Lawson¡¯s newest concoction, dubbed the ¡°Cupke,¡± has interpreted ¡°cupcake¡± in its most literal form ¡ª stuffing a cake inside a cup.
The Cupke currently comes in four varieties, each one packed tightly into its paper cup. The offerings are a strawberry shortcake (?315 after tax), a chocolate variety topped with almonds (?295), a chestnut Mont Blanc (?295) and a tiramisu (?270). Based on my local store, these are already selling well, so don¡¯t wait if you want to sample one.
Is the Cupke actually worth trying, though? The answer is ¡°probably, yeah.¡±
The vertical approach to the cake results in a well-balanced creation. I could only get the strawberry shortcake variety, but the layered construction of the sweet resulted in a good distribution of its main ingredients: cream, sponge cake and a tart sauce.
It delivered a balance usually lost in convenience store cakes (and almost all cupcakes, a notoriously top-heavy food) and rises above the often uncrossed threshold of pure novelty.
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