I was flipping through a recent issue of Bon Appetit while at the library today, and I spotted this little dig about food holidays including National Cupcake Day which is December 15th. We here at Cupcakes Take The Cake celebrate cupcakes everyday. Cupcakes are not just for 12 year olds. BTW, if you are interested in upcoming food holidays, check out the website, Foodimentary. It's a great resource.
Bakerella (aka Angie Dudley) made cake pops famous. She was inspired to start her blog because of this blog, Cupcake Take The Cake, and we are truly flattered. She is now the author of two cookbooks so far. We are superfans of her work! So it was great for me to finally meet her in person. [Rachel met Angie a few years ago.] She was with Jennifer Shea at the Trophy Cupcakes book event at Williams Sonoma last week.
If you are unfamiliar with Bakerella's work, check out her cookbooks, Cake Pops: Tips, Tricks, And Recipes for More Than 40 Irresistable Mini Treats and Cake Pop Holidays.
Cake Cetera in Scotland sent us this short video on how to make a cupcake bouquet.
Here's some links to things you may enjoy.
Kim Celano of KC Bakes is producing a Cake Pop Con in Philadelphia. Check out the schedule and register now. It will be from November 7-9th.
TECHmunch NY is May 20th at Home Studios. I will be leading one of the panels.
Matt Lewis and Renato Poliafato are the co-owners of Baked and honestly some of the sweetest bakers you will ever need. I am so happy to hear that they are opening a second location in Tribeca.
Allison Robicelli shows Nick Lachey how to make coconut macaroons on VH1 Morning Buzz.
For the rest of April, I will be posting cupcake haikus to celebrate National Poetry Month. If you have a cupcake haiku, tweet us at @cupcakeblog. The haiku below is from ICookedToday The photo of the choco banana cupcake is by Desirée Galiano.
I know Easter was yesterday, so apologies for the lateness, but this Disco bunny cupcake from last year at Cakeyboi was too cute not to post. Plus I'm a sucker for cereal cupcakes! Visit Cakeyboi for the recipe.
If you are still eating Easter candy today, then you will love these Easter cupcakes.
Cupcakes by Juli Jacklin.
Chocolate Cadbury Creme Egg Cupcakes by Hongzhizhu
Death By Cupcake posted this cute duck cupcake. Ducks, chickens and rabbits are the favorite animals of spring. BTW, my Dad told me that he and his siblings would get biddies for Easter. I always thought the word "biddy" meant old lady. But back in the day biddy was another name for a baby chick. I guess I learn something new everyday.
Spotted on our Flickr feed, Grace Chan made these Meyer lemon meringue cupcakes. The cupcakes are vanilla lemon-scented cupcakes filled with Meyer lemon curd, frosted with burnt Swiss meringue. By the way, a Meyer lemon is a cross between a lemon and an orange. It is less tart than a regular lemon.
