Archive for January, 2011

Tiny Dog Cupcakes

By on Wednesday, January 19th, 2011
Tiny Dog Cupcakes is a new cupcakery in Evanston, Illinois. The new bakery is located at 616 Davis Street, and is open Tuesday through Saturday from 11 to 8. They currently offer 14 flavors, including: Dark Chocolate Minty, Vanilla Vanilla, The “TinyDog” Triple Chocolate Mocha, and the Barking Blueberry, pictured here. More flavors are on the way. But there’s more to Tiny Dog than a cute name and scrumptious cupcakes. A portion of all their profits will go to a good cause, so you can feel good about treating yourself at the Tiny Dog.
 

C is for Cupcake Plate

By on Wednesday, January 19th, 2011

I love this C is for Cake plate created by Just Noey.  It’s available from their Etsy page for approximately $36.00.  When you look at the plate closely, you’ll notice it also has little cupcakes on it!

Super cute Valentines Day cupcake idea

By on Wednesday, January 19th, 2011

When I first saw these little cupcakes I thought they were those little plastic lipgloss cupcake containers that you can buy, but on closer inspection I discovered these are super gorgeous little chocolate coated cupcakes!  The image and idea is from Hero Cake Pops.

To create these, Hero Cake Pops picked up a chocolate cupcake mould from her local cake shop then after creating the outsides in the mould filled the inside with cake pop.  The result… fab cute little gifts for your special man / woman or if you can’t choose one person then these make an economical way to share your love this Valentines Day!

Ticings

By on Tuesday, January 18th, 2011

In September when I ate at The Culinary Institue of America at Greystone in California our butter came with a ticing on top.  Ticings are thing sheets of edible icing that have no flavor because they take on the flavor of the food the are applied to.  Ticings are a great way to quickly and easily decorate cupcakes, cakes, and cookies since you can add images or text to your baked good by simply peeling the ticing off the backing sheet and applying it to frosting.

These edible icing prints are a great way to decorate cupcakes!  They have a crisp, professional look to them but are actually simple. As an added bonus they are made with food grade ink and gluten free which means you don’t have to worry about food allergies. Additionally they last for up to six months when stored properly which gives you have a decent amount of time to use them.

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Cupcake wine glasses

By on Monday, January 17th, 2011

For the ultimate cupcake party princess you need to have one of these fantastic cupcake wine glasses!  Say goodbye to those pesky little wine glass identifier metal rings, which get lost and in my case fly off as I get animated… no from now on I’m rocking up to my friends and family with this!

Well maybe not, I’m not that much of a princess, but it would be great fun at home.  Though I am not too sure I would be able to keep it away from my daughter.  Safe to say it would be juice and soda only for her (probably together, because she is crazy that way!)

You can get one of these glasses for the birthday girl, or treat yourself, birthday or no birthday.  They are available from Diva Entertains!

One Special Giveaway

By on Monday, January 17th, 2011

This week’s giveaway is sponsored by Etsy seller Nattie Cakes Decor. She specializes in beautifully made hair clips, beanies and headbands for little girls.   And of course, she has sweet cupcake items available in her shop:

 

 When my package from her shop arrived, I was beyond thrilled with these lovely well-made treasures.  My daughter squealed with delight and quickly wanted to put them in her hair.   The only problem we had was deciding which one to wear first! 

This week we have a very special type of giveaway fromNattie Cakes.  You get to choose your prize!  Actually your PRIZES!  Nattie Cakes is giving away a $25 gift certificate to her shop.  You can choose clips, headbands, beanies- any mix up to $25 and you get free shipping too. 

To enter this giveaway, first go to Nattie Cakes’ Etsy shop and pick out a favorite item.  Then come back to ATC and click on the comment area below.  Tell us the item and an item you think would be a great addition to her shop.  One winner will be chosen on Monday, January 24th. 

Make sure to “Like” Nattie Cakes Decor’s Facebook page too!  It is a great way to stay up to date on her new items and sales. 

Cupcake Craze Checks

By on Sunday, January 16th, 2011

I am always looking for the cutest checks that I can find and by golly I think I found the next ones for me.

Cupcake Craze Checks from Bradford Exchange Checks

You can also purchase this Cupcake Craze Checkbook Cover

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