Poll results: Cupcakes or donuts?

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    Default Cupcakes or Donuts?

    Well?

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    Tough choice. I had to go with the cupcakes as I've had far more good cupcakes than I've had good donuts. Both are splendid in their own ways, but it seems like bakeries that specialize in cupcakes try to make something really special and unique while that isn't often the case in donut shops.
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    I have to be in the right mood for a donut. I can always eat cupcakes.
    Last edited by Orual; 28 Apr 2011 at 02:59 PM. Reason: because 'of' and 'for' are different.

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    I'm sorry, Sarah. You've brought the March of the Cupcake upon yourself.

    We begin with the 14 Karrot Cupcake. Super moist golden carrot cake made with fresh carrots, golden raisins, sweet coconut, walnuts and spices, topped with a unique and flavorful cream cheese frosting. It beckons you. Your lips may say no, but your tongue says yes!
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    Next we have the Banana Bordeaux. Rich banana cake with a hint of cinnamon and allspice, frosted with freshly made Bordeaux frosting. What's Bordeaux frosting you might ask, if you weren't currently breathless with hunger? Why, it's frosting made out of wine!*

    *Disclaimer: May not actually contain wine.
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    I hope you like bananas, because the next Cupcake Commrade to march in is the Banana Hazelnut. Rich banana cake with chocolate hazelnut center, frosted with rich chocolate frosting. Rich! Rich! RICH.
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    Know what the only bad part about birthday cake is? Having to share it. Well no more, with the Birthday Cake Cupcake! It has sprinkles inside and out and you don't have to share it with anybody!
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    This is chocolate cake with a vanilla cream center. It was then dipped in chocolate ganache. If you wouldn't burn down every donut shop in the world to get a bite of this, I'm pretty sure you're not actually human.
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    I put donuts, but it's this I want. These dense, slightly crunchy on the outside things sometimes called old fashions. They often don't have an open center.

    If I can't have this, I am cool with a cupcake.
    "I won't kill for money, and I won't marry for it. Other than that, I'm open to just about anything."

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    Oh, old fashions are really good. I love the crunchy bits.
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    See, cupcakes don't do much for me. I'd take a donut pretty much any time.

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    They call this one the Coconut Macaroon. It's coconut cake (I lived my entire life up until today without knowing such a thing existed!) frosted with almond butter cream, then rolled in toasted coconut and drizzled with dark chocolate. Rumor has it this cupcake cures arthritis.
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    Quote Originally posted by Sarahfeena View post
    See, cupcakes don't do much for me.
    That is how we can tell you are a monster in human form.

    Zuul - you're making me cry over here. That sounds like a cupcake Samoa.
    Last edited by Orual; 28 Apr 2011 at 03:39 PM.

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    Orual, I know! It's not a combination of elements I'd ever considered before, and yet now that I've found it I realize how perfect it is.


    Know cookies and cream ice cream? It's like that, in personal cake form. Vanilla cake with chocolate cookie bits, topped with cookies and cream frosting and finally a dusting of chocolate crumbs.
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    They call this the Lemon Drop. It's lemon cake with a refreshing lemon curd center, topped with lemon drop butter cream and crowned with a dollop of lemon curd. This is sunshine you can hold in your hand.
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    Let me tell you about the Mocha Joe. First you have chocolate cake enlivened with a shot of espresso. Then, it's topped with rich chocolate butter cream and rimmed in pure chocolate java flakes. You may die by the time you're done eating it, but you'll die happy.
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    Quote Originally posted by Orual View post
    Quote Originally posted by Sarahfeena View post
    See, cupcakes don't do much for me.
    That is how we can tell you are a monster in human form.
    That's not the only way.

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    Ah, the Raspberry Truffle. I really love the filled cupcakes best, so this one pleases me. It's chocolate cake around a tart raspberry butter center, then topped with creamy chocolate frosting and rimmed in flakes of dark chocolate. Mm.
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    Simply Vanilla. The very essence of vanilla. Elegant vanilla white cake, topped with fresh vanilla bean butter cream and then finally lightly dusted with pure white sanding sugar.

    I am ready for a pro-donut rebuttal.
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    The best old fashioned-style donuts I ever had came from Daylight Donuts in Richmond, IL.

    I suspect Sarahfeena recalls the place.
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    Quote Originally posted by Oliveloaf View post
    The best old fashioned-style donuts I ever had came from Daylight Donuts in Richmond, IL.

    I suspect Sarahfeena recalls the place.
    Yes, I do. But...my favorite donuts ever are from a place in my hometown that used to be a Mr. Donut.

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    Best overall, but I loved the old fashioneds at Daylight.
    "I won't kill for money, and I won't marry for it. Other than that, I'm open to just about anything."

    -Jim Rockford

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    Cupcakes are just cake in miniature.

    Most cake is awful.

    Ergo, cupcakes suck less than cake because they are smaller, but they are still awful.

    Donuts HO!

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    Quote Originally posted by RabbitMage View post
    Cupcakes are just cake in miniature.

    Most cake is awful.

    Ergo, cupcakes suck less than cake because they are smaller, but they are still awful.

    Donuts HO!
    You are dead to me.
    So now they are just dirt-covered English people in fur pelts with credit cards.

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    Quote Originally posted by Zuul View post
    Quote Originally posted by RabbitMage View post
    Cupcakes are just cake in miniature.

    Most cake is awful.

    Ergo, cupcakes suck less than cake because they are smaller, but they are still awful.

    Donuts HO!
    You are dead to me.
    No no no, this is the perfect relationship. He won't go after your cupcakes, you won't go after his donuts, everyone's happy! The dangerous relationships are the ones were everyone likes the Boston Creme donuts the best, and there's only one left. Ask me how I know.

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    Quote Originally posted by RabbitMage View post
    Cupcakes are just cake in miniature.

    Most cake is awful.
    What color is the sky in your world???

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    Zuul's favorite:

    My favorite:

    These make me sick, but they're so worth it:

    And, they all come from here. I love where I live.
    So, I'll whisper in the dark, hoping you'll hear me.

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    Lemon cake baked with fresh strawberries, then covered in a lemon glaze and topped with a swirl of strawberry icing. Heavenly.
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    Quote Originally posted by Zuul View post
    I think I just drooled.
    So, I'll whisper in the dark, hoping you'll hear me.

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    Quote Originally posted by Marsilia View post
    And, they all come from here. I love where I live.
    So ...

    What's the nearest major airport? Jackson?

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    There's actually a Frostings quite close to the airport in Gulfport. I was scarfing my cupcake down before going through security.
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    Quote Originally posted by Orual View post
    Quote Originally posted by Marsilia View post
    And, they all come from here. I love where I live.
    So ...

    What's the nearest major airport? Jackson?
    Puh! We have an airport in Gulfport, and the next nearest is actually NOLA. You should take a food tour.
    So, I'll whisper in the dark, hoping you'll hear me.

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    It's like this:

    pie>cupcake>cake>doughnut

    It should be noted that a doughnut with custard can beat a plain cupcake, but nothing can beat a pie.

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    Pie is the best, no doubt. I'm making an apple pie today, because I made one for Easter and it got eaten up too quickly.

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    Nothing beats a Jam Doughnut!

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    Quote Originally posted by Sarahfeena View post
    Pie is the best, no doubt. I'm making an apple pie today, because I made one for Easter and it got eaten up too quickly.
    Pecan pie. Nothing better. Nothing. Ever never.
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    Quote Originally posted by Oliveloaf View post
    Quote Originally posted by Sarahfeena View post
    Pie is the best, no doubt. I'm making an apple pie today, because I made one for Easter and it got eaten up too quickly.
    Pecan pie. Nothing better. Nothing. Ever never.
    This is completely true. Anyone who disagrees is a liar.

    Today...I had donuts.
    So now they are just dirt-covered English people in fur pelts with credit cards.

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    Quote Originally posted by Zuul View post
    Today...I had donuts.
    Yesterday...I had cupcakes
    So, I'll whisper in the dark, hoping you'll hear me.

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    I like both, but I voted for donuts. Just as yummy but a lot less messy, and taste better with coffee.

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    Cupcakes > doughnuts. And why is it donuts? or are those just doughnuts with holes in them?
    In the land of the blind, the one-arm man is king.

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    Just an alternative spelling.

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    One of those American things where we gut a word of letters.
    So now they are just dirt-covered English people in fur pelts with credit cards.

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    Someone just bought doughnuts into the office.

    Yum, yum.
    In the land of the blind, the one-arm man is king.

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    Today I go on a quest for cupcakes!

    So now they are just dirt-covered English people in fur pelts with credit cards.

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    Man, how well does this poll bracket the whole cupcake renaissance?

    Was there a Cupcake Wars when Sarahfeena first thew up this poll?
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    What excellent timing...I have found Donut Nirvana, and it's name is Old Fashioned Donuts. It's in a rather rough neighborhood on the South Side of Chicago, but man are they worth the drive.

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    Marsilia and I headed over to Pascagoula with her sister today. Her sister is getting married and was going to a "mom and pop" type bakery that way to put in the design for the groom's cake. I was told there would be cupcakes and, sure enough, they had delicious, giant cakey goodness.

    I got a red velvet and Marsilia had a turtle (!) cupcake. It was all quite heavenly and I'm not sure when I'll be able to eat real food again.

    Now...I need to get a doughnut at some point.
    So now they are just dirt-covered English people in fur pelts with credit cards.

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    Somebody bought cupcakes into the office yesterday. Still way better than donuts.
    In the land of the blind, the one-arm man is king.

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