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.

Chcolate dad cupcakes, flowers, sailboats and a beautiful bow

I know Father's Day is over, but chocolate writing as cupcake toppers, in italics especially, is always beautiful, and here are some "Dad" cupcakes I thought were adorable, by Ady Cakes in West Reading, Pennsylvania, via their Facebook page. Find out more at adycakes.com or contact them at info at adycakes.com or 610-898-4064.

Macaroons on MacTop cupcakes by The Sweet Lobby offer the best of both worlds

When I saw the name "The Sweet Lobby" in a headline, I actually thought it was a lobbying group! Instead, it's a Cupcake Wars winning cupcake and macaron bakery located in (where else?) Washington, DC at 404 8th Street SE that was featured on Cupcake Wars Champions. These photos are via their Facebook page, and their signature cupcake is the MacTop cupcake, featuring a macaron on top! They can be reached at 202-544-2404 or info at thesweetlobby.com and you can get more info at thesweetlobby.com. Some photography by Red Shoes Photography.


The Madagascar: "A fried plantain cupcake, filled with a tamarind mousse, topped with coffee buttercream, coffee-tamrind drizzle AND a rice krispy coated coffee-plantain macaron"




red, white and blue macarons - I can see these on July 4th cupcakes, or even a flag cupcake/macaron cake




2012 cupcakes


s'mores cupcakes

Chocolate Darth Vader cupcake at Disney's Hollywood Studios

Check out how big this chocolate Darth Vader cupcake topper is! It's for sale at Disney's Hollywood Studios. Via Between the Pages.

Say "I Do" with a beautiful custom wedding cupcake topper

Keeping up with the wedding cupcake theme, here are 5 variations on the I Do cupcake topper, all for sale on Etsy!


Vanilla fondant edible cupcake toppers by Your Cupcake Story


I Do cupcake sticks in two versions by Vintage Twee (click here for pink)


Fondant topper assortment (various colors available) with "I Do" in hearts by Parker's Flour Patch


Personalized wooden heart toppers by Rustic Chic Wedding Gifts & Decorations


Mixing it up a little, these toppers say "we do," by Auntie's Jammies

Battlestar Galactica chocolate dipped Oreo edible cupcake toppers

A win for Battlestar Galactica fans and chocolate and Oreo fans! justJENN has made chocolate dipped Oreos with the Battlestar Galactica logo, then turned them into cupcake toppers! I love that Oreos can pretty much go anywhere on a cupcake, and in this case, can be a show of fandom. Visit justJENN to find out how to make your own! From her post: "I used these as toppers for cupcakes because there’s no better gift than dessert upon dessert."



and on cupcakes:

Pirate booty, treasure map, hook, skulls and other cupcake toppers from Pirate Desserts

Get your pirate ship party going with these pirate-themed cupcake toppers (love the hook!) from Etsy seller Pirate Desserts. Non-pirate fans, they've got some edible sugar flowers and butterflies and other assorted cupcake toppers you might like too (these are just a few of their colors).




treasure maps




what a hook!

Super fun Cinco de Mayo sombrero and sarape marshmallow cupcake toppers

I keep forgetting that before Mother's Day, we have Cinco de Mayo, so will try to make up for that before next Saturday with some Cinco de Mayo posts, like this one featuring these incredibly adorable and easy to make Cinco de Mayo cupcake toppers using marshmallows to add sombreros and sarapes (shawls, can also be spelled serapes) to your cupcakes! Head over to Hostesss with the Mostess to find out how to make them! They involve royal icing, food coloring and 3 types of marshmallows: jumbo, regular and flat rectangle ones (I didn't even know marshmallows came in rectangles!).

Edible cupcake toppers galore! Butterflies, dragonflies, birds, bees, ladybugs and more

These edible butterfly cupcake toppers, along with dragonflies, birds, bees, ladybugs and much more, are for sale in the Etsy shop of Sugar Robot, where they have many more styles and colors.

Jumbo carrot toppers on carrot cupcakes with walnuts and pineapple cream cheese frosting

I love the size and look of these carrot cupcake toppers, like you could pull them right out of the "ground," or cupcake. They have pineapple cream cheese frosting, an interesting flavor, and are by blogger My Feelings Taste Like Cupcakes, where you can get more info, via Flickr.

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.