Cupcakery!

[teddywolf]

Boston.com, the online Boston Globe, has a roundup of places with great cupcakes around Boston. Glaringly absent from the list: Finale, which has some excellent cupcakes that are some of the better priced gourmet cupcakes I have seen. Glaringly on the list: Kickass Cupcakes, whose cupcakes were rather too dry the last time I had them.

They ended the roundup with a poll here, and I am croggled that Kickass Cupcakes is coming in at #2.

I voted for Finale by clicking "other".

I hope Kickass Cupcakes has improved their cupcakes, I truly do. However, as they are more expensive than what I can get at Finale - and to me, nowhere near as good - I bring my custom elsewhere.

In related cupcakery, America's Test Kitchen recently did a chocolate cupcake recipe that you can access here if you register (it's free to do so). It looked pretty yummy on the TV screen but I do admit my smellovision is still on the fritz.

Comments

[hammercock.livejournal.com]

Kickass cupcakes either need to be a third larger or a third cheaper. Some of their flavors are better than others, too. At Midnight Madness in Davis a few months ago we got a half-dozen for $12, which was about the right price.

I rather like Sweet cupcakes. Lyndell's cupcakes are tasty, too. Haven't tried any of the other places mentioned in the poll.

[teddywolf.livejournal.com]

I tend to go for chocolate cupcakes, and Kickass tends to be dry and crumbly. Frosting is decent, but I get better cupcakes with cream cheese frosting at Finale for less. Lyndell's... they're decent but don't thrill me like Finale. I haven't been to the other places.