We’ve all had those days in the kitchen where something happens and we’re unexpectedly left with a cupcake tray that has empty liners and the conundrum of whether to reconcile the situation with fewer or smaller cupcakes. Whether you dismiss it as a consequence of the spill at the hands of favorite your little helper or the presence of too many willing volunteers offering their batter-sampling services, you might shrug it off and move on to the next thing. But when that situation arises and you’re alone in the kitchen, you realize the sad truth that the culprit might actually have been your trusty box of cake mix all along.

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I know I have shared my love of Sur La Table in the past and I am so excited that in the last few months a store opened up at my local mall.  The only down side to having the store near by is I see and want things like this Duo Icing Set.  What an ingenious idea! For $14.95 you get eight bags and six tips.  The bags are not your ordinary bags, these bags have a divider down the middle so you can simultaneously pipe two colors at one time!

Usually cupcakes are girly but in this cake this cupcake tea towel is a criminal! The $22.00 tea towel from Down That Little Lane features a cupcake with a moustache and an eye patch.

We here at All Things Cupcake love our 16,000+ Facebook fans but I have to give a shout-out to one in particular today. She shared some amazing and awe inspiring photos of her cupcake themed kitchen. I think she has a future as one sweet interior decorator. Thanks for being such a big cupcake fan Karen and please share with us where you found all these special items!

This Liberty of London white bird print tea towel is a little different from the Liberty of London patterns I have seen before.  The tea towel features a blue bird eating a cupcakes and costs £12.50.   The image is also available on everything needed for a tea party, plates, teapots, teacups, three tiered cake stands, and more.

My stand mixer gets quite a workout, and doesn’t have much time to collect dust, but I’m still tempted to pick up one of these cute cupcake stand mixer covers from Etsy seller PlayingWithDolls. The covers sell for $18 each and 10% of each sale goes to support Volunteers in Medical Missions, an organization that provides free medical care to people in developing countries.

Last week I ran into my local Kohl’s and was excited to see all of the cupcake items they were offering for valentines day.  You could easily decorate your whole kitchen in red, pink, hearts, and cupcakes!  These items would  also make great gifts for your special valentine.  For the kitchen there are cupcake placemats, aprons, kitchen towels and a vinyl tablecloth.  The table wouldn’t be complete without the 3 stacking bowls, cupcake shaped mug and spoon, and the serving platter.  You are also going to want the cupcake hand towel and my Kohl’s had a cute cupcake sign that isn’t on the website.  These cupcake items are on sale and affordable so be sure to stop by your local Kohls since Valentine’s Day is only two weeks away!

I was recently wandering around my local Meijer when I discovered that Wilton has a new (and very exciting) line of kids’ cupcake decorating fun. If you’ve got a little baker (or decorator) in your life, you should definitely check this out. Or, even if you don’t, you still might want to check it out.

And here’s a video demonstration of the “Topping Tornado.”

Happy New Year!

To kick 2012 off right, I just purchased myself my first set of silicone baking cups at a nearby health food store. (You can get Casabella silicone muffin cups on Amazon too.)

I am quite impressed! A set of 6 reusable cups will run you about $8.99, but the way we go through cupcake wrappers around here, they’ll likely pay for themselves soon. I’ve already broken them in, and they worked beautifully. My cupcakes took a little bit longer to cook, so be prepared to be flexible, but the cupcakes were cooked evenly, and the silicone cups peeled away from them beautifully.

In the end, these baking cups are a great idea, and I look forward to trying to wear them out. They are also super easy to clean, especially if you have a dishwasher! And they come in jumbo size too!

My daughter got me this mini cupcake maker for Christmas. It was my first contraption of the sort. A tiny thing, it “bakes” seven mini cupcakes at a time.

It’s awesome in that it only takes a few minutes to warm up. At first, I was a little annoyed that, cooking 7 minis at a time, it would take me all night to get through a batch of batter, but then I read the manual–turns out, the mini cupcake maker came with a whole bunch of neat little recipes that make a perfect size batch of batter for 7 mini cupcakes. So, this cupcake maker would be ideal for a person or small family who just wanted to make a quick treat. As for me, I plugged my way through the whole first batch, and it took a while. Next time, I will be sure to start small!

In the end, it was a great gift to get from my junior baker, and I was grateful for an easy cleanup. And I’m sure we’ll have lots of fun with it in the future. (Oh, and you might want to toss the first batch–they tasted like freshly cooked metal.)

Move over “Life is good.” Make way for “Life is sweet.” I’m seeing this motto everywhere, and here it is again on this stamped cross stitch cupcake apron. This apron is available from Dimensions Crafts for $12.99.

The package contains a finished polyester/cotton apron printed in washaway ink, a shopping list for thread, and complete instructions. (Needle and thread not included.) 

Might make a great holidays gift for the cupcake lover in your life (which may very well be you!)?

Has anyone seen the move Up? If you haven’t, stop what you are doing immediately and go rent it! No, I really mean it! It is one of the best cartoon/movies I have ever seen.

When I saw these cupcakes that were made for this movie, my heart melted. They are so cute and such a fabulous representation.

Up Cupcakes from Freakgirls’s Flickr Photostream

You can also check out her blog – FREAKGIRL.COM

Since I saw this Wilton decorating bag holder on Oh Hello Friend, You Are Loved I have been thinking about buying it, especially because its under $12.00.  It would not only be helpful in the kitchen while decorating cupcakes but it’s also great for using at parties.  I love that Danni painted hers (pictured left)with chalkboard paint and wrote the frosting flavors directly on the stand.  At the same even Danni used a cupcake pan to display the sprinkles.  These are great creative ideas for taking the baking supplies out of the kitchen and into the party!

I love this polka dot cupcakes towel from Pier 1 Imports that I was given for my birthday.  It’s bright and cheery and looks great hanging on the handle of my stove.  If you want your own cupcake towel you can buy the red like I was given for $7.16.  There is also a blue sparkler cupcake towel for only $3.38.

How do you carry your cupcakes? I just found two great cupcake carriers/holders.

Wire Cupcake Caddy from Bake It Pretty

I absolutely love this carrier. I love the look of the it. It would be perfect in my apartment.

Inflate & Take Cupcake Carrier from Chef’s Resource

This is quite the comical cupcake carrier. It reminds me of a float you would use in the pool in the summer. Plus, its great if you live in a place with limited storage!

I am the queen of my kitchen and I am always looking for great ways to spruce it up! Sometimes something as small as a new pot holder or new dish towel will do the trick. Next time I am in the mood to shake things up in my kitchen I know exactly where to do — Curry Kay Design’s Etsy Shop!

She specialized in whimsical screen printed kitchen accessories: aprons, dishtowels, totes and potholders. She has quite a few different cupcake patterns and color combination’s. Here are a few of my favorites.

The Bridget Apron – Light Green with Red Cupcake

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I must say that cupcakes are one of the hardest baked goods to transport. They have to be separated individually so they frosting doesn’t get ruined and its really hard to stack cupcakes one on top of the other without ending up with smashed cupcakes! As we all know there are tons of different types of cupcake holders out there to fix this dilemma. But I must say that this is the most creative one that I have seen and the most fun.

These come in two different colors and can be found at the Food Network Store.

Giant Pink Cupcake Carrier

Giant Brown Cupcake Carrier

What kind of cupcake holder do you use?

I am a cooking and baking fiend. I love finding tons of new gadgets and gizmos to help me out in the kitchen. One of my favorite go-to kitchen supply stores is Sur la Table .

I find some pretty great cupcake items here too! One of my latest finds was this Mini Filled Cupcake Pan. A easy way to create amazing filled cupcakes!

Serve up your cupcakes with style! Check out this unique cupcake tray in the shape of a cupcake. I am personally a fan of the hot pink/magenta color!

Confetti Cupcake Serving Tray from UrbanOutfitters.com

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?

Cupcake Measuring Spoons

Cupcake Measuring Cups

Chef Resource offers this Chicago Metallic Cupcake Plunger for $4.95.  Once you remove the center of your cupcakes, you use the plunger to fill them with frosting, fruit, or anything your imagination can think of!

I frequently find myself wishing I lived in Eurpoe.   Things seem to be so much more sophisticated and lovely across the sea.  When I came across John Lewis’s site I immediately wished I had a UK shipping address so I could buy the Flutters and Fancies Tea Towel, £6.99, which has the image of a cake stand filled with cupcakes and a bird on top.  A similar cake stand is actually sold for £22.50, except the bird is painted on the stand instead of being perched on top. The website has more items that match these two along with tons of other great!

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!

Crate & Barrel is one of my favorite stores for home goods.  While at the mall I notice Crate & Barrel has new cupcake party plates.  They are $4.95 each and are a 6 inch square.  I love the bright colors, they’re great cheery plates for cold January days!

This time of year is the best cupcake hunting time. It seems that so many retailers pair Valentine’s Day and cupcakes and I love it! Here’s some of the sweet items I found yesterday in Target’s dollar section:

Cupcake socks, dry erase board, oven mitt and pot holder and cupcake erasers. They also had cupcake shirts for small dogs.

Facebook fan, Lindsey also found this cupcake bank at her Target.

I have also had Valentine cupcake sightings at Michael’s, Hobby Lobby and my favorite Kohl’s.

Kohl’s cupcake placemats, wreath, table runner and vinyl tablecloth.  These photos only show half of what they have available this year.   All are so sweet and so tempting! 

Please click on the comment area below and let us know about your cupcake sightings this week.