Cupcakes in New York

Evidently, New Yorkers currently have this thing about cupcakes. The Magnolia Bakery is supposed to be the best... only I've heard it's the frosting and not the cake that's good. It's located in the Village on Sullivan Street. These cupcakes and two lemonades cost $13.50. Honest. I'm fairly certain now that they didn't charge me for the lemonades. I prefer the non-chocolate frosting. The chocolate has a liquor (liquer?) flavoring that I don't particularly like. And since I'm only familiar with rum (this is where I draw on my experience in Little Italy at the pastry shop back in 1979) I can"t tell you the flavoring they use. I'll stick to the pastel colors in the future. After the lemonade and chocolate cupcake I felt my body slipping into another diabetic coma. So I revived myself with half the purple iced one. I recovered nicely. Jennifer chose the chocolate with yellow frosting and sugar flower. We made her eat the cake. Otherwise she may have slipped into a coma also... or had a temper tantrum. We ate them in a park across the street. We have now had cupcakes from two bakeries: Magnolia's and Buttercup. Buttercup's frosting was higher than the cake itself. And the colors were amazingly vivid. I thought they were good too... in a diabetic coma kind of way. You really have to have a piece of cheese with them or milk. To cut the sweetness. Buttercups are a fraction of the cost also. Perhaps this is how Sterling can put himself thru college... or Clay thru law school. But I have my doubt that Utahns will pay $3.50 for one cupcake.View after dinner. We brought half the purple one and an entire chocolate one home. Quint made the sacrifice and ate them.
"The Students" tell me that this bakery is mentioned all the time on Saturday Night Live. I wouldn't know. Our Saturday Nights haven't been very lively since 2001 — especaily with 9 a.m. church. Although watching could give you something to repent of if you are lacking in that area.