Can you imagine a world where the sale of a single cupcake buys thirteen meals for children in Uganda? We’re living in it.

Cupcakes for Kiddos was started by 10-year-old twins, Ella and Liliana, from Lawrence, Kansas. If you live in Lawrence, you can place an order for some homebaked cupcakes, and they will be hand-delivered to your door. If you don’t live in Lawrence, you can still make a donation, and if you wish, cupcakes will be delivered on your behalf to a deserving individual. All the proceeds go to Amazima Ministries.

For more information, or to order some cupcakes, email cupcakesforkiddos (at) gmail (dot) com by Tuesday, May 3rd.

Mother’s Day is next weekend which means you need to hurry and buy this cupcake card for your mom!  Mr. Boddington’s Studio has designed this lovely Mother’s Day card that’s available on their website.  Why not make mom’s day and bake her cupcakes to match the card?

Brighton jewelry has two really fun cupcake charms available in stores and on their website.  I really like the cupcake flower charm since it actually opens.  The pink and the green on this $21.00 charm fit perfectly with the current popular cupcake colors of pink, green, and brown.  The second charm is part of Brighton’s ABC line and is a small cupcake for $8.50.

This just in — coming this summer Magnolia Bakery will be opening a shop inside Bloomingdale’s! Shopping and Cupcakes, Yes Please!

The fifth Magnolia bakery in NYC  will open inside Bloomingdale’s flagship store this summer. The store is located street level at  Third Avenue between 59th and 60th streets. They became famous for their cupcakes when they were featured in the  TV show Sex and The City! They have also been featured in Saturday Night Live, Prime and The Devil Wears Prada.

Did you know that they have a shop in Dubai? Yep, they sure do!

Here are a few ways to keep in touch with Magnolia Bakery —

Magnolia Bakery Website

Join them on Facebook

Follow them on Twitter

Have you ever wanted to create cupcakes for a special occasion that really seem to celebrate the recipient?  I can think of many birthdays and celebrations where I have wanted to really give a personal touch to my cupcakes, but sometimes you just don’t have time to cut up 2-3 dozen pieces of cardboard, then inner cardstock and finally creating and cutting up those photos as well!

Well if you are in this situation, or just want to create something professional, then these toppers from Diva Entertains are seriously worth checking out, inexpensive and customizable, what more could you ask for?  Okay, ready cooked cupcakes wouldn’t go astray, but hey, that is where you can add your signature stamp!

If you’ve been down the baked goods aisle lately, you may have noticed that Hostess Cupcakes has added Strawberry to their flavor lineup.

These pink delights are part of Hostess’ Jackpot promotion. Cupcake lovers are given a chance to win $10,000, or more than 300 daily prizes (one of which is a one year supply of Hostess Cupcakes).

If you want to play, look for a specially marked multipack, and then register the game code at www.hostesscakes.com. While you’re there, you can also vote for your favorite cupcake flavor.

How will you be celebrating  April 29th for the royal marriage of Will and Kate? If you are not sure yet then I may have just the thing for you.

Royal Wedding Cupcakes  from Disney Family.com

Fun, easy and kid friendly!

She’s been called an “eco-mamma” and the lovely Elana Amsterdam’s new cookbook features 50 organic, gluten-free cupcake recipes that make use of coconut flour and almond flour.

You can order the cookbook from Amazon for $9.23, and you can visit her website, Elana’s Pantry, which is loaded with recipes, for free!

If you are looking for a seriously rich and decadently good cupcake, then this one from Kevin & Amanda is for you.  But you do really need to have a seriously sweet tooth… it is certainly not for the faint hearted!

Rich, moist  and amazingly rich the recipe for these Brownie Batter Chocolate Fudge Cupcakes with Outrageously Rich Chocolate Indulgence Frosting, click here!

Kristen Ricket blogged about her experience making her own cupcake stand.  The supply list was fairly small and included boxes, poster board, tape, glue, paper (in this case rainbow squares) and spray adhesive.  Ricket shares both picture and descriptive text direction on the original post if you are interested in creating your own unique cupcake stand.

Do you like Dixie Crystals sugar?  Maybe it’s time you tell them through Facebook since they currently have two exciting cupcake related contests through their Facebook page.  The first giveaway is because Dixie Crystals reached their goal of 700 “likes” on their Facebook page.  On Mother’s Day they have decided  to give away 10 of the Jessie Steele cupcake aprons pictured to the right.  The aprons retail at $34.00 so it is definitely worth becoming a fan to win this prize!  Their Facebook page simply says “stay tuned” which means you have to “like” them to find out more details to enter the contest as Mother’s Day approaches. You could also win a $500.00 gift card by uploading a picture of your homemade cupcakes to their Facebook page. The rules for entering this contest also state that you need to “like” Dixie Crystals on Facebook and upload your cupcake picture by May 15, 2011.

Spring is here and it is in full bloom! Just walking out of my apartment and walking to my car I see tons of different types of flowers. This got me thinking, why not make my own flowers that I  don’t have to wait for them to grow — Flower Cupcakes.

Here a few fabulous recipes and how to guides to help you make your own fantastic flower garden of cupcakes.

Mum’s the Word Cupcakes

Flower Cupcakes

Fields of Flowers Cupcakes

Hydrangea Cupcakes

Have an Android?

Check out the Butterflies and Cupcakes app!

It’s a cute live wallpaper that helps you kill a few minutes in the airport. There’s a free version and a slightly fancier paid version. Both feature an adorable little pink butterfly carrying cupcakes away. Just tap a cupcake, and the butterfly gets to work!

With Easter just passed, I have to share one fantastic reader contribution.  These are simply amazing.

This is a cupcake tree created by Trish from Sweetology.  She says “Are you like me and look at everything and say….how can I use that object with/for/on my cupcake??”

Well this tree seemed to just appeal to her and the results are amazing!

From the makers of Cupcake Wines comes … Cupcake Vodka! I know, what took them so long?

Our Dollhouse Bake Shoppe winner is…

Denise Herriman
April 18th, 2011 at 10:15 am
We LOVE Cupcake Wars in our house! My little one makes me put it on as soon as we get home EVERY single day!
I really liked the cupcake pedestals. Very cute! I think it would be nice to see some sort of candy/carnival themed kit!

Congratulations! Please email your mailing address to [email protected].  Thanks again to all who entered the giveaway and thank you Dollhouse Bake Shoppe for sponsoring this wonderful giveaway.

House 8810 has some awesome products, especially for cupcake lovers!  I personally like the Happy Birthday Apron that is covered in polka dots and a cupcake and reasonably priced at $20.00.  Matching the apron are a set of four fun colored towels for $30.00.  The table cloth that comes in blue or pink is one of my favorite items in the collection.  For $25.00 you could quickly brighten up any birthday table.  As if these items weren’t enough there’s a set of six drawstring treat bags for $15.00, each bag a different print.  Finally there are napkins that come in the same blue and pink that the table cloth is shown in.  And don’t forget the birthday hankie cards to send as thank you’s! Each of the six cards in the $28.00 set includes a unique hankie.

Eggnog is awesome, but these cupcakes from Chockylit look even better, and why is that?  Well I am glad you asked, the reason is the Bourbon Caramel Cream Cheese Frosting!!!  I haven’t made this version before, but I have made a very similar cupcake, which if you like eggnog is divine.  Most of all though I want to try the frosting, which I think would probably work well on lots of different types of cupcakes.

So whether you try these cupcakes now, for Christmas in July, or wait till the official date in December, it is a recipe worth filing away!

To celebrate Earth Day today, treat yourself this cute cupcake reusable cupcake bag.  Waste-Less Bags has created reusable grocery bags that can hold up to 20 pounds.  The cupcake bag is part of the Too Cute line.  The purple colored bag has a cupcake tray image on the front and folds up into a cupcake shaped pouch.  The bag costs $4.99 and can be purchased from the company’s website.

This is so smart! I just found these adorable Easter critter cupcakes at CantonRep.com. Who knew that a donut hole could double as a cute bunny head or chick head? Brilliant! For full decorating instructions, visit the article: Easter Treats: Bunny Cupcakes and Chick Cupcakes.

I just found the coolest blog! The Mommy Blogger behind Kaitlyn’s Korner is a talented cupcaker! As with all of my favorite decorating ideas, these monkey cupcakes are smart and easy! Thank you Jenee for your cupcake brilliance!

Looking for an Easter gift for the cupcake lover you know?  How about these gourmet chocolate Easter eggs from Norman Love.  The chocolate eggs come in a variety of flavors including vanilla cupcake which is sweet cream and vanilla frosting ganache mixed with tiny cake pieces in a white chocolate shell.  The chocolates come in special egg shapes as part of their Easter Collection and are available in several package sizes including 5, 9, 10, 15, 25, and 50 piece boxes, ranging in price from $13.00 to $95.00.

My daughter is 3 and is obsessed with Dora the Explorer. Unfortunately, whenever her mother tries to create Dora decorations, Dora comes out looking like a bloated alien with a bad haircut.

While searching for inspiration, I found this photo on Flickr. Sigh. They make it look so easy …

Personally, I would never have the intestinal fortitude to wear these, but I thought I should pass on the opportunity to those of you who are braver than I.

These 6″ stiletto cupcake platform shoes are available from Baby Girl Boutique. They come in pink too! 

Have you seen the youtube double rainbow video?  Apparently last year I was living under a rock and missed watching it until my friend showed me this Hello Kitty double cupcake rainbow T-shirt.  The shirt makes fun of the video by asking “what does it mean” since no one really knows that the actual point of the video is.  The shirt can be purchsed from ThinkGeek and is $24.99.