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At our Honolulu cupcake meetup on Tuesday, I challenged podcaster, blogger and all-around awesome guy Doc Rock to put Sriracha hot sauce on one of Annie Cakes Irish bomb cupcakes, and he did! Here's what happened:
the cupcakes!
preparation
hot sauce cupcake happiness
He loved it so much that I felt compelled to try it myself:
After I added that much Sriracha, someone told me "It's not ketchup!" I'm used to spicy food so Ithought I was prepared, but that first bite was pretty hot. I tasted mostly the hot sauce, but then soon after the cake's sweetness caught up with me. Her chocolate cake was very rich and sweet and wonderful, the way a chocolate cake should be, and that made this one-two punch of spicy and sweet that was amazing. You can experiment with differing amounts of hot sauce but this would be great with savory cupcakes or ones that are rich and intense like these bacon cupcakes.
One warning: If you're at an event like a cupcake meetup, I recommend eating your hot sauce cupcake last, so that you can fully appreciate all the other cupcakes. I saved mine until I was ready to eat non-cupcake food, and it was perfect, almost like a reverse dessert, the savory/spicy/sweet thing you eat when you're done with purse sweets. Maybe someone can incorporate hot sauce into a cupcake?
Want some of Annie Cakes' amazing cupcakes? Contact her at anniecakeshawaii at gmail.com and visit her Facebook page.
For those who don't know about the wonder that is Sriracha, here's some info from Wikipedia:
Sriracha (Thai: ศรีราชา [sǐrātɕʰā]) is a type of Thai hot sauce, named after the coastal city of Si Racha, in the Chonburi Province of central Thailand, where it was first produced for dishes served at local seafood restaurants.[1] It is a paste of chili peppers, distilled vinegar, garlic, sugar and salt.[2]
Thursday, February 02, 2012
Sriracha hot sauce on a bacon cupcake? We tried it and liked it! Hot and sweet!
Super Bowl, Valentine's Day, Mardi Gras and key lime cupcakes by Chicago's Sugar Bliss Cake Boutique
Chicago's Sugar Bliss Cake Boutique is celebrating lots of holidays with cupcakes! All limited edition. From their newsletter and Facebook page. See sugarblisscakes.com for more information.
Super Bowl 2012 cupcakes, available February 2-5. New England Patriots vs New York Giants. Black & White and Vanilla Vanilla cupcakes with New England Patriots and New York Giants theme and a football logo.
Valentine's Day conversation heart and sweetheart velvet cupcakes, available February 6-14.
Sneak peek, Mardi Gras cupcakes: Black & White and Vanilla Vanilla cupcakes with green and purple frosting. Available February 17-21.
Key lime cupcakes available through February 5th. "Key lime cake with key lime cream cheese frosting topped with a slice of lime and a graham cracker."
How to Decorate: Superbowl Cupcakes
US Army General Dempsey meets with Georgetown Cupcakes
This past December, Georgetown Cupcake donated 10,000 cupcakes to a USO event in support of our Military troops. General Martin E. Dempsey met with Katherine Kallinis and Sophie LaMontagne of GC on February 1, 2012 at the Pentagon to thank them for their support!
5 groundhog cupcakes for Groundhog Day!
Happy Groundhog Day! Here are some cute groundhog cupcakes to celebrate.
by Hallee The Homemaker
by Sweet & S'Morsel's Cakery
by Wannabe Crafty via Flickr
by Confectioneiress Cupcakes & Sweets in Zionsville, Indiana via Flickr
Find out how to make these groundhog cupcakes at Kiboomu
Giveaway: With Love From Brooklyn's Hot & Bothered Gift Set
I have collaborated With Love From Brooklyn to curate a special limited edition Valentine's Day gift set. Spice up your Valentine's Day with a selection of chili-spiked treats from Brooklyn's premier artisan confectioners. One lucky winner will win a Hot & Bothered gift set. This gift set includes Jacques Torres Wicked Hot Chocolate and Wicked Chocolate Bar, Nunu Chocolates Mezcal Chili Truffles, and Spoonable Chili Caramel, a combination sure to get your sweetheart hot and bothered.
Jacques Torres may hail from France, but he's a big name in Brooklyn where he presides over a Wonka-worthy chocolate atelier, located on Water Street in DUMBO. Nunu Chocolates proves that great things come in small packages with the dizzying array of delights they create at their jewel-box chocolate shop/wine bar on an unlikely stretch of Atlantic Avenue. Michelle Lewis of Spoonable is taking small-batch caramel in new directions with way-out flavors from chili to sesame to lavender.
Enter to win a Hot& Bothered gift set by Tuesday, February 7th at 6PM.
Hello Kitty, Pokemon, Harry Potter, Dexter, dinosaur and other fun cupcake toppers on Etsy
These cute gumpaste cupcake toppers are for sale on Etsy by seller Blissful Bites, who you can also find on Facebook.
Wednesday, February 01, 2012
Cupcakes in Amy Thomas memoir Paris, My Sweet: A Year in the City of Light (And Dark Chocolate
Today is the release date for Amy Thomas's memoir Paris, My Sweet: A Year in the City of Light (and Dark Chocolate). I'm about take it to the beach to read! you can see more photos on her Facebook page and stay tuned for news about events. Also available as a Kindle ebook.
From Paris, My Sweet by Amy Thomas, from the chapter "Cupcakes--The Comfort of Home," about being a New Yorker who loves cupcakes now living in Paris and about to test out Parisian cupcakes:
The longer I analyzed Cupcake & Co.'s menu, the more my taste buds perked up. Even better than feeling the cartwheels of anticipation in my belly, my spirits started lifting. Finally, I felt ready to make a decision: I chose the Scheherazade, an irresistible-sounding combination of pistachio cake with cream cheese frosting and a raspberry center, topped with a generous sprinkling of crushed pistachios and one perfect raspberry. I've always loved raspberries but since arriving in Paris had a newfound passion for pistachios, which were included in so many delectable desserts and pastries, either whole or ground with sugar into delicious marzipan...
I bit into my first Parisian cupcake. The cake was moist. The raspberry center was bright and jammy. The frosting was thick--not too much so--and savory more than sweet, the cream cheese adding just the right hint of sourness. I took a second bite and a third. It was an unforgivably delicious combination of flavors, textures, and surprises. Relief flooded me.
Vegan Chocolate Orange Cupcakes with recipe link!
Chocolate and orange.
A delicious combination that I feel is very winter-like...
Check these out:
Vegan Chocolate Orange cupcakes!!! Super easy. Super tasty. Even if you're not a vegan!
For full recipe and more pictures click here!
Valentine's Day heart and broken heart cookie topped lemon raspberry chocolate cupcakes
There's a lot going on with these cute Valentine's Day cupcakes by blogger Cupcakeables, where you can get the recipe! Here's the official description: "The cupcake is a light lemon vanilla cake filled with raspberry puree and topped with a dark chocolate frosting, dark chocolate drizzled on top and sugar cookie hearts that I made for the theme." And they're made with hearts or broken hearts! Love that. Via Flickr.
Georgetown Cupcake to open February 11 in SoHo, New York City, plus Super Bowl cupcakes
This just in from Village Voice food blog Fork in The Road, something that's been hinted at for months now: the opening of famous cupcakery Georgetown Cupcake at 111 Mercer Street in SoHo in New York City:
"In addition to our flagship location in Georgetown, we ship our cupcakes nationwide, and the number-one shipping destination for our cupcakes was New York City," explained Katherine. "We were also driving cupcakes up to New York City frequently for large parties and events. We had so many people asking us to bring Georgetown Cupcake to New York, so when we found the perfect spot in Soho, it was a very easy decision for us."My first home in New York was a dorm at 240 Mercer Street so I'm looking forward to checking this out, though SoHo is probably the most oversaturated cupcake bakery area of Manhattan now, with Billy's Bakery, Little Cupcake, Ivy Bakery, Baked by Melissa and SoHo-adjacent Molly's Cupcakes and Sweet Revenge. I hope the lines aren't as gargantuan as they are in DC; the last time I was in Georgetown I didn't have two hours to wait. Here are the Super Bowl cupcakes they're selling, via their Facebook page.
The shop will officially open on Saturday, February 11, and will feature the sisters' signature baked goods, including their most popular seller, the red velvet cupcake, and flavors including salted caramel and peanut butter fudge. The sweet treats will be baked daily on-site and packaged in the sisters' signature pink boxes.
And expect to see the new shop making a cameo on the television show. "We're filming a special episode on the construction and lead-up to the grand opening of our Soho shop so people can see what really goes into starting a bakery from scratch, and we'll also be filming new episodes of the show in Soho in the spring, as well as in D.C.," notes Katherine. Adds Sophie, "We're so excited to finally be opening in Soho! We can't wait to meet everyone and hope that everyone has a chance to visit and enjoys our cupcakes."
More info on them: "Each cupcake is a Valrhona chocolate cupcake, filled with dark fudge and frosted with green-tinted butter cream “grass.” The cupcakes are then decorated with fondant footballs, Patriots and/or Giants jerseys. For the Patriots, the fondant jersey has Tom Brady’s number on it, and for the Giants, the fondant jersey has Eli Manning’s number. Georgetown Cupcake Super Bowl cupcakes are available by pre-order only and are $2.75 each, $15 per half dozen, and $29 per dozen. These will be available for pick-up, local delivery, and national shipping." See georgetowncupcake.com for more information.
Free cupcake today for women over 50 to celebrate National Spunky Old Broads Day at The Cake Mamas
When last we posted about Cupcake Wars winners The Cake Mamas in Glendora, California, it was about their free cupcakes for little kids doing jumping jacks for a Preschool Fitness Day. Today we bring you news that women over 50 get a free cupcake for National Spunky Old Broads Day! How cool is that? And an opportunity to post a photo of The Golden Girls (via The Cake Mamas on Facebook) and some custom 50th birthday martini cupcakes they made. Visit thecakemamas.com for more information.
From Patch.com:
Today is National Spunky Old Broads Day, which is the celebrated holiday for Spunky Old Broads month.
And, yes, someone is celebrating the holiday – The Cake Mamas are giving away free cupcakes to Spunky Old Broads.
The Cake Mamas describe Spunky Old Broads on their Facebook page as “positive, fun, butt-kicking mature women over the age of 50 who refuse to sit back quietly and get old. They want excitement!”
If you are a woman over the age of 50, visit their shop at 865 W. Route 66, Unit C, and tell them you’re there for your free Spunky Old Broad cupcake.
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I heart you Valentine's Day cupcake by Say It With Flours
Another way to say I love you in cupcake form, by Liverpool, UK custom cake and cupcake company Say It With Flours (love their name, there'll be more by them soon!), via @sayitwithflours on Twitter.
Aloha, Hello Kitty and shaved ice cupcakes by Angel Cakes Hawaii from our Honolulu meetup
Aloha! I'm still in a sugar coma from our lovely, amazing, super fun Honolulu cupcake meetup. I will post more photos very soon, but I wanted to say mahalo to everyone who came out tonight, ate cupcakes, baked cupcakes and spread the word. You are awesome. Special shoutouts to Aaron Landry, and John Garcia of The Greenhouse Innovation Hub.
I'll be posting about all the bakers who brought cupcakes; there were around 300 cupcakes and 70 guests. The beautiful ones below are by Angel Cakes Hawaii, who can be reached at angelcakeshawaii at gmail.com and you can read more at angelcakeshawaii.blogspot.com.
