Calling all cupcake artists: paint a watercolor on your next cupcake!

Blogger The Decorated Cookie shows you how to create your next artistic masterpiece using food coloring on a cupcake or cookie (or cookie on a cupcake!). Via Flickr.

Marilyn Monroe made of 2,000+ cupcakes at Madame Tussaud's Wax Museum

Mini cupcake company Baked by Melissa made this cupcake cake in the shape of Marilyn Monroe at Madame Tussaud's Wax Museum in New York using over 2,000 cupcakes! Very cool. Via @NYCWax. June 1st would have been Marilyn's 86th birthday.

Cupcake Dessert Plates

Sweet dessert plates, perfect for serving (what else?) cupcakes!

Photo courtesy Rachel D.

Adorable Crochet Cupcale Pencil Topper

Cupcake pencil topper by Cuddle Bug Kids. Crochet patterns available at the blog.

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

Love this: 2,012 cupcakes used to make portrait of Queen Elizabeth

Cupcake art alert! From ABC News (images by Dr. Oetker):

In celebration of the queen’s jubilee, baking brand Dr. Oetker teamed up with “Cupcake Queen” Prudence Staite for a cupcake masterpiece: a portrait of Queen Elizabeth II.

The portrait required 2,012 cupcakes and used only Dr. Oetker baking products. Staite spent more than 300 hours in her Pamington, Gloucestershire, U.K., studio baking and decorating.

“I was excited to be given the chance to create such a meaningful portrait to celebrate the queen’s reign. I have been working with savory food and chocolate for years, but this was a whole new challenge,” said Staite in a statement.

Johnny Cupcakes' art t-shirts pay tribute to Mondrian and Lichtenstein

The latest crop of limited edition cupcake-themed t-shirts by cupcake fashion mastermind Johnny Cupcakes pay tribute to artists Mondrian and Lichtenstein. A few other designs are below, some sold out, including the buttons. Check their online store or visit one of their retail stores in Hull or Boston, Massachusetts, Beverly Hills or London to purchase.






the classic panda eating a cupcake t-shirt, for kids too!




this t-shirt I imagine is for the people who walk into a Johnny Cupcakes store and are disappointed there aren't any actual cupcakes


cute but sold out frosting t-shirt

San Francisco map made of cupcakes!

I love when art and cupcakes combine, and Cups and Cakes Bakery in San Francisco has shown some major city pride by creating a map of San Francisco with cupcakes! WOW. Love that the 7 mile by 7 mile city is represented by 49 cupcakes too. What an incredible and fun project. Congratulations! From their blog post: "We wanted to do something cool for a local mapping group in San Francisco that meets everytime this year for WhereCamp. Instead of just making regular cupcakes, we made cupcakes in the style of MAPTILES." They're located at 451 9th Street and can be reached at 415-437-2877 or order at cupsandcakesbakery.com and you can find out more at cupsandcakesbakery.com and on Facebook. They tell us:

Data by Open Street Map (CC BY 3.0)
Maptiles by Stamen Design (CC BY SA)
Cupcakes by Cups and Cakes Bakery (EATEN BY 1PM)

What happens when you cross a muffin and a cupcake? You get muffincakes!

That's what OMG Baked Goodness in Toronto, Ontario is calling these muffin cupcake concoctions! They've also got new art going up on their walls. Check out more photos at their Facebook page. They can be reached at info at omgbakedgoodness.com or 647-348-5664. You can follow them @omgbakedgood on Twitter and find out more at omgbakedgoodness.com.


Banana choco muffincake with peanut butter icing


Apple cinnamon muffincake with brown sugar icing


Blueberry buttermilk muffincake with brown sugar icing


cupcake art on their wall