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Soft Serve Swirl Cupcake

By HeatherLynn on Friday, July 23rd, 2010

Is it a cupcake or ice cream?


This is very deceiving! I love ice cream and cupcakes so this is a good concoction for me (although it doesn’t have any ice cream in it, but I can pretend).

I found recipe for Soft Serve Swirl Cupcakes on Wilton.

Now this is an ice cream that will not melt in the devouring heat.

Straw-Berried Treasure Cupcake

By HeatherLynn on Tuesday, July 20th, 2010

Fifteen cupcakes in a live mans mouth— Yo-ho-ho, and a bowl of frosting! (I tried hah!)

Ahoy Matey! Check out these pirate inspired cupcakes from I Heart Cuppycakes.

Strawberries, chocolate and pirates – what more could you ask for!

Enjoy!

CakeJournal’s (Cup)Cake Decorating Tutorials

By jpower on Monday, July 5th, 2010

photo courtesy of CakeJournal

When I was tooling around CakeJournal’s site after getting info about Louise’s cupcake needle felt pillows, I found her collection of cake decorating tutorials. This made me happy because it reminded me that the creation of fancy cupcake decorations are indeed within even my beginner’s grasp.

In my quest to find new and interesting cupcake news for ATC, I see the incredible craft and artistry that goes into decorating cupcakes and cakes. I’m always  impressed by the creativity of these pieces.  However,  most of the time  I can’t say that I find inspiration in them because it often looks like a level of composition and sculpture that’s well out of my league. I think that CakeJournal’s collection of tutorials is just the thing to bridge that gap.

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Happy 4th of July!

By HeatherLynn on Saturday, July 3rd, 2010

How is everyone spending their 4th of July? If you don’t have a lot on your agenda you should add these lovely cupcakes to bake! This are so cool and definitely different from any other 4th of July Cupcakes I have seen.

Lady Liberty Cupcakes

Cupcake Poop by Cupcake Project

By jpower on Wednesday, June 30th, 2010

Cupcake Poop! (picture courtesy of the Cupcake Project)

I was a little confused when I saw the word “poop” titling a post with a picture of delicious looking crispy cookies.  But I guess everyone has their own terminology for the little bits of batter that end up on the edges of the cupcake pan and get cooked up into tasty crispy treats.

Cupcake Project gives us the scoop on the poop, or rather, how to bake it up on purpose rather than just relying on serendipitous accident:

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