Grandma's Purse.
Vanilla-rosewater cupcakes 2.0: (beta)
While visiting Orange County after returning from India, ratherunlikely took me to a vegan café, one of several in Southern California, called Native Foods. In addition to unreasonably large portions and some fairly kick-ass chili fries, the Costa Mesa location (situated in a nouveau-hippie open-air mini-mall called The Camp, which is where this picture was taken) also features a spectrum of vegan desserts, including the ubiquitous cupcake selection. Resisting popular opinion and adhering to good taste, we skipped over the chocolate and chose the vanilla option, which was piled up with a bouffant of girly buttercream and garnished with dried rose petals.
This was most likely the cupcake that inspired Your Humble Narrator, albeit in a subtle, roundabout, time-delayed way; to try baking with rose water. Version 1.0 were a bit of a letdown, if only because the safety net of an established recipe didn't leave much wiggle-room for expansion, plus there was the one time in a thousand that the cake would have benefitted from a complementary frosting, and there was none to be had.
This version is still in beta because I'm testing it for a future social engagement, plus I still need to scope out the craft and gourmet shops in Thrillsville for dried rose petals.
The right cupcake will get you drunk kisses from Rock Band-playing girls.
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While visiting Orange County after returning from India, ratherunlikely took me to a vegan café, one of several in Southern California, called Native Foods. In addition to unreasonably large portions and some fairly kick-ass chili fries, the Costa Mesa location (situated in a nouveau-hippie open-air mini-mall called The Camp, which is where this picture was taken) also features a spectrum of vegan desserts, including the ubiquitous cupcake selection. Resisting popular opinion and adhering to good taste, we skipped over the chocolate and chose the vanilla option, which was piled up with a bouffant of girly buttercream and garnished with dried rose petals.
This was most likely the cupcake that inspired Your Humble Narrator, albeit in a subtle, roundabout, time-delayed way; to try baking with rose water. Version 1.0 were a bit of a letdown, if only because the safety net of an established recipe didn't leave much wiggle-room for expansion, plus there was the one time in a thousand that the cake would have benefitted from a complementary frosting, and there was none to be had.
This version is still in beta because I'm testing it for a future social engagement, plus I still need to scope out the craft and gourmet shops in Thrillsville for dried rose petals.
The right cupcake will get you drunk kisses from Rock Band-playing girls.
⎋