Although I am supremely fond of desserts, I feel less affectionately about the traffic and difficult parking situations I must often endure to get them. Wouldn't it be easier if your sweets could be delivered straight into your waiting arms (and mouth)? Enter Scootabaker: a dessert delivery service.
When UCLA grad Heather Wong found herself unexpectedly out of work two years ago, she turned to the kitchen, baking first on her own and then with Big Sugar Bakeshop. Now, Heather has launched The Scootabaker, which combines her love for making sweet treats and affinity for classic Italian scooters.
I caught up with the sweets-scootering Heather at The Sweet Street Scooter Rally, hosted by Dangerbird Records and sponsored by The Sweets Truck to benefit the Pablove Foundation, an organization which supports pediatric cancer research.
For cupcake fans, Scootabaker offers "old school" cupcake flavors--including "Mr. Vanilla Bean" (vanilla cake with Madagascar vanilla buttercream) and "Coconut Bikini" (coconut cake with cream cheese frosting)--and "new school" flavors--including "Mexicano Hot Chocolate" (cinnamon-chocolate cake with cinnamon-chocolate buttercream) and "Hawaiian Vacation" (vanilla cake with guava filling with vanilla swiss-meringue buttercream). Scootabaker also offers tarts, tartlets, cookies and dessert bars.
For the event, Heather prepared Matcha Green Tea, Black & White and Mocha Latte cupcakes in both mini and regular sizes, tartlets and cookies.
Matcha Green Tea Cupcakes
Black & White Cupcakes
Box of mini cupcakes
I first dug into the Matcha Green Tea cupcake. After one bite of the velvety and peerlessly moist cake and perfectly creamy frosting, Scootabaker earned a spot as one of my favorite cupcakes--ever. Impressively, each cupcake, with its pure, natural flavors, was more scrumptious than the last. The green tea tasted like real green tea; the espresso like real espresso. Although frosting is often treated as an afterthought, Scootabaker's cupcake toppings burst with flavor. I remain baffled as to how the frosting had such strong flavor but was so light.
You can order Scootabaker's goods here. I know I will!
The Scootabaker
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