Uncle Beefy, as well as being one of the best bloggers on the Interwebulator, also makes the most incredible cupcakes I’ve ever tasted anywhere.
His cakes are perfection in a mouthful – not remotely dry and with a satisfying crumb that is neither too stodgy nor disappointingly ethereal. Each is topped with the precisely the right amount of not-too-sweet frosting, exploding with fresh authentic flavours. I truly have never had a better cupcake, my own sadly included.
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And they are oh so pretty. On Sunday he gave me one box of lemon cupcakes with fresh strawberry frosting and another box of chocolate chip cakes with a creamy caramel frosting, which was brushed with golden lustre dust, and the same champagne colour as extremely expensive satin underwear.
Unless we can persuade Monsieur LeBoeuf to open a worldwide mail order business, you may never get to taste these beauties, but I though you might at least want to look and drool.
The beautiful linen tablemat is from Soraam on Etsy. I met its creator Soojin Yum at a recent Seattle foodie event. Her gorgeous linens are all handprinted using water-based inks on natural materials and come in lots of beautiful designs. Well worth checking out.