I agree with Carrie from Half Baked, I’m not a fan of rushing the holiday season but since Halloween products have been out since August I am ready for fall and Halloween!  I love these cupcake liner witch hats that Carrie came up with.  I usually choose decorations that are simple, easy, timesaving and impressive.  These witch hats are just that, there is no labor intensive decorating involved.  The complete instructions are on Half Baked and by complete I mean 5 steps!

ATC sponsor Diva Entertains offers a wide variety of party favors and supplies.  Of course, no party is complete these days without cupcakes, and Diva Entertains has just added a fabulous, new item to their line of cupcake favors.  Consider these ceramic cupcake jars for your next party.  Guests will be pleased to have a cute memento from your party, and they will also be pleasantly surprised to find some tasty cupcake-flavored cookies inside.  There are four color and flavor options to choose from (highlighted in the picture).

Are you a Lady Gaga fan?  I feel as though she’s like a scary movie that you can’t help but watch even though you know you will be scared but in the case of Lady Gaga you know she’s going to have something crazy on!

I’m impressed by these Lady Gaga inspired cupcakes sent in by an ATC reader!  Each cupcake is designed after a Lady Gaga outfit and I think the cupcakes match wonderfully with Lady Gaga’s unique style.  My personal favorite is the Kermit the Frog Lady Gaga cupcake.  To view each cupcake with it’s correlating outfit head over to C for Cupcake Cupcakery’s post!

If I didn’t already have my custom cupcake Toms I would definitely buy a pair of these Converse shoes!  With the Converse One Builder you can create custom shoes! The best part is they have two cupcake patterns to chose from.  I made a sample pair, shown above, to see what the process is like.  You start by choosing from one of over 39 styles, note that each style is a different price.   Next you start picking colors and patterns for the different 14 parts of the shoe.  For my shoes I chose the Skidgrip CVO Canvas and the brown cupcake print, once completed this pair of shoes would cost $62.00.  There is also a grey  cupcake print and you can even add a tag to you shoes!

Artist Jonathan Arras has combined the world of cupcakes with the world of dragons in his watercolor art.  If you’re a fan of mythical creatures, then head on over to his webpage, Spirals in Love.  He says that some of the common themes in his artwork are “delirious love, loneliness, and giant desserts”.  I don’t know about you, but I really love the giant dessert part, especially when it involves cupcakes, as this painting does below.  His work has also been featured on All Things Cupcake before, so be sure and check that out as well.

These cupcake collars would make a fun and simple craft project for your kids, and would add a nice fall touch to your next gathering.  Simply choose a template (most are less than $1), print it onto white cardstock, laminate it, and cut it out.  Then place the cupcake into the hole and use some tape to secure the collar to the cupcake.

I just found this award-winning cupcake at Flickr, and though it is titled “Self-Portrait,” it looks alot like someone else I know! This cupcake was created by Tania of Crazy Cupcakes and the photo was taken by EpicureanPiranha.

In Southington, Connecticut, Frosted Couture Cupcakes has just opened.  You won’t find names like “chocolate” and “vanilla” here.  Their cupcakes are all named after famous designers.  You will encounter flavors such as “Cannoli Klein”, “Chocolate Chip Gucci Dough”, and “Rock and Raspberry Republic”.  They even have a fall collection with flavors like “Apple and Olivia” and “Cole Haan Cinnabon”.  These cupcakes not only look tasty, but they are also exquisitely designed.

Happy first day of Fall!  This year I’m really looking forward to the cool weather, warm colors, and seasonal foods.  Last week I picked up some apples at a local farmers market and I’m already craving more.  I know I’ll have to buy more because I really want to bake these caramel apple pie cupcakes that I saw yesterday.  As an apple and a cupcake lover each component sounds delicious, from the cinnamon cupcake and apple pie filling, to the caramel frosting.  The Craving Chronicles came up with these festive cupcakes and the recipe can be found on the original post.

Cupcakes are certainly in style for weddings these days, and I love this idea for serving them.  With a cupcake bar, guests can come up with their own combinations of cupcake, frosting, and toppings.

This cupcake bar had yellow, devil’s food and carrot cupcakes, chocolate, buttercream and coconut frosting, and toppings like sprinkles, crushed almond cookies, mini chocolate chips, walnuts and toasted coconut.  What a fun and delicious idea for a wedding, or even a birthday party or baby shower!

These treats are a fun twist on the traditional funfetti cupcake.  Grab a box of confetti cake mix and add pink lemonade drink mix, applesauce, lemon zest and some sprinkles and you’ve got a great way to end your summer (or begin your fall if you live in the north like I do).

I have been admiring Evajuliet’s Etsy shop for some time now.  The Les Petites Douceurs print has been on the top of my favorite items list.  Recenlty I have added the La vie est belle i” pinback button badge set to my wish list.  This set of eight buttons that costs $13.00 has everything I love, bunting, cupcakes, polka dots, and all in pastel colors! If only I had a need for buttons I’d have already bought them!

Toppers are a great way to dress up a cupcake fast! There are so many different ones you can choose from, especially from Bake It Pretty

I am a fan of Bake It Pretty on FaceBook and I saw this great post today in my feed about these cupcake toppers —

Boombox Cupcake Toppers

Here are a few other toppers that I think are cupcake topping worthy as well!

Peace and Love Ring Toppers

Retro Elves Ornament Toppers

Bee Mine Ring Toppers

How delicious does this sound? Pure Pleasures Cupcake Heaven: Raw Food Sweets That Make Your Heart Skip a Beat

62 pages of cupcake recipes that don’t require an oven! These cupcakes are made from pure, natural, whole foods: gluten-free, vegan, and raw. Available from Amazon for $13.50!

Here’s a sneak peek:

This was an exciting giveaway this week and now it’s time to announce our cupcake tower winner from Penguin Cupcake Towers! *Drum Roll Please!*
Our winner is…

Haylee O’Donnell

I’m making cupcakes for 80 guests, for a friend’s parents 25th wedding anniversary. I have never made that many cupcakes before, and I agreed before I thought about it, I realised I’d need something to display them, so all day today I’ve been hunting for cake stands and D.I.Y seems the best option. I was planning on decorating each tier with a pretty silver wrapping paper and I found adorable 25th Anniversary ribbon in white and silver which I’d line the edge of the tiers with, I’d probably top it of with some white roses dotted among the cupcakes, because flowers and cake = perfection :). Then I saw this contest posted on Facebook and thought it must be my destiny to enter!

Congrats!  Please email us at [email protected].  Thanks so much to all our sweet fans that entered this giveaway.  And many thanks also to Penguin Cupcake Towers for sponsoring this giveaway. 

Have you all heard of the new TV show on CBS called 2 Broke Girls? It is about  broke girls, one working class and one a former heiress, who are working to earn enough money to open up a Cupcake Shop! It premieres on September 19 at 9:30/8:30c .

Let all watch and see what cupcake goodness they can come up with!

CoCo Levine, Cupcake Queen: Fabulous Adventures in Cooking, Crafting, and Friendship is a story about a little girl that lives inside a cupcake.  This children’s book includes more than just a story, it also activities like crafts and baking recipes.  Growing up my mom always incorporated us kids into the cooking and baking.  Even if it was small jobs like pouring or mixing we were asked to assist.  I like that this book encourages involving kids in the activities of the kitchen at an early age.  I also like that it starts creating the love of cupcakes early on!  The book is available on Amazon for $11.99.

Taste of Home has a free monthly cupcake newsletter where each month you will be emailed a new cupcake recipe.  I haven’t signed up yet but I have feeling they will be themed like the the Memorial Day Ice Cream cupcakes we shared with you

Check out ATC sponsor Piktorama’s fun, new iPhone cases below.  Piktorama is a company that specializes in lots of fun graphics–everything from buttons to posters to iPhone cases like these.  They even have lots of cupcake art that is worth checking out.  Be sure to also take a look at some of the work that Piktorama’s owner, Amaranta Martinez, did for MTV and Nickelodeon.

Look what I just found … these Sweet Cake Vessels are amazing! I found them on fab.com.

There are so many things that you could do with these! Toys, dog/cat bed, laundry… the list goes one. I was thinking that you secure a piece of glass on the top and make it a see through coffee table!

I just finished reading the book Modoc, it’s the true story of the greatest elephant that ever lived.  The elephant works in the circus for several years and when talking about the sounds and smells of the circus the smell of popcorn is mentioned.  These caramel popcorn cupcakes sound like perfect circus food, or since state fair season is approaching, I also think they would be a great state fair treat.  I have yet to see cupcakes at my local state fair, the NC State Fair but if they had these I would be sure to try one! The cupcakes were created by 6 Bittersweets and the cupcakes are made with creamed corn and cornmeal then topped with caramel buttercream.

With cupcakes growing in popularity over the past few years, many people have been substituting cupcakes for cakes at large functions.  Weddings, birthdays, anniversaries- all with cupcakes as the main dessert and centerpiece.  And that is where cupcake towers have blossomed in popularity as well.   They display your cuppies without taking up a lot of space. 

Our giveaway this week is from Penguin Cupcake Towers.  One winner will get to choose either the Humboldt or the Emperor Cupcake stand.  The true beauty of these stands is that they are made to be decorated to match your event theme.  Spray paint it, cover it with ribbon, flowers, fabric, glitter- whatever you want! 

To enter this giveaway, click on the comment area below and tell us how you would decorate your cupcake tower if you won.  One winner will be chosen on Monday, September 19th.  Thank you Penguin Cupcake Towers!

Today in remembrance of September 11, 2001 the Los Angeles location of Canter’s Deli is offering free cupcakes for servicemen.  This is Canter’s Deli’s way of saying “thank you,” so if policemen, firemen, or military personnel show up in uniform or provide some form of ID they will be presented with a free cupcake!

My daughter has discovered, much to my dismay, a new interest in Spiderman. So, on a quest to make this as painless as possible for me, I decided to turn her new hobby into a cupcake. While trying to figure out how to do this, I found this uber-neat idea from Crave Bakery.

Say goodbye to summer with this interesting combination: raspberry cupcakes with peanut butter buttercream.  It’s not a combination I would naturally think of, but when I got to thinking about it, peanut butter goes great with lots of other fruits (apples and bananas, for instance) and also with jams and jellies (like strawberry and grape).  So why wouldn’t peanut butter frosting make the perfect topper for a raspberry cupcake?  And just for the record, this cupcake was voted #6 on a list of the top 9 best birthday cakes and cupcakes.