As I promised earlier this week, here is an extended ode to CAKESPY. Cakespy is a blog dedicated to all things SWEET. Headed by Jessie Oleson, a freelance writer and illustrator from Portland, Cakespy is especially delightful entertainment during droning afternoon work hours (close rival: finding pictures of cute puppies with my friend, Taylor). HERE ARE FIVE REASON WHY I LOVE CAKESPY:
1. Jessie is a fantastic illustrator.
Cakespy has a glorious shop, filled with Cuppie (that’s the cupcake’s name!)-plastered items. No situation is too scary for dear Cuppie- an incredible adventurer.
He is sometimes chased by zombies…
…or with his cupcake special friend in Chicago.
2. Cakespy is funny.
Cakespy’s posts are always wildly funny, including my favorite on 50 ways to destroy a twinkie. When I think of twinkie destruction, I always think about Michael Pollan’s reoccuring twinkie story that he mentions in interviews: he kept a twinkie in his office for years, and it always remained perfectly perky. Boring story, no? Cakespy’s twinkie saga is much more entertaining. Michael Pollan didn’t subject his twinkie to teddy graham death:
3. Cakespy shares yummy recipes.
Along with being a contributor to Serious Eats (this week she wrote about velveeta fudge!), Jessie shares enough recipes to keep your stomach content for eternity. My favorite section is the “unusual” recipes, which forces me to reevaluate things that I had previously deemed “gross”…like this corn dog dessert.
4. Cakespy has an appetite that spans the country. Yes, I am jealous.
5. Cakespy designed a mug/t-shirt/card for Bleeding Heart, my favorite bakery.
At this very moment, while I am spitting out all my love for cakespy, I am drinking out of my new Bleeding Heart mug. My second cup of polish camomile honey tea, to be exact. When I noticed Bleeding Heart’s twitter debut of the mug, I instantly longed to teleport to Roscoe Village and obtain my very cakespy own donuts vs. cupcakes mug. Why? Because I love cute things wielding weapons, Bleeding Heart (supplier of many vegan and non-vegan treats AND they have a Clash poster AND their tables are neon cupcakes), and cakespy.
If you’re curious what the entire image looks like, here’s a picture of a card that I bought for one lucky recipient.
Happy weekend!
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8 Responses for "Five Reasons Why I Love Cakespy"
I want to die by teddy-gram destruction!
How did I not know about this site before? Thanks for posting this!
cupcakes vs. donuts…. oh, you know it’s a lifelong wondering of mine… if i should have called this blog stickersandcupcakes instead of stickersanddonuts, but wouldn’t that have been TOOO rainbowandunicorns-y? Oh, I don’t know….
Anyway. Cupcakes. Donuts. Both good.
That “50 ways to kill a twinkie” is hilarious!!
I never had a twinkie in my life! Am I missing out?
Cupcakes vs Donust… go donuts!
-Anonymous: I, too, would enjoy death by teddy grahams. Also, I haven’t eaten teddy grahams in a long time, but now I have an odd craving for them. Perhaps I will make it happen today.
-Stephanie: Now you can be a fan like me!
-Maria: You’ve mentioned this naming qualm before. Stickers and Donuts is probably just as rainbowandunicorny as Stickers and Cupcakes.
Melisa- ISN’T IT HILARIOUS? NO YOU ARE NOT MISSING OUT. If you check out 20, 31, and 47 of the twinkie series- SIGHTS THAT WILL MAKE TWINKIES SO UNAPPETIZING YOU WILL BE GRATEFUL THAT SUCH FOOD HASN’T YET SLID DOWN YOUR ESOPHAGUS.
LOVE the illustrations!!! Thanks for linking me to this AWESOME site!
At some point in our lives we must reenact the cupcake vs. donut street battle, ha ha.
Amirah- Your welcome!
Angelica- Maybe at Babycakes with their vegan donuts.
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