A bold new cupcake year: Jalapeño popper and Elvis banana honey peanut butter bacon cupcakes from Las Vegas cupcake delivery company Pick Your Poison Bake Shop
Want to shake things up in 2012? Head to Las Vegas and try the cupcakes from recent Cupcake Wars competitors Pick Your Poison Bake Shop! They're delivery only (free in Las Vegas, though $10 charge to Vegas hotels and casinos), and require 48 hours advance notice. All photos and info below is via their Facebook page, and you can contact them at pickyourpoisonlv at gmail.com or Taryn Mumpower at 702-741-1382 or Robyn Holt at 702-741-1381. You can also follow them at @pypbakeshop on Twitter.
Their January "Poisons" of the month are:
"Christina Sachetti's Elvis tribute- banana and honey cake with a peanut butter frost topped with brown sugar glazed bacon."
and
"Esther Blackwell's Jalapeño Popper- jalapeño and cheddar cake with a jalapeño cream cheese filling topped with a cheddar cream cheese frost sprinkled with bread crumbs and jalapeño."
They bill themselves as "baketenders" and specialize in alcohol and soda cupcake flavors, like...
ALCOHOL CREATIONS
*Margarita- Margarita and Tequila cake with a lime frost sprinkled with salt and a lime wedge
*Guinness- Guinness cake with a malt chocolate frost
*Irish coffee- Jameson and coffee cake with a Bailey's frost
*Strawberry Champagne- Fresh strawberry and champagne cake with an almond frost
*Drunken Pineapple- Crushed pineapple and Malibu Rum cake with a Malibu/coconut frost
*Red "WINE" velvet- Shiraz wine cake with an almond frost
*Jagerbomb- Red bull cake with a Jagermeister frost
*Mimosa- Champagne and orange juice cake with an orange frost
*Jack & Coke (rum, whiskey...etc..)- Jack & coke cake with a vanilla frost
*Irish Car Bomb- Guinness and Jameson cake with a Bailey's frost
*Russian Imperial stout- Joseph James Russian Imperial stout beer cake, with a Bourbon and caramel frost
*Blueberry Gin- Fresh blueberry and Gin cake with a lime frost
SODA POP CREATIONS
*Vanilla Coke- Coca Cola cake with a vanilla frost
*Cherry Dr.Pepper- Dr.Pepper cake with a cherry frost
*Grape Soda- Grape soda cake with a grape frost
*Orange Crush- Orange soda cake with an orange frost
*Root beer float- A&W root beer cake with a root beer frost
*Shirley Temple- Lemon-lime cake with a grenadine frost
For those who want the scoop on how a cupcake business gets started, here's theirs, from their website:
Pick Your Poison Bake Shop was established in March, 2011. It began as a night out in Downtown Las Vegas having a couple shots of Jameson and Jack Daniels, conversing in a drunken banter of how cupcakes needed a face lift and we were the people to do it! We threw out ideas so fast our heads were spinning.... or maybe that was just the alcohol! The next morning we woke up and began our journey. Our first baking experience was a DISASTER! It was like a bomb went off in the kitchen, and everything tasted awful. We didn't let it bring us down though and we tried again. We held tastings with family and friends and built up honest feedback that led us to the most amazing concoctions ever!
The name Pick Your Poison was actually discovered by Taryn's mother, while searching through a thesaurus (yes, those still exist). It was perfect for us because of our love of experimenting with alcohol, and drinking it! It all made sense! Pick Your Poison Bake Shop is like no other. We pride ourselves on creating cupcakes people have never tasted before, which is why we don't do any plain vanilla, chocolate or red velvet. Everyone already knows what those taste like, so why clutter our menu with boring flavors?
Here's their Cupcake Wars audition video, detailing their alcohol-themed cupcakes and why they want to give cupcakes a fact lift:
Their January "Poisons" of the month are:
"Christina Sachetti's Elvis tribute- banana and honey cake with a peanut butter frost topped with brown sugar glazed bacon."
and
"Esther Blackwell's Jalapeño Popper- jalapeño and cheddar cake with a jalapeño cream cheese filling topped with a cheddar cream cheese frost sprinkled with bread crumbs and jalapeño."
They bill themselves as "baketenders" and specialize in alcohol and soda cupcake flavors, like...
ALCOHOL CREATIONS
*Margarita- Margarita and Tequila cake with a lime frost sprinkled with salt and a lime wedge
*Guinness- Guinness cake with a malt chocolate frost
*Irish coffee- Jameson and coffee cake with a Bailey's frost
*Strawberry Champagne- Fresh strawberry and champagne cake with an almond frost
*Drunken Pineapple- Crushed pineapple and Malibu Rum cake with a Malibu/coconut frost
*Red "WINE" velvet- Shiraz wine cake with an almond frost
*Jagerbomb- Red bull cake with a Jagermeister frost
*Mimosa- Champagne and orange juice cake with an orange frost
*Jack & Coke (rum, whiskey...etc..)- Jack & coke cake with a vanilla frost
*Irish Car Bomb- Guinness and Jameson cake with a Bailey's frost
*Russian Imperial stout- Joseph James Russian Imperial stout beer cake, with a Bourbon and caramel frost
*Blueberry Gin- Fresh blueberry and Gin cake with a lime frost
SODA POP CREATIONS
*Vanilla Coke- Coca Cola cake with a vanilla frost
*Cherry Dr.Pepper- Dr.Pepper cake with a cherry frost
*Grape Soda- Grape soda cake with a grape frost
*Orange Crush- Orange soda cake with an orange frost
*Root beer float- A&W root beer cake with a root beer frost
*Shirley Temple- Lemon-lime cake with a grenadine frost
For those who want the scoop on how a cupcake business gets started, here's theirs, from their website:
Pick Your Poison Bake Shop was established in March, 2011. It began as a night out in Downtown Las Vegas having a couple shots of Jameson and Jack Daniels, conversing in a drunken banter of how cupcakes needed a face lift and we were the people to do it! We threw out ideas so fast our heads were spinning.... or maybe that was just the alcohol! The next morning we woke up and began our journey. Our first baking experience was a DISASTER! It was like a bomb went off in the kitchen, and everything tasted awful. We didn't let it bring us down though and we tried again. We held tastings with family and friends and built up honest feedback that led us to the most amazing concoctions ever!
The name Pick Your Poison was actually discovered by Taryn's mother, while searching through a thesaurus (yes, those still exist). It was perfect for us because of our love of experimenting with alcohol, and drinking it! It all made sense! Pick Your Poison Bake Shop is like no other. We pride ourselves on creating cupcakes people have never tasted before, which is why we don't do any plain vanilla, chocolate or red velvet. Everyone already knows what those taste like, so why clutter our menu with boring flavors?
Here's their Cupcake Wars audition video, detailing their alcohol-themed cupcakes and why they want to give cupcakes a fact lift:
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