Cupcake Friday 11.22.2013

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"Maltimore from @icedgemsbaking #cupcakefriday #iloveicedgems "

This is the Maltimore cupcake from Iced Gems.  While i had high hopes for this one, I found this one to be more ho hum in their line of cupcakes.  I think there needs to be malt flavor in this cupcake.  The cupcake is still very good, i believe it is suppose to be a malt flavored cupcake with malted butter cream icing with a malt ball topping.  However, per my cupcaking experience, this cupcake did not have enough malted flavor for me.

Cupcake Friday 11.15.2013

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"Cupcake Friday! Whipper snapper is so yummy #iloveicedgems #cupcakefriday"

Some of you may have already seen this cupcake on twitter or instagram.  Its the Whipper Snapper cupcake.  It has so much going for it.. Biscoff cookie on top, Biscoff butter cream icing and the kicker that makes this the best effing cupcake i've had to date?  The biscoff filling inside.. yep. This cupcake is like crack but in a good way.  

Thanks Iced Gems Baking!  

Cupcake Friday: 10.11.2013

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"Cupcake Friday gluten free marshmallow fluff #cupcakefridays "

Cupcake Friday 09.20.13

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"Ginger latte from @icedgemsbaking #cupcakefridays"

Ginger Latte Cupcake.

Cupcake Friday 07.26.2013 - Blueberry Lemon

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"@icedgemsbaking #cupcakes "

Blueberry lemon cupcake this week.  This cupcake is a lemon flavored cake with blueberries interspersed throughout the cake.  The frosting is a lemon frosting -- somehow i felt that this cake/icing combo was less sweet than normal and thoroughly enjoyed my cupcake and icing.

Cupcake Friday 07.19.2013

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"Cupcake Friday with @icedgemsbaking #cupcakes #icedgems "

This would be the Mango Sunburst cupcake.  It has a vanilla cupcake with mango frosting and filling.  In addition it has a yellow/orange sunburst made of fondant.  This is one of my new favorite cupcakes -- sadly unless they are here at Hopkins early in the day I tend not to find this cupcake on the truck by the time the truck rolls around in the afternoon -- so apparently other people feel the same way.  The cupcake is very good even when you have left it in the fridge for a couple of days -- fondant gets a bit messy with the condensation and everything but still acceptable.  The mango flavor is there, but not quite as intense since the cupcake is not a mango flavored cupcake.  The filling is one of my favorite parts of this cupcake -- mango filling, what could be bad about this? 

Cupcake Friday 05.31.2013 - Mocha Cookie Crumble

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"Cupcake Friday preview #cupcake" 

This cupcake was apparently inspired by a Starbucks Frappiccino called the Mocha Cookie crumble.. and thus I present to you from Iced Gems Bakery the Mocha cookie crumble cupcake. 

The cupcake  itself is a coffee and oreo cookie cupcake.  The distribution of oreo crumbles differ from cupcake to cupcake -- I was sure disappointed when the boy's cupcake had more oreo pieces in it than mine.   The cupcake is very coffee flavored (probably has something to do with the grounds that are part of this cupcake) and has also chunks/pieces of oreo cookies in it.  It has a coffee buttercream frosting with oreo cookie crumbles on top.  

Overall I liked the cupcake -- if you do not like coffee  then this is surely not the cupcake for you.  I still like the turtle cupcake more, probably because I love turtle candies (caramel, chocolate, pecans, what's not to love there?)  but this is surely a great alternative.. if it ever shows back up here at work that is.

Cupcake Friday 05.24.2013

Strawberry Fudge Sundae Cupcake - this was a strawberry cupcake with strawberry frosting with a fudge center.  While this was good, it was not superior to the strawberry cheesecake that i so love.  Not 100% sure why its not up there with my favorites, but it is definitely a  good cupcake -- if you want to try something different from the standard flavors that they have and they actually have this on the truck that is.

Cupcake Friday 05.17.13

Caramel Fudge Sundae Cupcake

This cupcake was pretty good.  It was a chocolate fudge cake with caramel icing that had nuts and a maraschino cherry on top to resemble a fudge caramel sundae.   I totally devoured this cake and almost went for 2nds..

Cupcake Friday 04.26.2013

Happy Friday everyone!

I've taken the day off work to go down to Georgetown in DC (with of course a Georgetown cupcake stop) to pick up my packet for the Nike 1/2 marathon that is happening this weekend.  But never fear, I have a cupcake of the week for you (procured on Tuesday of the week in anticipation)

This here is a strawberry lemonade cupcake -- lemon cupcake with a strawberry butter cream.  So effing yummy, not as good as the turtle cheesecake but then what is?

Cupcake Friday

Apple Pie cupcake.  Looks like an apple pie... yep taste like an apple pie -- well sorta.  I mean it is a cupcake after all so it does taste more like an apple cake with a crumb topping.  

Cupcake Friday 10.12.2012 - Pumpkin

 

What is this deliciousness?  Well the boy likes pumpkin everything -- so this was definitely a good  cupcake to get.  The cupcake is a pumpkin cupcake with a cream cheese frosting -- we know how much cream cheese frosting makes everything better right?  This frosting just brings the cupcake to a new height :)  The cupcake is nicely reminiscent of pumpkin pie, or zucchini bread (mostly because of the spices put in, i guess?) in fragrance and flavor and the cream cheese frosting was yummy as always.  

Just a word of caution though, the sprinkles on top make for a very messy look if you leave the cupcakes out and get them knocked about before you eat them.  I dont have any post war pictures but trust me.. it did not look pretty -- was still yummy to eat though

Cupcake Friday - French Toast with Bacon!

How can one make the French Toast Cupcake from IcedGems better?  Add a Maple Syrup glazed piece of bacon on the cupcake of course!  And that is just what they did.  This cupcake is reminiscent of french toast.... sprinkled with cinnamon sugar.  And to make it better and have the breakfast feel?  They added a piece of Maple Glazed bacon as the topper.  The truck does not always have this on there, but when it does look out.  This is a favorite.  In fact we had a dozen of these at the wedding and they were gone in no time flat!