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I grew up watching the My Little Pony: The Movie from 1986!  Even though the look of the little ponies has changed a lot over the years I still thought this youtube video that my friend shared with me was cute.  The video is Pinkie Pie’s cupcake song where Pinkie Pie teaches Applebloom how to make cupcakes! While I wouldn’t attempt making the cupcakes that the ponies sing about, it is still a fun way to introduce kids to baking.

Easter is my favorite cupcake holiday. You can do anything you want with pastels and you’re good to go–so many options! Plus, I’m kind of obsessed with bunnies. Anyway, here is my first attempt this year. (For the grass, I used Wilton tip 233.) If you try this, I HIGHLY recommend Starburst jelly beans. I don’t even like candy, and these are delicious!

Any fans of The Hunger Games series out there?  What better way to celebrate the new movie than with cupcakes!  I searched and found these.  Try out one of these ideas or create your own for a pre or post-movie party!

Mockingjay Cupcakes:

Hunger Games Cupcakes:

Last week I visited my friend in Colorado and was lucky enough to see both Boulder and Denver while on my trip.  In Boulder we stopped into Tee and Cupcakes to try three of their cupcakes.  I loved the outside of the cupcake shop, which is shown above, and since we were there pretty early in the day there was a wide selection of cupcakes to choose from.  We decided on the following flavors: girl scout cookie samoas, chocolate with salted caramel frosting, and white on white or vanilla with vanilla frosting.

My friend and I agreed that while we liked the creative flavors and the appearance of the cupcakes we didn’t love the consistency of the frosting or the cake.  The frosting we almost like whipped cream or cool-whip with a very airy texture.  We also weren’t crazy about the cake consistency and flavor so overall we thought they were good cupcakes but not great. Read the rest of this entry »

Have a statement? Want to be heard? How about cupcakes? Fans of the new video game Mass Effect 3 are upset with the ending and want it changed. And they’re asking nicely, by sending 400 cupcakes to Bioware, the game’s creators. The cupcakes will be frosted three different colors, but will all taste the same, to symbolize the similar endings of the three video games in the series. This effort will cost $1005 and everyone who contributes to the cause will also get to send along a note with the cupcakes. It’s like a sugary sweet petition. Click here for the campaign website. The cupcakes will be delivered by Fuss Cupcakes of Edmonton, Alberta.

Looking for some cute treats to make this Easter?  Hop on over to The Family Kitchen on Babble and leave a comment on this post for the chance to win the cookbook where the secret to tasty treats like these can be found.  These is a recipe for these cupcakes on the website, so give them a try for your Easter gathering!

Oh My Gosh … that is a lot to say without drooling all over your computer. These cupcakes sound amazing and they look great in the mason jars with the bakers twine. These would be great for a children’s birthday party or just for the heck of it!

Cherry Vanilla Dr. Pepper Cupcakes from the blog Confessions of a Cookbook Queen

Today my daughter had money in her pocket to burn and really wanted to buy something for herself. She loves to do craft projects, so we headed to our local AC Moore and here is what she chose to buy.
Although it is a bit hard to see in this photo, this is Perler Beads Cupcake and Butterfly Fused Bead Kit. For those of you who don’t know what Perler beads are, you simply fill the cupcake shaped pegboard with the beads, iron it and voila! You have a lovely cupcake to make into a magnet or pin.  This set was $7.99 at AC Moore and you can also find in on Amazon. 

 And here are the cupcakes my daughter and I made!  We had so much fun! 

There’s a new cupcake magazine in town! Cake Decorating magazine has just launched in Great Britain and Ireland. Don’t live there? Don’t panic–you can subscribe!

This weekly publication will help beginners learn to decorate like the pros. And each issue comes with decorating tools! Issue #1 comes with a set of butterfly cutters, pink decorating glitter, and a gingham cupcake stand. And subscribers receive additional free gifts including a portable cake caddy, a set of silicone bakeware, and a biscuit and sugar craft gun.

Learn more at the Cake Decorating website. You can also follow the new pub on Twitter and Facebook!

Be on the lookout for a new Hallmark Channel movie titled Operation Cupcake, starring Dean Cain and Kristy Swanson. The movie preimeres Sunday, June 17th at 8 Eastern. The movie tells the story of an Army dad who suddenly finds himself working in a cupcakery. Apparently, he tries to take a military approach to cupcaking. Hmm…

Oddly enough, there was another movie with the same name, albeit, bearing a colon, Operation: Cupcake, from 2006. I can find no connection between the movies though, except for the well, love of cupcakes.

Do you know a cupcake lover that’s turning 21 or of legal drinking age?  Then UV Vodka’s Cake flavored vodka and signature UV Cake shot glass is the perfect gift!  The shot glasses are very cute since they are shaped like a cupcake liner and there is a spot for a candle to fit.  The reusable plastic, 1.5oz shot glasses can be ordered from Phillips Distilling Company Store for $9.00 for a pack of 24 assorted colors and an included package of birthday candles.

For those of you who follow the show ‘Cupcake Wars’, you might be interested to see this recipe for Space Monkey Cupcakes.  Be sure to watch the video, where the winner of season 3, Casey Shiller, shows us how to make them.

Who can resist a banana-toffee cake with a dulce de leche center, caramel cream cheese icing and chunks of astronaut ice cream?

Go back to the “good old days” with these soda fountain cupcakes.  From left to right, they are creamsicle, cherry soda and root beer.  All you have to do is bake a batch of cupcakes and use food coloring and food flavoring for each type of frosting.

Which one would you choose?  I think I’d definitely go with the root beer, but they all sound delicious!

Check out these gorgeous cupcake candles from Star Candles of Leicester, UK! Star Candles produces Mendhi Candles for all occasions, but this one is just too beautiful to light!

Oh Mylanta are these impressive! I just found these Lego Cupcakes on Cupcakes by Madelaine’s Flickr photostream. Unbelievable! I hope she’s charging an arm and a leg for these! You can also find more great cupcakes at Madelaine’s website.

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I love goat cheese! I am constantly adding goat cheese to sandwiches, salads, pasta dishes and now that I have found Buttercream Blonde’s recipe for chocolate and goat cheese cupcakes, I think I will be adding goat cheese to cupcakes!  These nontraditional cupcakes definitely sound like something unique food lovers will enjoy.  The cupcakes are made up of three of my favorite things, a buttermilk chocolate cake, goat cheese frosting, and are topped with red wine reduction!

Here in the Windy City, with highs in the 80s today, it feels as if we are celebrating the first day of summer instead of the first day of spring.  In celebration of the first official day of spring, warmer weather and blooming flowers, I thought I would post several flower cupcakes.

The Pompom Flower Extravaganza Cupcake from Wilton:

Pink Petal Cupcakes, also from Wilton:

Hello Flower Cupcakes from McCormick:

I am usually pretty good with not overspending on cupcake items but this cupcake Ferris wheel may break my budget!  It is so beautiful but at $89.99, it would be a splurge.  It only holds 8 cuppies and is available from Kohls.com.  If you do decide to buy this, make sure you do a Google search for “Kohl’s coupon code”  because you might be able to find a good discount first!

Have you jumped on the salted caramel bandwagon?  I feel like everything is suddenly marketed as having salted caramel in it and honestly I am a fan! I love the salty sweet combo!  I am very excited about this recipe for salted caramel cupcakes because the Cake website claims that it is the best cupcake ever.  I think will have to make these cupcakes and see for myself if they are worth doubling the recipe as Paige of Style suggests.  The best part is that the toppers, shown to the left, are included in the original blog post!

Here in the Midwest we are having unusually warm weather for March, so my mind is already thinking about summer.  These banana cream pie cupcakes would make a delicious treat to usher in the coming spring and summer.  I love the fact that there is not only a Nilla Wafer on top, but on bottom, too.

Are you a fan of Anthropolgie’s wedding collection, BHLDN?  I think the line is filled with fun and unique items, some that are great for celebrations besides weddings.  The versatile cupcake liners which come as a set of six for $22.00 would be great for birthday parties.  The liners are 1.5”H, 2.75” diameter and are great for holding small items like candy or confetti.  The website also offers paper cupcake liners, cupcake stools, and pennants.

Happy St. Patrick’s Day!  Remember those breakfast cupcake posts?  Similar to the cinnamon toast crunch and Cap’n crunch cookie cupcakes, today’s St. Patrick’s Day cupcake idea is inspired by breakfast cereal.  Lucky Charm Cupcakes! As a kid I loved Lucky Charms, well I think I really liked the marshmallows, and now I can’t help but wonder if cupcakes that include the cereal are as magically delicious! I found several recipes for Lucky Charm cupcakes, two, shown above, called for vanilla cupcakes topped with frosting and then the cereal.  These recipes included one from AMK Designs and Delights, the recipe calls for homemade vanilla cupcakes and a sprinkle of lucky charms.  For those pressed for  time, Betty Crocker’s recipe calls for yellow cake mix, lucky charms, and edible glitter.

For the bakers that take time to bake from scratch, Cupcake Project has a recipe for Lucky Charm Cupcakes using homemade lucky charms that are in the crust, the batter, and on top of the frosting!  This, shown to the left, cupcake sounds more time consuming but also sounds like the true Lucky Charm cupcake!

It never ceases to amaze me what new cupcake items I will see every week. This week Facebook fan Sheila gave us a great tip that Michael’s craft stores has cupcake Duck Tape.   It was regularly $4.49 for a 10 yard roll but of course I used my 50% coupon!  They also had zebra striped, checkerboard, skulls and many other solid colors.  I am not sure what I am going to do with it yet but I am first going to visit Duck Tape’s website because they have lots of fun project ideas.    Do you know what a Ducktivity is?  It is any fashion, craft or anything else made using Duck Tape! 

Thanks again Sheila!  Keep those sweet tips coming and make sure to “like” us on Facebook.