The Icing on the Cupcake

Funny thing about cupcakes.  They've lead me to many different places and experiences in my life (no, really).

If you remember, I did a contest a while back looking for an "outro" for my podcast.  The winner was "Remember that Your Creativitiy is the Icing on The Cupcake".  Still love it.  Imagine my surprise when I saw this book at my library - it's called The Icing on the Cupcake.

I'm only a few chapters in, but I love that each chapter ends with a cupcake recipe, usually related to the topic of the chapter.  I can't wait to try them.

The main character is always baking, and she talked about Potato Starch being the secret to moist cupcakes.  Of course, I had to find it!  Only thing is, it's hard to find locally.  My two baking friends hadn't heard of it, and neither did the folks in my local grocery stores.

Once again, a trip to Shady Maple Market in Lancaster, PA did the trick.  I found this there, by Bob's Red Mill -  you can order it online, but I wanted to find it "in the wild."

So, now I have everything I need to make super yummy moist cupcakes.

I'm curious, has anyone out there used potato starch before?  Any suggestions?