So I was browsing greedily through this treasure trove of recipes on Orangette, when the chocolate-malted cupcakes caught my eye. While they aren’t exactly beauties–I haven’t made cupcakes from scratch since my sixth grade cooking class, and didn’t have any measuring utensils except the oz/cup markings on my blender–they truly are a gastronomical delight. The homemade frosting was basically a delectable cocoa butter spread. The ingredients themselves set me back about a million dollars, but now I have enough leftover baking supplies to last me a year. Hmm, I’d have to work on the presentation (no more soccer ball liners!), but a cupcake delivery service in the East Village perhaps?
And the aftermath–So buttery! So sugary!
Archive for October, 2008
death by cupcake
wolf rainbow
Cai Guo-Qiang’s art installations are top-notch. The “Head On” exhibit, a graceful arc of contorted wolves, is probably my favorite. Apparentlyyy, in addition to winning tons of prestigious grants and awards, he was the director of the Visual and Special Effects Department at the 2008 Olympics. That’s almost as good a surprise as seeing Jackie Chan make a cameo during the closing ceremonies singing “I <3 Beijing” with gusto. What a guy! Click on the image for a link to the artist’s site.
geek spank
My favorite part of the weekend, aside from the fancy wine and cheese get together, birthday party, culinary adventures, and bad movies was Telephone Pictionary. It would’ve been better with more than four participants, but it was still worth a hearty chuckle. My favorite round:
Step one: Odelia writes a seemingly random phrase, “The professor spanked my bottom.”
Step two: Elliot obligingly illustrates the above scenario.
Step three: Rae, unaware of the original phrase, provides a pithy yet profound caption for Elliot’s drawing–”Geek spank.”
Step four: Dan is only provided the new description “Geek spank” and draws whatever comes to mind. Alas, the spanker becomes the spankee!
