Remember those trendy Fisker’s cupcake toppers we showed you over the summer?  Well now Lisa Stroms has a twist on the mustache cupcake toppers, edible mustache cupcake toppers!  These are really easy to make, just sketch or print out the mustache shape you want to use as your template and cover with wax paper.  Next melt chocolate and fill into a ziploc bag.  Snip the corner of the bag and pipe the chocolate following the outline of the template first and filling in the mustache second.  Then use chocolate to “glue” on a lollipop stick, once dry you have edible mustache cupcake toppers.

Is it too early to be thinking about the holiday cards you will be sending out this year?  It seems as though the second you finish your Thanksgiving leftovers someone is sending out their holiday cards.  I know in my family my mom waits until the last minute to send out her cards but why not get ahead and order these beautiful cupcake letterpress cards by Parrot Design Studio.  A set of six cards that reads “Peace Love Cupcakes” costs $15.00 or you can purchase an individual card for $4.00. And remember you need time for the cards to be shipped to you and then to your recipients.

Sometimes I wonder why the best cupcake stuff seems to be for kids! I really start to wonder when I see things like this Dior cupcake print tee which is for little girls.  I like the shirt especially because I love water colors and cupcakes but I would not spend $87.00 on myself let alone on a T-shirt for a baby that will quickly grow out of it!

While flipping through a magazine an ad for NFL Shop caught my attention.  The ad was of a frosted cupcake in a teams colors and topped with a helmet party pic.  The party pics come in a package of 24 as part of the NFL cake decorating kit that costs $19.99.  There are cake decorating kits for 24 different NLF teams.

Do you remember cinnamon toast crunch breakfast cereal?  I always think of the commercials from the 1990s with Wendell and the other bakers which used the slogan “it’s the taste you can see.”

Cinnamon Toast Crunch cupcakes can now be added to the list of breakfast cupcake, along with pancakes, cinnamon rolls, Pop Tart, and Cap’n Crunch Cookie cupcakes.  These cinnamon toast crunch cupcakes are the creation of Your Cup of Cake and they have me craving that cinnamunchcruncy taste!

KamNCo is a fun little Etsy shop that offers faux cupcakes.  These realistic cupcakes range in price from $3.00 to $8.00 for a single cupcake to $24.00 for a party pack of 4.  Each cupcake is approximately 4 inches tall and the cupcakes come in a variety of colors and decorations.

ATC was sent the pastel party cupcake in aqua for review.  As soon as I opened the package I was immediately amazed at how realistic these cupcakes are.  Inside the package t looked like I had a mini cupcake with vanilla butter cream frosting and topped with a chocolate drizzle and multi colored sprinkles.  As the product description reads the faux cupcake is very light weight, which means if used as a decoration on a Christmas tree, they will not weigh down the branches. Read the rest of this entry »

Do you love cupcakes so much that you use foil cupcake wrappers to decorate gifts?  I put a lot of thought and effort into the presentation of gifts that I give and I really love these DIY ideas from Hey Look.  From the garland to the shiny gold package they look fun and festive.  I’m sure cupcake fan or not the recipient of a package wrapped like this would be excited to find out what’s inside! (Image from a Subtle Revelry)

I can’t believe how quickly the holiday season is approaching!  All the stores are stocked with their holiday merchandise which means its time to start hunting for fun cupcake finds.  This year is one of my friends first years having her own tree and she has already expressed a desire to have a themed Christmas tree.  Have you heard of anyone doing these?  Basically my friend wants to have a “sweet tree,” where all the ornaments, garland, and even the star on top is a dessert or candy.  I think these Martha Stewart Collection Christmas mini cupcake ornaments which come in a box of three would be perfect for her tree.  They are available from Macy’s for $17.00.

Zooey Deschanel likes Cupcake Wars!  In this 30 second clip from The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson Zooey Deschanel and Ferguson plan a cupcake war with delicious results.

I love souvenirs and they are even better when they are cupcake related!  In October my parents spent two weeks in London and were nice enough to bring me back a few surprises.  One of them is The Notting Hill Shopping Bag which is designed by local school children to support local causes.  My parents made the obvious choice of chosing the cupcake design for me which was designed by X factor judge and Notting Hill resident Natalie Imbruglia.  The bags are available online through paypal for 8 euro, just be sure to mention you want the cupcake design when checking out.

This Baked with Love cupcake dress from ModCloth is perfect for any cupcake lover!  The style of the dress says retro and vintage but the cupcakes and fun colored polka dots scream trendy cupcake lover!  The dress costs $79.99 and comes in two sizes, small/medium or medium/large.

I know today everyone is talking about the Nor’easter in the North East but I have a feeling we still have a few fall days left before winter is here to stay.  Since the holiday catalogs have already started arriving I looked through Hearth Song’s catalog this weekend.  Hearth Song has some really cute cupcake items.  My personal favorite are the cupcake rain gear; boots, umbrellas, and raincoats! Prices for these fun items range from $19.98 for the umbrella to $48.98 for the cupcake raincoat which features faces of bunnies and dogs on top of cupcakes.

Last year we shared with you an idea from the authors of Hello Cupcake/Whats New Cupcake on how to create a mummy out of cupcakes.  For an alternative mummy cupcake Annie from With Sprinkles on Top offers the idea of making the cupcake faces look like mummies! She bought the eye from a local candy store but I’m sure white candy with a drop of chocolate will have the same effect!

If you didn’t see something you liked in earlier this week’s Halloween themed cupcake toppers maybe one of these other fun, free printable toppers will be more your style.  I Heart Naptime’s toppers feature simple patterns and the phrase “trick or treat.”  Paper Squid’s freebies also include cake pop decorations.

Is it too early to be thinking about gloves?  I know that in some areas of the country it has already snowed which means the possibility of colder weather is right around the corner.  Be prepared for chilly nights with these cupcake convertible gloves.  They come in three color combinations for  $19.00 from Urban Outfitters.

A quick run into my local target resulted in yet another Target cupcake find.  Target has cupcake banks! In addition to the three cupcake banks there are also hamburgers, globes, and the traditional piggy along with frogs and dinosaurs.  With so many options to choose from these would be great to buy now and save as a christmas present since they are $9.99-$11.04, especially if you needed something for a boy and a girl.

Image via Paper Crave

Looking for some free printable cupcake toppers?  We Love to Illustrate has put together a collection of printable Halloween themed cupcake toppers, free for personal use!  I came across this blog post via Paper Crave’s Free Printable Halloween Goodies, 2011 Edition post.  There are a total of seven designs to choose from, my favorites are by Bee and Tamara Henderson!

While visiting Boston last weekend I was amazed at how many food trucks can be spotted around the city!  Of course I tried several food trucks including a red velvet maple ice cream sandwich from Frozen Hoagies and at the SoWa Open Market I had The Green Munster Melt grilled cheese which consisted of munster cheese, homemade avocado and applewood bacon from Roxy’s Gourmet Grilled Cheese.

Most importantly at the Boston Book Festival I tried a cupcake from The Cupcakory, Boston’s original cupcake truck.  Feeling seasonal I decided to try the Apple Crumble cupcake, shown at left.  A fresh apple cake with vanilla butter cream, rolled in a traditional baked apple crumble topping of oatmeal, brown sugar, butter, and autumn spices.  I enjoyed watching my cupcake be frosted and rolled in the apple crumble topping as opposed to being handed a pre-decorated cupcake.  The cupcake was delicious and despite not being a huge fan of whipped frosting I really liked the apple crumble topping. The best way to find The Cupcakory is to check their Location/schedule section on their website for follow them on Facebook and Twitter. Oh and don’t you love their cupcake display window?

Located in the Burlington Mall Food Court in Burlington Massachusetts, Shot Cakes are ice cream for cupcakes!  The idea behind Shot Cakes is simple, you combine ice cream and cupcakes for one delicious treat.  At Shot Cakes you choose the cupcake flavor for a selection of over 30 cupcakes and the decide the soft serve ice cream flavor you would like to fill your cupcake with.  Visit the Shot Cakes website to view the unique cupcake technology used to fill the cupcakes with ice cream.  All pictures are courtesy of my sister who was lucky enough to try these cupcakes and said that they were awesome!  For more traditional dessert fans, shot cakes also offers frosted cupcakes, as shown below.  Additional menu items include ice cream cones and mini shot cakes.

Do you make the greatest cupcakes?  Show off your award winning cupcakes in these Greatest Cupcake silicone molds by Kikkerland Design.  The set of two costs $8.00 and would be a fun way to display cupcakes after a science fair, spelling bee, or awards banquet.

Over the past few years we here at ATC have shared several candy corn cupcake ideas.  We started with the idea of dying the cupcake batter yellow and orange and layering them to look like a candy corn.  The next year we showed you that you could take any cupcake and frost it to look like a candy corn by piping white, yellow, and orange frosting on top. This year we take it one step further, dark chocolate cupcakes with a candy corn inside!  The Sugar Turntable came up with the fun and festive idea, as she says in her description, the dark chocolate cupcake combined with the candy corn colors just screams fall and Halloween!

The directions for how to make these awesome cupcakes are included in her original post but while at the website check out her other Halloween tutorials.  The tutorials include  instructions for the fun boneyard cupcakes shown to the right, would you believe marshmallows and pretzels are used to make them?

Check out these skull and crossbones cupcake wrappers from My Little Love, Sweet Party Supplies.  I like the skulls inside the paisley’s which makes for a pretty yet spooky wrapper that will look great on any Halloween dessert table.  Twelve wrappers come in a package for $10.00.  My Little Love has lots of other wrappers and fun Halloween party supplies like the 36” jack-o-lantern balloon!

I have been meaning to blog about this exciting adventure for a little over a month now.  Fellow cupcake bloggers Cupcakes Take The Cake have announced that they are going on a cupcake lovers cruise!  The best part is you’re invited! The week long cruise is taking place August 19-26th 2012.  The cruise departs from New Jersey and docks in Bermuda for three days.  One of the best parts of the cruise, aside from that it is cupcake themed is the amazing guest speakers and workshop hosts.  The authors of Hello Cupcake, and What’s New Cupcake as well as the authors and owners of Baked will be on the cruise.  These are just the announce guests, there will also be some surprises!  If you would like to book a ticket or for more information you can email [email protected] or call 800-828-4813. This sounds like a fun vacation that I would love to go on, if only I had $999.00 which is the starting price!

Three weeks until Halloween! Are you ready? If you haven’t started making your child’s costume I would say it is time to start!  Wonder Time offers instructions on how to make the cute children’s cupcake costume, shown above.  While the list of necessary products seems lengthy and the instructions are a bit involved, the end result will make it worth it if you little one is dying to be a cupcake!

Are you throwing a Halloween party this year?  If you are, I think now’s the time to hurry and get your inviations out.  I really like these Halloween cupcakes and cocktails invites from Etsy seller Flair Designery.  I like that the invitations incorporate cupcakes but still have a grown up feel to them and they are affordable; the set of 24 invitations costs $24.00.