Cake for Cans at Sugar Mama's Today

Congratulations! You made it through Arctic Blast 2008! All that shivering and tiny-snowman building probably worked up a wicked appetite and now you just have to decide what food-prey you are going to stalk. You are also probably thinking about White Christmahaunakwanzakas, and how there are thousands of families across the greater Austin area that may have snow and mistletoe this season, but a slightly-less-than-full pantry, because that is the compassionate kinda person you are. Right? Well, if that is the case, then you are a lucky duck.

Sugar Mama's, our favorite little cup-o-cake purveyor on South 1st is offering a free baked good today to anyone who drops by the shop between noon and 8pm with two (or more!) non-perishable food items in tow. All of the donations collected will go straight to the Capital Area Food Bank, which is continually working to end hunger in Central Texas.

Now, in case you didn't know, Sugar Mama's has some seriously tasty skills, which means that after you drop your handsome donation in the CAFB box, you could walk out with one of their so-good-you'll-wanna-smack-yo-mamma Mint Chocolate Chip Bars, a vegan treat such as the Peppermint Pattie, if you are of that persuasion, or one of a litany of specialty cupcakes, including the Black & Tan (Guinness Stout cake with Irish Cream Frosting) or the seasonal favorite Pumpkin Chocolate Chip. (Spicy Pumpkin Cake with chocolate chips and Cream Cheese Frosting).

While your totally rad snow cave probably melted by now, keep that magical spirit that comes with a light dusting of frozen precipitation going and drop by 1905 S. 1st Street this afternoon. No cupcake could every match the sweetness of sharing what you have with others, but perhaps the combination of the two will give you a sugar high that lasts through New Years.