Sunday Brunchies and
Crunchies: Summer Cupcake
28 July 2012
by Reuben Gutierrez
Picnics in the state park,
barbecues in the backyard, or afternoon iced tea
on the lanai are just a handful of outdoor
summer events families and friends look forward
to every year. Whether you're accompanying that
outdoor meal with a mint julep or a pot of sun
tea, one thing's for sure, it's concluding with
a seasonal sweet treat. At Walt Disney World,
one of the leading destinations for summer fun,
seasonal treats are a specialty.
Specifically, the bakers at
Disney's Hollywood Studios always have a few
sunny tricks up their sleeves. Guests sense a
disturbance in their summer's start with the
sinful dark chocolate peanut butter Darth Vader
cupcake, but after Star Wars weekends finishes,
what's next? Strawberries and cream is a
favorite summertime specialty, becoming the
Studios' next specialty dessert the Summer
Delight: Strawberry and Cream Cupcake.


While described as Strawberry
and cream, a first look at the cupcake would
think it was just strawberry cream as in
strawberry flavored cream. The cream portion of
the cupcake is pink, which would cause one to
guess it was colored by the item it was flavored
by. Alas, the cream tasted like cream'perhaps a
subtle strawberry flavor but I couldn't tell if
it was from that or the strawberry pink white
chocolate shavings. The cupcake was also pink,
which I'm guessing was colored and flavored by
strawberries, either artificial or real, the
flavor was so minute it was difficult to tell.
At least an actual fresh strawberry was used to
garnish the top, so since the cupcake had a
serious lack of strawberry flavor, the
strawberry (as in the single strawberry atop the
icing) and cream description is quite accurate.

Disney's gourmet cupcakes typically have an
interesting filling,
which the Summer Delight lacks
The Summer Delight cupcake is an
incredibly simple and basic cupcake. Sometimes
simple is a good thing, but in this case simple
meant lacking and uninspired. For the picky
eater, take off the real strawberry and this
cupcake is perfect, but for seasoned Disney
cupcake diners, this one has much to be desired.
Disney never fails in offering high quality
food, though with this park's past repertoire of
gourmet cupcakes, this seasonal treat is one I
won't be looking forward to next summer.