For the new movie The Romantics, J. Crew held a photo shoot featuring the movie’s cast in J. Crew’s latest looks. Celebrities staring in the movie include Adam Brody, Katie Holmes, and Josh Duhamel. In the shoot the cast goofs around and in the photo shown above the stars are seen enjoying cupcakes!
On Sunday, October 17th, Tallahassee will host its very first Cupcake Camp Tallahassee. Cupcake lovers are invited to bring cupcakes, or to just show up and eat some!
This celebration of all things cupcake is free to anyone and everyone. They will hold a silent auction to benefit Jessica June Children’s Cancer Foundation. Many, many cool cupcake items have already been donated!
You can learn more about this event at their blog or on their Facebook page!
American Cupcake's Red Velvet Fried Chicken (photo by Anthony Mylott)
San Fransisco restaurant American Cupcake decided that the world could use more red velvet. AC’s owner Devon Alpert reckoned that if everyone loved the flavor in cake and cupcakes, they would like it in fried chicken too. And it looks like she was absolutely right. In the delicious words of urbandaddy:
At first glance, it’ll look like a heaping plate of leg, thigh and breast. But upon further inspection, you’ll see that the chicken has taken on a slight reddish hue. That’s because your precious fried bird has been pre-soaked in AC’s signature red velvet cake batter, then dredged in toasted, crumbled bits of red velvet cupcake before being dipped in a frying pan.
Because they don’t want their delicious fried chicken to be lonely, American Cupcake includes a side of cream cheese and garlic mashed potatoes, inspired by the frosting on the cake.
Marisela totally rocked it with this awesome cupcake design that she created for her niece’s ‘Off to College’ Party. Marisela got the idea watching DC Cupcakes where she saw them make two cupcake pictures using a company’s logo and planning it out on a grid in order to map out the picture.
Without time to do a trial run or practice at all, Marisela pulled this off brilliantly creating the monogram for the college. She used no less than sixty mini cupcakes, all red velvet and topped with cream cheese frosting. The occasion was a small BBQ, so she used a styrofoam base underneath covered in foil to hold each cupcake in place with a toothpick. Now I think that is a great idea!
Well what did her niece think of all this effort? She was totally stoked!!
Looking for a new ice cream topping? Smucker’s now offers their Magic Shell Ice Cream Topping in Cupcake flavor! Just in case you don’t know, the magic shell topping pours out of the bottle as a liquid then freezes in seconds to form a hard shell over your ice cream!
The Smucker’s website offers two options for purchasing this product, enter your zip code in the flavor finder to find the flavor at your local grocery store or purchase directly from their website. When I go shopping this weekend I think I might have to pick this up just to try it!
Nomskulls - Silicon Skull Cupcake Molds by Fred & Friends
If I did “Nerdcake Product of the Week”, Nomskulls would be top of the list in the category. These cutie-skull molds come four in a box for $12 from Fred & Friends (though you’ll have to go to Amazon or Pop Deluxe to actually buy them). F&F also includes a recipe for the squiggly brain frosting shown on the above nomskullcake:
FRED’S BRAINY FROSTING
Add confectioners’ sugar to the frosting until it‘s stiff enough to hold its form, yet still soft enough to pipe. To the frosting add food coloring(s) to reach desired color. If your cupcakes aren’t dome shaped, pile on a small mound of frosting first. Then pipe two lines down the center of the cupcake. Finally, pipe a squiggly pile of frosting onto each “hemisphere”. Mmmm…brains.
Today’s newsletter from the Vegetarian Times features a vegan Glazed Chocolate-Avocado Cupcake recipe! 
Cupcakes
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
3/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
1 tsp. baking powder
3/4 tsp. baking soda
3/4 tsp. salt
1 avocado, pitted and peeled
1 cup pure maple syrup
3/4 cup plain soymilk
1/3 cup canola oil
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Laptop Lunches are practical food containers that aim to promote better nutrition and waste reduction. I was pleasantly surprised when the sample laptop lunchbox arrived. Inside the shipping was a purple lunch box, a user’s guide and two dividers. Inside the lunch box are the bento 2.0 Bento Buddies which nicely divide the lunch box. I particularly like the smallest Bento Buddy which is perfect for holding a serving of salad dressing. I also liked that when you flipped the Bento Buddies over there was space for you to write your name. This would be really helpful for parents who send their kids off to school and want to make sure they get all their containers back.
The Laptop Lunch User’s Guide states that it provides fresh ideas for making wholesome, earth-friendly lunches your kids will love. The user’s guide seems more like a mother’s go-to-guide for lunch ideas. Not only does the guide provide creative lunch menus and recipes its also filled with tips on how to feed picky eaters and reduce waste. Topics such as childhood obesity, kids nutrition and using leftovers are also covered.
What else would you wear to a cupcake party, but a cupcake dress! Well that was Helene’s thinking, but when you cannot find the right thing you may just have to resort to making it yourself. Helene is obviously pretty talented whipping up this gorgeous little lime green cupcake dress in just two days while also making a stack of cupcakes for her cupcake birthday!
It looks great teamed with a cardigan too, see below!
So next time you need to strike a cupcake pose, why not consider making one? Cupcake fabric is easier to come by than pre made cupcake dresses!
Bake me anything and I will be yours …. but bake me a cupcakes and you have my heart forever!
Check out this cute book I found at Amazon with over 100 ideas for cupcakes. I love it if just for the name!
Bake Me I’m Yours Cupcake: Over 100 Excuses to Indulge
If you are a Kindle lover they have a version for that as well!
I think we have officially hit the cupcake mother-load!
50 cupcake recipes all in one blog post. I think I have died and gone to cupcake heaven.
Check out The 50 Best Cupcake Recipes on the Internet on the blog Restless Chiptole!
This cupcake tattoo is literally still hot only being done a week or so ago! But what makes it so cool is the unique idea that Margo had. You see Margo has three gorgeous kids, so she asked them to each select a frosting and then had each one tattooed on her back. The picture to the right here is Margo showing off her new tattoo less than an hour or so after it was done!
Our second idea was found and greatly admired by one of our readers. It is a cool swirl of blue in the middle of which sits a very prim and pretty cupcake adorned with bow and pearls!
Thanks Margo and Angie for sharing.
As a stationery lover, Paper Source is one of my favorite stores. They always seem to have what you are looking for like these really cute cupcake stickers that are great for sealing envelopes or adding a little fun to a note! A pack of 12 circle stickers that are each 1.25″ costs $2.50
GreenPartyGoods.com has some amazing cupcake accessories that help keep the earth clean and that also help provide yummy cupcakes!
One of the latest items that has caught my eye is the Skull Silicone Cupcake Molds. These would be perfect for a younger boys birthday party!
Here is a great recipe to go along with these cupcake molds, it may have to modified slightly – Brain Cupcakes
Have you ever heard of TUK Shoes?
They are pretty huge in the music scene. TUK create underground Rock n’ Roll inspired footwear for men, women, children and rock n’ roll bands like Green Day and the base guitarist from Slash’s recent tour.
They love to create inspired eclectic designs and often push the boundary of what you would expect on a shoe! And then some of those designs just happen to include brilliant little cupcakes, and in the case of the purple ones and pink pumps, skulls as well.
I so want the purple ones! I think they are so adorable I just had to share them with you all! They would be my concert going shoes :)
What do you think? Would you find somewhere to wear cupcake shoes?
Hop on over to From Married to Merry to learn about Meg’s “semi-homemade” Hostess Cupcakes. She’s too humble to say it, but I bet they taste better than the “real thing.”
She uses a cake mix for the cupcake, but her filling is homemade: 
Mix all ingredients in a food processor. Then chill for 30 minutes. She recommends setting aside a little bit of the chilled filling to use as topping. To fill the cupcakes, she used a Pampered Chef Easy Accent Decorator. Read the rest of this entry »
The one movie I have been waiting for ALL summer is coming out today. Eat, Pray, Love and in honor of me going to the movies to see it I have found some lovely Cupcakes to look like popcorn! I know that I will be indulging in popcorn this weekend, only if they were popcorn cupcakes!
POPCORN CUPCAKES! from the blog Smiley’s Sweets and Creation
Congratulations to CCSweets, the first cupcakery to open in Beijing! The people of Beijing are in for a treat!
These tigers were made for a baby’s 100 day celebration, which is a big event for Chinese families.
And the frogs? Well, these were just too cute not to share with you! You can see many more of CCSweet’s cute and scrumptious creations on their blog.
The idea for a cupcake tattoo may to some of you be a wild and fanciful idea that although tempting is too permanent to seriously consider. Plus those big cupcakes that take up a whole shoulder may cause you concern, perhaps you do not want to be defined by your tattoo, but merely want to have a little piece of what is important to you close to you at all times. If this is you, then maybe a smaller cupcake tattoo is more your style!
The smaller the tattoo the less detail you can capture, but you can still achieve something amazing as these two reader submissions clearly show. The first one above is quite simply adorably cute. The girly lashes and that fifties fringe curl are just so sweet. And if you are looking to make it smaller skip the additional candy.
This is Sue’s tattoo and she used this site to find a design that she liked, she then adapted it into this irresistible cupcake. Her tattoo was created in Pont Credit Ontario.
The cupcake tattoo in the picture to the left is another idea at how to create a gorgeous little cupcake tattoo, that is both discreet and funky. Danielle got her cupcake done because it reminded her of her mother’s name for her ‘cupcake’ but it has become more a symbol of where she has come from and gone too. Danielle now has her own successful cupcake business which she runs from home.
It’s that time of year again! Time to buy school supplies, clean out the backpack and shop for new school clothes. My son goes back to school in just two short weeks and of course my mind has drifted to thoughts of making him some special cupcakes to celebrate. Although I haven’t decided what kind I am making yet, here are some of my favorites. And if you pull out your mixer and pans to celebrate back to school as well, make sure you send us some photos!
Chocolate Cupcake Single Card
Owl Make a List-Jotter
Night Owl Paper Goods is a stationery company based out of Birmingham, Owlabama. In addition to their online store I have found several retailers near me which is where I have purchased multiple cards They seem to have a card for every occasion you might need in addition to tons of nice blank cards and other gift items. The cards I have given are always well received by the recipients and although they can be a bit pricy they are really great quality. 
I was pondering 50’s style earlier today, looking at the dresses, the fantastic matched accessories (hats, gloves, bag, shoes) and then got to thinking, as is the progression, to cupcakes and wondering what I could find in the way of 50’s cupcakes! Well that is 50’s memorabilia for cupcakes and baking as opposed to an actual 50’s cupcake! Firstly I adore this little picture of a girl rolling pastry, she is adorable. And I loved this old baking poster.
Then I found these classic images…
And the winner of one dozen cupcake cookies is…
Laura
August 2nd, 2010 at 4:17 pm
I love the sweet cupcakes sugar cookie favors, they’d be perfect for my bridal shower! I’m having a fun baking/cupcake theme!
Congratulations! Please send your mailing address to [email protected]. Special thanks to FunFavors for sponsoring this sweet giveaway.
This summer has been all about various types of Lemonade! I have been try to cut back on my soda consumption and I have substituted soda with strawberry lemonade since the beginning of summer. And let me tell you, it has been a delicious summer so far. But what if you had this refreshing drink in a cupcake? It would be so much better. And it is so much better, I have found this luscious cupcake recipe for Strawberry Lemonade Cupcakes from the blog Love and Olive Oil.
Make sure to check out their blog for more fantastic cupcake recipes and much more!
Love Peace and Cupcakes.
Here in North Carolina peaches are in season which means it is the perfect time to try Peach Bellini Cupcakes. I was really excited when I came across this recipe on My Man’s Belly, since after visiting Italy in the spring I fell in love with prosecco! Prosecco is an italian sparkling wine that is usually described as dry and having a flavor similar to white peach, which explains why it is paired with peached to make Peach Bellini which is a type of cocktail.
