Have you ever heard of the cupcake monster? No, its not some cute, fluffy, lovable pink character from Sesame Street that likes to gobble up cupcakes and leave a mess of crumbs and frosting everywhere. This monster is a manic, raging, crazy haired person of the female persuasion that only makes an appearance during certain times of the year. The times can vary and one may never know when she might surface, but when she does, watch out! She likes to storm though the kitchen, hands swinging wildly in the air, grimace stretched across her face, teeth bared, eyes bulging, and shrieking to all in the kitchen, “We need more cupcakes, we neeeeed mooooorrreeee cupcakes, more cupcakes now!!!!”
So who is this cupcake monster? Well its me of course. I know I am really good at pointing out other people’s weaknesses, flaws, and frustrations, but now its time to point the finger back at me. This transformation of mine into the cupcake monster is not a pretty one. In fact, Monk has drawn a picture of it, and, well, its not flattering. It is so bad that the kitchen staff flee the area, hide in crevices between the oven and wall, squeeze under the space beneath the sink just to get away from me. The don’t want to hear my screeching, “More red velvets, more chocolate, more vanilla!!! Rapido! Rapido! Rapido!” They don’t want to make more cupcakes at 2pm and I understand that, its late, they have been here since 5am, but that is what we are here for, to sell delicious cupcakes. And there is absolutely nothing in this world that stresses me out more then seeing a bunch of empty cake plates where cupcakes should be at 2pm. Customers walking in the door, sad look on their faces at the lack of cupcake selection, only seeing remains of sugar sprinkles where the red velvets should be. “What, no more crushcakes???” And it always happens at that very moment, what feels like an entire bus load of people has followed them in, all with the same disappointed look on their faces, and we have to tell them all, these are the last few cupcakes we have.
So its Valentines week, our busiest time of the entire year, and the cupcake monster has had to make very limited appearances so far. But we still have 2 days left. I told Monk today, if you do not want to see the cupcake monster, please keep them rolling out all day long. No lag time. No stopping to chat. No text message breaks. And he made it work. It was perfect, kind of like the “hot now” krispy kream donuts, we had cupcakes coming out all day long, and they were still warm as they hit the boxes.
So hopefully we will be able to keep it rolling all weekend, because I’m not really a fan of the cupcake monster either. But I will do what it takes the plates full for you, so watch out boys and girls in the kitchen!
peace.love.food.
SN