Loki from The Avengers cupcake, complete with helmet, plus Captain America cupcake by Nerdache Cakes

Check out this Loki cupcake, fans of The Avengers. It's made by 19-year-old New York City baker Ant of Nerdache Cakes! "Loki’s helmet is made from 24 separate fondant pieces, and took over 3 days to put together. It’s pretty screen accurate- besides it being edible! His horns are actually carved pieces of fondant that started as solid rectangles." The others are via Nerdache Cakes on Facebook.




Captain America

And then we get to two cupcakes that I'm stumped on - anyone know what these are?

Sunshine Cupcakes: Deconstructed

Summer is here and the skies here in California have been beautifully sunny! I found this kid friendly cupcake while I was perusing Pinterest, but I didn't find a recipe for it...so I decided to deconstruct it!

The cupcake I'm sure can be made with your favorite cake mix and by just dyeing your favorite canned vanilla frosting a bright sunny yellow! The eyes look like upside down mini chocolate chips (though, I'm sure regular size chocolate chips would work just as well, maybe for sunglasses instead!). The smiley looks like a cut piece of sour string. Then we have the rays of sunshine, which are obviously candy corns.

Hopefully now you all can recreate these yourself! I would definitely recommend this to parents with children that are out of school for the Summer, it would be a perfect afternoon activity!

Dirndl and lederhosen cupcakes!

Just when you think you've seen it all...there comes along something like these dirndl and lederhosen cupcakes. And yes, I'm glad they were spelled out for me because I doubt I'd have gotten both of them perfectly. Via @austriatravel on Twitter.

The latest cupcake high heels

These glam, fun, star-adorned cupcake high heels are by Cupcakes by M.E. in Central Pennsylvania, via their Facebook page, the latest addition to the high heel cupcake craze started by Karen Tack and Alan Richardson in their cookbook Cupcakes, Cookies & Pie, Oh My! That reminds me that I never blogged about the fun class I took with them in which we learned exactly how to make our own; I'll post that this week! I'll never get over how glamorous a cookie heel can be. Find out more about Cupcakes by M.E. at cupcakesbyme.com and contact them at cupcakesbyme at gmail.com or 717-421-8974.

Piñata cupcakes filled with candy!

What fun: cupcakes filled with candy that pours out of them when you bite in or break them open. Love it! These are by Brandon Cakes in Kailua, Hawaii, via their Facebook page. Their flavor of the month is cherry lemonade, and you can find out more at brandoncakes.com. The others aren't piñata cupcakes, but I thought they were cute too (though, sorry, not as cute). Contact Brandon Cakes at 808-780-3505 (call or text) or email sales at brandoncakes.com to place an order.

10 outrageous chocolate chip cupcakes for National Chocolate Chip Day!

Yes, it's another food holiday, a fun one: National Chocolate Chip Day! Now, today is May 15th, and last year we told you that August 4th was National Chocolate Chip Day. I'm going by the authority that is this American Food and Drink Days website (according to them, August 4th is National Lasagne Day), but I could be wrong. I also don't think it would be the end of the world if there were two chocolate chip days. I'm the kind of person who will pick out chocolate chips from my ice cream, and is of the mindset that the more chocolate chips, the merrier. So in honor of this very important holiday, here are 10 quite out of the ordinary chocolate chip cupcakes that I think will make you see the tiny but powerful chocolate chip just a wee bit differently.


Caramel chocolate pretzel cupcake cones with chocolate chips in the frosting by Love From The Oven


"I Mint What I Said and I Said What I Mint" Mint-Chocolate Chip Cupcake flavored with Creme de Menthe, Chocolate by Hey Cupcake! - cupcakedd via Flickr




s'mores cupcakes with chocolate chips, Teddy Grahams and a marshmallow on top by Beautiful Cakes via Flickr


pumpkin chip cupcake by Blue Castle Cupcake in Virginia Beach, Virginia, via Flickr


peanut butter chocolate chip cupcakes by Food Snots


Last but not least, the always fun, always creative Shannonmarie of raw food blog Rawdorable made these chocolate chimp protein pancake cupcakes and blogged the recipe at Colourful Palate





Baked Alaska mint chocolate ice cream filled cupcakes by Jeanne Benedict, who has the recipe (how good do these look??)


ice cream cone cupcakes by Chocolate & Carrots


a chocolate chip cupcake post would not be complete without a chocolate chip cookie dough cupcake! This one is by Sugar Monkey Sweets who adapted a recipe by blogger Annie of Annie's Eats, who just celebrated her five-year blogiversary and tweaked her popular chocolate chip cookie dough cupcake recipe for you!

And last but not least, a twofer: mint chocolate chip cupcakes in ice cream cone cupcake form and regular cupcakes, by KristaCakes!







And another treat: a mint chocolate chip cupcake candle, for sale on Etsy by kokocandles.

When Jello Met Cupcakes

Now here's something I never thought of...mixing Jello with cupcakes! The blog, Chocolate, chocolate and more chocolate adapted this recipe from a Tie-Dye Cupcakes recipe in a Rachel Ray magazine. 

These cupcakes look fun and are actually quite simple to recreate! Pick your favorite box cake mix (white is recommended), a fun color/flavor of Jello and ta-da! Simply follow the box cake directions and add your jello mix to half the batter! The buttercream frosting is pretty straightforward as well and again, includes some Jello mix. I suppose if you really wanted to, you could use one Jello flavor for the cake and another for the frosting...go crazy! You can see the entire recipe here!

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:

Make knitting cupcakes using Wilton's Candy Decorating Pen

Like to knit? Like cupcakes? Then head on over to HelloGiggles (the site co-founded by Zooey Deschanel) to learn how to make these cute knitting cupcakes!

Skylanders Stealth Elf cupcakes (whether you know what that is or not)

JustJENN has done it again by taking a game her kids love, Skylanders (see also the Skylanders Facebook page), and making cupcakes featuring the character Stealth Elf. (No, I had no clue who Stealth Elf was until I read the post but I still admire the ingenuity and effort that went into matching the cupcake to the character.) You can read more about the ups and downs of the process and how she did it on her blog. I like when bloggers share what can potentially go wrong, so that people following along don't feel badly about potentially messing things up, and I truly think the love and care and detail that goes into a cupcake like this makes it worth it, and fun to look at (and, I would imagine, eat).

Happy Earth Day bug ice cream cone cupcakes

Liz at Hoosier Homemade is celebrating Earth Day (today, April 22nd) with bug ice cream cone cupcakes! Visit them to find out how to make them, and Happy Earth Day!

The cutest cupcakes you'll see all day

And if you see cuter ones, email them to us! (cupcakestakethecake at gmail.com) Seriously, I know Easter is over but I just stumbled across these hatching chick cupcakes by blogger Buttercream Blondie and am just in awe. She writes:

In my world chicks hatch out of sparkly eggs with little flowers, but that's just me! I made their little beaks out of orange fondant, but you could also use a small orange jelly bean. To make the eyes, I dipped a toothpick in black food coloring and drew them on. Their eyes give them a charming look, and the little fondant flower on top is my little finishing touch. I'm really happy with how they turned out, and they're a fun project for Easter or any Spring themed party!

Very bright Peeps cupcakes with matching liners

Now these are festive cupcakes! By Arina Habich on Flickr.

Chinese food cupcakes: lo mein and fortune cookie!

These Chinese food lo mein and fortune cookie cupcakes are from the blog Deliciously Noted and somehow didn't make it into my April Fool's Day cupcake roundup! They're from a class they took with Hello, Cupcake! (and What's New, Cupcake? and Cupcakes, Cookies & Pie, Oh My!) authors Karen Tack and Alan Richardson, who will be teaching cupcake decorating on our cupcake cruise to Bermuda this August. More soon on the cruise and on the class I took with them recently! Visit hellocupcakebook.com for more info and follow them http://twitter.com/whatsnewcupcake" target="new">@whatsnewcupcake on Twitter to find out where they'll be next and details on their new iPad app!

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!

Who says the frosting has to go on top of the cupcake?

One of the best things about cupcakes as a dessert, in my opinion, is that you have so many options in terms of how to present them. Like this:



or like this cupcake sandwich by CouponClippingCook, who has the recipe either way for these chocolate blueberry cupcake (sandwiches)?

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.

Cupcake must-see: Glitter Peeps Easter cupcakes in eggshell cupcake liners!

Leave it to the ultra creative Amanda Cupcake of Waupaca, Wisconsin, to create these excellent Easter cupcakes with glitter, Peeps, bright colors and eggshell cupcake liners! Via Flickr. Visit her at amandacupcake.blogspotcom and on Facebook and look for our interview with her soon.