Smell? by faeriesmak – Buttercream Cupcake $3.95  each

These cute 5 ml. roll on bottles of oil are sure to cure any blues that you may have. They are the perfect size to toss into your purse, gym bag, pocket, or even your sock. Each scent is delicious! Made from a base of Sweet Almond Oil, “Smell?” is perfect for use as a perfume or even in a tart warmer to scent your home or office.

The Buttercream Cupcake Smell is a rich vanilla cupcake fresh from the oven that is liberally frosted with sweet buttercream frosting scent.  YUM!

Available at Faeriesmak.

Due to unforeseen circumstances, the votes have been recalculated. Your 2008 Miss American Cupcake Winner is…

FLORIDA – Lime Cupcakes with Mango Buttercream!

This delectable recipe was submitted by Marta of Sugar Crush Cupcakes.

For the cake:

• A basic vanilla cupcake recipe or boxed vanilla cake
• 1 large lime

For the Frosting:

• 2 sticks softened butter
• 1/4 cup milk
• 1 tsp. vanilla
• 6+ cups powdered sugar
• 1 ripe mango
• 1 lime

Prepare the cupcakes as directed for your basic vanilla cupcake recipe.  Add the zest and juice of a whole lime (if avaliable Key Limes can be used here) to the prepared batter and fold in until it is incorporated.  Bake at 350 degrees for about 15 minutes, or until a tester comes out clean.  Remove from oven and allow to cool.    While the cupcakes are cooling peel and dice one whole mango (about 1 cup).  Place the mango in a saucepan and add the juice of 1 lime.  On medium heat cook this down until the mango has become soft (stiring with a whisk helps this along), about 7-10 minutes.  When the mango peices have all broken down in the pot, transfer to a food processer and blend until smooth.  Set aside and allow to cool.   In a large bowl beat the softened butter until smooth.  Add two cups of the powdered sugar and beat until smooth.  Then add two more cups and beat until smooth.  Then add the milk and vanilla and two more cups of powdered sugar.  Once that is blended and smooth, add the cooled mango puree and blend.  Add more powdered sugar to reach the desired consistency.  Place frosting in a piping bag with a tip and frost the cooled cupcakes.  Decorate with a slice of lime.

Congrats from all of us here at All Things Cupcake, and thanks to all that participated!

Photo of Marta with her prize basket.

”If we had said, ‘no cupcakes,’ I think, for our community, that would have been tough,” said Lynn Cheddar, the elementary school’s assistant principal and the head of the district’s wellness committee.

All of Pennsylvania’s 501 school districts must have rules in place that promote good health. Last year, the state dangled a carrot — additional federal school lunch funds — to those that set certain nutritional goals, one of which is the discouragement of food as a reward.

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‘Why yes, I’d love one!’

Started in 2001, clothing line Johnny Cupcakes has quickly grown to become a popular and fashionable clothing line with its bright color tees combined with its iconic baking figures. Providing items from key chains and stickers to T-shirts and underoos, Mr. Cupcakes proves that there is no end to his success. Accordingly, Johnny Cupcakes recently opened a store on Melrose (next to Tarina Tarantino, no less) and customers already can’t get enough.
Credit: deedee deGelia

view this article for the virtual tour of Johnny Cupcakes!

2 for 1 Cupcakes on Tuesdays!

Yep, you that read right.

This offer is good at Bleeding Heart Bakery and Chaos Theory Cakes in Chicago. They hope to see you on Tuesday !

If you missed the last cake challenge on the food network, they are on TV again! They received great feedback from the Cirque de Soleil Challenge !

The next challenge is:
Food Network Tag Team Cake Challenge

Sunday Sept. 7th at 8:00pm EST

Sugar Lips-Cupcakes Set $126.00 Twin/$182.00 Full/Queen

Duvet-Cupcakes print, with lime green and white polka dots on back.  Embellished with lime green piping.  Five heart button closure.  100% cotton.  Machine washable.
Sham– Cupcakes print, ebmellished with lime green pom poms across the front.  100% cotton.  Hand wash.

Twin set includes: 1 twin duvet cover, and 1 standard sham.

Full/Queen set includes:  1 full/queen duvet cover, and 2 standard shams.

Available at Wake Up Frankie.

“Forget that Middle East skirmish and all that stuff with tanks in Georgia. In Hollywood, battle lines have been drawn over something really serious. Yep, we’re referring to the great cupcake kerfuffle. Seems the celeb favorite Sprinkles Cupcakes is really frosted. The SoCal bakery just filed a federal lawsuit against Famous Cupcakes accusing its rival of swiping Sprinkles’ signature circles-and-dots cupcake decor by putting dots on its Web site.

We never thought we’d say this, but we feel sorry the lawyers. Years of law school and now they’re arguing polka dots.”

– Spin Cycle “Sweet Suit”

Middleton Doll 19″ My Cupcake Doll $85.00

Knit romper accented with lettuce ruffles at collar and cuffs and cupcake applique on chest. Cupcake shaped hat with sprinkles. Hair color is brown, eye color is brown, skin tone is light and body type is 19″ newborn. Ages 3 and up.

Available at Toys ‘R’ Us.

The Great Cupcake Pan $35.00

Kids’ eyes will be as big as their cake plates when this giant cupcake shows up for dessert. Our pan creates a cupcake of Dr. Seuss proportions (an impressive 6″ high and 7″ across) that lends itself to fanciful decorations. The pan consists of top and bottom pieces that can be baked in two different flavors and frosted. The pan can also be used to create an ice cream cake: in one side of the pan, bake the cake’s bottom, then freeze ice cream in the other side to create the top. Made for us in the USA by Nordic Ware, the cast-aluminum pan ensures uniform baking and sharp detail, and a premium nonstick interior provides smooth release. Hand-wash. 10-cup cap.; 15 1/4″ x 10″ x 4 1/2″ high. A Williams-Sonoma exclusive.

Available at Williams-Sonoma.

Cupcake Hair Pins [Chocolate] $5.00

Adorable cupcake hair pins! The cupcakes measure 1/2 inch at their widest point. The bobby pins are 2 1/2 inches long. Price is for one pair.

Also available…

Cupcake earrings, bags, and pins.

Available at Cherry Red Boutique.

“Sugar and Spice” Oil on Canvas painting by Perry deVick.

Baby Alive Birthday Doll $19.99

Guess who’s celebrating a birthday? Baby Alive! Join in the party as Baby Alive celebrates her first birthday. Help her blow out the candle on her cupcake. The candle disappears. She also has her very own party blower. Of course, she also comes with a sippy cup and diaper too. Includes cupcake with disappearing candle, party blower, sippy cup, and diaper.

Available at Toys ‘R’ Us.

Originally uploaded by Patrícia Furtado. Please visit her site for more pictures, memories, and the recipe.

Thank you for sharing your Gran’s Cup Cakes. They look amazing.

The broaches are constructed of gradated polymer clay or millefiori. 

Thirteen different cupcake ones are currently available.

Available at Doum.

Photo by Room Candy.

Chocolate Cupcake
Moist dark-chocolate cake topped with semi-sweet and fudge icings and chocolate sprinkles.

Neapolitan Cupcake
Moist dark-chocolate cake topped with creamy red and green frosting.

Please visit Boston Market to find directions, and nutritional info on these two amazing looking cupcakes.

Wake up SLEEPYHEAD!!! Sometimes waking up is hard to do! Maybe this CUPCAKES ALARM CLOCK with a FUN alarm voice (”Deeeeelicious!”) designed to wake you with a smile will help you keep on time. Includes 3 AA Batteries. Clock face approx. 4″ in diameter, body approx. 7″ tall  and a $19.99 value!
Sign up for a free membership at The Cupcakes Club, leave a comment on the contest announcement by 9/1/08 – and you could wake up to a CUPCAKES kind of day! Why are we doing this? To thank All Things Cupcake readers-THANK YOU!

Perfect Endings Cupcake Cakes $99.00

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Laid off structured finance pros look for new work
Posted Aug 17th 2008 9:40AM by Zac Bissonnette

Bloomberg reports on the career struggles of former structured finance professionals who have now found themselves unceremoniously dumped on the street as the products they built wreak havoc on the global economy. According to Bloomberg, the investment world has shed 76,670 in the past year.

One former vice president in credit strategy at Bear Stearns is setting up her own company to provide birthday parties and cupcake cooking lessons for children. A Bank of New York asset backed securities trader has left the world of high finance to open a discount hair salon with his wife. Others are becoming teachers.

I’m not sure how I feel about this. Can’t these washed up masters of the universe just collect unemployment and live off their investments, and leave the world alone? They’ve already crashed the housing market and led to hundreds of billions in write downs. Now they’re going to go mess with cupcakes? Is nothing sacred?

We can take some comfort in the fact that they’re taking a pay cut. Wall Street salaries averaged $399,360 in 2007. That’s a lot of cupcakes and $12 haircuts.

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Local portrait artist Shannon Casey will do quick sketch charcoal portraits Aug. 23 from noon to 3 p.m. at Main Street Cupcakes, 238 N. Main St. Hudson, Ohio.

The charcoal sketches are done on toned paper and take about 30 minutes to complete. The drawings are available on a first-come, first-served basis for $35. Sittings are suitable for children of all ages, as well as adults. Casey, a Hudson resident, is a member of the Portrait Society of America as well as the Hudson Society of Artists, Akron Society of Artists and Peninsula Art Academy, where she has a studio.

Also, on display are oil “portraits” of cupcakes by Casey created with thick impasto paint to represent the frosting.

For more information, visit Main Street Cupcakes at www.mainstreetcupcakes.com or e-mail Casey at [email protected].

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Cubs must widen lead before stretch run
By Paul Sullivan | Chicago Tribune reporter
10:42 PM CDT, August 16, 2008

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“One of my favorite New York City mottoes is: Life is short, eat dessert first. New York City is famous for its cupcakes. With a friend of mine, I made a summer pilgrimage to find the best cupcake in New York City.

We went to Magnolia Bakery, Buttercup Bake Shop, Sugar Sweet Sunshine Bakery, and Crumbs Bakery. After a whole day of eating cupcakes, we decided that Magnolia’s icing was melt-in-your-mouth sweet, and Sugar Sweet Sunshine takes the cake on “best cupcake overall.”

– By NANCY HAWTHORNE
LEDGER CORRESPONDENT

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