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cupcakes

Claire Saffitz Doesn’t Need To Defend Dessert (Live)

She always says yes to food — even when that food is a Dunkin’ chocolate chip muffin.

Help Send The Sporkful to South by Southwest!

I've proposed a South By Southwest presentation entitled, "From Cupcake to Cronut: Deconstructing Food Memes," and I need you to vote for it so it can become a reality!

Cupcakes: Frosting Delivery System, or Something More? (Ep 133)

We discuss ideal frosting-to-cake ratio, cupcake sandwichization, toppings and unorthodox serving techniques, and whether cupcakes are really just a frosting delivery system.

Sporkful DC Meetup

We got a great crowd at the DC meetup the other day. Thanks so much to all the folks who came out! DC-area residents will now know who among them is especially awesome, since several people bought Sporkful T-shirts. Thanks so much for your support! I had a blast meeting everyone and hearing about the local food scene. Key topics

Oreo Inside a Cupcake

A great pic (and great concept) from listener Catherine! /dan

Cupcakes, Imploded

See the full gallery on Posterous Dan has deeply-held opinions about cupcake theory. So Sporkful was very intrigued when a bold promise landed in the inbox, from David in Arlington, MA: I'd like to tell you about a new cupcake structure which, I'm proud to say, allows us to achieve previously unheard of frosting-to-cake ratios. I call them