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This beautiful set of a wedding cake and matching wedding cupcakes, all done with henna-inspired designs, is by Harrogate, UK-based Homebaked Heaven, via Flickr. I love how the colors work together to create a very stunning display. You can also find them on Facebook.
Friday, September 30, 2011
Henna-inspired wedding cupcake tower
Google-eyed chocolate monster cupcakes for Halloween!
Blogger Mrs. Fox's Sweets made these fun googly-eyed monster cupcakes and shares a bit of her process, with a little help from the video tutorial below by Hello, Cupcake! and What's New, Cupcake? authors Karen Tack and Alan Richardson (who are going to be sharing cupcake decorating tips on our August 2012 Cupcake Cruise). Via Flickr.
Apple cupcakes and more by The Cupcake Tree
These apple and other cupcakes are by The Cupcake Tree, of Lebanon, Indiana, via their Facebook page. They can be reached at zionsvillecupcakes at yahoo.com or 765-894-6390. Some of their cupcake flavors include:
Applesauce Spice with Brown Sugar Buttercream
Bacon Maple Cupcake with Maple Frosting and Bacon Sprinkles
Coconut with Coconut Cream filling
Banana with Peanut Butter Frosting
Chili Pepper with Mangos and Rum
Chocolate with Marshmallow Filling and Marshmallow Icing
Peppermint Bark with white Chocolate frosting
Rolo Chocolate, Caramel
Peaches and Cream 
Collegiate Cake Pops with Tutorial Link
Breast cancer awareness cupcakes and cake pops, plus autumn leaves cupcakes
These breast cancer awareness cupcakes and cake pops, made for charity event MacMillan World's Biggest Coffee Morning 2011, and autumn leaves cupcakes are by the UK's Darcy's Cupcake Creations, via their Flickr account. You can also find them on Facebook.
"chocolate and vanilla cake pop covered in white and milk chocolate. Decorated with pearlised nonpariels and handmade sugarpaste ribbon with silver dragree."
autumn leaves on red velvet cupcakes
CupcakeCamp New Haven (Connecticut) coming October 22nd
Heads up: On October 22nd from 11 am to 1 pm CupcakeCamp New Haven (Connecticut) is happening. Click here for the official event page and here for the Facebook event invite. The event takes place at BAR at 254 Crown Street and you need to register as a baker here (taster slots are sold out). You can also keep up with them @cupcakecampnh on Twitter.
The 2nd annual CupcakeCamp New Haven will be held at BAR in New Haven!
Join us from 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. on Saturday, October 22nd for an unforgettable experience. Cupcakecamp was born of the desire to enjoy cupcakes in a free and open community environment. Since it's inception, there have been camps held all over the world. For more information on Cupcakecamp New Haven, to share your cupcake recipes and learn about all of the awesome bakeries who've signed on as sponsors, check out the blog!
And it's all for charity!
"Yale Cancer Center and Smilow Cancer Hospital have joined forces to create Closer to Free, a fund that provides essential funding for breakthrough cancer research and compassionate patient care by combining the gifts of many donors."
They're also selling these t-shirts for $12 by October 15th, and they warn that they will likely sell out:
Authentic Oktoberfest Cupcakes
Oktoberfest in Munich, Germany is in full swing! With it's final weekend coming up... I wanted to share with you some amazing Oktoberfest cupcakes from Munich's only cupcake shop!
Iris, co-owner of Wir Machen Cupcakes, sent me these pictures...
These cupcakes are a take on the traditional German ginerbread hearts called Lebkuchenherzen which can be found at Oktoberfest and most large German fests! (I've had my fair share of them! Yummy!)
When my husband, daughter and I went to Oktoberfest two weeks ago in Munich, we noticed that almost all the women were wearing the traditional German dress, the dirndl. These cupcakes that Wir Machen Cupcakes made are based on just that style of dress! Boobs and all!
Next year... I'm definitely wearing a dirndl to Oktoberfest!
Thursday, September 29, 2011
Magnolia Bakery to open in Chicago Saturday, October 1st
The famed Magnolia Bakery, which recently opened up in Bloomingdale's in New York City's Upper East Side, will open in Chicago on October 1st. From Eater Chicago:
New York's iconic Magnolia Bakery will finally make its Chicago debut at Block 37 this Saturday, Oct. 1. The look of the location is very vintage and reminds you of a seaside bakery from the '50s. This is the first Magnolia store in the Midwest, coming after openings in LA and Dubai.
The 28-seat location will offer cakes, pies, creamy banana pudding, cookies, brownies, mini cheesecakes and fresh-from-the-oven breakfast muffins. From Double Crust Pies ($24) and Strawberry Icebox Cake ($24) to Red Velvet Cake ($55, 3-layer) and S’mores Cupcakes ($3.25 each), Magnolia harkens back to the flavors and traditions of classic American baked goods.
In other Magnolia Bakery news, via their Facebook page, they are selling a Rosh Hashanah honey cupcake: "spiced honey cake with walnuts and a touch of citrus zest."
You can also follow them @magnoliabakery on Twitter.
5 coffee cupcakes and a recipe link to wish you a Happy National Coffee Day!
Happy National Coffee Day! I've been drinking coffee for about a year and can safely say that I'm now addicted to the taste and feel and, yes, caffeine. It's gotten to the point that until I've had my first cup in the morning I'm not really all there (sometimes, I'll admit, it's more like until I've had my second cup).
What about you? Do you like coffee cupcakes or would you prefer to enjoy a cup of coffee alongside a cupcake? Long before I started drinking coffee, I enjoyed the flavor of coffee ice cream, and to me that is what a coffee frosting should try to approximate, a sweet but strong flavor. But there are all sorts of ways to incorporate coffee into a cupcake, from the cake to the frosting to adding beans on top and much more.
In the spirit of coffee-loving as well as appreciating the spirit of food holidays, here are 5 coffee cupcakes as a way to celebrate.
Caramel latte vegan cupcakes by Sweet Elites Vegan Cupcakes of Fresno, California, via Flickr
coffee and chocolate cupcakes by purecakes (lizzie) on Flickr
Mocha bean cupcake (Devils food cake, mocha frosting topped with chocolate sprinkles and a chocolate covered coffee bean) by cup.cake.CT in Durham, Connecticut, via Flickr
Coffee and donut cupcake (the frosting is a very strong, delicious coffee flavor) I recently tried by Retro Bakery in Las Vegas, Nevada - and yes, I know my photograph perhaps doesn't do it justice, but trust me, it was good, and if you're ever at Retro I would definitely try this one. The coffee frosting and glaze on the cake balance each other out very well.
Coffee cupcake by blogger dulcis in fundo, where you can get the recipe!
Halloween apple spice cupcakes with maple buttercream and leaf and pumpkin toppers!
Yes, blogger Farrah's Kitchen has gone all out and shows you how to make these apple filled spice cupcakes with maple buttercream, including recipes, and how to make these adorable Halloween-themed cupcake toppers!
She writes:
I’m not a spice cake fan, but I really enjoyed the spice cake with the maple buttercream frosting. This time I added a filling to the cupcake. Apple pie! I loved the texture and taste that the apple pie brings to this cupcake.
Hello Kitty Cupcake
I can't see a Hello Kitty anything without thinking of Rachel, who adores the iconic kitty.
Cute shot by Lumberg the Loquacious Llama.
Wednesday, September 28, 2011
Chocolate Devil's Fire Cupcakes with Recipe Link
Rosh Hashanah Jewish New Year honey apple cupcakes and recipe link
Tonight is the first night of the Jewish New Year, aka Rosh Hashanah. One tradition is to eat apples and honey for a sweet life, and blogger The Shiksa made honey apple cupcakes with special Rosh Hashanah cupcake picks as toppers, and gives you the recipe and printable design for the toppers. To those who are celebrating, L'Shana Tova! (That means "To a sweet year.")
Cupcake Cruise 2012 to Bermuda tickets on sale now!
Just a reminder that our 2012 Cupcake Cruise to Bermuda, August 19-26, 2012, featuring Nichelle and Rachel of Cupcakes Take the Cake, Karen Tack and Alan Richardson, authors of Hello, Cupcake! and What's New, Cupcake?, Red Hook and Charleston Baked bakery owners Matt Lewis and Renato Poliafito, authors of Baked: New Frontiers in Baking and Baked Explorations, and Alison and Matt Robicelli of Brooklyn cupcake bakery Robicelli's, plus many more special guests to be announced! Stay tuned to @cupcakecruise on Twitter and Cupcake Cruise on Facebook for more information.
You can now put down a deposit to reserve your spot. The indoor staterooms are $999 per person and you can see other prices on the site. You can book your tickets on the site or by calling 800-828-4813, and you can email info at cupcakecruise.com if you have cruise-related questions.
Cupcake Cruise logo by Jessie Oleson
Junior Mint and Oreo eyes, candy nose on very cute Halloween owl cupcake
Owl cupcake cuteness alert! By lavendermindy on Flickr.
Tuesday, September 27, 2011
Coca-Cola Cupcakes with Recipe Link
Blogger and talented baker, That's so Michelle, shares her recipe and tutorial for the nostalgic Coca-Cola Cupcakes made for her coworker's birthday. Links are also shared for the cupcakes baked for her other lucky coworkers. Yum!
Infographic: The Rise Of Cupcakes
Brought to you by All Culinary Schools
Wow! This infographic is the all-encompassing history of the cupcakes and includes statistics of the expected growth of the cupcake market. Thanks to Casey at AllStarDirectories for sending!
Extra fun vegan Sesame Street cupcakes
These vegan Sesame Street character cupcakes are by South Austin custom vegan dessert company Sugar Tooth Bakery, via GeekRest. You can also find them on Facebook and see more photos on Flickr, and you can contact them at meghan at sugartoothbakery.com or 512-567-1363.
Painter's easel, clown, farm animal and other fun cupcakes from Whimsical Cupcakes
These cute cupcakes are all by Cape Town, South Africa's Whimsical Cupcakes, via their Facebook page. They can be reached at info at whimsicalcupcakes.com and their official site is whimsicalcupcakes.com.
Halloween spider and trick-or-treating ghost cupcakes!
Fun Halloween cupcakes by The Measuring Cup of Greenpoint, Brooklyn, via Flickr. Find out more at www.themeasuringcupco.com or on their Facebook page. They can be reached at info at themeasuringcupco.com or 646-415-4995.
Very cute customized wedding cupcakes by Minnesota's Mon Petit Cupcake
Mon Petit Cupcake in Winona, Minnesota has made some adorable wedding cupcakes and wedding cupcake towers. All via their Facebook page. They can be reached at 507-358-8504 and you can find out more about their schedule and custom orders at www.monpetitcupcake.com.
And in non-wedding cupcakes, they've got their seasonal Pumpkin and Apple of My Eye cupcakes, and Mocha Espresso and Malted Milk. "Our Mocha Espresso is a light chocolate buttermilk cake with espresso infused buttercream frosting topped with dark chocolate covered coffee bean. Our Malted Milk is a white cake filled with ganache and a malted milk ball in the center, topped with a chocolate malt frosting."
Lilly Pulitzer Cupcakes
I know summer's over but I am a big fan of Lilly Pulitzer's preppy prints. These cupcakes are for a baby shower and are a variety of Red Velvet, Pumpkin Spice, Lemon and Key Lime Pie cupcakes. Yum! (via Savoureux_Cupcakery)
Monday, September 26, 2011
Halloween cupcake stand
What Halloween party wouldn't be enhanced with this Halloween cupcake stand, being sold for $75 by Etsy seller srizzo1975? It's 4 tiers and holds t least 35 cupcakes.
Banana cupcakes with honey peanut butter frosting and recipe link
Erin Wilson at the blog Sunshine and Carousels has the recipe for these banana cupcakes with honey peanut butter, which she says is the "yummiest frosting ever."
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