Hey Panda

I thought a panda would look more appropriate amongst fruits, bright colors, and things of that nature because I don't have any bamboo in the house and this is the best I could do. But you know how hard it is to find good bamboo these days.




He was conceived from this chocolate mess. But isn't that how a great many things come to be? The beautiful product of some timely and fortuitous chaos. Chocolate optional.




This happened at around four in the morning. Ideal time for this sort of thing, isn't it? The place was a mess afterwards. And I was really tired. From cupcake-ing.

Happy flip (gah, so many puns)

I finally got around to eating at Flip Happy Crepes, something I had planned on doing for a really long time, ever since I saw them throw it down with Bobby Flay. He lost. But I don't know what that means, seeing as how I'm not an avid watcher of the show.

Okay, so back to Flip Happy. I got Nutella with strawberries.. Not very exciting and I guess you could say I wasn't feeling very adventurous, but to be honest, it really hit the spot. Nutella + strawberries is an undeniably perfect combination.


Hoan got roasted chicken with.. pesto.. and other things I can vaguely recall. It looked and tasted pretty good, but it was a bit too heavy for my liking. Only because I wasn't very hungry. Otherwise, I woulda been all over dat.


Yeah so.. I haven't gone to a cupcakery in quite a while. I'm not sure why.. just lazy and busy, I guess. Am I allowed to be both? I know, I know, no excuses! But by the end of October, I'll do another! Pinky swear!

Sugar Mama's

I've begun my scavenger hunt of local Austin bakeries, starting with one closest to me on South First Street: Sugar Mama's. The name is cute enough, but seriously, once you step inside, you are bombarded with cuteness--the cute decor, the cute people, the cute cupcakes, not to mention the owner's cute cute son with cute hair and cute blue eyes. What a cutie.

But anyways. The cupcakes.



This one, the Fluffernutter, was the most aesthetically pleasing, in my opinion. It's a peanut-butter-chocolate-chip cake with marshmallow frosting. It's too cute for its own good, I tell you, because both Hoan and I thought it fell short of what its looks brought us to expect. Oh well.

We also tried the Black and Tan, a moist and heavenly Guinness-flavored cupcake with cream cheese frosting (A+++), and the Pin-Up, which was your basic chocolate buttercream over vanilla. Of these three, the Black and Tan definitely takes the cake.

Huh. There's a title name for you. Takes the cake.. "Taste the cake?" I need help titling this baking adventure of mine.

Overall, I think Sugar Mama's has this awesome, friendly, laid-back, Austin vibe going for it. It's in close proximity to a handful of cafés and local vintage stores, and they even sell aprons that are, what else, really cute. I'm definitely coming back, if only to try the Southern Belle (red velvet + cream cheese) and the Vegan Mint Chocolate Chip.



A bit off topic, but Hoan ordered a birch beer, which got him a lot of attention because apparently, everyone is really curious as to what the hell birch beer actually is. The question was left unanswered.