I have mentioned the Cupcake Truck on my blog before, but the mention of it yesterday stirred some new interest. When I posted on it the first time, it was almost two years ago and I have a lot of new readers now so maybe its time I introduce (and re-introduce) you to the lover in my life…
The Cupcake Truck.
The Cupcake Truck is a New Haven jewel. And it is exactly what the name implies. It is a truck that drives around selling cupcakes.
Go ahead and squeal. I’ll wait.
This brilliant concept is the brainchild of THIS MAN and his lovely, lovely wife.
He wouldn’t look at my camera because he said he wanted the cupcakes to do all the talking. And I said I didn’t care who did the talking so long as someone gave me a cupcake. And he did. And I was happy.
The truck is an old ice cream truck that they bought and turned into a little bakery on wheels. Though, they don’t actually bake in there. They bake all their cupcakes in the mornings and then hit the road around noon. They park in different places all over Yale’s campus and you can follow them on Twitter to find out where they’ll be.
Be prepared to wait. Word travels fast, but cupcakes disappear faster.
(SIDE NOTE: I dragged my friend, Tara, to the Cupcake Truck with me this week and it was all fun and games until I pulled out my camera. She was mortified to be standing next to this strange redhead taking pictures of cupcakes in public. She’s a good friend, that Tara. A good, good friend.)
When you get to the window to order, you choose your cupcake flavor and then your icing flavor off of their board. But, like I said, things go quickly. In the time it took us to stand in line for 15 minutes, 2 icing flavors and a cupcake flavor were taken down. It took all the self-control I had not to yell at the person in front of me in line, “ORDER FASTER, FOR THE LOVE OF GOD! THE CUPCAKES ARE DISAPPEARING!! THE CUPCAKES ARE DISAPPEARING, YOU FOOL!”
But, thankfully, my cupcake of choice was still on the menu when I got up there. Red velvet cake with vanilla frosting. Makes ya slap yer momma.
Now, some people go straight for the white chocolate cream cheese frosting for the red velvet cake, but that would be the WRONG decision. I have found the white chocolate and the red velvet to be too rich of a combination. But put that white chocolate cream cheese on a chocolate cupcake and you’re singing my song…
This particular day I was feeling the red velvet though, so they poured on the vanilla icing. All nice and slowlike. So that I could learn to do it myself at home. I didn’t have the heart to tell him that the only thing baked I ate at home were Lays potato chips.
Tell me that you can see the vanilla specks in that icing. Just tell me you can see that. Oh my goodness it is delicious. And I could taste every single vanilla speck. Oh man. These pictures are like porn. Porn for people with a sweet tooth.
The greatest part about these cupcakes is that you can pay a little extra for a topping. And their toppings are just ri-di-du-lous. You can have a sugar rose. Or Oreo bits. Or FRESHLY toasted nuts. Or freaking edible GOLD, people. Edible gold. Edible gold on a cupcake served out of a truck.
Are you there, God? Its me, Katie.
I meant to take a picture of me eating the cupcake for you so you could fully appreciate the struggles that I go through to be your personal blogger.
But I ate the cupcake before I could get my camera ready. My stomach knows no patience.
Have you ever seen more happiness in a $2.00 purchase? I have not. And now, I shall have another cupcake in honor of all of you who cannot have them for yourselves. Or maybe I should have one for EACH of you who cannot have them for yourselves. Yes. That’s what I’ll do.
If you need me, I’ll be the girl sitting on the park bench for the next few hours, stuffing her face with cupcakes and frosting and mumbling about coconut flakes and candy roses.
I DO IT ALL FOR YOU, IMAGINARY FRIENDS!!!!
1) Megan: My mouth is water...like out my mouth and onto my keyboard watering! Thanks so much...now I have to go feed the demon that is my sweet tooth and bake something! Love ya!! :-) And have a wonderful day! http://reddirtandcrazy.blogspot.com/ (02.23.2010 08:11pm)
2) Heather in ND: Yes... please eat one for me. Chocolate with cream cheese frosting and oreo bits... PLEASE!! :) (02.23.2010 08:18pm)
3) Sarah: This looks amazing. They need to franchise and send a truck up my way. (02.23.2010 08:19pm)
4) Abby: Man, This post really makes me want to visit Yale! Visit Yale every day that is! (02.23.2010 08:30pm)
5) MIchelle: OMG. I'm in love. I need one of those cupcakes!! (02.23.2010 08:41pm)
6) Jessica @ How Sweet It Is: How is there even something like this?!?!? I NEED IT NEAR ME!! (02.23.2010 08:45pm)
7) Stacey: that sounds so amazing. surely one can exist in chicago...i'll contact them to get a little franchise going!! Glad you ate one for me; chocolate & vanilla icing would be my cupcake o choice. mmm (02.23.2010 08:48pm)
8) Jordan: oh man! I gave up all sugary things for lent. Even though I'm a week in, I'm still having sugar cravings, and this ain't making it any better! Maybe I'll just eat cupcakes in my dreams... (02.23.2010 09:08pm)
9) Marla: You realize that the Cupcake Truck probably won't be around when you move to Florida. How will you deal with that? I know I wouldn't handle it very well if I was used to such amazingness. They look amazing. (02.23.2010 09:13pm)
10) Elisabeth: I think you and I are sweet tooth soulmates. (02.23.2010 09:16pm)
11) Elizabeth: I am not imaginary I swear! You can eat all the cupcakes you want for me though...as long as I get a good description of how yummy it tasted! :P (02.23.2010 09:19pm)
12) rachaelhardin: Did anyone else's computer ad show a weightloss ad right after this one? I thought that really made this post :) I love the idea of a cupcake truck. Now im wishing they had one in Huntsville Alabama (02.23.2010 09:20pm)
13) Melissa: Sounds good, eat a vanilla with white chocolate cream cheese, ooh and a violet, for me! (02.23.2010 09:54pm)
14) Jules: Thank you so much for making these sacrifices for us. I could really use a cupcake! (02.23.2010 10:03pm)
15) Rebekah: Wow...I'm so wishing I lived even remotely close to the cupcake truck. I love that idea. But, I'm guessing it's better that I don't! I would be there all the time! (02.23.2010 10:06pm)
16) Meagan S: This makes me insanely jealous. What an amazing idea! (02.23.2010 10:13pm)
17) Dana: Oh my heck! That is awesome! And I totally get it - making you tummy wait to enjoy the deliciousness while you took a picture would be madness. Luckily, you are a really good describer. (is that even a word? I am high on the thought of cupcakes. . .) (02.23.2010 10:16pm)
18) Jill: I WANT a cupcake truck! Maybe I should move there....I can't tell you how jealous of you I am! (02.23.2010 10:20pm)
19) Casey: You definitely made me insanely jealous. Thanks. I now feel the need to bake cupcakes at 10pm. Oh, and my Hubby decided we could've used a cupcake truck at UF, but I gently reminded him that then we would be broke. (02.23.2010 10:20pm)
20) Miss M!: Oh... I'm thinking vanilla cupcake, with chocolate frosting, and fleur de sel. I just got goosebumps. I think I need to bake this week... (02.23.2010 10:22pm)
21) Miss S: I am craving cupcakes now! I wish there were a cupcake truck near me. Of course if there was, I would be completely broke! (02.23.2010 10:38pm)
22) Amy: Oh. Heavenly. Goodness. There needs to be something like this in Nashville. I am so jealous. (02.23.2010 10:45pm)
23) Nancy: Apparently, there is now a double decker cupcake truck in Albany, NY where my parents live but I've missed it everytime. I'll have to see how far Yale is from Ikea... I might have to stalk the truck on my next visit. (02.23.2010 10:50pm)
24) Heather: I only just discovered those red velvet cup cakes. YUM! Cup cakes aren't such a huge thing in the UK but I've come to appreciate them since moving to the US. I especially like it when my love and I get to share them. We both get to try 2 different cakes :) (02.23.2010 11:20pm)
25) Lisa H. Chang: ...dying... (02.24.2010 12:10am)
26) thanks, now i NEED a cupcake :): OOOOHHHHHH the pain you are causing me! Please, just stop. You're making my mouth water. I saw this cupcake truck on the news once and have been drooling ever since! (02.24.2010 12:13am)
27) Ella: They sound delish (02.24.2010 12:14am)
28) Sarah@crazylovegamblestyle.com: I am just wondering what red velvet tastes like? (02.24.2010 02:10am)
29) Andie: Oh cmon! They gotta have one of these in freaken NY!! Seriously such an awesome concept! I.heart.cuppy cakes :) Think I'll apply to Yale for grad school. Sure they don't offer what I want to study...but damnit I just want to order cupcakes from a truck. (02.24.2010 02:14am)
30) Rachel: Oh. My. God. A cupcake truck is the greatest invention ever! I am so jealous that we don't have one in Dallas. Have one or two for me please! (02.24.2010 08:10am)
31) Gerri: So, have you used your super powers of persuasion to convince the cupcake truck to follow you to sunny weather? (02.24.2010 09:08am)
32) Kendra: I have heard about this cupcake truck from another friend who works up that way and I'm completely jealous. I want it here in Ohio! (02.24.2010 09:16am)
33) Mindee@ourfrontdoor: And you are MOVING???? Are you out of your ever lovin' mind? Choosing family over cupcakes . . . (02.24.2010 10:21am)
34) Kelley: Katie - I once spent $20 for six cupcakes from one of those fancy cupcake places - you know, banana cream pie cupcake, cinnamon pecan cupcake, hazelnut chocolate orgasm cupcake, etc. I thought I would try just *one* bite. Then it was one bite of each. Maybe just half of each? I lost all self control in a sugar frenzy and ended up eating all six. it was clearly a shameful day. love the cupcakes! (02.24.2010 10:48am)
35) Maureen: That's what I want to know. Moving away is one thing, but seriously, what will you do without the cupcake truck? (02.24.2010 10:55am)
36) Susan Samson: Mmmmmm cupcakes! I will just sit here and eat my healthy almonds while I dream of cupcakes from an imaginary cupcake truck....you know, since we don't have one here. (02.24.2010 11:14am)
37) EmilyC: That has got to be one of the neatest things I've seen - a real cupcake truck! :) It makes me want to go bake a cake or something. (02.24.2010 11:41am)
38) Emily J.: I love cupcakes! I even had them at my wedding! Ukrops in Richmond, VA has some SUPER vanilla cupcakes! (02.24.2010 12:05pm)
39) Megan: MMMMMM....There is a wonderful little shop in downtown Chattanooga,TN called Chattanooga Cupcakes. They are amazing - I imagine this as very similar, but on wheels, and with edible gold! Feel free to eat another for me - I want to taste more of those vanilla specks! (02.24.2010 01:14pm)
40) POM: Wow...and hey, coolest biz idea ever! He sells the cupcakes out of a truck like the ice cream man...but even better because he's the cupcake man! I wish we had that in Sacramento. Did I mention cupcakes are my favorite food? Not my favorite dessert or pastry...my favorite food. http://thepursuitofmommyness.com/ (02.24.2010 01:20pm)
41) Rachel: Last spring they came to our campus....Fairfield U, and I had the vanilla cupcake with lemon frosting. You GOTTA try that combo. it was...oh words can't describe!! I LOVE the cupcake truck!!! (02.24.2010 01:30pm)
42) Sarah C. H.: I am jealous. I need a cupcake truck that drives around my neighborhood. (02.24.2010 03:58pm)
43) Bonnie B.: Okay, confess. C'mon, now. Exactly how many cupcakes will you be buying before you move?? Better yet - hook up the cupcake truck to your U-Haul when you go and just hit the gas, baby!! (02.24.2010 04:44pm)
44) Laura: They sound scarily affordable. So affordable that most of them would end up on my hips and thighs!!! (02.24.2010 04:45pm)
45) Kylah: I have decided to delurk. And please send one to me! I love cupcakes but I don't really enjoy baking. Or just mention franchising and send them up to my school campus in Canada! (02.24.2010 08:47pm)
46) Rachel: I love it when someone thinks 'that would be such an awesome idea' and then actually follows it through. I think the world needs more cupcake trucks! (02.26.2010 06:15am)
47) kerri banyas: What a fabulous idea! I wish we had one near me....heck I'd just about buy anything from a truck like that....coffee, cupcakes, diapers...you name it! (02.26.2010 09:57am)
48) Mrs. R: Wow!! I wish we had that down here! That sounds like fun and now I am hungry! (02.26.2010 10:50am)
49) Zoe: Oh my goodness! That cupcake looks amazing. I love cupcakes sooo much. (02.27.2010 01:23am)
50) Amy: I want a Cupcake Truck in my neighborhood! Yum! (02.27.2010 08:30pm)
51) Betty: Hi Katie, I'm Betty, a fan from germany. My hausband finaly asked me to wrirte to you. I learned about you and your blog at twitter some months a go and since then I follow you an your posts about Chris and Bean and sometimes I read and trnaslate them to my husband. We had a lot of fun with your blog about the cupcake truck although we never heard about cupcakes here in germany. But now thats were the miracle happens ;-) Here in germany we have McCafe at McDonalds, it's something like starbucks with a lot different cafes and muffins and cakes. And today we saw big posters about the NEW cupcakes they have :-) My husband asked me to write to you about them. And we definitly will try them soon. I might begin with the vanilla one: http://www.mcdonalds.de/mccafe/cupcakes.html LG Betty (04.30.2010 03:45pm)