A little red velvet cake heart goes a long way as a cupcake topper

All of these cupcakes are by Taste Love Cupcakes in Royal Oak, Michigan, via their Facebook page. I love how the tiny red hearts pop and make these cupcakes extra special. Find out more at tastelovecupcakes.com and contact them at eat at tastelovecupcakes.com or 248-543-2253.

Stuffed Carrot Garden Cupcakes + How-To

This one might a serious challenge to re-create, but oh so worth it!

Pretty amazing, huh?

The stuffed carrots:

"Stuffed Carrot Garden Cupcakes. Stuffed strawberries that look like carrots, stuffed into the center of a pot of soil cupcake."

Instructions/tutorial here at 1 Fine Cookie. It's 1 Fine April Fool's Day joke!

Chocolate egg, jelly bean and Easter bunny cupcakes at Crumbs

I snapped these yesterday at Crumbs Bakeshop on 8th Street in Manhattan; I bought a Peeps cupcake but haven't had a chance to try it yet! Visit crumbs.com t see what else they're baking, for the holidays and otherwise.

xkcd Cupcakes

Clever xkcd comics cupcakes, made by michelle.schrank.  More details on her blog, Tales of a Cake Apprentice.

How to make pastel sugared marshmallow Easter bunny cupcakes

These are so sweet, I don't know if I could eat them. Okay, of course I could, but I also want to pet them or something. More Easter bunnies coming soon! Find out how to make them at Sweet Simple Stuff.

Barbecue Turkey Meatloaf Cupcakes

My, aren't these some interesting looking cupcakes! Well, these are in fact meatloaf cupcakes! Barbecue Turkey Meatloaf cupcakes to be exact, topped with a mashed potato frosting! Created by Food Network famous chef Tyler Florence, these little treats are sure to be the hit of any dinner party! Plus, they are perfect portioned for the little ones in your life! Check out the recipe here!

~Bake Shop~

I just love this cute little party that I found over at My little Jedi ! It is so adorable!

Oh Joy! Cupcakes

 

 

Beautiful cupcake shots by ELD Images for Emily Joy Green of Oh Joy! Baked Goods in Washington. It doesn't look like the website is finished (it still has some lead-in text, but with 6 kids, it's impressive that she even has time to think, let alone bake).

Double vanilla cupcake.

S'mores.

Lemon with lemon mousse.

Chocolate with vanilla buttercream and an Oreo cookie.

And a special baseball cupcake to welcome the opening of the 2012 season:

Play ball!

9-year-old author Carrie Berk has coolest book party ever, complete with chocolate fountain, custom book cover cupcakes and cupcaketinis, for debut novel Peace, Love and Cupcakes

We'll have more about 9-year-old debut author Carrie Berk, who blogs about cupcakes at Carrie's Cupcake Critique and her new novel, the first in a series, Peace, Love and Cupcakes, about a group of little girls who form a cupcake club at their school, start a cupcake business, fight bullies and have fun baking, decorating and learning about each other. It was written along with her mom, Sheryl Berk, and will officially be on sale Tuesday, April 3rd, in print and ebook form. And of course there are cupcake recipes at the back of the book, including one for ecolicious cupcakes and others that play a role in the plot.



Here are a few snapshots from tonight's amazing book party at Dylan's Candy Bar in Manhattan; it is a dream space and was set up with a chocolate fountain where you could get Peeps, marshmallows, Rice Krispie treats, pretzels, strawberries or bananas dipped in it, a cupcaketini cocktail, which had Frangelico, Bailey's and Kahlua (adults only, obviously) and adorable custom mini cupcakes courtesy of Georgetown Cupcake, which managed to replicate the book cover exactly, with glitter! So much fun and if you have little kids, check out Peace, Love and Cupcakes; the next novel, Recipe for Trouble will be out in November. You can also follow Carrie on Pinterest as well as @CBCupcakeCritic on Twitter and on Facebook. Congratulations on a sweet party and a sweet book!


9-year-old author and cupcake blogger Carrie Berk


red velvet cupcakes and glitter peace sign lava fudge mini cupcakes by Georgetown Cupcake


Peace, Love and Cupcakes mini cupcake by Georgetown Cupcake


chocolate fountain - I want to have my next birthday party (um, my 37th) here!




yes, my chocolate-covered Rice Krispie treat was as delicious as it looked


bonus: there was plenty of hot, gooey chocolate to dip my mini cupcakes in!


the very strong cupcaketini, complete with whipped cream

Flowerpot cupcakes with lollipop flower centers and gummy worms playing in the dirt

Spring has sprung in the world of cupcakes and there are lots of flowerpot cupcakes sprouting up. These fun ones are by blogger Simple Girl.

Monsters are cute when they're cupcake monsters!

These adorable monster cupcakes make me wish they were in stuffed animal form too so I could hug them. Cute cute cute! They're by The Chubby Bunny Cupcake & Cake Boutique, via Flickr and Facebook (various orders). Find out more at chubbybunny.ca and on their Facebook page. And the Cheshire Cat cake with matching cupcakes? Adorable!








even close up, I say still more sweet than scary!

Crochet a Cupcake!

How cute are these knit cupcakes?! No, their not edible but they are adorable and easy to create! Bittersweet Blog has an easy to follow crochet pattern that you can try for yourself here. Make one as a gift, decor or just to say you did! As you can see, you can even add some beads in the stitching to recreate sprinkles!

Does a no bake cupcake count as a cupcake?

That was my first thought when I saw this post at The Kitchn with photos and the recipe for no bake lemon cream and coconut icebox cupcakes. They are adorable and look super fun but what do you think? Do cupcakes require baking? Can these desserts lay claim to the title of "cupcake" or should they be called something else? (Note: I only mean this query half seriously, and we do occasionally post non-cupcake items that look cupcakes, but I really am curious, but by no means wish to discourage you from making them. I like all the things involved with them, including lemon cream, coconut and Nilla wafers!) Also, from the post: "Use the lemon cream as the base, but if you don't like coconut, for instance, you could sprinkle these with chopped candied lemon peel or white chocolate shavings instead. Or double up on the lemon and drizzle them with warmed lemon curd!" Also, I love lemon curd. Like would eat it straight out of the jar love it.

Cupcake flavor adventures: Cotton candy, Pink Snowball, blueberry Earl Grey

Look what new vegan cupcake flavors Sweet Avenue Bake Shop in Rutherford, New Jersey has in store for you. They are always cooking up fun flavors and designs and mixing things up so you can never get bored, and as a blogger and customer, I appreciate that! They've also set the date of June 23rd for their annual Cupcakefest event, featuring bands and cupcakes and much more. Get all the details and keep up with them on Facebook and at sweetavenuebakeshop.com.


Cotton Candy: vanilla cake filled and topped with cotton candy marshmallow fluff (available Wednesday & Saturday)

Pink Snowball: chocolate cake filled and topped with coconut marshmallow fluff (available Wednesday & Friday)

Blueberry Earl Grey: earl grey tea-infused cake filled with blueberry preserves and topped with brown sugar frosting (available Wednesday & Friday)



From their Facebook page:

Sweet Avenue offers a daily selection of 12 to 14 different flavors of vegan cupcakes, with gluten-free cupcakes also being offered daily. We also make a variety of cheesecakes, brownies, cake balls, cookies, etc. Everything is 100% vegan, dairy- and egg-free.

Win A Copy Of The Cupcake Club: Peace, Love & Cupcakes

Carrie Berk, the writer of the blog Carrie’s Cupcake Critique, has written a book with her mom Sheryl Berk. The Cupcake Club: Peace, Love & Cupcakes is the first in the series. Carrie cooked up the idea of the THE CUPCAKE CLUB series in second grade when she asked her mom, the bestselling co-author of Soul Surfer, to write a book that she could read. The dynamic writing duo both agreed the series should focus on fun, friendships and cupcakes – the perfect ingredients for tween readers. You can win a copy by entering below and "liking' their Facebook page. a Rafflecopter giveaway

Watch Candace Nelson demonstrate how the Sprinkles 24-Hour Cupcake ATM works

The Sprinkles Cupcakes' 24-hour cupcake ATM officially launched in Beverly Hills on March 6th, with three more planned for New York City this summer and cupcake ATMs in other cities where Sprinkles operates bakeries in the next year. Candace Nelson, co-owner of Sprinkles and Cupcake Wars judge, demonstrates how it works! (See Lucy Blodgett's Huffington Post video here).



Here's what the cupcake ATM looks like:



And here are Sprinkles' Easter cupcakes:



Visit sprinkles.com and Sprinkles on Facebook and @CupcakeATM and @sprinkles on Twitter for more information.