So after a day spent running around Miyajima, I had this craving for cupcakes, piled high with icing. So we checked out a gourmet magazine and scoped out some cupcake shops in Hiroshima. We ended up at Ciappucino, staring at their display case full of interesting cupcakes.
The thick sugar and butter icing was replaced with flavored whipped cream, and the dense cake was substituted with a fluffy angel’s food cake. While not exactly the kind of dessert I had been imagining, the cupcakes were still amazing!
(No, mom, we didn’t eat them all! We definitely tried them all though 
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Basil and Lemon
You could taste the basil bits in the whipped cream, and the light citrus of the lemon cream reminded me of a mojito. I really liked this one, it was really interesting to eat.
Salted Caramel
Yum, one of my favorites. The slightly salty caramel is drizzeled over a light whipped cream. Really simple, but fantastic tasting.
Ciappucino
More like a caffe latte than a cappucino, the light coffee taste was nice, with a little dusting of chocolate on top.
Gogh
I think my sweet tooth is too young to appreciate this cherry infused whipped cream. Under all the cream is a brandy soaked griotte cherry, which I was not expecting. The burning taste of alcohol is not my idea of a tasty cupcake addition. The yellow cake crumb topping was nice though.
Hiroshima
This cupcake is only sold at the Hiroshima store, so we were lucky enough to give it a try. I was kinda put off by the super pink color of the frosting. We couldn’t figure out exactly what flavors were in the whipped cream, but it tasted not unlike a fake watermelon jolly rancher. The artificial flavor kind of ruined the cupcake for me.
Pink Ribbon
After the tacking the pink monster of the Hiroshima cupcake, I was a bit wary of this one too. I shouldn’t have been. The lighter whipped cream on the other cupcakes has been replaced by a slightly heavier cream cheese infused topping. Delicious.
While Ciappuchino didn’t have quite the dense frosting heavy cupcakes I had been looking for, they were fun and fresh. I want to try their other flavors as well 
Ciappuchino @ Hiroshima, Japan
