Red Velvet Cupcake @ Crumbs

My red velvet odyssey continues - this time in the form of a cupcake at the Crumbs in Union Square. The store is small, but the perfect size. Facing you as you walk in is a display case of all their cupcake offerings... small ones in your traditional chocolate and vanilla varieties... and regular-sized ones (read: HUGE) in all sorts of creative and tantalizing flavors. 

The cupcakes are topped with a mound of fluffy frosting and sometimes sprinkles or crumbled candies. One example that sticks out particularly in my mind was "The Elvis", which was something along the lines of a vanilla cupcake filled with banana custard and topped with peanut butter frosting and tiny peanut butter chips. It was just decadent.

As for the red velvet cupcake, it was also HUGE. And a dark, dark red. So dark it almost looked brown. The appearance was much more appealing to me than the one from Kitchenette because the look conveyed the taste of it. And it just - well, I wouldn't say shouted - but it definitely announced in a clear, ringing voice that it was red velvet.

When you bite into it, the flavor of cocoa hits you straight in the tastebuds. It could almost pass for a chocolate cupcake. The cupcake itself is closer to light and fluffy than dense and sugary, which is also true 0f the frosting. I don't like it so much as a cupcake, not to mention a red velvet cupcake. But that's just because I'm a fan of the dense and sugary variety.

The search continues...