What could be a great ingredient for the letter D?  I admit I have been a little stumped!  But in the end it hit me, what else but Dr Pepper?

Down here in Aussie land, Dr Pepper cannot be found in many places… there was once a day when Dr Pepper tried to storm our shores in force, but for some reason cherries and Aussies don’t mix and it quickly disappeared from our supermarket shelves.  You can still get it in some specialty stores, though…

And I think it would be fantastic in a cupcake, like in this one from Cupcakeables!  The cupcake here can be made either from scratch or from packet mix, so whether you are looking for a simple quick fix with a bit of pizazz or want to experiment with a potential future masterpiece you are sure to have fun with these!

Cherry Dr Pepper cupcakes from Cupcakeables

This week’s giveaway comes from a virtual celebrity in the cupcake world!   Dollhouse Bake Shoppe’s founder, Lindsay Morton, was the very first winner on Food Network’s hit show, Cupcake Wars.  She has taken her sweets from local to national in the blink of an eye and is now selling more than just cupcake products on her adorable site.    I received the Cupcake Confetti Kit and adored how everything I needed was right there!  One of my favorite things was the adorable box the items came in!

Each Kit Includes:

-Detailed instructions                                                   -All natural, gourmet vanilla cupcake/cake mix

-All natural, gourmet chocolate frosting mix      -Decorating bag to pipe a professional swirl of icing

-Premium rainbow sprinkles topping/mix-in pouch

-Dollhouse Bake Shoppe cupcake carrier box

I made these cupcakes with my kids and they were very moist and delicious.  The directions were easy too follow and you only needed to add a few of your own ingredients.  The cuppies did not stay around my house for very long! 

 This week, Dollhouse Bake Shoppe is giving away one cupcake kit to a lucky ATC fan!  To enter this giveaway, click on the comment area below and tell us what is your favorite item from Dollhouse Bake Shoppe AND what you think they should add to their shop.  Special thanks to Dollhouse Bake Shoppe for sponsoring this giveaway! 

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I have made donut muffins in the past and now that I found this chocolate dipped donut cupcake recipe I think I will have to try donut cupcakes.  They fit perfectly into the breakfast cupcake kick I have been on.  It started with stuffed pancake cupcakes which was followed by cinnamon roll cupcakes.  Now these donut cupcakes which I saw on The Family Kitchen but originally came from The Fannie Farmer Baking Book, have been added to the list!

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So many choices, the obvious leader… Chocolate, the other contenders carrot and caramel… but I wanted to choose something a little different, chili!  But don’t worry, if you love chocolate, I have actually mixed the two and gone for a chili chocolate cupcake!  In fact, why not add another C, in the form of some Cinnamon!

Throw it all together and you have these wickedly good looking cupcakes…

Cinnamon, Chili, Chocolate Mud Cupcakes

As you can tell from the photo, this cupcake is from Not Quite Nigella.  Lorraine is from down under, in fact, from my original home city of Sydney.  She is making quite a statement and has a book due out next year.  But lets get to talking about this cupcake, the mud cake is rich and dense (like a good mud cake should be) and uses Dagoba Powder for the spice mix.  Don’t fret though if you don’t have this in your local supermarket as it can easily be recreated by making your own, which is explained on the blog, along with the irresistible recipe!

I know what some of you out there are thinking, “geeze, another cupcake card.”  But I saw Boris the English Bulldog and couldn’t resist!  Boris is the name of the dog featured on a line of products created by Cuore and shown in the picture above.  Cuore has a variety of items for sale on her Etsy page including several birthday themed notecards with original illustrations of dogs holding cupcakes in their mouths.  In addition to the english bulldog option there is a french bulldog option and a chihuahua which has a really cute heart shaped spot!

The winner of the One Haute Cupcake Charm from Sweet Bling is…

Dawn Bohm         

My 24 year old son Kyle is Autistic. He is the joy of my life. Kyle will live with me for the rest of his life and I look forward to every day with him.
He is soo funny and such a character…to hear him laugh brings a smile to everyone’s face.
We have had good days and bad days but they are all special.
I am also an avid baker and he’s my cupcake tester…even though there are no bad cupcakes if you ask Kyle!! I love all the pendants…but I’d have to pick the Live, Love, Eat cupcakes tshirt says it all.

Congratulations! Please email your mailing address to atcwinner@gmail.com.  Thanks again to all who entered the giveaway and thank you Sweet Bling  for sponsoring this wonderful giveaway.  For more information on autism or how to help support children and adults living with autism, please visit TERI . 

I am absolutely in love with the online store ModCloth. They always have the coolest things from jewelry, clothes and most important – baking/cooking supplies.

I love to bake and when I saw these great Cupcake Measuring Spoons and Cupcake Measuring Cups I thought to myself, ” The cupcake Gods are looking out for me!”

What is your favorite cooking utensil in your kitchen?

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