tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26546687.post2814883939973497650..comments2024-03-19T03:04:53.896-04:00Comments on paris breakfasts: J'adore Les Cupcakes!Parisbreakfastshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03558314043814894010noreply@blogger.comBlogger36125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26546687.post-41591657590278458472008-12-05T07:10:00.000-05:002008-12-05T07:10:00.000-05:00I LOVE those cupcakes in a cone -- have always mea...I LOVE those cupcakes in a cone -- have always meant to try my hand at those.<BR/><BR/>I am American and have been living in France for the past 5 years. The French do definitely like cupcakes -- I have made them dozens of times for friends and family, all to rave reviews (so much so that I have started a cupcake catering biz but that's another story). The thing is taste preferences are so different here. I have found they are scared off by anything too overly decorated and the buttercream definitely needs to be more cream than butter. Fruit flavors and other such fantasy creations we make in the US are not big hits either (I'm thinking some of the Elvis inspired peanut butter, banana variety of seen likely or S'mores. You get the drift.<BR/><BR/>As long as it's chocolate, vanilla, caramel, Nutella, flavors that are familiar, well, the French are happy! And the idea of a perfect individual-sized cake "just for me" is still a novelty for them. <BR/><BR/>As for me, I'm just trying to make some childhoods (and adulthoods) a little bit sweeter. For anyone who is interested, I'm at http://littlemisscupcakeparis.blogspot.com/Sugar Dazehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13208932511688616864noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26546687.post-43219020437079235742008-10-03T17:27:00.000-04:002008-10-03T17:27:00.000-04:00Hi Sarah B. (& all)Good news: new (and only) c...Hi Sarah B. (& all)<BR/>Good news: new (and only) cupcakes store in opened in Paris!<BR/>Here is the magical address... :-)<BR/><BR/>"Cupcakes & Co"<BR/>25 rue de la Forge Royale<BR/>75011 Paris<BR/>Tel 01 43 67 16 19<BR/><BR/>Bon apetit!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26546687.post-20949597899304627972007-09-04T03:19:00.000-04:002007-09-04T03:19:00.000-04:00Love the way you got the glasses in your painting....Love the way you got the glasses in your painting. <BR/>I had to make cupcakes after seeing your blog today! LOL<BR/>There goes the diet!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26546687.post-20877250990723910332007-09-03T21:13:00.000-04:002007-09-03T21:13:00.000-04:00j'adore les cupcakes! but there must be a certain ...j'adore les cupcakes! but there must be a certain consistency to the cake and the frosting cannot be too buttercream...<BR/><BR/>mais je n'ai jamias vu de cupcakes à paris! à londres, oui, mais pas en france.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26546687.post-44406013747219790512007-09-03T01:19:00.000-04:002007-09-03T01:19:00.000-04:00I was picky too : ) That ice cream cone cupcake is...I was picky too : ) That ice cream cone cupcake is a delight!Ginahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04648858083403131620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26546687.post-13004944685021318672007-09-02T21:46:00.000-04:002007-09-02T21:46:00.000-04:00I'm here via a link from Tastespotting, and I thou...I'm here via a link from Tastespotting, and I thought if you enjoyed crazy cupcakes you might appreciate the ones I made recently:<BR/>http://www.flickr.com/photos/kirinqueen/1200406466/<BR/>And I drew one:<BR/>http://www.flickr.com/photos/kirinqueen/1307214421/<BR/><BR/>:) Yours are much finer. I love those Crayola candles!Erinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11102524397278597786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26546687.post-87058174385032530032007-09-02T13:57:00.000-04:002007-09-02T13:57:00.000-04:00Moi aussi j'adore, c'est tellement américain!!!En ...Moi aussi j'adore, c'est tellement américain!!!En France nous n'avons pas ça!Bridgethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05290856682859998312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26546687.post-55025116345630984362007-09-02T02:22:00.000-04:002007-09-02T02:22:00.000-04:00Cupcakes are not my list of favorite desserts to e...Cupcakes are not my list of favorite desserts to eat either, but there is something endearing about them nontheless - especially in painted form. Maybe it's the whole 'baby' syndrome (a baby *anything* is cuter than the adult version) thing - baby cakes are more appealing than their parents!tlchanghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10259427561396960607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26546687.post-1971960420983923652007-08-31T23:54:00.000-04:002007-08-31T23:54:00.000-04:00Oh, a lemon meringue cupcake...now you're talking!...Oh, a lemon meringue cupcake...now you're talking! I had ever heard of them until I moved to the US, but I have fallen victim to the frosting idea!<BR/>Your paintings are ever so tempting!Helenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15119932841882891505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26546687.post-37069144763929170482007-08-31T17:06:00.000-04:002007-08-31T17:06:00.000-04:00Scrumptdiddlyumptious!!!Scrumptdiddlyumptious!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26546687.post-63832575662827484792007-08-31T12:50:00.000-04:002007-08-31T12:50:00.000-04:00I love them, all of them... and I can almost lick ...I love them, all of them... and I can almost lick my fingers in delight at the confections you so beautifully paint....Leahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07101643429585271655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26546687.post-39221489884222048402007-08-31T07:51:00.000-04:002007-08-31T07:51:00.000-04:00I adore cupcakes and all that you share.Love and b...I adore cupcakes and all that you share.<BR/>Love and blessings<BR/>JeanneJeannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16734743330025974332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26546687.post-17628304210083907622007-08-31T06:56:00.000-04:002007-08-31T06:56:00.000-04:00Ciao Carol - Happy Blog Day! You're one of my pick...Ciao Carol - Happy Blog Day! You're one of my picks :)Sara, Ms Adventures in Italyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05895074987792773887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26546687.post-59716486960837190852007-08-31T05:56:00.000-04:002007-08-31T05:56:00.000-04:00It wasn't until I moved to Ireland many a moon ago...It wasn't until I moved to Ireland many a moon ago that I heard of cupcakes. So my country is into these now? How sweet to hear about it here. I'm quite taken by Robin's birthday cupcake. How pretty and yummy-looking! Blessing, from a tartes aux pommes loverxxxxxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07303572884534118274noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26546687.post-61179033466916481702007-08-31T05:19:00.000-04:002007-08-31T05:19:00.000-04:00You are a cupcake!You are a cupcake!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26546687.post-72023992934810619232007-08-31T02:38:00.000-04:002007-08-31T02:38:00.000-04:00You're right, Carol, and I don't know in the USA, ...You're right, Carol, and I don't know in the USA, but, here in Faance there is this growing fashion about individual tins,with soft tins, and is is more and more easy to make the cupckaes!Delphine R2Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10682015824404951649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26546687.post-11461755968720495362007-08-30T23:29:00.000-04:002007-08-30T23:29:00.000-04:00I love cupcakes as you can see from my photo's at ...I love cupcakes as you can see from my photo's at times :) but your art is lovely and the paint is so delicate like a cupcake.Cakes By Sharahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07502132195432526043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26546687.post-9297271008115223762007-08-30T22:04:00.000-04:002007-08-30T22:04:00.000-04:00Thank you all for your varied and enthusiastic res...<B>Thank you all</B> <BR/>for your varied and enthusiastic responses!<BR/>I'm feeling glad I finally put my toe in the shallow end of the cupcake pool...<BR/>I was passing "Hamburgers & Cupcakes" on 23rd street and I had to got in and listen to the server report on the 14 exotic cupcakes they were offering.<BR/><BR/>I nearly fell victim to the Lemon Meringue cupcake but got out just in time.<BR/>Your enthusiasm is CONTAGIOUS! :)Parisbreakfastshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03558314043814894010noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26546687.post-36347037674660835222007-08-30T21:46:00.000-04:002007-08-30T21:46:00.000-04:00My goddness, my mouth is watering~you have such a ...My goddness, my mouth is watering~you have such a way with your talent to do that!Loved the post and yesterdays, too~trying to catch up.Jannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12121472782540485266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26546687.post-78904563311967139542007-08-30T20:57:00.000-04:002007-08-30T20:57:00.000-04:00Carol -- when you're taking photos, or writing des...Carol -- when you're taking photos, or writing descriptions, or painting your desserts, you have a phenomenal way of making me drool and wish I could reach into the computer and take a bite! These cupcakes evoke the same Pavlovian response!!! BRAVA!Linhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16962094268196360875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26546687.post-25871265485646386552007-08-30T20:47:00.000-04:002007-08-30T20:47:00.000-04:00why are we all so taken with cupcakes?i think it i...why are we all so taken <BR/>with cupcakes?<BR/><BR/>i think it is because we can<BR/>*EAT *THE *ENTIRE *THING...<BR/><BR/>:-)<BR/><BR/>i would much rather decorate <BR/>a dozen cupcakes<BR/>than one cake...<BR/>you have the variety factor working for you.<BR/><BR/>please paint more cuppycakes!somepinkflowershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07553884470329083831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26546687.post-39949302238265674552007-08-30T19:06:00.000-04:002007-08-30T19:06:00.000-04:00cupcakes are 2nd to macarons for me :)cupcakes are 2nd to macarons for me :)K and Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15375282198168168331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26546687.post-78895028465854807542007-08-30T18:13:00.000-04:002007-08-30T18:13:00.000-04:00Ah the woes of a reformed picky eater! I know the...Ah the woes of a reformed picky eater! I know them well....having transformed from a twig-shaped food sniffer into one who eats EVERYTHING with gusto (except frosting; somehow it never really took hold with me) and simultaneously transforming into the quintessential Eileen Fisher/Chico's woman. Oh well, while I would fight to the death over the cupcake, you're welcome to have my frosting. :-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26546687.post-17303827113305663292007-08-30T15:51:00.000-04:002007-08-30T15:51:00.000-04:00Hurray! Thank you for painting cupcakes! I think...Hurray! <BR/>Thank you for painting cupcakes! I think you did a beautiful job.<BR/><BR/>PaigeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26546687.post-68673834093847443662007-08-30T15:44:00.000-04:002007-08-30T15:44:00.000-04:00Your painted cupcakes look so tempting. The crayol...Your painted cupcakes look so tempting. The crayola candles make me dream to be a child again and paint on the walls. ;-)<BR/>(I stopped making cupcakes for my kids after my oldest took my lovingly decorated birthday cupcakes to preschool and later praised them as "almost as good as the ones from Safeway's"!)Merisihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16781937797213521146noreply@blogger.com