cupcake wars

Lauren decided that on my last day in Portland, it would be most important for me to try 2 of the more notable cupcake places in the city and compare them. We went to Cupcake Jones first, which was in the Pearl and had nowhere to sit. I got a mini Chocolate/Chocolate cupcake. The frosting was a fudge frosting, which was amazing, but the cupcake itself was pretty dry. Not my thing.

On to Saint Cupcake. This is probably the most famous place in Portland for cupcakes. They have a big seating area, and are located in NW Portland. They also served mini cupcakes, so we got 6 total, 3 each, of all different kinds. I of course got chocolate/chocolate, chocolate/hot fudge, and carrot cake. Lauren got a coconut thing, some turtle thing and a big top? Yea..who knows! The chocolate fudge was good. the ratio was off since the fudge was put on hot, so it was more of a glaze, but the cake here was perfect. The buttercream frosting on the other chocolate cake was not my fav. I preferred the frosting at Cupcake Jones. And I LOVE frosting, i couldn't even eat it all. The carrot cake was perfectly spicy, and the cream cheese frosting was perfection. Saint Cupcake: You win!!!

sun dried tomato goodness.

Babe likes sun dried tomatoes, and I really wanted to cook something last night, so I made sun dried tomato turkey meat balls, with sun dried tomato/goat cheese pesto with fettuccine. IT WAS DELICIOUS. and suppppper easy! Here is the recipe I used. I left out the pine nuts though. I of course forgot to take a picture, but babe snapped one..



And for dessert, rosemary-olive oil cake. I'm still getting used to my oven, i had it at a lower temperature, and less time, and it still got burnt. Therefore it wasn't as moist as I would have liked. It still tasted good though. I made a lemon glaze for the top, which actually went really well. Powdered sugar, some lemon juice, and a bit of milk. stir to consistency, and glaze!

Bears love cake!

It's true, i love cake!



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