GoodTaste: Sandcastle Cupcakes
Cupcakes go coastal Cupcake-crazed Philadelphians don't have to leave their habit behind at the Shore now that 26-year-old Katie Weigand has realized her baking dreams at Sandcastle Cupcakes in downtown Ocean City. This graduate of the Academy of Culinary
Cupcake-crazed Philadelphians don't have to leave their habit behind at the Shore now that 26-year-old Katie Weigand has realized her baking dreams at Sandcastle Cupcakes in downtown Ocean City.
This graduate of the Academy of Culinary Arts in Mays Landing, who worked as a poolside waitress at the Borgata in order to save up for her shop, which opened this spring, delivers moist and flavorful cupcakes topped with Italian buttercream that's smoother and richer than typical cupcake icings.
She gets creative with flavors ranging from green tea to Boston cream pie and even maple-bacon. But my favorite was "peanut butter and jelly," which, aside from its Jif-spiked topping, hid a juicy surprise inside: a heart of homemade triple-berry compote.
- Craig LaBan
Cupcakes, $2.25-$2.75 (with fillings), Sandcastle Cupcakes, 910-A Asbury Ave., Ocean City, N.J. 08226; 609-391-1000.