See here:
Cupcakes at Sea

By the way, for our friends in the UK, I believe you call these "fairy cakes."

Basically a strip of donut dough, folded in half a plaited around each other, deep fried and then soaked in syrup. Koeksoester = Cake sister.

Or Vetkoek - balls of sour dough, deep fried and filled with curried mince. Vetkoek = Fat cakes.

Fridge tart - biscuit base, sweetener condensed milk and grenadilla (or other) on top - sets in fridge.

They could have a SA shop with biltong (raw, spiced dried meat pieces or chunks) etc !!

Cam J

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Originally posted by Cam J:
Why would they make you pay for cupcakes? Why do they even have a cupcake resturant? Doesnt make sense. Why should guests have to pay for this? One more charge/fee.
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Cam, nearly every ship these days has some sort of patisserie or pastry shop on board (usually goes along with their coffee bars) and these things are extra charge. I could never understand the urge to buy this stuff when you could go right up to the Lido and get coffee and sweets for free. But apparently enough people do (possibly kids and people with eating disorders!)

The cupcake trend is quite big on the East Coast, although I would think that extravagance has died down with the poor economy. A few years ago the trend was for designer muffins. Someone suggested a donut shop, which seems like it would have more widespread appeal.

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Originally posted by Cam J:
My problem with it is that they already have a pastry shop onboard so why do they really need to make another. Maybe just for bragging rights.

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Of Course!! These are corporations and they need things to promote just as you posted (on another post) that the Carnival Dream will have a light show....why? So that they may say....The Carnival Dream boast a light show and she is the only cruise ship in North America to d so...... and I am sure at the light show they will be selling some sort of paraphernalia that has something to do with that show like mini laser light thingies.

All lines do this: NCL created the White Hot Night Party so they can sell angel wings and special drinks with lights in them and RCI has created all these neighborhoods on Oasis so that they may build revenue generating things to fill them with like a cupcake place!

At the end of the day it is all business and keeping that "competitive advantage". I remember learning that term when I got my business degree. I remember a professor of mine said competitive advantage is one of the blood lines of a comapanies pathway to success.

All mass maket lines always want to increase that onboard revenue.

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Originally posted by Carlos Fernandez:
Here's a picture of the original cupcakes to be served on Oasis of the Seas (fresh ones of course). The picture is from the STX media day.

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Originally posted by jetwet1:
No condensed milk sandwiches ?

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I suppose you could add a bit of colouring and swirl it over some cake adding a few sprinkles - but would probably run off

I think it's a fad but these high-end shops are still quite popular. For our UK friends, they don't offer a fruitcake version.

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I guess "cupcakes" are really "petit-fours" very small cakes, made with the most differing thins-gs, to be eaten with the coffee after a meal ?

I don't see why it should have an extra shop ???

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I guess "cupcakes" are really "petit-fours" very small cakes, made with the most differing thins-gs, to be eaten with the coffee after a meal ?

I don't see why it should have an extra shop ???

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Cupcakes are generally found at parties, especially childrens parties and in the young school grades it is a popular thing that kids bring in on their Birthdays.