South Park cupcakes!

South Park! I haven't seen it in years but I love these character cupcakes by BethanyTamiko on Flickr.

Yes, that's a chocolate peanut butter hi-hat cupcake (and here's the recipe link)

Get the recipe for what sounds like my ideal cupcake over at Cupcake Project.

1,000 free cupcakes today at noon at new Crumbs Bake Shop in Chicago

1,000 free cupcakes today from Crumbs Bake Shop, as they celebrate the grand opening of their latest store at 134 N. Lasalle Street in Chicago. Sorry for the late notice! Follow them on Facebook or visit crumbs.com for all the latest news.








The Smiley Face, this week's Cupcake of the Week, is here to help you get your Monday on! This yummy vanilla cupcake is filled with chocolate cream cheese frosting and topped with a yellow cream cheese frosting, edged with yellow sanding sugar and decorated with a happy face

5 coordinated cupcakes, all beautiful

These beautiful cupcakes are all by Ballderdash & Bunting in Wellington, Somerset, UK, via their Flickr account. Contact them at info at ballderdash.co.uk and also follow them @_Ballderdash on Twitter to see more or place an order.

Moon and stars cupcakes by Cutsie Cupcakes in London

These are by London, UK company Cutsie Cupcakes via Flickr. Visit cutsiecupcakes.co.uk or their Facebook page for more information.

Even More Hurricane Irene Cupcakes!

What's that? You want to see more hurricane Irene cupcakes? Sure, happy to oblige.





Reader and cupcake baker Katie Birchenough from the Albany Cupcakery sent in these creative hurricane Irene (sorry, tropical storm Irene) cupcakes. Here's hoping all the Albany, NY folks are safe and dry.

Birthday Cupcakes for Army Personnel

Wow, just look at these army-themed cupcakes:






The gun and grenade ones are so realistic. Shot courtesy Eldriva.

Cute ghost cupcake is reminder that Halloween's only two months away!

This cute ghost cupcake by Pleasantville, New York's Flour & Sun Bakery (via Flickr) is a reminder that Halloween is coming up. Has anyone started thinking about it yet? They're actually on vacation through September 6th, but you can find out their daily flavors and get more info at flourandsunbakery.com.



And while I'm getting in the Halloween spirit, here's one of their monster cupcakes:

More Hurricane Irene Cupcakes

Thanks, Lauren Ashley of Koala Kupcakes for posting your excellent hurricane Irene cupcakes in the comments section of our recent storm post.





Hope you are safe and dry in Staten Island, which was hit hard by the storm!

;)

Chicken and waffle cupcakes with maple syrup frosting and recipe link!

Yes, this really is a chicken and waffle cupcake with maple syrup frosting, and you can get the recipe from Formal Fringe. Wow! From the post:

So here you have it. A waffle-inspired yellow buttermilk cupcake topped with maple syrup buttercream frosting and a mini helping of chicken and waffles.

And just in case that whole deal doesn’t sound amazing enough, let me tell you what else is special about these guys: Each cupcake is infused with a shot of straight-up maple syrup right in the center.

12 Tin Cupcakery in Niagara Falls is now officially open!

12 Tin Cupcakery just opened in Niagara Falls, Ontario (Canada) - my apologies, I'd meant to post about this last week because they had a grand opening Saturday with free cupcakes, but time got away from me. You can follow them @12tincupcakery on Twitter as well as on Facebook. They have a cupcake schedule (see Facebook) as well as a "wild card" flavor, which changes.





chocolate caramel cupcakes



wild card "Wizard of Oz" cupcakes with Froot Loops and Vanilla buttercream






Ninja Turtle cupcakes



Fan photo from Facebook

Win a Cupcake Diaries back to school package with 2 books and an apron!

Our latest contest is to win a copy of 2 Cupcake Diaries books, Katie and the Cupcake Cure and Mia in the Mix by Coco Simon, about a group of middle school students who are friends who form a cupcake club and sell them at school and other events, along with a Cupcake Diaries apron. Enter at this Formstack link through September 6th. U.S. addresses only. Click here to see our writeup of the first two books, and also make sure to visit the official Cupcake Diaries site for a book trailer, excerpts and more info on these 4 cupcake lovers!



The latest Cupcake Diaries book is Emma on Thin Icing, and it just came out.



We'll have a review shortly, but here's the official summary:

When Mia asks the girls in the club to be junior bridesmaids in her mother's wedding, everyone is superexcited about the idea...especially when they find the perfect dress for the occasion! It's Emma's dream dress, except it's a little more than she expected. And with her mom now out of a job (she's been put on furlough at the library) there's not a lot of room at the Taylor's house for extras. But not wanting to disappoint her friends, Emma decides to take on a few more jobs and chores around the house to help cover the cost. Between babysitting her bratty brother, a dog-walking business, flute practice, the Cupcake Club--and oh yeah, being a typical tween girl--Emma may have bitten off more than she can chew. Can she handle it all?

HOW TO: Juicy Lucy Burger Cupcakes

I love this step by step instruction on how to make "juicy lucy" burger cupcakes on the Rock Ur Party blog.

Rainbow cupcakes, sewing box cupcakes, flowers, wedding cupcakes, tiger stripes and more

These are by UK cupcake company Nom Nom Cupcakes, via Flickr, who can be reached at cakes.nom at gmail.com or 07921062938.











sewing box cupcakes












purple and white heart wedding cupcake tower and closeup

Butter Lane NYC cake pop class September 11th

East Village bakery Butter Lane announces a cake pop class September 11th, 7-9 pm, $45, max class size is 12.

Bite size cupcakes!? Covered in chocolate!? Sounds like a recipe for perfection! Learn to make these delicious treats that can easily be shared or keep at home in the freezer for a nice cold treat.

Keep up with them on their Facebook page and visit butterlane.com for more information.

Candy-Topped Cupcakes

"Picnic Sweetie Cupcakes" by Mrs Magic.

Alien Birthday Cupcakes

Hunkering down for hurricane Irene, I spied these ufo alien cupcakes:





From the Sweetest Kitchen, inspired by Donna Hay.

Kara's Cupcakes Honors Steve Jobs

via Kara's Cupcakes on Facebook

This weekend in San Francisco, Kara's Cupcakes is baking up special cupcakes decorated with an apple to commemorate Steve Jobs and support cancer research.

From their Facebook page:
"Sweeten your day for a great cause and help us commemorate Steve Jobs career! This weekend Kara's Cupcakes will have apple decorated cupcakes and will donate portions of the proceeds to the Stanford Cancer Institute!
Just look for the white apple to know you are sweeting for a great cause!"

Hurricakes, take two

Hurricakes.

Don't think I'd seen this before, and the pan seems to be a prototype. I'd love to see a smaller one, more cupcake than cake-size.

A great fundraising idea though, don't you think?

"Hurri-cakes" -- Hurricane Cupcakes!

Image via, by Meredith.

You had to know this was coming, right?


Hurricane cupcakes! By Coastal Cupcakes in Wilmington, North Carolina. More coverage here.

I am just surprised these are the only hurricane cupcakes I've seen (so far).



Anyone else have any hurricane Irene cupcake plans?

Turtle cupcakes with turtle toppers!

These turtle cupcakes with royal icing turtle toppers are by blogger Megan's Cookin', who tells you how to make them.

Chocolate chip cherry cupcakes

This top cupcake has cherry chocolate chip cake, plus cherry frosting and Heath bar frosting! Whoa...By bakery Dollop in Penfield, New York, via their Facebook page.

The Cat in the Hat cupcakes, featuring marshmallow birthday cakes, edible blue glitter hair and peanut butter and jelly, by Amanda Cupcake!

Wow! Blogger and custom cupcake baker Amanda Cupcake has done it again with her The Cat in The Hat Dr. Seuss inspired cupcakes! See more on her fabulous blog and find out how she used marshmallows, frosting on sticks and peanut butter and jelly to make these, and see more photos in this Facebook set and on Flickr. Happy 5th birthday, Brady! If you are in Wisconsin and would like to place a custom Amanda Cupcake order, you can email her at msamandacupcake at gmail.com - I always look forward to seeing more of her work!


Cat in a tall marshmallow hat!



cat closeup



hat closeup



Thing 1 and Thing 2 (and an extra Thing)



The edible blue glitter hair deserves a closeup, don't you think?



peanut butter and jelly inside the Thing cupcakes!






a marshmallow on top of a cupcake, designed to look like a birthday cake - so meta, and giving the birthday boy the best of all worlds!