If buttercream had a fan club, I’d be its president and CEO, yet it’s taken me almost three days to get through two-plus inches of lipstick red strawberry frosting atop my Dolly Parton-themed “I Will Always Love You” cupcake.
And not for lack of trying because this is deliciously dense stuff.
Odd Cookie Bakery owner Anna Rodriguez is the wickedly creative confectionist behind this behemoth of a dessert. After getting her pastry degree at Tante Marie Cooking School in San Francisco, she operated a bar and bakery in Sacramento for several years before moving to Sonoma County.
Her pint-size Penngrove cookie and cake shop is all about over-the-top creations, like an eight-item cupcake series devoted to Parton, the country singer and musical icon.
Interpretations of the country singer’s songbook include: “Bubbling Over” (pink Champagne cake with buttercream bubbles and a yellow rubber ducky); “Baby I’m Burnin” (s’more cupcake filled with marshmallow cream topped with vanilla buttercream and toasted jumbo marshmallows); “I Will Always Love You” (strawberries and cream cake with fresh strawberries and red buttercream); “I Am A Rainbow” (funfetti cake with rainbow buttercream); and “Red, White and Bluegrass” (red velvet cake with red, white and blue buttercream).
Rodriguez also has paid homage to David Bowie and Prince with themed cupcake collections. I’ll be eager to see what she comes up with next. May we suggest singer Jelly Roll?
At Odd Cookie, supersized cookies are equally imposing. They include: “Call Me Old Fashioned” (browned butter cookie rolled in brown sugar and topped with butterscotch chips); “Oreo Speedwagon” (a soft cookie with cookies and cream swirl, cookies and cream Pop Tart center and topped with mini Oreos); “I’m Stuffed” (a cookie packed with Biscoff, white chocolate chips and stuffed with a cookie butter center); and “Chocolate Hazelnut Heaven” (dark chocolate cookie packed with toasted hazelnuts, hazelnut Oreos, chocolate chips, a Nutella center and topped with Ferrero Roche).
Cupcakes and cookies are each $5, which is kind of a steal considering the amount of sugar, butter and cuteness packed into each bite.
Open 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday. 10000 Main St., Penngrove, Instagram.com/oddcookiebakery