Cherish Cupcakes, of Belfast, UK, recently updated their Flickr photostream. You should check it out, because there’s a lot more to see. I’m just including a few of my favorites here. They call the top one the “Endangered Cupcake” which made me laugh out loud. And I guess it means we shouldn’t eat it. (Are those Cheerios for ears? How cute is that?)
The Cupcake Girls is a new series premiering Women’s Entertainment tv! Starting August 14 at 9pm/8c viewers can watch these two Canadian cupcake bakers run their chain of Cupcakes stores while trying to remain best friends. Heather and Lori created Cupcakes over 8 years ago and have been baking cupcakes like The Sweet 16, (vanilla cake with pink vanilla buttercream, finished with pastel sprinkles) the inspiration for their companies’ colors, ever since.
What do you think??
Do we need to keep it traditional and go cake over cupcake? Are we messing with an age old tradition? Do cupcakes really not have a place at this big event?
I ask the question, because Muskoee Phoenix has a story that suggests that when the author goes to a wedding she wants “to see two things”, that being “the bride’s gown, and a work of art, the wedding cake.” She goes on to say that “they should not be served on the most important day of a woman’s life, next to having a baby.”
I’m sorry, but in my view it is your wedding and so therefore your choice! Cake or cupcake, why not? and given some of the gorgeous cuppies around, you can certainly go glamorous with the little ones, like these gorgeous cupcakes from Ban Bakes – In Paris! But what do you think?
Do you love cupcakes but think they don’t have a place at a wedding?
Ruche’s latest email is titled “Indulge in Decadent Ruffles” which are looks inspired by cupcakes! For each of the three cupcake flavors there are collections of clothes that go with the flavor.
Brown Sugar Peach Cream
Strawberry Pink Lady
Chocolate Peanut Butter
While vacationing with my family in Vermont a few weeks ago we visited the Vermont Teddy Bear Company. I was very delighted and surprised to see a cupcake bear in their gift shop. Not only does it have a cute pink and yellow cupcake on it but it also has a vanilla cupcake smell! They also had gumball, grape, beer (huh?) and popcorn scented bears but the cupcake one caught my heart very quickly. Online they have a bouquet of three bears for $69.95 but in if you live in the Burlington Vermont area, you can go to their store and buy just the cupcake one for $24.95.
I am so thrilled to share with you this vegan-friendly satchel from Need Supply Co. 
The outside is soft, textured, faux-leather and the inside is cute little pink cupcakes galore. The purse costs $72 and comes in black and grey. It also has an adjustable shoulder-strap. If you choose to visit Need Supply, be prepared to stay a while. They have lots of great stuff!
Just a reminder that Sunday is the last day to enter our cupcake cookie giveaway sponsored by Etsy crafter FunFavors. Please click here to enter!
Little Jane St. is a boutique stationary and textile studio, one product that they offer are ceramic magnets. There are a total of twelve designs to choose from and even more colors. One design featured on the magnets the cute little magnets are cupcakes! Each is handmade and for $4.00 you can get one magnet.
Katie Holmes last week made cupcake headlines when she contacted Isabelle’s Curly Cakes in New York and ordered a batch to be delivered to her in Toronto.
Katie is currently acting in a documentary about the Kennedys for the History Channel and it appears she just couldn’t do with out them.
It appears also that cupcake adoration runs in the family, Suri shown here also being a big fan (photo by James Devaney sourced from The Star).
So what cupcakes would you order from New York? Katie ordered Red Velvet and Grasshopper flavor.
Today I received a belated birthday present from one of my oldest friends. She is creative and amazingly talented when it comes to making things. Plus she knows me really well, well enough to know I would love a handmade cupcake bracelet! I just had to share this with everyone!
Update: My friend now has a website, you can contact her through her website: http://www.sarapancoast.com/
My mom’s birthday is a little less then two weeks away so I was trying to come up with a cupcake idea for her. I came across these Hydrangea Cupcakes on Glorious Treats and think I have found what I’ll be making my mom! Below are Glory’s picture directions and step by step directions to follow to create these floral cupcakes.
Glory made a batch of her favorite chocolate cupcakes (recipe HERE), and her vanilla cream cheese frosting (recipe HERE). Then colored half of the frosting blue, and half purple (mixing a few shades of blues and purples to get a good color match to the real hydrangeas). When making the frosting, use very little cream (less than 1 tablespoon), because the coloring will add some liquid, and you need the frosting to be pretty stiff to hold a nice shape.
Did you all see Red Velvet Stefanie on Cupcake Wars? She kicked some cupcake butt on there and made it to second place! She didn’t win but her popularity has seemed to have blown up since then. I follow her on Facebook and am always seeing good news coming from her endeavors.
Rose cupcakes (1), originally uploaded by 2sweetiepies.
I always complain that my husband doesn’t get me flowers. But I’ve changed my mind. Sort of. From now on, these are the roses I want. They are too gorgeous to eat!
When your teeth are crying out for some down time from the sugar intake, and the button on your pants is straining to be catapulted across the room, perhaps take a day off from the cupcakey goodness and reach instead for a cupcake fake.
Fake cupcakes are starting to appear everywhere, and what is so good about them, is they can sit on your desk forever looking pretty without ever going bad! But just don’t drool on them, urgh, it is too hard to clean!
Cakery Fakery is one such Etsy retailer who does just that, making and selling her cupcake fakes. Here are some of my favorite ones from her range. These are in order Sherbet Blossom, Sherbet Swirl, Baby Girl (below) and Pistachio (above).
These cupcakes are SOO cool!
These lovely lil’ gems are from Crumbs and Doilies.
I love the look of their cupcakes, they look like what my nana use to make but funky with fun colors and even more fun sprinkles.
Follow their Blog for your daily dose of Cupcakes!
Last week I introduced you to Etsy seller, FunFavors. They specialize in personally made party items. Funfavors will make custom orders for any type of theme. From birthday parties to baby showers to weddings, they will make it all for you!
This week FunFavors is giving away one dozen cupcake cookies to one lucky ATC fan.
To enter this giveaway first click here to visit FunFavors shop. Then click on the comment area below and tell us what your favorite item is AND what item you think they should add to their shop. One winner will be chosen on August 3 and will be announced here on ATC. Good luck cupcake fans!
www.funfavors.etsy.com www.funfavorsbydulce.blogspot.com
http://www.sweetiesbakeshop.blogspot.com/
There is a frenzy that is unsettling cupcake businesses around America, causing bakers to reach for the video camera instead of the whisk. What, may you ask is upsetting the frosting on these cupcakes?
Well, a little over a week ago, the Food Network’s Cupcake Wars got busy on the phone encouraging selected bakers to consider submitting a video audition for the next round of Cupcake Wars. Lily and Erin from A Cupcake Wonderland were one such recipient and they decided to share their highly entertaining and funny video on You Tube, and of course with you! Good luck Cupcake Wonderland. Check it out by clicking here.
If selected, they will compete against three other bakers / bakeries in a chance for cupcake glory!
While standing in line at the grocery store this evening my sister quickly pointed out this month’s issue of Taste of the South Magazine. The August/September cover features Pecan Pie Cupcakes! In case the magazine is not sold in your local grocery store, the recipe can be found below.
