Back in 2006, I was quoted in a Pittsburgh Post Gazette about cupcakes, and I said, “It’s very happy food”.

Today I am quoted in the Miami Herald and I said, “Cupcakes are not a fad or trend because people relate cupcakes to happiness — happiness is not a fad.”

I didn’t realize until I read the latest quote that I basically said the same thing twice, but in a different way.  In the almost seven years of blogging about cupcakes, I have been defending their existence as if my life depended on it.  In a way, it does. I’m like a cupcake lobbyist.  More and more, I realize that bakery owners across the country have to defend cupcakes to bank loan officers, journalists, publicists, foodies, friends and family.  There’s so much evidence that cupcakes are here to stay, but if you don’t get it that’s fine.  That just means more cupcakes for the ones who do. BTW, if you do love cupcakes, come on the Cupcake Cruise next August. It’s gonna be a blast.