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nonelvis ([personal profile] nonelvis) wrote2011-10-01 04:34 pm

50 Recipes 2011, #38: Squee-bubble cupcakes

Fandom has been making me a little cranky lately. Doctor Who has never been a perfect show, and there have been good and bad things about this most recent series.

But sometimes, you just want to spend time in a bubble of squee and think about the hard stuff later. And today, with the finale airing, I feel like squeeing.

My reaction: I have not seen such a glorious mess since TPO/TBB, and I loved every minute of it. I literally squeed (yes, I'll admit it) at the reveal of how the Doctor survived, and apparently loud enough to startle [livejournal.com profile] columbina, who came downstairs to check to make sure everything was fine. "It's okay," I said. "Steven Moffat is a fucking genius."

One of the things I loved most about this episode was the way it was crammed full with beautiful eye candy: trains cutting through the Gherkin and the pyramids; hot-air balloon-cars; Amy's drawings. And could Karen Gillan have been more gorgeous in this episode? I don't know how.

But really, all I wanted was to be entertained, and I was, ridiculously so, for forty-five minutes. I realize this isn't a deeply considered reaction, but you know what? I'm going to do that later.


Anyway, as part of the official squee facilitation process, I made cupcakes. Pretty cupcakes. Vegan cupcakes, because why not?

Squee bubble cupcakes

They're Post-Punk Kitchen's vanilla bean cupcakes filled with vegan lemon curd and frosted with vegan buttercream in a festive mix of white and pink with silver and pink sugar sprinkles, because how can you have a squeeful cupcake without sprinkles? Okay, I suppose maybe all cupcakes are squeeful, but sprinkles add that little bit of extra squee.

Hmm, the word "squee" is starting to look funny. But who cares? I HAVE CUPCAKES. And anyone who wants to join me in the squee bubble is welcome to share.