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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!

04-21-2010

well hello marilyn… Austin, TX

I would like to introduce you to Marilyn Monroe. Well the cupcake at least. hey cupcake was not the only cupcakes that I discovered in Austin. I also had the fortune of coming across Sugar Mama’s Bakeshop. I had the Michael Jackson at hey cupcake!, so it only made sense to sample Sugar Mama’s celebrity cake.

Mmmmmm moist vanilla cake with creamy vanilla buttercream. Looks good enough to eat right?

Well it was.

So if you see this building on First St in Austin, make sure you stop in. I had a second cupcake while I was at Sugar Mama’s. Be sure to check by later to see what it was.

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April 21, 2010 - 2:48 pm

Wei-Wei - I can totally see why it’s named the Marilyn Monroe: sexy, yummy, and tantalizingly purely white! (Think Marilyn in the frilly white dress with warm wind blowing from under her feet? Yup, that’s the image.)

Looks delicious! I love cupcakes <3

Wei-Wei

April 21, 2010 - 11:13 pm

Mary - Ohhhh my! This looks amazing!!!

xxMK

http://delightfulbitefuls.blogspot.com/

April 22, 2010 - 4:12 am

Memoria - I’ve never heard of this place. Thanks for sharing it.

April 22, 2010 - 4:57 am

Taylor - I was walking on first and came across it. It was an awesome surprise! They have a lot of amazing looking cupcakes there!

April 22, 2010 - 7:01 pm

Stacy - Hey! I found you on foodgawker and I’m mildly obsessed with cupcakes and have tried Sugar Mama’s before! However, I was less than impressed! Check out my review here:

http://stacysaysblog.blogspot.com/2010/03/award-and-some-austin-reviews.html

Also…Houston has some great cupcake shops that I’ve tried out as well – my favorite being Crave! It’s THE BOMB! And I posted about them here:

http://stacysaysblog.blogspot.com/2010/03/cupcake-story.html

Check it out!!!! Because Sugar Mama’s ain’t got nothin on Crave!

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April 27, 2010 - 12:57 pm

Eddie@CulinaryStudio - That’s a beautiful photo. What is the background you used? I found your site through FoodBlogForum; great work!

April 27, 2010 - 1:19 pm

Taylor - Thanks Eddie. It was shot on location at Sugar Mama’s. I just used the counter they had there and angled down so that the counter took up the whole frame. Thanks for stopping bye!

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