Results tagged “cupcakes”

A few months back, we reviewed More Cupcakes. Our conclusion was that, while their cupcakes were tasty and innovatively-flavored, they weren’t worth the price. Oh, and their service was terrible. Well, they’re getting even more innovative, but in a kind of insane direction. According to Helen Rosner at Grub Street Chicago (formerly Menupages), our old friend More is set to introduce a $75 cupcake.

    

As the number of fancy cupcake bakeries in the city grows ever larger, it gets harder and harder for new places to distinguish themselves. Innovative flavors, eye-catching designs and unique (or controversial, if you prefer) ingredients go a long way towards setting More Cupcakes apart from the crowd, and some of their offerings are a smashing success. Unfortunately, an often mediocre quality, unpleasant staff and high prices give us pause.

Bleeding Heart Bakery has created a cupcake in honor of "Top Chef" winner Stephanie Izard. Dubbed "The Stephanie" and viewable at Bleeding Heart's flickr stream. It's an organic ricotta poundcake cupcake with organic caramelized pineapple jam and bananas and organic lime frosting. This cupcake's as cute as Izard.

Oh, how we wish that were really a bacon cupcake. But we'll settle for Top Chef–themed treats, which is exactly what Bleeding Heart Bakery is going for. From the bakery: "In honor of our appreciation of Top Chef Chicago, we are going to take the last challenge winner's ingredients and come up with something cool each week." Pictured above, a white chocolate with wasabi treat. Nom nom nom.

As previously stated in our 16 Sparrows interview Made in Chicago loves handwritten letters and cards. We love email and technology too, but nothing beats a physical card in the mail if we can get it.

Welcome back to Made in Chicago. Did you miss us last week? Everybody needs a sick day, and we've whipped up something extra tasty today to make up for our absence.

Michelle Garcia at Bleeding Heart Bakery sent out an e-mail last week to highlight a limited edition run of what she and husband Valentin have planned for Valentines Day. The Sid Vicious cupcake is nice, but we also love the tribute to Sid Vicious (whiskey and chocolate).