Tuesday, February 14, 2012
Dessert Hot Spring's Fat Bottomed cupcakes...
Posted by Cheree Franco on Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 10:45 AM
- Cheree Franco
- Cupcakes for Grown-Ups: Lavender and lemon
In honor of Valentine's Day cliches, I'm going to talk about cupcakes now. Specifically, I'm going to talk about Hot Spring's Fat Bottomed Girl's Cupcakes. Fat Bottomed Girl's is a cozy shop with pink walls and limited nook seating on Hot Spring's downtown drag of Central Avenue. Charlene Simon, who owns Bathhouse Soapery and Caldarium next door (receipts from one gets you discounts at the other), opened the shop in November, but it's taken me a few months to get around to sampling.
At $3.50 a pop, Fat Bottom's cupcakes are pricey, but sometimes there are free mini-cupcakes on the counter. And the flavors are super fun. I can't wait to try pb&j (peanut butter cake and icing, grape jelly filling), champagne (in the batter!) and pistachio and rosewater. The menu changes daily, so not every flavor is available, but there are always several flavors to choose from.
I tasted chocolate on chocolate and lemon and lavender. The chocolate cupcake is basic, but it's great at what it does. The cake is moist and not overly sweet, topped with butter-cream icing (which I much prefer to confectioner's) and chocolate shavings. The lemon and lavender is a more grown-up kind of deal. Lemon can sometimes be sharp, but this lemon is mild, and there's just a hint of lavender and a strong dose of vanilla. The lemon is the cake, the lavender is the frosting, and neither are cloying — although if you're more gastro-adventurer than sugar-fiend, you could scrape off half the icing and probably really dig this cupcake. Since I am a sugar-fiend, I dug this cupcake as is.
Check FBG's facebook page for the day's flavors and specials. 120 Central Avenue, Hot Springs. (501) 818-0997. Opened 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. Mon. - Thurs., 9 a.m. - 6 p.m. Fri. - Sat., 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. Sun.
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Are you sure you didn't mean you are a sugar fiend? To feign something is to be false.
a : to give a false appearance of : induce as a false impression b : to assert as if true : pretend
2archaic a : invent, imagine b : to give fictional representation to
3obsolete : disguise, conceal
— feign·er noun
See feign defined for English-language learners »
See feign defined for kids »
That is from Merriam Online dictionary. Great article though, made me want a cupcake.
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Fat Bottom Girl's Cupcakes. Mmmm. Looks great I must admit.
Since I all ready have a fat bottom tho, I think I'll just have to pass.
I need a trip to the gym more than two delicious cup cakes and it's cheaper.
Anyway, they must be some kind of awesome cupcakes to be worth $3.50 each.
This reminds me of a Benton trip to Jerry Van Dykes ice creme and burger joint.
I had 7 kids, myself, and one grandma. After ordering banana splits & burgers...
I had to excuse myself and go to the bank and take out a small loan to pay the tab.
Maybe a better name would be Yummy For the Tummy But First Show Me Your Money.
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