First we shared with you the sweet tea cupcake molds by Fred & Friends. Then we showed you the gory numskulls cupcake molds. Now we bring you the fun, Yumbots. Included in each box are four robot cupcake molds in four assorted colors. Yumbots are currently out of stock on amazon but other sites, like perpetual kid have them for $17.99!
Awww it is sad, even when you know I am talking about the last summer cupcake fling. I am too settled and contented to think about the other type of flings, but the cupcake one I am open for, especially when it looks as good as these Mini Chocolate Cupcakes with Blackberry Buttercream! How hot pink is the color of these?
These cupcakes have been dreamt up by The Crafty Penguin and are a great way to use up the last of those summer berries!
You can find the full recipe along with heaps of step by step photos on her website here.
All of a sudden I have a real hankering to go watch Grease! “Ahhh… those summer… NIGHHHHHTTTTTSSSS….”
During a recent stop in Borders I, of course, had to check out the cookbook section. One of the books I came across was titled A Zombie ate My Cupcake: 25 Deliciously Weird Cupcake Recipes. The graphic horror comic/illustrated cookbook is great for Halloween cupcake ideas because author Lily Vanilli is known for making gruesome yet gorgeous cakes! The book offers tips and directions for using fondant, piped icing, marzipan, gum paste, and more.
The book is available at borders locations or through their website. Amazon offers the book for as little as $8.39 and be sure to check Vanilli’s website for book signing and demo days throughout the month of October.
Tweet Tweet Cupcake Set by Uncommon Goods
Cupcakes of a feather flock together! Apparently, so does good cupcake merchandise, since this is my second great cupcake accessory find from Uncommon Goods. The Tweet Tweet Cupcake Set is $12 and has enough wrappers and toppers for 24 cupcakes, which seems like a decent deal to me. The folks at the Uncommon Goods labs were also kind enough to throw in the recipe for Orange Pineapple Sunshine Cupcakes in their blog post as well:
Orange-Pineapple Sunshine Cupcakes or Cake (Serves 21 or 16)
Cupcakes/Cake:1 box yellow cake mix
1/4 cup applesauce
4 eggs
1 can mandarin oranges in light syrup (11 oz.)Frosting:
1 8 oz. container Cool Whip (Lite or Regular)
1 pkg (3-4 oz.) INSTANT vanilla pudding mix
1 can (15 1/2 oz.) crushed pineapple in juice1) Preheat oven to 350 deg. In a large bowl, stir together all the cake ingredients until moist. Beat by hand for 2 minutes. Chop up the oranges as you mix.
2) Line a muffin pan with cupcake papers or coat a 13×9 cake pan with cooking spray. Pour the batter into the papers/pan. Bake cupcakes for
25 minutes or bake the cake for 30 to 40 minutes, or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool completely.3) Frosting: In a large bowl, mix together all the frosting ingredients until well blended. Spread over the cupcakes/cake. Store in fridge. Enjoy!
Toolkit for Tasty Filled Cupcakes :)
I was paging through the Uncommon Goods catalog the other day when I came across this cupcake corer and decorating set. You can find decorating sets and kits all over the place, but I thought that the corer that’s included in this kit set it apart. Getting just the right-sized filling hole in a cupcake can be fussy, possibly crumbling the cupcake in the process.
In case you’re skeptical about this corer’s usefulness or the quality of the kit in general, Uncommon Goods did a gift lab on this product to see how well it worked. While
Finished Filled Cupcakes!
a manufacturer’s take on their own product isn’t exactly objective, the post is pretty informative about the kit’s performance.
You’ll want to click the link to get the long version, the short version is that the cupcakes weren’t picture perfect, but they turned out better than they would have without the kit. All in all, it sounds like it’s worth the $20 price tag if you’re into making filled cupcakes on a regular basis.
Oh my gosh, these are just too adorable! Amy at Naptime Crafters made this awesome cupcake matching game for her daughter! How clever is this? Visit her blog for complete instructions as well as a (free) downloadable pattern! I am so impressed! Thank you Amy!
We have featured some pretty amazing tattoos in our time, but these I have to say are some of the best. Check out this one of Hello Kitty with a cupcake!
The artist is Kristel Oreto and she is known across the USA for her amazing cupcake art and it is easy to see why. We have another three of her cupcake tattoos featured…
While in San Francisco, California I wandered into Paperwhirl on Grant Avenue because of the cute cupcake apron in the window. Although at the time I resisted the urge to buy another cupcake apron, I did find the adult sized apron by Happi on amazon for only $21.99; just in case I change my mind.
This past week I was fortunate enough to visit San Francisco. Since I have done the well-known tourist attractions in the past, this time I had to visit some cupcake shops! In one day I managed to visit four cupcakes shops in downtown San Francisco and will now share with you my thoughts.
The first cupcake shop we stopped in was American Cupcake. The decor inside was unique and unlike any cupcake shop I have been in before. Most cupcake shops are cutesy but this shop was very modern with crazy lighting. When you walk in to your right is a case full of cupcakes, followed by the cash register and then a bar. American offers both a sweet and savory menu and cupcake wine pairings.
Although I was intrigued by the different flavors like pixie stick or cotton candy, I decided to go with a classic flavor, red velvet. I have to admit I did not love the cupcake; in my opinion it was too dry and crumbly. Read the rest of this entry »
DreamInkApparel is a small Etsy shop which features quality T-shirts for the whole family. Designer and illustrator Aisling Coyle has created an assortment of designs appropriate for women, infants, and children.
Have you used these?
I’ve been reading around and everyone that has used them says they are really good and make the cupcakes look fantastic, then I stumbled across this post on the Simply Caked Blog. I love the combination of pink and brown they look stunning.
Apparently the cups also come in Red and White and I found a great image of Banana Bread baked in white tulip cups on An Art Nest.
So where can you get them? I can’t find them here in Australia yet, but in the US you can get them from Simply Caked by clicking here. But best of all, as a new ATC Sponsor, Simply Caked has decided to create a special discount for ATC Readers! 15% off your total order!
They are a new store so are constantly expanding their range! To get your 15% off, you will need to type the secret code in the coupon field at checkout. Lean in close and I’ll whisper it to you… ATC15
So let us know what you think of them? and shhh secret squirrel on the code ;)
Being the freelance photographer that I am and a cupcake freak as well, you can only imagine my excitement when I found these —
I found these lovely lil’ gems at Swanky Camera Couture’s Etsy Shop. They carry many different patterns of camera straps.
This is like heaven for me, Cameras and Cupcakes! The photography and Cupcake Gods have been looking out for me.
What are your other passions besides cupcakes?
If you are looking for something a little different to the gory blood covered cupcakes, spiders and worm cupcakes and witches hats that we love to create around Halloween, then why not try these Halloween Cupcake Toppers? They are a great alternative and are super simple and ultra effective, even from across the room! Kids Parties features a step by step how to on these at DIY Ideas.
And our winners this week are:
Mariah
September 11th, 2010 at 1:08 pm
I love the cupcake placecard holders (SKU #: 602-PCH)! They are adorable, and so realistic!
And in non-cupcake favors, I’d like to see house-warming favors, or maybe microwaveable mugs–I’m a fan of function as well as decoration!
Jessica C.
September 10th, 2010 at 5:48 pm
My favorite is the Cupcake Lip Gloss Favors, I think it is so cute to giveaway! I also think they should include incense for favors, because it is something everyone could use and smells good.
Bekka
September 6th, 2010 at 3:01 pm
wow! those cupcake boxes are amazing! love them!!
other cool favors i didn’t see on their site are little themed note pads – love having fun paper to jot notes down on
Congratulations! Please send your mailing address to [email protected]. Special thanks to Diva Entertains for sponsoring this week’s giveaway.
Harry Potter and The Order of the Cupcakes!
This Nerdcake of the Week post comes from ATC fan Kelsie and her baking blog, Cakes by Kelsie:
I love your weekly Nerdcakes post on the blog (I’m quite nerdy myself), and I just wanted to share my favorite “nerdcakes.” I made these Harry Potter cupcakes for the premiere of the 6th movie last summer. They’re too cute and I hope they can put a little smile on your face like they did for me! ;o)
Thanks Kelsie! After reviewing the (hilarious) video myself, the likenesses look spot on. If you’re a Harry Potter fan, or just like very silly YouTube videos, I highly recommend the Harry Potter Puppet Pals Channel. If you click below, you can judge if Kelsie captured the essence of the HP3 yourself.
How many of you out there are fans of knitting? A lot of people that I know love knitting, and who doesn’t love cupcakes. Now only if i knew how to knit.
Check out these Knit Night Cupcakes from VeganYumYum.com —
VeganYumYum was even on The Martha Stewart Show showing Martha how knitting and cupcakes were done! (clip at above link)
Art and Cupcakes are two words I love to hear together and so does Caboodle Cupcakes of Indiana Terre Haute, Indiana. Yesterday they had a an art exhibit of all cupcake art. Here is some of the art that was shown —
"One is never enough" by David Erickson
If you are in the Terre Haute area stop in and see some of the art.
Who is your favorite cupcake artist?
Follow Caboodle Cupcake on Facebook.
Move over sandwiches and scones, we want our high tea with cupcakes thank you!
And it seems that the Ritz-Carlton Dallas is listening to our cupcake pleas with an interesting adaption of the idea. The high tea will occur on the last Sunday of October and November and then the first three Sundays in December and will see the traditional ‘tea’ items replaced with funky mini cupcakes, with flavors like Praline Pecan, Peach Cobbler, Dr Pepper and Don’t-Mess-With-Chocolate available.
From what I’ve experienced they are pretty darn good, but how would I know, I’m on the other side of the world to Dallas? Well I have a happen to have a copy of one of their recipes and after a little difficulty locating some of the ingredients, translating the terms into Australian :) I created a batch and they are very tasty!
My wonderful sister-in-law, Holly, called my this week to excitedly tell me about this new adult cupcake costume she found in Costume Express. How awesome is this at only $46.99?! I think it’s more of a sexy cupcake costume and you might need to wear a little something underneath or you might reveal more than you planned!
They also had a child’s version for $34.99. Both are brand new and aren’t available until September 22nd.
I also found this adorable cupcake candy bag and costume from Pottery Barn. The costume is $59 and the matching bag is only $14. So stinkin’ cute!
So what are your sweet (or spooky!) costume plans this year?
Have you entered our sweet cupcake giveaway this week? If not, please click here for all the details and to enter!
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A big thanks to The Twisted Kitchen for allowing us to share this ultracool recipe with you! Everyone loves S’mores, right? And how often do you get to use a blowtorch in the kitchen?
S’more Cupcakes
Makes 12 cupcakes and 12 mini cupcakes (approx.)
General notes (before cooking):
For the Graham Cracker layer:
1 cup graham crackers Read the rest of this entry »
The raw vegan diet seems to be all the rage lately. Eating raw foods is uber-healthy and good for the planet too. And “raw foodists” often claim that one doesn’t have to go 100% raw to reap the benefits of consuming raw foods. Do I want to be healthy? Of course! Am I willing to give up cupcakes in order to go raw vegan? Uh …
Well, thanks to Shannonmarie, who is known to the blogosphere as Rawdorable, I don’t have to. She has created an amazingly innovative, entertaining, and useful “uncookbook” full of tantalizing raw cupcake recipes.
Her ebook details how to make the “cake,” gives us several different options for yummy frostings, and even describes how to make raw fondant. Who ever heard of healthy fondant?
Her recipes range from basic to exquisite, from Pumpkin Spice to Citrus Confetti, from Basic Chocolate to Ruby Red Chai. I’m telling you, Shannonmarie is a genius of the cupcake world. And she’s one of those rare healthy cupcake geniuses. (If you don’t believe me, try the Zippi Zucchini Cupcake!)
The book is jam-packed with gorgeous, inspiring photographs. I’m tempted to blow some of them up and frame them.
The Little Rawdorable Cupcake Book That Could is available at Rawdorable for $12.95. It will be the best thirteen bucks you’ve invested in a while!
What does tasting four fantastic cupcakes have to do with helping find a cure for breast cancer?
Well in this instance a lot! You may have heard of Susan G Komen, who fought an epic battle against breast cancer. She wanted to make a difference for all women suffering with the disease and help raise funds so a cure could be found.
Supporting Breast Cancer Awareness - Cupcake created by Tracey Lau
The Inland Empire Affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure® is dedicated to combating breast cancer at every front and one way they are planning on raising money this year is with an almighty Cupcake Camp!
The Cupcake Camp will take place on Sunday November 7, 2010 from 1-4pm at the Mission Inn Hotel & Spa in Riverside, CA.
What can you do?
Heaps! The organizers desperately need all sorts of help for the big day, take a look at this list:
The last one is for anyone on the day that would like to support the event. The organizers need you to come along and sample some cupcakes. The idea is that you sample the cupcakes there, and at just $10, you get to try four great cupcakes and support a really worthy cause!
For more information, check out their website and support a great cause.
A special Magnolia Bakery cupcake will be one of the stars at the 2nd installment of Fashion’s Night Out in Southern California. Magnolia’s will have a pop up shop at the Ron Herman store at Fred Segal on Melrose Avenue. The deatils of the cupcake are — devils food cake with meringue frosting! Yum!
There is one word that describes these fun cupcakes and that is BRIGHT and there is nothing that kids love more than colorful cupcakes. These ones are from Spearmint Baby’s blog and will not only bring a smile to your kid’s faces but probably yours as well!
The best news is that Shari takes you step by step through how she made these including her hints to avoid color mix! I love the ones she did in the plain white wrappers, which were their own gorgeous rainbow color by the time they were done.
Try them yourself and if you have any great tips for rainbow cupcakes, let us know!