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When Bad Pictures Happen to Good Desserts
Like people, not all desserts are photogenic

Like people, not all desserts are photogenic.

I'm kidding! Well, kind of.

Since I started this blog in May, I've been eating dessert everyday (even when I'm sick). Sometimes three times a day on a good day (or a horrible one). So if I don't blog about it, it's either, one, they're not worth the effort (Crumbs Red Velvet Cupcake, this means you, you big fat disappointer), or two, I took bad pictures of them.

Usually it's nothing completely major. Either they're not the right color, not the most flattering angle, plain un-pretty, or some odd combination of the three. I blame them on days when excitement gets the best of me and I would quickly trade my camera for a spoon. Behold, a parade of bad pictures of good desserts--completely unedited.


Case in point of over-excitedness. But come on, look at that--white chocolate shavings on the side, dense red velvet cake sandwiched between even denser cheesecake layers. It was rich, not cloyingly sweet, with a nice tangy-ness to it that only comes from real cream cheese--and lots of it. That swirl of whipped cream was overkill for me but this brilliant cheesecake flavor lived up to its name. Stefanie, whoever you are, you're awesome.



Ever since I ate carrot cake at Serendipity 3, I became a huge fan. What I found was carrot cakes are usually hit or miss, and its fate depended mostly on good cream cheese frosting. This had lots of it. The cupcake itself was lovably moist, not the kind that crumbles in your mouth, but one that delicately melts on your tongue. Two thumbs up.



If this crepe were a woman, this would definitely be her fat angle. This was an attempt at making Julia Child's famous crepe recipe a couple of months back. Mind you, the crepe was seriously good, light and milky almost. To this day I remember how the crepes managed to smell perfectly clean and fresh, and how they were fantastic with anything.

Got bad dessert pictures you wanna share? This blogger does. Check out Cake Wreck's fall collection of bad cakes!

- Kris Alcantara

Today's Sugarhigh: Cheryl and Co.'s Chocolate Chocolate Chip Cookie (Thank you Roosevelt hotel!)
Score: A

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About Kris Alcantara
Kris is an online news editor for SYS-CON.com and Ulitzer.com and can be reached by email at kris (at) sys-con.com.

Kris graduated from the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications in Syracuse University with a Master's degree in Magazine, Newspaper and Online Journalism. Born and raised in Manila, Philippines, she has worked in local publishing industries in New York and abroad.

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