They're baaaack....

As usual, I'm a little tardy on the blog post. It's ok though, I'm sure you'll forgive me when you hear that we've resurrected the ol' October favourite cupcake. Remember it? It's a pumpkin cupcake with brown butter cream cheese buttercream frosting, topped with a delish candied nut mix. Can we talk about how much ya'll love pumpkin? I have been answering phone calls for pumpkin pies and pumpkin cupcakes since labour day weekend. When we started making these little gems again, on October 1st, they have taken over as our most popular flavour... they may have trumped our famous red velvet cupcake this past weekend for amount sold! 

Since its already the second week of October, you only have a solid 3 weeks to gorge yourself on these!

We also have lots of other pumpkin-y goodies in stock for Thanksgiving this weekend- cakes, cupcakes, pies and more! Nothing tastes better than Thanksgiving supper polished off with a big slice of pumpkin pie!

A walk down memory lane...

Remember this little gem?

I'm happy to report he is making a comeback this year and gracing our shop with his presence again this September. Maybe you don't quite remember the fine details on this guy from last year. Here is a refresher on this one:

He is an apple cinnamon cupcake. Dense, apple-y and oh-so-moist. There is also a lovely cinnamon frosting on top of the cupcake. BUT, the secret power that this super cupcake has is hidden in the only available hiding spot on a cupcake. It's an oozy, caramely and boozy sauce layered between the cake and frosting. Seriously. It's there and it makes this cupcake unbelievably delicious. Can you see it in the picture? This caramel sauce doesn't soon want you to forget it. It wants you to wake up in the middle of the night and think about how delicious it is. It want's you to ask for it by name next September, and mourn it's passing when this month is over.

Seriously people, have I ever lied to you? 

Plus, what better flavour to feature in September- its apple season guys! Do you know what that means? Pies! Apples are being peeled and chopped as I type this. We will have them all weekend in the shop.

   

Millions of peaches...

Ahhh... mid summer is just about the best time of the year. The lake is the perfect temperature for swimming, the nights are warm and the days are long. All of the best fruit and veg are lining supermarket shelves and bursting out of bins at the farmers market. My favourite part about living in Ontario is the produce! We are so lucky to have tons of hard working farmers all around us, feeding us with the fruits of their labour. It is perfectly acceptable and easy to eat 100% local this time of year... make sure you leave room for dessert though!

This month's feature cupcake is an homage to one of our favourite of the local gems in Ontario- Peaches! You may have noticed them making their 2013 debut recently in your local food shop. This months cupcake is also a props to one of the best desserts around- cobbler!

So, how does a cinnamon peach cupcake sound? We've topped these with a cinnamon buttercream and a buttery crumbled streusel  topping. Yummy! This one is pure Summer comfort food and would be perfectly acceptable to eat with a side of vanilla ice cream- all you cobbler fans already know how that nothing goes with cobbler like vanilla ice cream. Match made in heaven!

Hurry in and try one of these today! We will be featuring these until the end of the month. 

If you like Pina Coladas...

What is the date today? It can't possibly be nearly halfway through July, can it? Sorry- we've been busy! Our first venture in being a 2 store operation has been taking up a lot of time... and we're so happy ya'll love the second shop so much! Our East end customers have welcomed us to the neighbourhood with open arms... our opening weekend was so great, my cheeks hurt from smiling so much!

Since the new store opened, we have been flat out busy with cake orders! Weddings! Baby showers! Corporate events! You name it- we've baked it!  

We were so busy baking, that July 1st just breezed by us... and we didn't have a cupcake flavour in mind (actually, scratch that- we spend alot of time here dreaming up different flavour combos. If anything, there were too many options!) The bottom line is: do not fret! I am here to let you know that we have a fabulous new feature flavour for the month of July.
Maybe you guessed it from the title? I hope you do like Pina Coladas (and, for that matter, I hope you also like getting caught in the rain... especially after the storm earlier this week!) This one is a pineapple cupcake, with a generous douse of coconut-y goodness, topped with a cream cheese frosting that has been seriously spiked with Malibu. This one smells, tastes and looks like Summer!
What is it about the Summer that makes us want to booze up our cupcakes? Oh well, just another reason to love the best time of the year!

How cute are those little parasol sticks? FYI guys, we are making S'mores cupcakes again- they will be around for a limited time- so make sure you get your fill! 

Danforth East is about to get a whole lot yummier...

Firstly, let me say that we have the best customers... seriously. Ya'll deserve award for the support! Yummy Stuff wouldn't be here if we didn't have people from all over Toronto ordering from us. 

For years, we've been catering to customers from the east end. They have faithfully driven across the city to pick up cakes, cupcakes and all manner of treats. They have patiently asked us when we're going to open a location in the east end. Well... a great opportunity has presented itself and Morag sprung at the chance to try a second shop out! 

DECA (Danforth East Community Association) has been working hard at rejuvenating an awesome part of the city. Yummy Stuff has been selected to open a pop up shop at 1938 Danforth Ave... While you're there, stay a while and take a peak around the neighbourhood. There are a lot of exciting things happening in that corner of the city. Our grand opening celebration will be next Saturday, June 15th. Slap on some sunscreen- there is a park right across the street from the shop so you can enjoy your cupcake there. Our hours of operation will be as follows:

Tuesday-Friday 11am-7pm

Saturday 9am-6pm

Sunday 12pm-5pm

If you would like to place an order, please call 416 531 9732 and specify you will be picking up at our Danforth location and we'll make it happen. 

June!

We're already knee deep in June, and, you're probably wondering why I haven't had a single second of free time to squeeze in this little post, telling you- our lovely readers, about our feature cupcake this month. We have been very busy with top secret preparations. If you are a friend on facebook, then you probably heard the news earlier this week. Yummy Stuff is expanding for the Summer and opening a pop-up shop on the Danforth... Yes- it's happening! It's exciting! The doors are opening in 1 week- whoa... we've got some serious work to do!

But for now... let's talk cupcakes. It's June, the Summer is about to start- any second now the humidity will descend, nights will get HOT and ice cream trucks will stop on the street and lure us in. STOP! Don't go to the ice cream truck! This time, get a cupcake that has all the delicious features of a fabulous ice cream cone without the drippy mess... We made a chocolate cupcake with little, minty chips baked right into the cake. The topping is a lovely, minty buttercream frosting. We couldn't resist topping these with mini ice cream cones. Cute and Yummy! 

For the first time ever, I am excited to say we will be serving these yummy little treats at BOTH of our locations for the entire month of June! Stay tuned for our Danforth shop news. 

This one's for Mom...

Last week, while we were getting ready to leave for the day, the bakers and I had a chat that went something like this:

Anna: "What are we going to make for next months feature flavour?"

Me: "I dunno"

Anna: "We should make something that Mom's will enjoy- it's mothers day in a couple of weeks!"

Me: "What do Mom's like? Mine likes everything..."

Anna: "Chocolate!"

Emily: "Also Raspberry. Chocolate and raspberry is a delish combo"  

Me: "Sounds yummy"

Emily: "Also, there should be ganache in it."

Me: "Sounds even better"

This is how we came to the conclusion that this month we would make a cupcake that mom's everywhere would be grateful for. The only other decision to make was where the raspberries would go, and where the chocolate would go. After all, some Mom's like chocolate but LOVE raspberries and some mom's like Raspberries but die for chocolate... So... we made both! All month we're featuring chocolate cupcakes with raspberry ganache and raspberry frosting AND raspberry cupcakes with raspberry ganache filling and chocolate frosting. Here is a list of 3 things I have realized since tasting these cupcakes:

1. Our chocolate cake with our raspberry frosting is my new favourite flavour combo. 

2. The raspberry ganache we are making for the filling is the yummiest ganache I have ever had. 

3. I have an amazing amount of self control. 

We hope your mom loves these as much as we do. I should also quickly note that dads, sisters, brothers, aunts, uncles, grandparents and friends would also enjoy these a ton! 

Happy Mothers Day!