This is just a reminder that Sunday is the last day to enter our Saint Cupcake giveaway.  Click here  to enter this giveaway.

Sometimes it is hard to find a cupcake wrapper that suits your needs.  Here is a template so you can make your own cupcake wrappers, that way they will be exactly what you imagined. Below are the directions but don’t forget one essential, the template!

How do you know when your cupcakes are done? When your cupcake timer goes off! This cute timer can stand up on its own, clip on to an apron or magnetically stick to your refrigerator.

Have you ever seen or eaten a cupcake that is 6.5 inches tall by six inches wide?? Well now you can ….

Crumbs Bake Shop has now come out with their Colossal Cupcake that feeds 6-8 people and comes in13 flavors.

Oh my Cupcake!

Happy Cinco de Mayo everyone!  No celebration is complete without cupcakes, and cupcakes that fit the theme are even better! There are tons of recipes out there but here are a few ideas to get you started!

Mexican Flag Cupcakes

Mexican Chocolate Cupcakes

Margarita Cupcakes

Mexican Brownie Cupcakes with Chocolate Tequila Ganache

Cupcake wig, cupcake corset, cupcake pasties…oh my!

An ATC Reader submitted this link to us, but since it is not really that child friendly the photo has been cropped, and link given in case you want to see more for yourself.

The photo was submitted on Poorly Dressed.

Also known as Cuppie Tour 2010 is a one day tour that 2 sisters, Nicole and Ammy take around New York City and visit 7 Cupcake shops (5 last year). They even have tank tops they have made for this years adventure, “Only the strong will survive…”

Click here to read all about last years tour and their plan for this years tour.

I have visited one of the places they have visited, Magnolia Bakery!

Maybe we should all start our own  Cupcake Tour in our areas! What places would you visit in your area?

My first stop would be Cupcapes of Falmouth and then I’d head to Cupcake Charlie’s!

What are mothers dreaming of the week of Mother’s Day?

US Mother’s Day is Sunday May 9, 2010

Today’s find from Real Simple was Scrumptious Mail-Order Cupcakes.  Real Simple complied a list of 8 different cupcakeries that offer to ship their delicious cupcakes.  Included on the list are some cupcakes we have blogged about before including Crumbs Cupcakes for Big Appetites and Godiva for Chocolate Lovers.  Even this week’s ATC Giveaway, Saint Cupcake, was mentioned for DIY-ers.  If you have an occasion that calls for cupcakes, this compiled list may help.  I would also like to mention that Georgetown Cupcakes are some of the best cupcakes I have had.  I am not sure how well they are shipped but I know they survived a five hour car ride for me to try them and they were great.  Similarly Crumbs were brought back on a 2 hour plane ride from New York and tasted fresh the next day when I tried them.

We received these photos and this email from ATC Reader Robyn ….

Hello! I’m a big fan of your website so i thought i can post a picture of my cupcake feet. I’m so proud of them! The tattoo artist name is Stacey Martin @ Dovetail Tattoo in Austin Texas and she is awesome!

Thanks Robyn

This week I’d like to re-introduce you to one of our fabulous cupcake bakeries, Saint Cupcake.   They are no stranger to us here at ATC because we have happily blogged about them before.  Check out this previous tempting post.  Their homebase bakeries are in Portland Oregon but they ship their wonderful cuppies all over the US.   Here’s how it works: Go to their lovely site and choose either 3, 6 or 12 cupcakes.  Then use their fancy cupcake selector to build your cupcakes – drag & drop your cake flavors, icings, and sprinkles – and they’ll send them to you in a cute kit along with an icing wand and easy-peasy decorating tips.

This week, Saint Cupcake is giving away 6 cupcakes of your design.  Just go to their menu page and pick out your favorite flavor.  Then come back to ATC and tell us what it was in the comment area below.  One winner will be chosen on May 10th.  Thanks Saint Cupcake for sponsoring this delicious giveaway! 

It was a hot 95 degrees today in North Carolina which made it feel like summer was already here.  With summer comes grilling and campfires both of which are perfect for making s’mores.  Thinking of s’mores reminded me of the s’mores cupcake I had from Kara’s cupcakes in San Francisco, California.  I have found a couple delicious looking recipes for s’mores cupcakes.

Annie's Eat's S'mores Cupcakes (these most closely resemble the cupcake I had)

Bakerella's messy but good looking s'more cupcakes

From Beantown Baker, a different take on s'more cupcakes, graham cupcakes with a toasted marshmallow and melted chocolate.

Seattle's Trophy Cupcakes version of S'more cupcakes as seen on the Martha Stewart Show

How to Eat a Cupcake's Graham Cracker & Milk Chocolate Cupcakes with Swiss Meringue Marshmallow Frosting

I rcently tried the Cricut (pronounced cricket) Personal Cutting machine and I found it so amazing.  They can cut beautiful paper designs at the touch of a few buttons.  Well, here is the newest Cricut machine: The Cricut Cake.  I have yet to try this one but it looks like it may revolutionize the cake/cupcake decorating process.  I’ve seen it on sale this week for $349 at AC Moore and Michael’s.    Here’s the description from Michael’s:

The Cricut Cake™ Personal Electronic Cutter is specifically designed for decorating cakes, cupcakes, cookies and confections in no time at all.  Just choose a shape, a size, and press “cut.”  The Cricut Cake machine also works with all Cricut Scrapbooking cartridges, with Gypsy™ and Cricut DesignStudio, giving you more variety in your designs!

Roller and cutting blade are constructed from stainless steel. FDA approved for cutting food and specifically designed for gum paste, frosting sheets and more. Decorating like a professional has never been faster or easier. Bon Appetit!

The Cricut Cake machine includes:

• 12×12-inch food-safe mat
• Power Adaptor
• Cricut Cake Basics Cartridge with up to 600 images
• Silicone Keypad Cover

Cricut’s website had a lots of useful info, videos and photos of completed projects.