I went to Napa with a friend yesterday for a quick trip to taste some wine and eat some great food. I stopped in at Kara's Cupcakes located at 610 First Street in the Oxbow Market. What a nice market! Kara's was very inviting and the cupcakes were the main feature. Just cupcakes. The cupcakes were labeled so I didn't have to guess the cake and frosting flavors. The staff was helpful and the packaging was nice. I traveled from Napa back to Tahoe without a single cupcake turning over.
I bought four cupcakes - lemon, chocolate, java & coconut. The cake part of all four was excellent - moist and flavorful. Some of the cupcakes had either Swiss meringue or Italian meringue buttercream frosting. No offense to Kara's but I do not like these frostings. They are not sweet. I know all the famous cake designers (Sylvia Weinstock, Martha Stewart, etc.) use these but there just is no taste and they are not sweet. It is like eating a plain stick of butter. Next time I will just choose the cupcakes without the meringue frosting.
The coconut cupcake was the best! The icing was sweet and had just enough coconut flakes to add a pleasant coconut flavor without being overpowering.
I enjoyed the entire Kara's experience and will definitely be going back.
Friday, November 6, 2009
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