Panda Bread

Jana found this awesome recipe: http://perfectpandas.com/2008/01/08/panda-bread/

SF is laggin it

I forgot to bring lunch to work today and I wasnt super busy, so I went out to Plant Organic Cafe (on front and pine) because I heard they have vegan burgers. Well, it wasn't even vegan - the cheese was real dairy. These people need to get their act together. Totally ridic, right? Not bad, though. Anyways, I left and started walking down the street, and I looked up, and saw...Cupcake Cove. Obviously, I had to go in. Fi-Di was in dire need of a cupcakery. I ordered a black bottom cupcake, which came with a special container so your cupcake doesn't get smushed in transit. This cupcake totally made my life. There were even chocolate chips in the cream cheese filling. It was pretty good. It's definitely not a top tier cupcake place, though - doesn't even come close to something like Magnolia. It wasn't warm, but it was very very moist, which was cool. Also, could have been more chocolately. I would rate it a B, but it gets bumped up to an A- because there is nothing else in the area. Those slackers don't even have a website, but you can look at their facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=21127&id=123691661027564

Black Bottom Cupcake (i know, my food photography skills are amazing - my secret is taking all my pictures under the harsh florescent lighting in my office):

Plant (this location is usually filled with obnoxious businesspeople):

Macho Cupcakes

David Arrick became Mr. Cupcake not out of a desire to bake or an affinity for frosting but "out of anger and frustration." It was fall 2008, and he'd lost his job as a Manhattan real estate attorney, his home in New Jersey, and a huge portion of his savings. He'd also just turned 40. At this low moment Arrick waleked by a certain venerable bakery-a familiar stop on Sex and the City bus tours - in his West Village neighborhood and saw a line of women around the block. "Freaking cupcakes," he thought. "What if I made them manly?"
- Bloomberg Businessweek, December 13 - December 19 2010

The result: http://www.butchbakery.com/

Instead of flavors like Red Velvet or Vanilla, the Butch Bakery offers cupcakes like The B-52, Kahlua soaked Madagascar cake with Bailey's Bavarian filling - in fact, Mr. Cupcake spends more money each week on liquor for his cupcakes then on chocolate.