Father's Day cupcake decorating class Monday at Trophy Cupcakes, plus chocolate bourbon bacon brittle cupcakes

Tomorrow night Seattle's Trophy Cupcakes hosts a Father's Day cupcake decorating class at their Wallingford location, where you'll learn how to make their new flavor, also launching tomorrow, Chocolate Bourbon Bacon Brittle! See Facebook for details on the class and call 206-390-0900 to sign up. See trophycupcakes.com for more information on their various locations and custom orders. The class is $50 and here are the details:

Join our Head Decorator (aka Confection Creator, Fun Curator & Magician of mmmm), Nicole Familetti, for a night of hands on decorating instruction in a party atmosphere that will include cupcakes, prosecco, yummy hors d'oeuvres and lots of fun!

Students of this class will learn how to make our adorable "Shirt & Tie" Cupcakes, how to hand pipe Manly Mustaches and the tricks behind our perfectly domed cupcakes. If that weren't enough, students will also be decorating our newest flavor, Chocolate Bourbon Bacon Brittle Cupcakes, which launches that very day!

Students will also learn the basics of using pastry bags and tips, how to hand-frost with an offset spatula, how to create professional looking cupcakes, how to make custom colors of sparkly sanding sugar and the tricks of the trade that make Trophy’s Cupcakes so stunning. In addition to receiving cupcake-decorating instruction, Nicole and her team will also share recipe tips and Trophy secrets.

Each guest will decorate and take home four cupcakes in a signature Trophy box along with an instructional packet to help them practice at home. This class is appropriate for beginners. Children are welcome, we do recommend that they are over 8 year old so they have the strength to squeeze a pastry bag.

cupcakes for radio station KEXP


Chocolate Bourbon Bacon Brittle cupcake (on Twitter they used the hashtag #MakeDadDrool)


graduation cupcakes (one of several types they offer)

A sign your band has made it: custom cupcakes delivered backstage, Radiohead edition

I don't know for sure that these Radiohead cupcakes were literally delivered backstage, but they were made by Trophy Cupcakes for the band for their recent Seattle show at Key Arena (via @trophycupcakes and Instagram). Very cool! Visit trophycupcakes.com for more information on their Seattle locations and custom orders.

Seattle Stringer Shoots Some Trophy Cupcake Shots

From our shutter stringer out in the tiny fishing village of Seattle comes this sweet shot of a Neapolitan cupcake from Trophy Cupcakes.

Muffin, eater of the cupcake and wife of WoM, reports that the chocolate cake, strawberry and vanilla buttercream frosted and cherry-topped cupcake was "good" and that she "liked the cherry the best." While "not into chocolate cake or buttercream, [she] thought it was well executed." Opines the photog, "I think Trophy seemed moister than PinkaBella, and little tastier, but less creative."

Here's another beautiful Trophy Cupcake cupcake:

I can only image how a dozen or so of these would look at a party, or how excited I would be if someone brought me one of these on a rainy day.  WoM reports, "[m]oist chocolate cake, delicious buttercream frosting and bittersweet chocolate chips."

I love that Seattle loves cupcakes so much!



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Free record cupcake for Record Store Day at Trophy Cupcakes

Today is Record Store Day, celebrating independent record stores, and if you bring in your receipt from one, Trophy Cupcakes in Seattle will give you a free record cupcake! How cool is that? Find out more about their locations at trophycupcakes.com.

Darth Vader and Stormtrooper Star Wars cupcakes

Custom Darth Vader and Stormtrooper Star Wars cupcakes by Seattle's Trophy Cupcakes, via 365 Days of Awesome, for a custom order. Trophy Cupcakes also made the cupcakes for the CupcakeCamp Seattle cupcake eating contest. Visit them at trophycupcakes.com.

Trophy cupcake by Trophy Cupcakes at CupcakeCamp Seattle

Trophy cupcake by Trophy Cupcakes at CupcakeCamp Seattle, a photo by Rachel from Cupcakes Take the Cake on Flickr.

The winner of the cupcake eating competition, which takes place at 1:30, wins this trophy cupcake by Trophy Cupcakes. Live from www.cupcakecampseattle.com

Yes, this is a hi hat cupcake freshly dipped in chocolate

Yes, this is a hi hat cupcake freshly dipped in chocolate, a photo by Rachel from Cupcakes Take the Cake on Flickr.

More on our Trophy Cupcakes meetup in Seattle yesterday and the tips Jennifer Shea taught us!

Want to make the best dressed and most popular lists at any party? Put on your cupcake dress!

Seriously, how could you not be the star of wherever you are wearing this cupcake dress? Plus there are mini hi hat cupcakes on it! Created by Seattle's Trophy Cupcakes and worn last night at the Voracious Tasting event at The Paramount! Via Trophy Cupcakes on Facebook. I wonder how heavy it was?



Trophy also made caramel cupcakes for National Caramel Day. Actually, they were more than just "caramel cupcakes," they were salted caramel stroop waffel cupcakes!! And a reminder: tomorrow, Saturday, April 7th, from 11:30-1, Cupcakes Take the Cake is hosting a meetup at Trophy Cupcakes' Wallingford Center Party Room, 1815 N. 45th Street. Rachel (me) will be on hand to talk cupcakes, our cupcake cruise to Bermuda in August and enjoy flavors like hi hat (yum!), lemon meringue, chocolate hazelnut Nutella and others. $10 gets you 5 mini cupcakes. Details on Facebook. Visit trophycupcakes.com for ordering and location information and follow them @TrophyCupcakes on Twitter for the latest news.

Cupcake meetup this Saturday: try hi hat, lemon meringue pie, chocolate hazelnut Nutella and more, at our Seattle Trophy Cupcakes meetup April 7th

I head to the West Coast next week and am so excited to go back to Trophy Cupcakes, meet lots of cupcake lovers and try these cupcakes on Saturday, April 7th, 11:30-1, at Trophy's Wallingford Center location, 1815 N. 45th Street. Click here for the official Facebook event, details below, and see trophycupcakes.com for details.

We are honored to welcome back Rachel Kramer Bussel to our party room for a Cupcake Meetup on April 7th! Rachel is founding editor of Cupcakes Take the Cake, known around the world not only for being at the forefront of cupcake news but also for their active involvement in the cupcake community.

What is a Cupcake Meetup you ask? It's an opportunity for enthusiasts to get together and talk everything cupcake with Rachel and Trophy's founder, baker and party-maker, Jennifer Shea. Of course eating cupcakes is also on the agenda. Attendees will try Trophy's only-one-a-year Hi-Hat Cupcake, April's Special Flavor, Lemon Meringue Pie, Chocolate Hazelnut with Nutella Buttercream...and other special treats baked up just for the event.

We encourage you to take photos, check-in on Foursquare and let us know which flavors are your favorite. One lucky attendee will win a dozen Trophy Cupcakes and a Trophy Party Loot Bag!

The event is $10 which includes samples of 5 different Trophy flavors as well as coffee and tea. Space is limited, so sign up today with our Party Room Coordinator at 206-390-0900.

Not run by Trophy, but of possible interest, Saturday at 10 am there is also a Easter Egg Hunt at Wallingford Center, and if you're having a party at Trophy or just want custom cupcakes, like these Muppets ones, they can do it! And their new lemon meringue cupcake is made of: "Lemon Cake sits atop a buttery graham cracker crust and is filled with house-made Lemon Curd...then it's topped with toasted marshmallow meringue!"

Tonight: Learn how to make hi hat cupcakes at Trophy Cupcakes

There are a few spots left in this Easter cupcake decorating class at Seattle's Trophy Cupcakes tonight at 1814 N. 45th Street (Wallingford)! And don't forget: join Rachel on Saturday, April 7th from 11:30-1 at Trophy's Wallingford Center Party Room for a very special Cupcakes Take the Cake meetup and the annual debut of Trophy Cupcakes' hi hat cupcakes! Visit trophycupcakes.com and Trophy Cupcakes on Facebook for more information.

Each year on Easter weekend we offer our Hi-Hat cupcake; a Valrhona chocolate cake topped with a sky-hi swirl of pastel marshmallow meringue frosting that is dipped in Belgian chocolate ganache. This coveted cupcake is gorgeous and delicious, but a bit tricky, so we only offer it for 2 days a year! Now, you can learn how to make Hi-Hats at home with our founder, baker and party-maker Jennifer Shea and Trophy's head decorator, Nicole Familetti.

Join us for a night of marshmallow meringue, dipping ganache and hands on decorating instruction in a party atmosphere that will include Trophy cupcakes, prosecco, yummy hors d'oeuvres and lots of fun!

Guests of this special class will learn how to make Trophy's marshmallow frosting and dipping ganache as well as all of the tips and tricks for making beautiful Hi-Hat Cupcakes. Guest will also learn the basics of using pastry bags and tips, how to hand-frost with an offset spatula, how to create professional looking cupcakes, how to make custom colors of sparkly sanding sugar and the tricks of the trade that make Trophy’s Cupcakes so beautiful. In addition to receiving cupcake-decorating instruction, Jennifer and her team will also share recipes and their favorite Easter decorating ideas.

Each guest will take home the two Hi-Hat Cupcakes and the two Easter decorated cupcakes that they create in a signature Trophy box. This class is appropriate for intermediate (and above) bakers/decorators.

The class is $65 per student. To sign up please call our party line at 206-390-0900. Please note *Our class size is limited and we tend to sell out quickly.