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My friend Hillary- who is the only other mom at the park dressing her kids in Halloween costumes year-round- brought me this rotten little cupcake today from Suckers Candy Inc. I thought it was the cutest, and my two-year-old loved that it was filled with gummy worms.

Halloween is by far my favorite time of year for cupcake decorating. What are your favorite ghoulish Halloween treats? Send us your Halloween cupcake photos and you might see them posted here! Please be sure to credit the person who took the photo/made the cupcakes if it wasn’t you!

Duncan Hines is sponsoring Cupcakes for a Cause and encouraging families to get in the kitchen and mix up some quality time together baking treats and making a difference. This Duncan Hine’s National Bake Sale Contest is open to people who host their own bake sales, donate the proceeds to CancerCare for Kids, and submit their creative cupcakes and bake sale stories to Duncan Hines by November 1, 2008. Winners will receive US Savings Bonds and cooking equipment.

Please visit Duncan Hines to enter.

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Keepsake Box

Other cool items are available with the same image.

Available at the Addicakes & Kinleybugs Cafe.

Cupcakes is just like the classic game, Hangman. Fill in the puzzle blanks correctly, before Cupcakes eats all the cupcakes!

Instructions

• Fill in the puzzle blanks by entering letters on your keyboard.
• Every time you enter a wrong letter, Cupcakes grabs another cupcake off the kitchen counter!
• When you’ve filled in the blanks correctly, a new puzzle will appear.

Just one of the many fun things you will find at Poetry4kids.com

Cupcake Queen flash game from Games For Work.

A simple game of taking care of your customers coming to your cupcake shop. Fix what they order.

Have fun!

Don’t Even Think of Touching That  Cupcake                                                      

By SARAH KERSHAW, The New York Times  Published: September 23, 2007

THE cupcake is at something of a crossroads. Edible icon of Americana, frosted symbol of comfort and innocence, it may not have faced such an identity crisis since first appearing in cookbooks sometime in the 18th century.

As we know, cupcakes have had a whopping resurgence: they are retro-food chic, the thing to eat for people in the know.

But cupcakes have also recently been marched to the front lines of the fat wars, banned from a growing number of classroom birthday parties because of their sugar, fat and “empty calories,” a poster food of the child obesity crisis. This was clear when children returned to school this month to a tightening of regulations, federal and state, on what can be served up between the bells.

You can read the whole article here.

If You Give a Cat a Cupcake Book $11.55

If you give a cat a cupcake, he’ll ask for some sprinkles to go with it. When you give him the sprinkles, he might spill some on the floor. Cleaning up will make him hot, so you’ll give him a bathing suit . . . and that’s just the beginning! The lovable cat who first appeared in If You Give a Pig a Party now has his very own book! Written in the tradition of the bestselling If You Give a Mouse a Cookie , Laura Numeroff and Felicia Bond’s newest story will show everyone that Cat is where it’s at!

Available at Target, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and other fine retailers.

My First Birthday Soft Play Set and Keepsake from Baby Gund $25.00

My First Birthday Play Set & Keepsake. An adorable play set to celebrate baby’s first birthday that will remain a keepsake for baby.

5 piece play set includes:Birthday cake that holds a 2″ x 2″ photo, Bear that plays “Happy Birthday”, Camera with mirror that squeaks, Party hat with crinkles, Cupcake that rattles and a Present that crinkles

My First Birthday Cake measures 6″ in diameter and is 9″ tall. Made of soft velour and is surface washable. For ages birth and up.
 

Available at Luna Bebe.

Little Cupcake baby gift set £30.00

Pretty in pink! Make the little ones in your life best dressed with this extra special gift set.

Set includes a soft cotton, footless baby gro with a co-ordinating pair of handmade leather shoes. 0-6 months, and 6-12 months are available.

Shop online and help beat cancer!

Available at Cancer Research UK.

Matching Wooden Cupcake Finials £44.00

Matching Wooden Cupcake Finials come in Light Acorn (as shown above), Dark Laurel, and Pale Willow. They are sold in pairs.

Available at Oka – At Home With Design.

I love finding ways of sneaking cupcakes into my decor! ;)

The Cupcake Boutique offers Jumbo, Classic and Mini cupcakes, specialty cakes in all sizes and styles, as well as gourmet pastries and pies. They are dedicated to creating unique desserts for every occasion using only the freshest ingredients. Their Cake Designers will top your creation with what the customers refer to as “a work of art”.

Their cakes and desserts are perfect for weddings, bridal showers, party favors, birthdays, bar mitzvahs, anniversaries, corporate events and more. Please inquire if you do not see something on the menu, as their bakers and pastry chefs welcome the challenge of orders that are unique for your special occasion.

Keeping in mind that many customers have nut allergies, all of their products are made with nut-free ingredients. Also, they have additional flavors and fillings that are not shown on this site. Please call or, even better, stop by for a sampling!

Please visit The Cupcake Boutique for more information.

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Martha is describing what a blog is. Her sister runs a blog. Wedding bee, cupcakes take the cake, coconuteandlime, posh mama, are all in the audience. Sitting next to the contributors for Posh Mama and Nikki from Stitch Tac Sew.

Martha is about to walk in! I am live blogging from the Martha show. Going live in 2 minutes!

Sitting right behind me in the holding room is another contributor for All Things Cupcake! I wish all of them could have came to the show today. Very excited about the show! Will update more later.

A Cupcake On Your iPhone
Elizabeth Woyke, 08.06.08, 6:00 AM ET

 With hundreds of applications ranging from games to password-keepers to calorie counters, what’s next for the iPhone?

One firm is betting on virtual cupcakes and Tamagotchi-like digital pets. Viximo, an 11-month-old Cambridge, Mass.-based start-up, has created four iPhone applications that revolve around digital goods–digitally produced images that people buy, exchange and display online.

When the applications debut in September or October, users will be able to exchange digital goods, such as a cupcake to celebrate a birthday or a teddy bear as a get-well gift. Senders will pay anywhere from a few cents to a few dollars for the goods.

 

You can read the whole article here.

The Secrets Of Cupcake Perfection (May 25, 2007)

Taste Of Home Magazine Cupcake Contest Yields Sweet Results

(CBS) Each year, more than 15,000 home cooks submit recipes to Taste of Home magazine in hopes of winning one of the publication’s six national recipe contests.

In the most recent contest, the search was for the best cupcake.

Mary Bilyeu of Ann Arbor, Mich., took the top prize, and showed The Early Show viewers the secrets of her success. She was joined by Taste of Home editor in chief Catherine Cassidy.

Bilyeu, a self-confessed chocoholic, tests her recipes on her 16-year-old son and his friends. Her winning recipe contains four types of chocolate and brewed coffee in both the cake the frosting. According to Cassidy, it was this winning combination, as well as a tender cupcake and fluffy frosting, that made the recipe a stand-out.

You can read the whole article here.