Chocolate Raspberry, originally uploaded by sugarcrushmiami.

Sugar Crush Miami

Wooo! Check out this awesome interview with Natalie of Bake & Destroy (One of our kick ass contributors). Cakespy’s interviews are always so fun and entertaining!

http://www.cakespy.com/2008/07/batter-chatter-interview-with-natalie.html

Photo c/o Metal Sugar, www.metalsugar.com

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Metal Sugar Pendant, originally uploaded by cakespy.

By Metal Sugar, via Cakespy

Handmade Cupcake Cabs out of polymer clay accented with swarovski crystals and attached to silver stud earrings.

Girly Cupcake Earrings, originally uploaded by FatallyFeminine.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/fatally_feminine_designs_jewelry/

Cupcake Letters by Alphabet Soup.

All work is custom and handmade to make your nursery one of a kind!

Reversible Cat Dots Cupcake Cuppies (set of 12) $6.00

Dress up your party cupcakes with these fabulous Cupcake Cuppies! Perfect for any occasion!

This is a set of 12 black background cuppies with olive green, orange, green and grey dots…REVERSIBLE, because on the other side, is a coordinating beige pattern. You can decorate your cupcakes with half of each design! Just flip the cuppy around!

Made of sturdy craft paper, these bottomless cuppies wrap around your cupcakes to really add that fun or elegant touch!

Tons of different designs are available.

Available at Yummy Cuppy Crafts.

C is for Cupcake $30.00

This is an original painting, by Cindy Souder. Ready to hang on the wall (she has painted the sides of the canvas) or lovely famed.

Specifics:
canvas measures 4″x4″
archival
varnished
fade-resistant 

Cindy paints with Daniel Smith Artist acrylics. They have a high pigment content and the colors are bright and fun.

All paintings are signed and dated by the artist on the back, and arrive in protective stiff packaging.

This is part of the food series.

Available here.

Pretty in Pink Cupcake Mosaic Plaque $29.00

This pretty cupcake mosaic is made from hand cut lead lighting glass in pinks, creams and red amber with gold chips of glass. A special technique has been used at the top to make it really girlie and unique!

The sides and back are painted in a dark pink and varnished for protection.

You can display on a stand or hang on the wall as a hook has been added to the back. It looks great in the kitchen or in a little girl’s room and would make a great gift.

The plaque measures 30cm (12”) x 20cm (7.5”).

Available at Smash Studio.

This contest is now closed! We will post the winner by the end of the month.

After counting the votes we have come up with the top 5 cupcakes. Pick your favorite cupcake. One cupcake vote, per person and IP address! Since this is the finals…we are including the recipes of the top 5!

The top 5 cupcakes are… Read the rest of this entry »

Missy-licious

Beesting

Jilly’s Cupcake Bar

What started out as an idea to bring the freshest and best ingredients, incredible bakers and pastry chefs with true culinary genius and a fun, comfortable atmosphere has grown into so much more.

Of course it’s still about the cupcakes—and you have to taste them to believe them—but the owner Jill has partnered with an incredible chef that has put together an outstanding menu of breakfast, lunch and future dinner items. She has also brought together an extremely talented group of bakers that amaze her every day with their inventiveness.

With cupcakes such as Missy-licious and Beesting on the menu it’s no wonder everyone in St. Louis is falling in love with Jilly’s Cupcake Bar.

Please visit, Jilly’s Cupcake Bar, for more information.

Lily Lohe Handbags has three super cute cupcake handbags! I want them all!

Joyeux anniversaire – Happy birthday

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Notice to the oversea-ers, we will be having a Miss World Cupcake coming up soon. Don’t feel left out.  

Voting ends on Sunday, get your vote in.. but please, before you vote, read the rules.

How to Vote: Please vote by leaving a comment to this post. Vote for your top 3 favorite cupcakes, and you may vote only one time per person. The top 5 overall will move on to the next round. Put the State AND the name of the cupcake when you vote. There are more than one entery for a few of the states! ;) Comments that are only voting for one cupcake will be deleted.  ATTENTION ON COMMENTING & VOTING: ONLY ONE COMMENT IS ALLOWED PER IP ADDRESS. Comments that are only voting for one cupcake will be deleted. Please read the voting rules before voting! Thanks :)

The Cupcakes Club Open House!

This delicious event is to introduce The Cupcakes Club – a book series and interactive website for tweens(ages 7-12). Created and written by a mother/daughter team, this series emphasizes wholesome values, delicious fun, and sweet life lessons for todays 7-12 year old girls. What perfect timing for parents looking for a kid’s summer reading activity!

Please join us at Barcliff and Bair 1112 State St. Thursday, July 24th from 2:30 to 4:30 to celebrate its Santa Barbara premier – we will have Aurora Painted Faces there doing face painting and, of course, cupcakes by Sweet Buttercup!!

We look forward to seeing you there – until then, have a cupcake-a-licious day!!

I just finished up this website design today and I thought I’d actually take a moment and write about this wonderful little business. A Cupcake Occasion in New York City.. with melt in your mouth cupcakes.

Their menu features many traditional and modern flavors named after New York City neighborhoods. They believe in small batch baking and take no shortcuts in providing their customers with fresh, delicious, one-of-a-kind cupcakes.

Here is a little taste of their menu:

West Village Dozen
Vanilla cupcakes, vanilla buttercream frosting.

Greek yogurt cupcakes originaly uploaded by Big City, Little Kitchen.

We received 154 comments on our “free cupcake” post and we have a winner folks!

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We had 17 contestants enter the Miss American Cupcake Contest. Since we did not get all 50 states we are just going to group all of the entries together and vote by leaving comments. The top 5 contestants will move on to the finals. Only one cupcake will be named Miss American Cupcake. I apologize in advance. I had so many different type of photo entries…some people submitted elaborate entries, and others sent in more than one snapshot. I tried my best to crop every one’s picture as close to the same size as I could get. Since everyone at least had a cupcake side shot…that is the type of picture I went with. How to Vote: Please vote by leaving a comment to this post. Vote for your top 3 favorite cupcakes, and you may vote only one time per person. The top 5 overall will move on to the next round. Put the State AND the name of the cupcake when you vote. There are more than one entery for a few of the states! ;) Comments that are only voting for one cupcake will be deleted.  ATTENTION ON COMMENTING & VOTING: ONLY ONE COMMENT IS ALLOWED PER IP ADDRESS. Comments that are only voting for one cupcake will be deleted. Please read the voting rules before voting! Thanks :) Voting for the first round ends on Sunday July 20th, 2008. The winner will receive this prize: Sneak Peek Prize Basket   Without further ado, here are your 2008 Miss American Cupcake Contest Contestants… Read the rest of this entry »

I was lucky enough to be the makeup artist for a dear friend’s wedding this past weekend. Jenny of JennyFast.com had a gorgeous fishing themed wedding in true Alaskan style. There was a small cake for the bride and groom to cut, then the guests were served an array of chocolate and vanilla cupcakes topped with buttercream frosting, airbrushed green and yellow, then topped with a chocolate fish of an alternating color. It was absolutely adorable, and all the guests were buzzing about the adorable wedding cuppies!

This is one of my favorite things about All Things Cupcake, featuring wonderful people who love cupcakes just as much as we do. I couldn’t think of a more perfect person to interview than Matt Armendariz, Photographer: mattphotographs.com &  food blogger: mattbites.com .

I remember finding Matt on Martha Stewart’s website and thinking, wow.. what have I been missing! The photography was amazing and the food.. well.. mouth was definitely watering. The first post I read was The Tattooed Latke Maker Gives In and have been going back ever since. How could you not with photos like this:

At one time, Matt mentioned his love for cupcakes to me in an e-mail and I just had to do an interview. So let’s begin, shall we?

Hi Matt! First, I feel that I should start this interview by saying…… I have a confession, I have never had a sprinkles cupcake. What am I missing?
Oh no, I’m afraid I’ll open the Sprinkles-Vs-Other Cupcake argument here. What I can tell you is this: Sprinkles’ packaging, presentation and retail space is impeccable. As a designer and art director I appreciate that. Plus their seasonal Cherry Cupcake cannot be beat. I’ve had better Red Velvet, though.

Seriously, who doesn’t like cupcakes? I know there are detractors and haters, but I know they secretly love them. They have to.

A world without cupcakes is __________.

Angry and confused.

I’ve written about them in passing but have never focused on them exclusively. I was a very early Sprinkles adopter and felt that was good enough for me. Besides, it’d be very easy for me to obsess over cupcakes and ignore everything else. If that ever happens please watch out. Expandable waistlines will ensue.

I think I know exactly how you feel. For some reason I never felt completely at home in Texas, even though I’m still super proud to be a Texan. California has been my home long before I ever got here. Even as a child I’ve had ties to California, whether they were from relatives or family vacation. Plus both my parents had spent time in California growing up and I’ve always known I would end up here. I never thought California would be so good to me, though!

It’s actually been going on for years; right when I think it’s hit a point of mega oversaturation another shop opens up. I love my cupcakes but it is frustrating.
Still, I eat them regularly!

Because you can indulge in small quantities and also because with cupcakes presentation is everything. It’s absolutely everything. Just like celebrity.

It’s certainly an extension of me. At first it was a place to fit in the stories and tidbits that didn’t have a home, now it’s what keeps me sane and connected to so many people.

I have two very distinct food loves: salty and sweet. It’s the sweet part that must be controlled with the greatest amount of restraint. I’m chubby already, I could easily add an extra dozen pounds if I didn’t watch what I ate. So because of this cupcakes are always special treats for me. I treat them with the greatest amount of respect.

I knew you would ask this! It’s really tough. I want to say it’s the frosting but even marginally acceptable frosting is ok if the cake is worth it. So yea, it’s the cake. Cake all the way, baby.

I have no food related tattoos other than the vine of grapes and grape leaves that run down my left arm. My tattoos they don’t necessarily relate to my career.

Would you ever get a cupcake tattoo?

Sure, but it’d have to be the perfect illustration.

The perfect cupcake would be not too sweet, a touch of zest, creamy, dense, with the perfect crumb.

Food is love, cupcakes are the kisses on your eyelids and forehead before you fall asleep from someone you love.

Oh, I’m just a goofball who can’t seem to relax. But I’m a goofball who loves you and thanks you for this interview!