{"id":7764,"date":"2013-07-22T11:37:59","date_gmt":"2013-07-22T15:37:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.cos.ucf.edu\/?p=7764"},"modified":"2013-07-22T11:37:59","modified_gmt":"2013-07-22T15:37:59","slug":"joey-conicella-05-will-brake-for-cupcakes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/joey-conicella-05-will-brake-for-cupcakes\/","title":{"rendered":"Joey Conicella, &#8217;05, Will Brake for Cupcakes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By Angie Lewis, \u201903<\/p>\n<p><strong>Alumnus&#8217; sweet treats are Yum Yum in the tum tum<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7766\" style=\"width: 324px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2013\/07\/theyumyumcupcaketruck-548x362_edited.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7766\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7766\" src=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2013\/07\/theyumyumcupcaketruck-548x362_edited.jpg\" alt=\"theyumyumcupcaketruck-548x362_edited\" width=\"314\" height=\"207\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2013\/07\/theyumyumcupcaketruck-548x362_edited.jpg 314w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2013\/07\/theyumyumcupcaketruck-548x362_edited-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2013\/07\/theyumyumcupcaketruck-548x362_edited-299x197.jpg 299w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 314px) 100vw, 314px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-7766\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">NSC Alumnus, Joey Conicella, &#8217;05, and his Yum Yum Cupcake Truck make regular stops all over Central Florida, including UCF&#8217;s main campus.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>He may have dreamed of being a Disney animator when he grew up, but little did Joey Conicella, \u201905, realize then that he would, indeed, be bringing smiles to the faces of children and big kids alike \u2014 just, in a different way.<\/p>\n<p>For the past two years, his Yum Yum Cupcake Truck has been the frosting on Orlando\u2019s food truck scene. At least six days a week, you can find Joey and his partner, Alex, baking up flavors like Funnel of Love, Key Slime, Ballad of El Churro, Cookies Got Creamed and Dough Dough Bird.<\/p>\n<p>And, their creativity doesn\u2019t end at cupcake names. Joey and Alex serve their tasty treats in stylish detail\u2014everything from their characteristic bow ties to their shiny, silver bakery on wheels, adorned with a distinctive bright yellow retro logo and stripes.<\/p>\n<p>So, what\u2019s a typical day on a cupcake truck like? Joey says that\u2019s what he loves most about his business. \u201cThere is no typical day! Our days are always long. We start baking very early in the morning, and trucks don\u2019t come back from the evening events until 10 p.m.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Yum Yum does have some competition in the area, but when we asked Joey what makes his cupcakes the best, he responded humbly.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI never like to say that we\u2019re \u2018better\u2019 or the \u2018best,\u2019\u201d he explains. \u201cEveryone has his or her own taste. Some people think we\u2019re No. 1, and some people don\u2019t care for us. But, everyone who bites into a Yum Yum Cupcake should know that they\u2019re made from scratch every day in small batches. Alex and our team pour their hearts into each and every cupcake. I think people can taste that love.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>These colorful cupcake connoisseurs say they started the Yum Yum Cupcake Truck as a way to get to spend more time together. \u201cWe\u2019ve always enjoyed being in the kitchen together, whether it was baking or cooking,\u201d Joey says. \u201cThe whole thing was a very organic process.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Although everything seemed to fall naturally into place, there is a secret ingredient behind his success.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m the person I am today because of my four years at UCF,\u201d Joey says. \u201cThose years were among the best in my life. I truly love UCF and the city of Orlando. It\u2019s filled with such positive people. On top of that, the community has embraced Yum Yum, and giving back is the least we can do to show our gratitude.\u201d (Joey and Alex regularly donate cupcakes for various UCF events.)<\/p>\n<p>As a student, Joey was a Marching Knight and a member of CAB, as well as part of the ad\/PR groups, and he even started his own indie newspaper called <em>The Floridian Slip<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>This fall, Joey will be part of the leadership team for the UCF Nicholson School of Communication Alumni Chapter.<\/p>\n<p><em>Want to satisfy your sweet tooth? During the fall and spring semesters (and occasionally during the summer semesters), you can find the Yum Yum Cupcake Truck parked in front of the UCF Burnett Honors College every Tuesday and Wednesday from 11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. For a complete schedule, check out the links below.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>PLAYING WITH FOOD<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Q. Bacon or Nutella?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A. Nutella, without question.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q. If you could eat only one food for the rest of your life, what would it be?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A. Spaghetti with tomato sauce. Morning, noon and night.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q. If you were reincarnated as an ice cream flavor, what flavor would you be?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A. Cannoli<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q. Ideal last meal?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A. Spaghetti<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q. Favorite condiment?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A. Does olive oil count? I\u2019m Italian\u2026<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q. Favorite snack?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A. Italian bread with olive oil<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q. What\u2019s your favorite flavor of cupcake you make?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A. I\u2019m a sweets guy, so it\u2019s hard for me to choose. I never get sick of the Peanut Butter Choco-Rama. So there, I\u2019ll go with that one!<\/p>\n<p><strong>MORE INFO<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Web<\/strong> <a title=\"The Yum Yum Cupcake Truck on the Web\" href=\"http:\/\/theyumyumcupcaketruck.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">theyumyumcupcaketruck.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Facebook<\/strong> <a title=\"The Yum Yum Cupcake Truck on Facebook\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/theyumyumtruck\" target=\"_blank\">\/theyumyumtruck<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Twitter<\/strong> <a title=\"The Yum Yum Cupcake Truck on Twitter\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/yumyumtruck_fl\" target=\"_blank\">@yumyumtruck_fl<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>To read the original\u00a0story from UCF Alumni <a href=\"http:\/\/ucfalumnitoday.com\/will-brake-for-cupcakes\/\">click here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Angie Lewis, \u201903 Alumnus&#8217; sweet treats are Yum Yum in the tum tum He may have dreamed of being a Disney animator when he grew up, but little did Joey Conicella, \u201905, realize then that he would, indeed, be bringing smiles to the faces of children and big kids alike \u2014 just, in a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":124,"featured_media":7766,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[31,38,13,37],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7764","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-alumni-news","category-breaking-news","category-news","category-communication"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - 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