4 CLACKAMAS PRINT • APRIL 29,2015
photo by Erin Carey
Oregon City provides
sweet hunt for
cupcakes
The“Shirley Temple” cupcake from Pure Bliss is beautiful but misleading.
by Megan McCoy
Sweet, flu ffy and o h so fa tte n in g ;
cupcakes are a popular dessert fo r all
ages. A fter learning th a t th e re are a
few cupcake shops w ithin five miles of
Clackamas C om m unity College, I was
determ ined to fin d Oregon City’s best
cupcake. Little did I know, I was in fo r
a real treat.
I started my quest on Friday, April 17.1
knew th a t w ith the help of the co editor
in chief and fellow cupcake lover, Erin
Carey, we would be able to find the per
fect cupcake. We started our journey at
Fat Cupcake, located about a half a mile
or tw o minutes away from CCC. You can’t
tell from the outside, b u t the inside of
the shop is very cute w ith a lot o f color
ful, vintage-looking decorations. There
are tables located inside and outside
the shop (weather perm itting).
While the inside of the shop was very
pretty, what really mattered was the cup
cakes. I asked the store owner, Anjelica
Hayes, which cupcake was most popular.
She suggested Carey and I try the “Charlie
Brown." She
explained it Is
c h o c o la te
cake w ith a
Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup baked into
th e center and p eanut b u tte r b utter
cream frosting. I was practically drooling
at th a t point.
I also w anted to try something really
unique th a t I haven’t seen before, so I
ordered a “Lemon Doodle.” Hayes In
form ed Carey and me th a t this cupcake
is a w h ite cake w ith a snicker-doodle
cookie on to p
w ith lemon but
tercream. Carey
was particularly
e xcite d to try
this one.
B e fo re w e
gave th e firs t
tw o cupcakes a
try, w e m oved
on to our second destination, Pure Bliss
Bakery. This bakery is located about tw o
miles away from cam-
and
h a lf
m inutes. From th e
pus or ten
it looks like a small
o u ts id e
would be kind of
house,, it i
to fin d If it
hard
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w e re n ’t fo r
the flags outside th a t indicate th a t it is,
in fact, a bakery. The inside is very small
w ith not many decorations; there were
only a few small tables. W hat surprised
me most was w hen I looked into their
case of baked goods, they only had one
cupcake available. Carey and I got the
one they had, which was a “Shirley Tem
ple” cupcake. They mainly had scones
a n d d iffe r e n t
v a ria tio n s o f
cinnam on rolls,
w h ich was un
exp e cte d con
s id e rin g th e ir
logo has a cup
cake on It.
Our last stop
w as
Sugar
and Spice Cupcakes. After getting lost
and doing a little fu rth e r research, we
learned th a t this shop only makes their
cakes to order, therefore they are o u t
o f the running.
Finally it was tim e to try the cupcakes.
was the first
The “Charlie Brown”
contender fo r
Overall I don’t think
you could go wrong
with anything from
Fat Cupcake.
the perfect cupcake. Carey did not like
how much peanut butter was involved,
but I loved It. I th o u g h t everything was
spot on about this cupcake, I give it a
10 out o f 10. Next w e trie d th e “Shir
ley Temple” from Pure Bliss Bakery. It
was disappointing to say the least. The
frosting was clearly made w ith a lot of
shortening and It left a greasy feeling
In my mouth. The cake was also kind of
dry and crumbly, so I think it deserves
a 2 out of 10. The “Lemon Doodle” from
Fat Cupcake was the last cupcake to try.
Carey really enjoyed this one, she liked
the lemon buttercream. I thought it was
goodi p robably an 8 o u t o f 10, b u t I
preferred the chocolate-peanut butter
com bination of the Charlie Brown.
Overall I d o n ’t th in k you could go
wrong w ith anything from Fat Cupcake.
Pure Bliss Bakery was more o f a café
a tm osphere th a n a bakery, I
w o u ld go back fo r a
scone and a coffee,
b u t d e fin ite ly n o t f
cupcakes.