Inspiration: Football Cupcakes

I really like finding inspiration for my Baking adventures. Whether it be a cooking show, something I’ve seen in a store, an ingredient, or sometimes even in my own kitchen. In honor of the Grey Cup game tonight between the Montreal Alouettes and Saskatchewan Roughriders my sister created a sweet treat for after all the heavy tailgating fare (Chili, wings, guacamole, etc. Whew, I’m full just thinking about it!).

A selection of Lemon and Gingerbread cupcakes with a lemon icing (Dyed green for grass of course!) and chocolate covered almonds that she embellished with laces to make footballs. Today we are constantly presented with baking that is over the top and pushing the limits. Yet a simple design can have as much of an impact as a 600 pound, carved, fondant covered cake. Don’t get me wrong, there will always been a demand for those ‘over the top’ a la Cake Boss show stopper confections, but do you know what the new trend for the U.S.A is supposed to be? Whoopie pies. And if a classic and simple whoopie pie dethroned the previously reigning dessert: the classic cupcake, then I count it as pretty good evidence that the demand for simple and good will be around for a while to come.

Incase you’re pulling a blank right now and are itching to Google just what exactly a whoopie pie is, I’ve attached some links below about whoopie pies and thoughts on them being the new trend ( Harrods The famous Department store in England now carries them!). To be honest, the trend has not hit here yet but Montreal is a fickle place for that. An example: the cupcake boom never really occurred on the scale it did in the States and other parts of Canada here. Hmm, all this whoopie pie banter may have given me a hankering to try my hand at them…

PS. Please forgive the second picture, I had a much nicer one of the whole tray but it was in a horizontal format which my blogger account does not seem to like. Once I've figured out how to format them properly you will get to see much clearer pictures!:)

Can whoopie pies be the next food trend, dethroning the cupcake?
http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/299433

Whoopie pies are trendy, tasty treats
http://www.heraldonline.com/2010/11/10/2601901/whoops.html

Whoopie pies at Harrods
http://www.luxist.com/tag/whoopie+pie/