a peek inside the fishbowl

I love cupcakes. Scratch that. I love a small, delicious, perfectly decorated cupcake. And now I have a source.

Today’s SavvyMom is about a very sweet local cupcake-making business called The Ottawa Cupcakery. Lucky me, I was able to sample their wares for the article. And I was not disappointed.

Check this out:

It’s cupcake art! (Which I stuck in an egg cup so you could get a better idea of the size.)

This is one of the Cupcakery’s mini cupcakes (a cupcakelet!) called “Fairy Princess.” It was the most popular flavour around here.

The Cupcakery ladies (Elizabeth, Julie, and Kerry) believe that cupcakes should taste great but also be pretty – truly food for the eye. I couldn’t agree more.

I really liked these cupcakes. I liked them a lot. In fact, I was CONVERTED. One of the cupcakes I taste-tested was a chocolate one, topped with a generous swirl of peanut-butter icing. If you know me you know that I’m not generally a fan of chocolate-flavoured goods. In fact, I’m a little funny about it. (Fudge? Yes. Chocolate cake? No. Brownies? Yes. Chocolate ice cream? No.) I wasn’t prepared to love their peanut-butter chocolate cupcakes as much as I did. They were delicious.

At the moment, cupcakery cupcakes are only available in two places:

• Place large-ish orders (i.e. a dozen or more) from their Etsy shop. I recommend you go this route if you’re having a party or are planning to give them away as gifts.
• If you only want a couple, or taste-test first, The Candy Store in Westboro is the only place you can get them in person. BUT, as I mentioned in the article, they are a special item. They are delivered Saturday mornings (look for a couple of big glass domes at the front counter) and disappear quickly. It seems as if the latte-drinking-yoga-wearing-masses of Westboro like their cupcakes … a lot.  (I count myself as one of the latte-swilling masses.)

I believe in the power of cupcakes. I believe! If you try one for yourself I’m sure you will too.