round 16

Whew. You know what? I don't even remember what the hell we were doing on the day we ate these, it was so long ago. I've been sitting on two entries from months ago and haven't entered them. I can't work on these entries so well at home because I don't have Excel and can't update the graphs and I no longer work with the other judges (at the job that did have Excel, I left to pursue a new career). I suppose I could work on an entry at home (new career is very slow in developing into anything) and then just put in the graph when I visit my old job but...well, clearly that didn't happen.



Anyway, I heard that someone beside me, the other judges, and my sister have read this so I figured I better at least put on the places where we've already been. I don't know when entries after that will be posted since it's much harder now to get the judges together but hopefully we'll still find some time to stuff our faces.

A little note from me. You may notice some peculiar capitalization in the name of this place. I did not make an error, this is how it's done all over their website. I must say it's sort of cute but also unnecessary. I would have preferred all lower case instead. Just sayin'. Also, the comment colors are a bit off because to coordinate them with the graph colors made them too hard to read. I'm sure you can still figure out who said what.

16. sugar Sweet sunshine
126 Rivington Street

July 16, 2008
$1.50 each

Cake
dense and moist
soft and just enough
impressive stand-alone consistency and flavor
eh

Frosting
like many others but lighter and less cloyingly sweet
reminiscent of ice cream
little bit of almond extract goes a long way…way too long
absolutely delicious, nutty-salty

Presentation
home made look

Barbie birthday pink
demure

charming

Overall Enjoyment
after such a long break, a good reminder of why we started
affordable, enjoyable, funable and many other ables
thank god for American capitalism

just right

The Scene

Pleasantly close to a subway stop, particularly in a relatively inaccessible neighborhood (for us anyway). No spectacular discernability, I probably would have walked by if it weren’t for the sandwich board outside. The inside was claustrophobic, narrow, short-ceilinged and dark, like an Amsterdam “coffee” house, only with “joy”-infused cupcakes. The employees were pleasant enough, mostly business but still helpful.