WANT: Caramel apple cupcakes from Cupcakes by The Beach

These caramel apple cupcakes seemed to leap off my screen and make me want to taste one! They and the other cupcakes below are by Cupcakes by the Beach in Fort Walton Beach, Florida, via their Facebook page. Find out more at cupcakesbythebeach.com.






with July 4th coming up, these patriotic red, white and blue cupcakes seemed appropriate


bellini cupcake




and some colorful cake pops

Would you prefer flip flop and margarita cupcakes or your pick of high heel shoe cupcakes?

Looking to celebrate Memorial Day weekend at the beach or out dancing? Grace & Shelly's Cupcakes in Naples (multiple locations) and Fort Myers, Florida, has you covered, with margarita and flip flop casual cupcakes or enough high heel shoe cupcakes to stock a shoe store (if they were wearable rather than edible)! Check them out on Facebook, and contact them at graceandshelly at gmail.com or 239-331-8944. Cupcake flavors include brown sugar caramel ("brown sugar cake – vanilla buttercream frosting drizzled with caramel and a dash of sea salt"), chocolate pretzel ("devil’s food cake with vanilla buttercream and crushed pretzels, topped with a chocolate covered pretzel and caramel drizzle"), mudslide ("devil’s food cake baked between two layers of Oreo cookie chunks and chocolate chips with chocolate buttercream frosting"), orange coconut ("coconut milk cake with orange-flavored cream cheese frosting sprinkled with coconut flakes"), raspberry lemonade ("lemon cake filled with fresh raspberry coulis with sweet lemon frosting") and turtle cheesecake ("rich devil’s food cake – caramel cream cheese frosting topped with chopped toasted pecans and caramel drizzle"), among many others.

Take a cupcake art class May 26th at Cupcakes by the Beach

Fort Walton Beach, Florida bakery Cupcakes by the Beach, in conjunction with So Stinkin' Cute Art Studio, is hosting a cupcake art class on May 26th from 10:30-noon! Call them at 850-362-6244 to sign up. Today's flavors are: Beach Colada, Vanilla Vanilla, Luscious Lemon, Strawberry Shortcake, Snickerdoodle, Chocolate Chocolate, Birthday Cake, Red Velvet, and Chocolate Hazelnut and they also have tiramisu cupcake parfaits! Find out more on their Facebook page, and below is art from their Facebook page and some of their other cupcakes, and cupcake cookies, to inspire you.




Froot Loop sugar cookie cupcakes (these were their breakfast cupcakes one day!)


cupcake parfaits


Girl Scout cookie cupcakes: "chocolate coconut cupcake dipped in chocolate ganache and topped with a homemade caramel frosting. Chocolate drizzle, toasted coconut and a bite of a Samoa cookie"


Thin Mint cupcakes with mint buttercream, mint chocolate cake, topped by a Thin Mint


blue frosting inside it's a boy cupcakes




ladybug cake pops


cupcake cookies

Mother's Day giant cupcake cake and flower cupcake

Tomorrow is Mother's Day, so here's a giant Happy Mother's Day cupcake cake by cupcake bakery/frozen yogurt shop Sweet! by Good Golly Miss Holly in Jacksonville and Orlando, Florida, via their Facebook page, along with a flower cupcake that I'm sure any cupcake-loving mom would adore. Visit sweetbyholly.com for more information.

Will You Marry Me? proposal cupcakes get a yes

Adorable wedding proposal "Will You Marry Me?" cupcakes get a happy yes! Via the Facebook page of Orlando and Jacksonville, Florida bakery Sweet! by Good Golly Miss Holly. Congratulations! Visit sweetbyholly.com for more information.

Cookies popping out of cupcakes will always win me over

Vanilla s'mores cupcakes, but I think the centerpiece of each of these is the bear cookie! They look so lively, like they're about to start dancing or something. Some cupcakes seem designed to bring out the kid in all of us. These almost-too-cute cupcakes are by LA Sweets in Miami, Florida, via Facebook. You can contact them about custom orders at 305-665-5288 and get more information at lasweets.net.