Dozen Cupcakes closing

[Picksburg Stillers]

Originally Posted by jay5835

Most people are used to a kind of moisture in cake that you get when you use chemical additives, stabilizers, Crisco, preservatives, etc. When Dozen opened in 2006, I did not know of a single place in Pgh. where you could buy a cake that didn't contain said chemicals, so that's what most Pittsburghers were used to when that blind taste test was run. A real cake is a little drier than that.

I have two friends who prefer the GE cake to the Dozen cake. One is a cheapskate who every morning microwaves old coffee from yesterday that he picked up outside the house and kept in a sippy cup. The other is a guy whose favorite foods, I **** you not, are Ensure and canned spaghetti.

If I remember correctly, the tasters in this particular taste test were pastry students from Pennsylvania Culinary Institute, not random Pittsburghers off the street, so I don't think you can explain Dozen's poor showing by saying the tasters didn't know what to look for.

[jay5835]

Originally Posted by raubre

Coffee in a sippy cup? Which kid did he steal that from?

You know what I mean, an adult sippy cup. The kind you take with you in the car. What are they called, if not "sippy cups"? I don't use them. Can't stand burning myself using that teeny-tiny opening.

[jay5835]

Originally Posted by Picksburg Stillers

If I remember correctly, the tasters in this particular taste test were pastry students from Pennsylvania Culinary Institute, not random Pittsburghers off the street, so I don't think you can explain Dozen's poor showing by saying the tasters didn't know what to look for.

You may be right. I don't recall who the tasters were. I would love to be in a taste test like that.

[Impala26]

Originally Posted by scottrpriester

I don't think cupcakes are a fad, everyone loves them. Overpriced cup cakes are a different story. We bought a half dozen vegan cup cakes at a bakery in Squirrel Hill last weekend and my wife didn't tell me how much they were until we went to eat them.......14 dollars. It's on Murray Avenue, can't remember the name, but I can't imagine they will be there long either.

Are you talking about Gluuteny?

[BrianTH]

I think most people call them "travel mugs" or something like that, although I agree they are in fact sippy cups.

[irishvan]

I am also excited to see how the new owners camp bow wow experience helps her in owning a cupcake business....

[trotter_rej]

Originally Posted by irishvan

I am also excited to see how the new owners camp bow wow experience helps her in owning a cupcake business....

Perhaps a free scratch behind your ears with each cupcake?

[jay5835]

Originally Posted by irishvan

I am also excited to see how the new owners camp bow wow experience helps her in owning a cupcake business....

If there's anything I like more than cake, it's dogs, so Doreen sounds alright to me.

[ferrarisnowday]

$2.50 still doesn't seem that expensive to me for a gourmet cupcake. A slice of pie at eat n park can cost more than that!

[nuwaver88]

I hope Doreen knows that as much as she loves dogs, the Health Department will frown upon there being one in the shop, despite how cute and friendly it may be. She seems like a smart girl. Some people love their dogs so much they lose common sense.