This post is a response to Ana B.’s at on dressing up, which asked the question, “where did this cupcake obsession come from?”
Ana is right, desserts are subject to trends just like anything else. As a matter of fact, the New York Times ran an article today about the newest dessert trend, the whoopie pie, which the NYT describes as “a cake-like sandwich, or perhaps a sandwich-like cake.” Either way, the whoopie pie is rising up in the ranks of desserts, spreading out from its original home in Maine across the country.
So here’s the answer to the cupcake question:
Last fall, they [whoopies] even cracked the lineup at Magnolia Bakery in Manhattan, which helped turn cupcakes into a national craze thanks to the bakery’s exposure on “Sex and the City.”
Although whoopie pies look delicious… I just can’t see them being the next fashionable dessert like cupcakes are!
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What do you think? Are whoopie pies the next cupcake?
