This Friday, March 5, the newest Alice in Wonderland comes to theaters. In honor of the movie, Disney offers ideas for Cheshire Cat Cupcakes and fun cupcake toppers. Candy and creativity turns a basic chocolate cupcake into the wacky cat Alice encounters. For simple decorations the cupcake toppers only require a printer, glue and toothpicks.
Ah it is birthday season for my friends and family I have at least 15 people with Birthdays in the next few months, guess Ill be making a lot of cupcakes in honor of all of em! I found this wicked cute cupcake idea for Birthdays; Balloon Cupcakes!
I love the colors on these and they look super easy to make!
Ah, The Luck of the Irish with their lovely holiday St. Patrick’s Day and it lovely green theme makes for very fun cupcakes! Here are two ideas that you may want to try for this holiday. The first one is Shamrock Cupcake Pops. These look interesting and fun to make, yummy too!
And here are some cupcakes that arr decorated with one of my favorite candies! Shamrock Cupcakes
Enjoy!
This weekend, why not get crafty and make these DIY Cupcake Stands from Once Wed. The necessary items and instructions are listed on the website. The project is affordable at an estimated cost of $18 for 2 stands. This is the perfect way to put your own personal touch on your cupcake display. If you attempt this project be sure to share the finished product displaying your favorite cupcakes with us!
We received this photo and email from ATC Reader Stephanie…
hey, just came across your site – how cute! i haven’t had too much of a chance to look around yet, but i noticed you have a section on cupcake tattoos and i wanted to share mine with you! they were modeled after the awesome pajamas that i’m wearing in the picture.
stay sweet, stephanie
Thanks for sharing your tattoos with us! They are so cute!
Looking for a clever (and yummy) way to teach the little ones in your life their ABC’s? How about ABC cupcakes? Family Fun magazine shows you how to create cupcakes for each letter of the alphabet. Here are a few of my favorites: 
Check out all of Family Fun’s themed cupcakes.
Hi cupcake fans! This is just a reminder to enter our cupcake earrings giveaway sponsored by Dazzle and Chunk by this Sunday night. One winner will be announced on Monday morning.
Please click here to enter the giveaway!
Manly McMancakes (via the Wall Street Journal)
When it comes to the competitive cupcake markets of NYC or Seattle or LA, you really need a niche within a niche, something that makes your own particular cupcakes pop. This isn’t easy these days since the proliferation of bakeries has meant a proliferation of specialties. But David Arrick of Butch Bakery managed to find one specialty that I’ve never seen tried with cupcakes before: masculine.
After a job abroad fell through, Arrick was looking for his next career move when he drew inspiration from Magnolia Cupcakes. Cupcakes looked to be a wildly successful enterprise. The thing was, he felt like the business was way too girly for him as it was.
“Why did cupcakes need to be magical? They’re not magical for me. Where’s the masculine aesthetic?” Arrick said. “We needed to butch it up, buttercup.” And so Butch Bakery, an online delivery “masculine” cupcakery was born. (from the Wall Street Journal)
So, what exactly does it take to make a manly cupcake? First, no fancifully patterned frosting on top – all of Butch Bakery’s cupcakes have a topper of patterned-chocolate over a straightforward dollop of buttercream. Next, flavors are named after stereotypically manly things, like Tailgate (caramel cake with a salted caramel swirl filling with vanilla buttercream) and Homerun (peanut butter cake with banana bavarian cream & crumbled bacon).
Personally, I don’t assign gender to my food. That said, the flavors that Butch Bakery has come up with look inventive, and they’re marketing isn’t just adorable, it’s also successful: after a pre-Valentine’s mention on Daily Candy, BB’s website crashed from too many hits and they’ve been backlogged for weeks ever since.
On February 19, 2010 Kim Kardashian launched a line of vanilla cupcake mix through Famous Cupcakes. The mix costs $13 and makes 18 cupcakes. Included in the kit are cupcake liners, a frosting recipe, pink sugar crystal and Kim’s favorite vanilla cupcake mix. The mix is available for purchase at Famous Cupcake stores or online.
8×8 inch Personalize-able Cupcake HAND-ETCHED Mirror $15.00
Hand etched cupcake inspired mirror.
Include a saying or a name on the top for no additional charge.
The seller can do anything cupcake related. Just ask! ;)
I think these would look awesome in a bakery. You could do a series…cake, cupcakes, pie, etc.
Ohh the Olympics ! Everyone is glued to the TV watching the Winter Olympics . But I found someone who managed to pull themselves away from the TV for a bit and make some cupcakes in honor of the Olympics and in honor of the fascinating event Curling. Making Olympic Curling Cupcakes
This cute little guy comes to you courtesy of Clever Cupcakes (via Cupcake Takes the Cake). They weren’t exaggerating about the clever when they named this bakery. The things they can do with fondant are ridiculous.
Chocolate Olive Oil & Blood Orange Cupcakes, Feb./Olive Oil Cupcake Hero!
One issue that cupcakes and cupcake lovers have to perpetually face is that our favorite tasty pastry treat isn’t exactly healthy. But what can you do? One answer that’s been floating around cupcake circles is to use olive oil in place of shortening or butter. While there’s still more than enough sugar to go around (but let’s be honest, we are working with desserts here), olive oil is great for heart health with it being all full of bad-cholesterol-removing monounsaturated fat & delicious antioxidants.
There are a lot of recipes out there, but some of the most interesting & well documented I found via I Heart Cupcakes February [Olive Oil] Cupcake Hero. It looks like there’s not much lost in translation from shortening/butter to olive oil: all the entries look and sound fantastic!
Basil Infused Olive Oil Cupcakes with White Wine
I especially like Cupcake Project’s entry, Basil-Infused Olive Oil Cupcakes with White Wine – that kind of flavor combination in a cupcake sounds intriguing. Cupcake Project also has a recipe for Lemon & Thyme Olive Oil Cupcakes with Balsamic Vinegar Whipped Cream. I am a big fan of balsamic vinegar, and I can definitely see how the sweet tang of the balsamic would work beautifully with whipped cream.
If these semi-savory recipes don’t sound like your cup of…cupcake, I Heart Cupcake’s February Cupcake Hero gives you plenty more to choose from. Three cheers for this month’s heart-healthier Cupcake Heroes!
I know I have blogged about cupcakes baked in actual cups before but this is a little different. Instead of using your own heat proof mugs, Fred has created this set of four Teacupacakes made out of silicone. The set cost $17.99.
Every girl needs a little bling in their life, right? Well, the designers at Dazzle and Chunk are here to help! They customize it your favorite items to make personalized charm bracelets. First you choose your bracelet, then add charms and spacers.
So what does Dazzle and Chunk have to do with cupcakes? Well, check out a small sample of their beautiful cupcake jewelry:
Dazzle and Chunk’s jewelry is well-made and so perfect for all our cupcake lovers. I own several pieces of their jewelry and I love them all! They are sweet, yet sophisticated. This week Dazzle and Chunk are giving away this pair of cupcake earrings.
Just go to Dazzle and Chunk’s shop and look at all their jewelry. Then come back to ATC and click on the comment area below. Please tell us what cupcake item is your favorite AND what kind of charm you think they should create next. This contest ends on Sunday, February 27th.
Special thanks to Dazzle and Chunk for sponsoring this week’s giveaway!
These photos are from cakescapes.photography’s photostream.
Thank you for sharing these with us Erika! The pictures are making me hungry!
I was searching one of my favorite online stores ShanaLogic for new interesting products when I found this …
Love it!
A few months ago we did a fun giveaway with CSN Stores and since then they have become one of my favorite spots to find cupcake items. Here’s some special picks I wanted to share with you today:
Cupcake Crib Bedding $127.27
Cupcake Wall Clock $18.18
Cupcake Baby Blanket $24.54
All of these items would look so precious together in a nursery but I think that clock would end up in my room!
I saw this and I said .. I HAVE to have this! I think you will think the same thing once you check this out …
Deliciously Decorated Tin Cupcake Carrier
I found this at this very cool online store called Plasticland.
I seriously want this wicked bad! It looks amazing.
Totoro strike again on All Things Cupcake! Thanks to a tutorial made by one of the original Totoro cupcake-makers, Flickr member Chotda, Flickr member Way Opening made her own little Totoro cupcake army. Kawaii and tasty!
I think in this day and age that most of us are addicted to one social media website or another, ie: Facebook, You Tube etc. And of course we know that you are addicted to Cupcakes or you wouldn’t be reading this. So in celebration of cupcakes and social media here is Social Media Cupcakes!
Here are a few of my favorites …
Mac Cupcakes
Twitter Cupcakes
Bake It Pretty is one of my favorite sites for everything cupcakes! I was searching their website the other day for a decorating tip that I have been searching for forever! But instead of the tip I found these Party Cupcake Kits!
They come with 24 liners and 24 toppers! Soooo cute! And totoally worth the money.
This is my favorite, Mermaid Party Cupcake Kit
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lickr is a constant source of wonder for us here at All Things Cupcake. Bakers and cupcake lovers from all around the world are constantly posting pictures of new and creative cupcake designs and flavors. 
One group of particular interest is Flickr Bake-Off!. Bake-Off has pictures of some of the most amazing cake and cupcake designs I’ve ever seen; two of my favorite cupcake creations from this group are featured here in this post. They keep the pictures coming by encouraging group members to contact one another and conduct bake-offs via Flickr posted photos. If you’re feeling competitive and you’re in-between cupcake competitions, this group might be the place for you.
And the winner is… Silvia Victory!
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