Chocolate cupcake with vanilla buttercream frostingPrice: $1.72
Weight: 5 1/8 oz (145g)
Value: $0.336/oz
Frosting Smooth and light. Taste is somewhat plain, though not bad. Has a slightly greasy texture; I'm guessing it's made with shortening and butter. Rating 7.0/10
Cake Moist inside with a chewy, slightly over-baked cake top. The contrast of the moist crumb with the chewy top shell is an interesting combination, giving the cake some substance. Not a strong chocolaty taste, but still flavorful. Rating 7.0/10
Overall Dinkel’s has been around since 1922 and has some of the best cakes and pastries in the city. My love of cupcakes began with Dinkel’s, in 1998 -- when I had no money and could afford to treat myself only to small indulgences. At $0.93, it was one of my favorites and I would look forward to having a Dinkel's cupcake once or twice a week. They used to come with a plastic toy ring on top, and I was enough of a regular that the staff began to ask my preference for which type of ring I wanted each time, as though I was collecting them (I was).
Dinkel's makes a very good cupcake. They're consistent, flavorful, large and a great value. I think this makes it a good standard by which to compare other cupcakes. It might not be the very best cupcake you’ll ever have, but it has a good balance of flavor and texture that will satisfy your palate (and craving) every time. And for the price, it is one of the best cupcake values in the city. Overall rating 7.0/10
2 comments:
you are so fantastically odd. I still will not claim to understand this blog but I will, none the less, visit it every chance I get. :) Carry on.. and throw some cupcakes my way when you get a chance.
GREAT BLOG:
I've done some posts about cupcakes myself and sent you an email! I'd like to see your list of places to get a cupcake
Southport Market - nasty. I have no idea what you liked. My cupcake was dry cake and the icing overly grainly and sweet
I've heard good things about Sweet Occassions too -- Andersonville. This Rocks!
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