Archive for August, 2009

Bella Cupcake Wrappers

By on Monday, August 24th, 2009

Bella cupcake wrappers are meant to kick up decorative cupcakes another notch. If you are tired of the waxy cupcake liners that become semi-transparent after baking, Bella offers stylish wrappers with an assortment of colors and patterns to match your special occasion.

Birthday Cupcake Party

By on Monday, August 24th, 2009

A long-time reader, Karyn, threw a cupcake birthday party for her daughter.  Sometimes all the glamorous photos of boutique cupcakes doesn’t match up to the satisfied smile of a child who ate a cupcake! Entire cupcake party photo set at Facebook.

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Cupcake Charms from Tiny Hands

By on Friday, August 21st, 2009

Mei runs Tiny Hands Online, a handmade jewelry store. She specializes in custom miniature food jewelry! They are tiny things, all less than an inch in size and non-edible despite looking tantalizingly real.

There is a special 15% discount coupon when a customer enters “I Love Cupcakes” when they check out. There is no minimum amount required for purchase and will expire September 22, 2009.

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Cupcake Games

By on Friday, August 21st, 2009

One of our readers pointed out to us that there are free games about cupcakes that you can play on the internet.  I started playing them, and a couple hours passed in a blink of an eye.  After scouring the Internet, here are some of the best ones I found.

Did I miss any others worthy of mention?

Emo Cupcake Dressup

Press “skip the ad” to quickly advance to the game.  Design your own emo cupcake.  Think moody thoughts and make your cupcake RAWR!

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Tutti Cuti Cupcake

You own a cupcake shop and need to make ends meet each day.  Decorate the cupcakes that your customers crave as quickly as you can.

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Valentine’s Cupcakes

Chase the cupcakes through the 3D environment.  Click on the cupcakes to turn them into hearts.  Click on the hearts to collect them.  Beware the chocolate cupcake imposters.

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Getting a Cupcake Tattoo

By on Thursday, August 20th, 2009

Cupcake Tattoo

One of readers, Jess, has gotten a cupcake tattoo!  It looks great Jess, and thanks for providing pictures of the entire tattoo process.  I am sure it will be helpful for those readers contemplating getting one.

Got this cupcake tat for my 28th birthday as a surprise from the hubband! I love love it! I get so many compliments on it, the color is amazing! Chad Westmoreland @ Freaks on Oak in Kansas City, Mo did it. He’s awesome!

Cupcake Graffiti Art

By on Thursday, August 20th, 2009

ATC loves to feature the works of not only culinary artists, but the traditional kinds as well.  We really enjoyed the unique art of one of our readers who writes us from Europe.

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my name is motelseven, and i am a female graffiti artist OBSESSED with cupcakes!!! just thought i would share the love! my website is www.motelseven.com where you can see more of my cupcake inspired work! keep the cupcakes aliiiiiiive!!!! motelseven ^_^

Tragedy and Triumph in Pursuit of the Largest Cupcake

By on Tuesday, August 18th, 2009

A couple weeks ago we reported rumors of a giant 7,000 lb cupcake being planned.  The initial plan was an unveiling event that included breaking the Guinness record as well as selling each 1 lb cupcake “slice” for $5 to benefit the Susan G. Komen for the Cure foundation.  If successful, a single cupcake would net a cool $35,000 for charity!

Instead of putting a 7,000 lb of cupcake batter inside an oven, an oven was constructed and hoisted on top of the batter.   During an all-night baking process, the bakers were horrified to find that a heating element had dislodged in the middle of the night and had split the massive cupcake in half.  Scrambling to bake a new cupcake in time for the event, they rallied to make a smaller cupcake through the night.

The new cupcake took 12 hours to fully bake and weighs in at a record setting 1,224 lb, still shattering the old record by a massive margin.