I have to end every meal with a sweet. It doesn't have to be a huge dessert, but it has to be delicious. So, when I go out to eat and the dessert menu is lacking, I am left feeling incomplete.
My sister and I went out to eat the other night and she took one look at me and the dessert menu and whispered "we could go get dessert somewhere else" in that strange reading of my food mind she can do.
Cue in the idea of going to Butter Lane for a cupcake. On our walk over, my sister explained how butter lane works (all the while leaving me in shock of how she knows about a bakery that I know nothing about). Butter Lane has three basic cake flavors - vanilla, chocolate, and banana. Then they have a few seasonal frostings (coconut and pumpkin were on the list when I went) and about 10 standard frostings to choose from. Don't misinterpret me when I say standard because these frostings are far from it. Some of the choices are plain like chocolate, cream cheese, and vanilla but there is also caramel, maple pecan, peanut butter, and strawberry.
I opted to go with the vanilla cupcake and maple pecan frosting. This tasted like the best pancake breakfast I ever had. The cupcake was buttery and soft with a slighty crisp top and a wonderful crumb. The frosting was sugary goodness without being overwhelmingly sweet. I traded my sister for a bite of her vanilla with pumpkin with a smug look on my face that said "you're going to have cupcake ordering envy" (b/c ordering the best thing on a menu is a HUGE competition between my sister and I). I took a bite of hers though and became suddenly unsure. The pumpkin frosting had a delicious pumpkin pie spice flavor and the same beautifully soft texture.
All I have to say is that I hope I find myself in that neighborhood again soon because I want to try the other cake options and some of the other frostings. And to be quite honest, if I don't find myself over there anytime soon, I fully plan on finding an excuse to go again.
My sister and I went out to eat the other night and she took one look at me and the dessert menu and whispered "we could go get dessert somewhere else" in that strange reading of my food mind she can do.
Cue in the idea of going to Butter Lane for a cupcake. On our walk over, my sister explained how butter lane works (all the while leaving me in shock of how she knows about a bakery that I know nothing about). Butter Lane has three basic cake flavors - vanilla, chocolate, and banana. Then they have a few seasonal frostings (coconut and pumpkin were on the list when I went) and about 10 standard frostings to choose from. Don't misinterpret me when I say standard because these frostings are far from it. Some of the choices are plain like chocolate, cream cheese, and vanilla but there is also caramel, maple pecan, peanut butter, and strawberry.
I opted to go with the vanilla cupcake and maple pecan frosting. This tasted like the best pancake breakfast I ever had. The cupcake was buttery and soft with a slighty crisp top and a wonderful crumb. The frosting was sugary goodness without being overwhelmingly sweet. I traded my sister for a bite of her vanilla with pumpkin with a smug look on my face that said "you're going to have cupcake ordering envy" (b/c ordering the best thing on a menu is a HUGE competition between my sister and I). I took a bite of hers though and became suddenly unsure. The pumpkin frosting had a delicious pumpkin pie spice flavor and the same beautifully soft texture.
All I have to say is that I hope I find myself in that neighborhood again soon because I want to try the other cake options and some of the other frostings. And to be quite honest, if I don't find myself over there anytime soon, I fully plan on finding an excuse to go again.
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