Today was our office manager's birthday, and you know what that means? Mandatory birthday cake. I was given the charge of finding birthday cupcakes in under two hours. I turned to a bakery I've been hearing lots of buzz about, Lulu's Bake Shoppe. Lulu's is probably the North End's no-canoli establishment. Instead they serve outstanding cupcakes. Chocolate and vanilla cake and butter cream frosting may sound boring, but when executed well are pretty darn amazing! Most of the office people couldn't believe something so tasty wasn't homemade.
The frosting doesn't look like "regular" frosting. It has a translucent quality that's no where near as opaque as regular stuff. I suspect this is because the frosting uses only butter and absolutely no shortening!!! The taste is surprisingly great, but that's what you'd expect of pure butter. It's rich and sweet, but is still very enjoyable. The absence of shortening makes it easier to consume frosting, although not having a very strong sweet tooth, I ended up "wiping off" most of my frosting. I'd recommend trying a chocolate cupcake.
I'll definitely go back. Why? The S'more Cupcake...
Bottom line. Lulu's makes a super addition to my list of under 2 dollar treats, but I'm not leaving Beard Papa's chocolate fondant anytime soon.
