Cupcake Memories

So I know all of you loyal readers have been waiting in anticipation to hear all about my cupcake from Whole Foods so here it is in a nutshell:

When I was at Legacy Place over in Dedham a couple of weeks ago I was wondering around assuming I would find at least one small bakery to pick a cupcake up at. I was slightly disappointed to discover that no such place existed, and since I was planning on wandering over to Whole Foods anyway it seemed only fitting that I would venture over the baked goods area of the Whole Foods Megastore (seriously most ENORMOUS and EPIC WF there is). The whole foods bakery did not fail me there were 3 different cupcake options: yellow cake with lemon frosting, chocolate cake with peanut butter frosting, and yellow cake with flower designs. Since I don't eat peanut butter and the flower ones were a lot bigger than the others it left me with one options:

Whole Foods Yellow Cake with Lemon Frosting Cupcake Review:
* the cake was drier, almost like a muffin texture, reminded me a lot of the cupcakes I ate in Ireland
*the frosting was very light and airy, but not with a very distictive lemon flavor
*the c:f was pretty much on the money, but the airy frosting was an interesting pairing with the denser cake.

Overall a decent cupcake, but certainly not THE BEST CUPCAKE IN BOSTON.

Yesterday I was in Sharon, Ma and noticed that the Starbucks that used to be in the town centre had been replaced by a bakery called "French Memories". I decided to check it out and pick up a green tea and a cupcake. The woman who was working there was very friendly, but also seemed perplexed by my asking for a cupcake. There were 3 options there as well-- yellow cake with vanilla frosting, chocolate cake with chocolate frosting, and pink cake with pink frosting? As tempted as I was to try the pink cupcake I decided to get a chocolate cake.

* the cupcake was a little larger than most of the ones I've had in the past. The cake itself was actually really good--moist and rich and with a definite chocolate flavor.
*I was really thrown off though because when I bit in I discovered that there was a chocolate pudding filling INSIDE my cupcake. Now maybe this is my personal preference, but I was not a fan of this filling inside my cupcake. It really threw me off and I was unable to pay much attention to the little frosting on top of the cake (the rest was covered in almost a chocolate dipping sauce sort of thing)
*Good cake, almost beats SWEET's carrot cake, but the filling and awkward frosting took away from the cupcake experience as a whole.

At this point I'd say SWEET's carrot cake is my favorite, but I'm keeping my eyes peeled and waiting for the next delicious cupcake to come my way. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!


xo.
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