Delicious Cupcakes

Has the cupcake-bakery phenomenon hit your town yet? This seems to be a growing trend in Austin, and I like it!

We tried one place down on South Congress a few months ago (they make cupcakes & serve them out on an old airstream trailer). Today, I tried another: Cupprimo - which is located just down the street from my office in a little strip mall (just a few doors down from Sambet's - excellent for Cajun). It was wonderful -- I had a white chocolate mocha (which was sweet-but-not-too-sweet, not at all bitter, and had ample whipped cream which I love), and a double-chocolate cupcake. It had excellent frosting and was just really well done. Top it off that I was served by a woman I know from church. Far friendlier place to get a cup of coffee than the local Starbucks.

It's a little strange, admittedly, to have a coffee shop & bakery specializing in cupcakes, but I like it. Cupcakes are small enough that you don't feel stuffed or guilty afterward, but instead are just nicely satisfied.