When cupcakes for Lunar New Year appeared in my Instagram feed, I grew curious about traditional New Year desserts. While researching, I came to appreciate that this Year of the Rat has much in common with my Cupcakes of Gold master plan for 2020. Before diving deeply into theory, let’s take a moment to look… Continue reading Golden fortune for Lunar New Year

My Thanksgiving bounty included two seasonal flavors, caramel apple streusel and pumpkin spice. To research the signature flavors, I also ordered the Wicked Good (a peanut butter chocolate combination that’s the favorite of co-founder Dani Vilagie) and Mr. Wonderful’s Cookie Butter (cinnamon cake with caramel and cookie butter frosting). Wicked Good Cupcakes sells cupcakes in glass… Continue reading Jarring

Sights are clear and brilliantly focused on the richest goals for 2020. The arc of my historical inquiry will bend towards golden accomplishment. Gold cupcakes are the symbol of 2020. It’s not a reference to material wealth so much as iconographic shorthand for richness of resources and opportunity. Through years of digging and prospecting, I… Continue reading Year of Optimal Vision and Cupcakes of Gold