At Remezcla, we like food.
This is probably not a surprise to any of our readers, but we want to get the word out about a few of the culinary adventures we’ve had in the past week. The Spot is awesome, but we’re stress eating.
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So that was Monday. On Wednesday, Remezcla intern Estefania, clued us into a new development in cupcakes happening right by us in Williamsburg just in time for us to do some –um– research (read: just in time for us to stuff our faces full of sugar-buttery-goodness). We immediately got a food writer on it – check back next week for the full article – but we couldn’t wait to try for ourselves. See Brooklyn Cupcake is a place run by “determined Latinas…infusing the flavors of their Puerto Rican and Italian roots into their baked goods.” So, what exactly constitutes a Puerto Rican cupcake?
“Well, we have flan,” Carmen, the woman behind Brooklyn Cupcake told me. That will do it, I guess. And guava con queso, coquito, and tres leches flavored cupcakes. And dulce de leche, on vanilla or chocolate. Holy shit; why didn’t somebody think of this before?
Back at the office, Remezcla staff eyed the six little morsels of joy from Brooklyn Cupcake with greed. Joel dubbed them “los cupcakes de la Amistad; mistad pa ti, y mistad pa mi.” Once evenly divided, we dug in. The result was magic. No, seriously, it was almost as if rainbows and unicorns spontaneously appeared in the Remezcla offices.
Just take a look at Claudia’s face after sampling the tres leches:
“It tastes like home!” she exclaimed.
“Oyé, el de guava con queso está bien bueno,” added Maria with her Puerto Rican tumbao.
Five minutes into the research and the cupcakes were gone. See for yourself:
Our finding? That everyone should have a Happy Friday con sabor a guava con queso. Check back next week for our food writer Karina Taveras’ coverage of Brooklyn Cupcakes, which we just can’t get enough of.