Can’t go wrong with cupcakes
to bake some of her own.
The project started with a visit to the Cook’s Nook in Wilton for some special cupcake papers and a few decorating supplies. At home we mixed up a batch of her favorite Funfetti cake mix. The nuggets of candy in the funfetti add a little extra pizzazz to the cakes.
Moira lined the pans with her special papers. Then she measured the water and oil, cracked the eggs, and handed the bowl off to me for mixing. It was her job to divide the batter equally among the 24 cups.
As the cakes baked, Moira was eager to start the buttercream icing. But she couldn’t quite grasp the idea that the cakes had to cool completely or the buttercream would melt. Patience has to be learned.
When the time came, the icing was divided into three batches for coloring: pink, blue, and green. Round, star shaped, or flowers, each color, applied with a pastry bag, had its own style. I demonstrated one of each and then Moira did the rest — her first experience piping. She went on to add hearts, sprinkles, and stars to customize the cakes. The results were pretty impressive.
At Forever Sweet cupcakes have become high baking art. The modestly sized moist and tender cakes are topped with a tempting array of beautiful and delicious icings. You’ll find themed cakes, holiday cakes, and seasonal flavors in addition to the old favorites.
The opening of their shop at the Walgreens Plaza has added to the growing food enclave there that includes The Produce Store, PeachWave frozen yogurt, Main Avenue Liquor, and Aromas Peruvian restaurant. You can eat very well in this short stretch of storefronts.
With increased production space, Forever Sweet is expanding their layer cake and cookie production. A number of stunning cakes were in the works as I walked through the kitchen. The cakes in the windows demonstrate their skillful decorating talent.
But the cupcakes are still where the action is. Among the 34 flavors in their standard repertoire, vanilla cake with vanilla buttercream icing and chocolate with vanilla icing are the top sellers. Where is your sense of cupcake adventure, America?
Coming in third is the chocolate peanut butter cupcake. With peanut butter chips in the cake and on top, peanut buttercream, and a drizzle of chocolate syrup, it would be the top seller if it were up to me.
Juliane, who has worked part time at the store through high school and into college, favors the coconutdusted vanilla cupcake. Marsha agrees.
Three cake flavors cover most of their offerings: vanilla, chocolate, and red velvet. They venture further afield with English toffee, strawberry, lemon, mocha, and banana cakes.
Raspberry, mint, strawberry, cream cheese, cinnamon, and mocha are some of the fingerlicking good real buttercream icings available. Other specialty cakes include tiramisu, salted caramel, pumpkin spice (in the fall) and beer batter bacon (for the grownups). These make up the bulk of their offerings, but they’re also game for any new themes you may want: sports teams, school colors, popular characters, and more.
If, like me, you can‘t choose, they’re happy to put together a mixed dozen — let them pick or choose your own.
You may have seen Sky around town in his white or pink chef ’s coat driving a cupcakesized Smart car done up in icing colors of pink with aqua and white stripes. He’s happy to deliver the smiles and happiness in person, and might even sing if you ask.