I decided to try out cupcakes from Kara's Cupcakes in Palo Alto's Town and Country Mall. We love Sprinkles' cupcakes, but thought we ought to at least try the competition
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Hrm. Maybe it's a matter of tastelessachuFebruary 7 2010, 23:57:03 UTC
I love Kara's cupcakes, especially the filled ones. Everything i've tried at Sprinkles taste like cardboard to me. Weird. And I love the fleur de sel. :)
Re: Hrm. Maybe it's a matter of tastemavjopFebruary 8 2010, 00:24:57 UTC
Huh. I guess. I'm really surprised that you haven't enjoyed Sprinkles cupcakes. Our stalwart favourites at Sprinkles are the vanilla and the milk chocolate (really surprising; I would expect to prefer dark, but the milk chocolate is actually dark chocolate cake with milk chocolate frosting). The mocha is also awesome. The ginger maple during the holidays was AGLAGLAGLAGLAGL!
Re: Hrm. Maybe it's a matter of tastelessachuFebruary 8 2010, 01:32:02 UTC
Yeah, when we saw that Sprinkles had opened, we made a special trip out to try them and found everything to be... solidly okay. A little dry. They use Sprinkles a lot for work events and parties so since then I've had a lot of them and I've never had anything that changed my mind. But the first time I had Kara's, they were awesomely rich and moist and yummy. We brought an assorted dozen to a friend's birthday party where they were a total hit.
but I know people who have tried both and ended up solidly in the Sprinkles camp, so clearly they're getting something right.
Re: Hrm. Maybe it's a matter of tastemavjopFebruary 8 2010, 03:00:50 UTC
I seem to recall the first time I had Sprinkles cupcakes I loved the frosting and was not so amazed by the cake, but since then every time I've had them the cake part has been really good too. I think the Kara's cupcakes cake part was indeed pretty moist. I wouldn't necessarily say more moist than a fresh Sprinkles cupcake though.
I wish *my* workplace ever had Sprinkles! Wow!
That said, I generally find that *anything* catered/brought in to a workplace ends up being less good than otherwise. I think it must be some sort of magic because it's not always explicable by logical reasoning.
I didn't even realize there was such a thing as a cupcake shop. I shall have to look it up next time I'm out (probably in April). Living in the 'burbs of New York, I seriously miss Bay area food.
they're probably about half the size I actually prefer smaller portions for deserts, to the point where if someone gives me a whole Costco muffin (who are we kidding - those things are cakes without the frosting!) I tend to think they're trying to send me to an early grave (or worse - a gym).
Perhaps you should visit us and we should make a road trip (albeit a short one -- to Palo Alto). =)
Costco muffins are large alright. Have you tried a Costco cupcake? :) You have to be willing to buy 20 of them, and each one weighs most of a pound! (or so is my perhaps twisted recollection; they are gargantuan cupcakes, regardless)
While I do find small portions ok, if you're going to make a smaller portion and charge just as much as a larger (and really excellent) portion, you'd better be producing something amazing. I'm not saying I don't care about quality as long as there's quantity -- quality is king -- but if you're going to provide a very small portion then it should be really good to be worthwhile.
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but I know people who have tried both and ended up solidly in the Sprinkles camp, so clearly they're getting something right.
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I wish *my* workplace ever had Sprinkles! Wow!
That said, I generally find that *anything* catered/brought in to a workplace ends up being less good than otherwise. I think it must be some sort of magic because it's not always explicable by logical reasoning.
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they're probably about half the size
I actually prefer smaller portions for deserts, to the point where if someone gives me a whole Costco muffin (who are we kidding - those things are cakes without the frosting!) I tend to think they're trying to send me to an early grave (or worse - a gym).
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Costco muffins are large alright. Have you tried a Costco cupcake? :) You have to be willing to buy 20 of them, and each one weighs most of a pound! (or so is my perhaps twisted recollection; they are gargantuan cupcakes, regardless)
While I do find small portions ok, if you're going to make a smaller portion and charge just as much as a larger (and really excellent) portion, you'd better be producing something amazing. I'm not saying I don't care about quality as long as there's quantity -- quality is king -- but if you're going to provide a very small portion then it should be really good to be worthwhile.
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