Little Betsy Baker is a really fun site for cupcake lovers.  The website features a great shop for purchasing supplies needed to bake, decorate, and serve; Party supplies are even available.  Little Betsy Baker ocassionaly has competitions, more information about which can be found on their facebook page.

Hello Naomi contributed to the recipes and tips page of the website by making Little Betsy Baker themed cupcakes.  Additionally, Naomi  offered a recipe for vanilla cupcakes and a tutorial on how to cover cupcakes with fondant hearts! If you’re new to using fondant, this is a great and easy first project which look great as a finished product as seen below!

It’s giveaway time again cupcake fans!  This week our giveaway is sponsored by Etsy crafter, Miss Kitty Creations.  She specializes in scented (yes, scented!) cupcake charms.   She also has a full line of cupcake charms on her full website.   I own one of her Blended Fruit Explosion Cupcakes and I adore it.   These charms can be used as a pendant, cell phone charm or zipper pull.   I have some experience working with polymer clay and can say that Miss Kitty truly is an artist.  Here are some of my favorites:

This week, Miss Kitty Creations is giving away a cupcake charm to one lucky fan.   First, visit Miss Kitty’s Etsy shop or her main website.  Then come back to ATC and click on the comment area below.  Leave a comment telling  us what cupcake you would like to win and what flavor cupcake you think Miss Kitty should make next.  One winner will be chosen on Monday, August 30.  Thanks Miss Kitty for sponsoring this purrrfect giveaway!

One of my favorite things is seeing the different tattoos that you our readers submit to us!  I could never have believed that we would see such diversity in cupcake tattoos! Today is no different, we have total opposites for you!

Our first is from Emma who got herself a Zombie Tattoo, yup thats right a Zombie! She admits to being crazy about cupcakes, with her own cupcake business ‘The Cupcake Emporium’ and also about Halloween so she combined the two to come up with this little green Zombie Cupcake. Personally I am strongly hoping that she doesn’t combine these two passions while she is baking those cupcakes!  hehe, I’ll have a batch of cupcakes, but you can hold the worms!

Emma plans to create a five cupcake series with a werewolf, a Dracula, a skeleton and a witch or Frankenstein on her lower back.  All in cupcake form of course!  If you think Emma should go in a particular direction let us know!!  Perhaps she will be share the image with us again when she has it done!! :)

Our second cupcake tattoo is from Kambry who wanted something to signify her daughter, but instead of going the been there and done that name or foot print she went for a cute cupcake! Soon she will have her daughter’s date of birth printed underneath!

Happy Saturday cupcake fans!  I am so excited to share this adorable reusable bag I just got this week from fabulous Etsy seller, Bagitconscious.  They specialize in handmade reusable sandwich and snack bags, lunch bags, totes, and market bags.  Everything you need to replace, or at least reduce the use of plastic.

 

 

 

 

  

This bag is well-made and the cupcake fabric is one of the cutest I have seen.  This would be a perfect bag for your kids to carry a sandwich or snack for school.  Although if you are like me, you may love it so much you have to keep it for yourself!

This week, Bagitconscious is giving All Things Cupcake fans 10% off all orders!  Just type “ATC Fan” in the notes to seller area upon checkout. 

     

 

 

For the new movie The Romantics, J. Crew held a photo shoot featuring the movie’s cast in J. Crew’s latest looks.  Celebrities staring in the movie include Adam Brody, Katie Holmes, and Josh Duhamel. In the shoot the cast goofs around and in the photo shown above the stars are seen enjoying cupcakes!

On Sunday, October 17th, Tallahassee will host its very first Cupcake Camp Tallahassee.  Cupcake lovers are invited to bring cupcakes, or to just show up and eat some! 

This celebration of all things cupcake is free to anyone and everyone.  They will hold a silent auction to benefit Jessica June Children’s Cancer Foundation.  Many, many cool cupcake items have already been donated!

You can learn more about this event at their blog or on their Facebook page!

American Cupcake's Red Velvet Fried Chicken (photo by Anthony Mylott)

San Fransisco restaurant American Cupcake decided that the world could use more red velvet.  AC’s owner Devon Alpert reckoned that if  everyone loved the flavor in cake and cupcakes, they would like it in fried chicken too.   And it looks like she was absolutely right. In the delicious words of urbandaddy:

At first glance, it’ll look like a heaping plate of leg, thigh and breast. But upon further inspection, you’ll see that the chicken has taken on a slight reddish hue. That’s because your precious fried bird has been pre-soaked in AC’s signature red velvet cake batter, then dredged in toasted, crumbled bits of red velvet cupcake before being dipped in a frying pan.

Because they don’t want their delicious fried chicken to be lonely, American Cupcake includes a side of cream cheese and garlic mashed potatoes, inspired by the frosting on the cake.