert after dinner the next night and lunch the day after that. Believe it or not, it was best on the third day. It stayed moist and the candied walnuts were quite tasty. I had at least a 1/3 of the icing mountain left over too.

My only complaint? The cream cheese icing was made with way too much butter. Good cream cheese icing doesn’t need much butter. Therefore I’m going to skip sharing the Mastoris recipe and give you my favorite straight from the Philadelphia box:

Ingredients
1 pkg. (8 oz.) PHILADELPHIA Cream Cheese, softened
1/4 cup (1/2 stick) butter or margarine, softened
1 tsp. vanilla
1 pkg. (16 oz.) powdered sugar (about 4 cups), sifted
BEAT cream cheese, butter and vanilla in large bowl with electric mixer on medium speed until well blended.
ADD sugar gradually, beating until well blended after each addition.