Back to school fauxstess filled cupcakes, watermelon cupcakes and dreamsicle cupcakes

Sugarbear at the blog Bakingdom has lots more photos and the recipe (with instructions on how to make it vegan) and tells you how to get your piping perfectly aligned so you can make these fun chocolate cream-filled back to school cupcakes! You can also follow Bakingdom on Facebook, @Bakingdom on Twitter and Flickr.

She writes:

You can also write on the cupcakes. To make them reminiscent of the swirled design, just make sure to start the word (no matter how big or small) at the edge of the cupcake on one side and end it at the edge on the opposite side.

These seem more labor intensive than they really are. They're actually quite quick and very easy! Without chilling times, you can have them mixed, baked, filled, and frosted in about an hour or less! If you like Hostess products, these are definitely something you must try! Enjoy!





And because I actually found Bakingdom while researching watermelon cupcakes, because technically it's still summer and summer makes me think of watermelon, I'll share these watermelon cupcakes with sweet watermelon buttercream (click for recipe):



And because I couldn't resist, her dreamsicle cupcakes (click for recipe):

Owl cupcake wrappers to wrap around your owl cupcakes

If you want to wrap your owl cupcakes in an owl cupcake wrapper, look no further than missdaisy2 on Etsy. 12 owl cupcake wrappers cost $7.50.

New York Cream mini filled cupcakes at Baked by Melissa in September

The new cupcake flavor of the month for September at New York's mini cupcake company Baked by Melissa is New York Cream. I snapped these photos this morning at their Union Square 14th Street location. So much delicious vanilla goodness for just $1 (there are discounts the more cupcakes you buy). If you like vanilla pudding/custard, you'll love this flavor. Check them out at www.bakedbymelissa.com for more information (they also ship nationwide).







As you can see below, "New York Cream" means vanilla cake, custard stuffing, vanilla icing and chocolate drizzle. That really is a lot for a cupcake that you can easily eat in one bite, or, at the most, unless you're a child or take extremely small bites, two.



And this is a little box of three cupcakes I bought, no cupcake sadness this time:




Vanilla cream, red velvet and peanut butter cup mini cupcakes

Cake Pops by Bakerella out now from Chronicle Books

We told you about blogger Bakerella's new book Cake Pops: Tips, Tricks, and Recipes for More Than 40 Irresistible Mini Treats, and now it's for sale! Our copy is on the way and we will have much more about this book, but for now, a sneak peek, via Amazon.com.











From the publisher, Chronicle Books:

What's cuter than a cupcake? A cake pop, of course! Wildly popular blogger Bakerella (aka Angie Dudley) has turned cake pops into an international sensation! Cute little cakes on a stick from decorated balls to more ambitious shapes such as baby chicks, ice cream cones, and even cupcakes these adorable creations are the perfect alternative to cake at any party or get-together. Martha Stewart loved the cupcake pops so much she had Bakerella appear on her show to demonstrate making them. Now Angie makes it easy and fun to recreate these amazing treats right at home with clear step-by-step instructions and photos of more than 40 featured projects, as well as clever tips for presentation, decorating, dipping, coloring and melting chocolate, and much more.

Angie Dudley is the creator of Bakerella.com, her very popular blog that chronicles her adventures in baking.

10 Favorite Owl Cupcakes

Because they are so fun, we present our top 10 cute owl cupcakes (though we reserve the right to make another top 10 owl cupcake list sometime in the future, because there will surely be more)! Many of these are inspired by the popular cookbook Hello, Cupcake! by Karen Tack and Alan Richardson.


This owl with glasses cupcake by blogger Baa Baa Cupcake, Have You Any Frosting?  inspired this post!


Lots of owl cupcakes by Confabulation in the Kitchen


owl cupcake by Animated Cupcakes via Flickr:

These owls were made using chocolate fondant (Choco-pan), white chocolate melts and M&M candies for the eyes. The candies were fastened using icing. The eyebrows and wings (feathers) are almond chips. The body design are little "V" letters made with purple gel icing & the nose is just a large round quin (sprinkle) broken in half.


yellow owl and bird cupcakes by hello_naomi on Flickr


via hello_naomi on Flickr
I'm using two by beloved cupcake creator Hello Naomi (and counting them as one to squeeze in the most owl fun possible) because they are just so cute!


Valentine's Day owl cupcakes by Blue Cupcake via Flickr




(this one deserved a closeup, don't you think?)
Owls Luv Coconut Cupcakes by Amy Bakes Cakes (click through for a tutorial on how to decorate your own owl cupcakes, via Flickr)


Cool owl cupcake topper by mariaVcreative on Flickr


and owl wearing a hat! Cookie dough and vanilla cupcakes with a handmade fondant bouncing owl. By sophisticatedcupcake on Flickr


a very expressive vegan owl cupcake by *sfw* on Flickr


The extra big Oreo cookie eyes and cute chocolate ears on this owl cupcake by All You Need Is Cake on Flickr round out our top 10!

Lemon buttermilk cupcakes

These colorful lemon buttermilk cupcakes were made by Angel Cakes in a custom order. via Flickr.

Bikini, flip flop, beach towel and lei cupcakes

These beach cupcakes are by excellent food blog Duhlicious, who were inspired by Bakerella's lei cupcakes. I love how they've taken the beach cupcake to a whole new level! Click through to read about how Duhlicious used white chocolate and candy melts to make these adorably adorned cupcakes.

Banana cupcakes with honey-cinnamon frosting

From the blog The Virtual Goody Plate - go there for the recipe!

Here's what they posted about these:

Kat says: We had some bananas that needed using, and I didn’t want to make just regular banana bread. These are my new go-to for ripe bananas! The cupcakes are not as dense as banana bread, but still moist. The frosting is what totally makes these babies. Honey and cinnamon? Why haven’t I thought of this before? I guess that’s why I’m not making the big bucks Martha is. Martha’s frosting called for all butter – I used half butter, half cream cheese. I think next time I’ll do all cream cheese, because that would make it just that much richer and finger-lickin’ good.

DealOn Discount at ChikaLicious

ChikaLicious, located at 204 East 10th Street in New York City, has an amazing “cupcake-ortunity” for you to take advantage of on DealOn. You can get $20 worth of cupcakes for $10 or less!

DealOn works by selling items from vendors on their web site for discounted prices. The more people who sign up for the deal, the lower the price becomes. You won’t be charged until the lowest price is achieved! For example, this deal with ChikaLicious started at $10. Right now the price is at $8.52! So, even if you signed up for the deal at $10, you’ll still only be charged the lowest price of $8.52 or LOWER! Everybody wins.

How can you go wrong?

Check out ChikaLicious at: http://www.dessertclubchikalicious.com/

Read more about DealOn, including all their locations, at: http://www.dealon.com/

Cupcake flavor of the month at Retro Bakery: Black Bird

Starting today, and every Wednesday and Saturday in September, you can get this Black Bird cupcake at Retro Bakery in Las Vegas (via Flickr). What is a Black Bird cupcake? It's "blackberry crisp cake topped with vanilla bean buttercream."

See retrobakerylv.com for more information.



(We can't guarantee we'll post them, but if your bakery is doing a special flavor of the month, feel free to send photo, name, description, price and time it's being sold to cupcakestakethecake at gmail.com)

When cupcake monsters attack

These cute monster cupcakes are by MyCakeSchool.com, where you can find out how to make your own. Via Flickr.

Marshmallow fluff cupcakes = major WIN

I love marshmallow in pretty much any form so was very exciting to see two kinds of marshmallow fluff cupcakes.

The first is by Abbie Kiefer of the blog Please Pass the Pie who calls mashmallow fluff "the cupcake baker's best friend" and writes:

I had half of a container left over from Christmas fudge making and I needed to use it up, so I combined about 8 oz. of Fluff with about 3/4 c. softened butter and added powdered sugar and vanilla to taste (probably about 1/2 to 3/4 c. sugar and a 1/2 t. of vanilla) and mixed with my faithful KitchenAid stand mixer. It was good! Rich and not too sugary. But more than that, it was really fluffy and I could spread and pipe to my heart's content. I'd say it made enough to frost 18-24 cupcakes, depending on how generous you're feeling.



The second features chocolate marshmallow fluff cupcakes by Cupcake Corner - click through for recipe!