A Ming cupcake

I love contrasts. Of color, of texture, of style. And a contrast of style is what first caught my eye in Ming Makes Cupcakes. That and my weak spot for cupcakes, that is. But back to the point: I just love the contrast between the luscious maximalism of the cupcakes and the severe minimalism of the layout. Oh the conflict, the tension!

But I want to give (more) credit where credit is due. The recipes themselves are great, with some twists and surprises (flourless chocolate cupcakes anyone? Sour cream fig cupcakes? Port wine and cherry chocolate? Beet chocolate?). I plan to start trying them ASAP.

Oh, and a last note on usability: although every recipe (image & text) is an image, the blog has a text only version where you can read and copy/paste text from. Nothing to complain about.

This is not a food blog but…

I made oreo cupcakes today and I need to share it.

Food blogs have taken the world by storm and, as with craft blogs, everybody and their mother has one. So we are not eager to join the trend. We do enjoy reading them, though, and when I found this recipe at annie’s eats, I couldn’t help myself.

And then I got this urge to blog about it. I finally get why people do it. They fight the ephemeral. Cooking, sewing, crafting are all about making something that will be used and then, sooner or later, consumed. It is not art. It is still somebody’s creation though, and that somebody will fight will all their force to immortalise it. That’s why people blog.

As for me, it’s an one-off thing, I promise. Unless I get addicted to food porn blogging, that is.

See more pictures after the jump.

Read it elsewhere

Link time:

• the 5 types of profile pictures that are trying too hard – the thought catalog
• how to validate your credit card number in your mind – digital inspiration
• food porn – the storque
• the values of PacMan – joystickdivision
• WeSC’s interactive display window – design*sponge
• Vladimir Nabokov’s secret life as an amateur entomologist (and his vindication) – The N.Y. Times
• why can’t we walk straight? – npr
• the medium is the message – Marshall McLuhan Speaks Centennial (via boing boing)
• the iRing and 9 more imaginary apple products – mashable