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Taylor Mathis

Taylor is the photographer and creator of Taylor Takes A Taste. He is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Madison where he swam on the Varsity Men’s Team. Taylor lives, with his wife Sara and their dachshund Phoebe, in Charlotte, NC and loves great food and college sports. His photography work can be seen at www.taylormathisphotography.com. Taylor has recently launched a series of food photography e-magazines called “photographing FOOD. “

Sally James

Sally is the recipe developer on Taylor Takes a Taste. Taylor Mathis is the oldest of her four children. She is a graduate of Duke University and has a law degree from University of North Carolina- Chapel Hill.
She studied at L’Academie de Cuisine in Bethesda, Maryland and worked as the kitchen manager at the Fearrington House in Pittsboro, N.C. while Chef Edna Lewis was guest chef. She has operated her own catering company and is currently a recipe developer. Her clients include Publix, Fresh Express, The Wisconsin Milk Marketing Board, and the American Butter Institute. She lives in Charlotte, NC.

Taylor and Sally have worked together on “The Southern Tailgating Cookbook” Available now!

01-16-2010

Magpies mini cupcakes- Knoxville,TN

“Well, it’s one for the money,
Two for the show,
Three to get ready,
Now go, cat, go.

But don’t you step on my blue suede shoes.
You can do anything but lay off of my blue suede shoes.”

Elvis Presley

To honor the King for his 75th Birthday, Magpies Cakes created a Blue Velvet mini cupcake. Blue Velvet? I have had Red Velvet, but could blue be done? Well yes it can! Blue is a rare color for food,other than blueberries I can not thing of any other food that is blue. So when seeing a blue cupcake, I had to give it a try. One of the many things I love about Magpies is that they specialize in mini cupcakes. The mini gives you the complete flavor profile of the dessert. The moist blue cake tasted very similar to its brother Red Velvet. Top that with a rich and creamy cream cheese frosting adorned with blue stars on top, and you have made a dessert that would make the King proud. This was my second trip to Magpies and it is now a must have stop when I travel through Knoxville, TN.

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January 17, 2010 - 4:11 am

SamJacobs - hey nice post and I also bookmarked your site to look for more updates…thanks.

January 24, 2010 - 7:41 pm

Magpies Strawberry Cream Mini Knoxville,TN » Taylor Takes a Taste - [...] I talked about Magpies incredibly creative blue velvet minis they made in honor of Elvis Presley’s 75th birthday. That was an awesome cupcake, but that [...]

January 25, 2010 - 1:29 am

peg - love the last pic of the blue wrapper on the blue table. very sweet….

February 6, 2010 - 2:02 pm

Neely - My daughter has been asking for blue velvet cookies ever since we made some red velvet ones. I told her people do not make blue velvet cookies or cakes. Now I am proven wrong and I guess need to make them for her. So cute!

April 16, 2010 - 4:22 pm

Well hello to you cupcake! Austin,TX » Taylor Takes a Taste - [...] have been following the blog you may have noticed I am a sucker for a good cupcake (I ate them in Knoxville and Columbia) I think a cupcake is the perfect dessert. It is truly an art to balance the right [...]

January 20, 2011 - 3:21 pm

tailgating and sailgating eastern style… - [...] Magpie’s cupcakes. I love Magpies! Every time that I am in Knoxville, the trip isn’t complete without one of their cupcakes. I had my eye on the pumpkin one you see before you. Once again Magpies didn’t disappoint. [...]

March 10, 2011 - 10:05 am

Best cupcakes in the USA - [...] Blue Velvet at Magpies in Knoxville, TN [...]

August 24, 2011 - 3:32 pm

Hollie Hicks - Love love love the cupcake.