Last month, ATC observed the growing mobile cupcake trend on the east coast.  Just this monday, Sprinkles, the Beverly Hills-based chain, launched its cupcake-shop-on-wheels experiment to serve cupcake goodness to the Orange County.

“Yes, we want to take the Sprinklesmobile to the O.C.,” said Nicole Schwartz, a rep for Sprinkles Cucpakes, which has a shop in Corona del Mar.

Schwartz said “stay tuned” for more details as “we haven’t plotted out our
schedule yet.”

The chain will “Tweet” its Los Angeles locations on its new mobile Twitter account: @sprinklesmobile.

The results are out from the Londonist Cupcake Throwdown.  Faircake Bakeries takes first prize with a magnificent domination of the judging categories with its limoncello and white chocolate cupcake.  The rules for the throwdown were quite different from other contests, prizing natural colors and balance of flavors.

Faircake Bakeries was nice enough to share the winning cupcake recipe with the general public as well.   You guys know what I will be doing this weekend.

You can have your cupcake and eat it, too! Add Delish to your list of sweet tooth hot spots in Austin. Located at 209 W. 3rd Street (around the corner from Cantino Laredo), Delish has it’s grand opening tomorrow! Stop in all day for free  cupcakes and from 6-8pm they’ll be serving free champagne and wine! Double treat!

Cupcake flavors include Mexican Vanilla, Chocolate, Lemon Zest, Black & White, Strawberry Z, Ginger Carrot, Red Velvet, Chocolate Mint, and more!

Cupcake photos represented on this post are from the website of Cupcake Royale

“Welcome to Seattle Style’s Perfect 10, where we pick a topic and bring you what we feel are the top 10 from that category … be it make-up for your wedding day, wedding resource books, or best places to honeymoon! You’ll find it here on Seattle Style’s Perfect 10!

Today’s perfect 10 tastes AMAZING! Seattle Style is giving their tastebuds a little party with … CUPCAKES!!! … Plus, if you know our Senior Editor, Heather, then you know she’s OBSESSED with cupcakes :)  We’ve done our research and believe that we have the 10 yummiest cupcakes in the Seattle area. So, get ready to be pretty hungry as you read our Perfect 10 Cupcakes post!  Also, keep in mind that our Perfect 10 posts are not in any certain order … we love all our Perfect 10 Cupcakes equally and for different reasons :)”

Read the rest of the article here.

We received these photos and this email from Swirlz Cupcakes Baker Hollin…

Hello, Cupcake Connoisseurs! I am one of the bakers at Swirlz Cupcakes in Chicago, and I have attached a couple of pictures showing the kinds of fun things we have been up to at our shop in the city. The first picture is of the raspberry lemonade cupcake that we made as a daily special in celebration (and anticipation) of hot summer days! We sold out of that flavor in about 3 hours! The second is a picture of one of our employees at Children’s Memorial Hospital in Chicago with some of their nurses. For nurses week, we are donating a bunch of our cupcakes every day to show our appreciation for everything they do. Everyone here really loves your website, and we’d love to be included in your blog! Thanks so much!

Thank you for sharing this with us! Those cupcakes look amazing! Nurses rock! I would love to be a L & D Nurse someday!

Cake Shop + Asheville + Strawberries = True Love.

May has been a very busy month here at 225 Haywood!  The word continues to spread, thanks to all of you, about our cakes and cupcakes.  We are busier every day, and have enjoyed creating beautiful and tasty cakes for all your spring celebrations!  Graduations, birthdays, and weddings have made up the bulk of our work this month; friends and neighbors stopping by for cupcakes, coffee, and conversation has made the work more fun and the space bustle with energy.
We are psyched that the first bounty of the season has come in: Local Strawberries!  All the Strawberry Short Street cakes for the next several weeks will be made with fresh, local strawberries, and we are so looking forward to this summer’s harvest of local blueberries, wineberries, raspberries, peaches, and apples.  Look for specials and new creations based on seasonal availability.  We also continue to create new menu items based on your requests, like the Marble Ganache Cake, the Mint Julep Cake, and the soon-to-be-revealed Orange Creamcicle Cake!

Please visit Short Street Cakes for more information.

Now that the school year is ending, show your child’s teacher your appreciation with a beautifully decorated box of Organic Cupcakes! This 4 pack includes 4 of our most popular flavors (banana, vanilla, cookies n cream, and the “green” hostess for $12.00). Give this unique & tasty gift to your favorite teacher!

Goodies you can feel “Good” about!!!

Available at Green Goodies by Tiffany.

Be your own cupcake designer with

~saint cupcake takes flight~

online cupcake shop!

~THE GIVEAWAY~

The Cupcakes Club is giving away FOUR three packs of cupcakes from ~saint cupcake~ (get it? that makes a total of ONE DOZEN cupcakes). TOTALLY delicious and TOTALLY for you!!

~saint cupcake~ is located in Portland, Oregon but their sweet cupcakes will be delivered through the mail to YOU- if you are chosen as one of our four winners. How COOL to have CUPCAKES come in the mail–ready to frost, sprinkle, and sparkle!!

Here’s what you need to do:

Go to the ~saint Cupcake~ website HERE and click “start shopping“. Your mission is to drool (roll your mouse over the pics…) and decide on the 3 cake flavors, 3 icings and 3 sprinkles you would choose if you won (you are SO lucky!)

Next leave a comment at The Cupcakes Club. Your comment MUST include the flavors, icings, and sprinkles to be complete to enter!!

FOUR winners to be chosen on Friday, May 29th. REMEMBER- you must check back at The Cupcakes Club to see if you have won and send The Cupcakes Club your address so we can have your cupcakes delivered to you in your very own mailbox.

Don’t forget: ~saint cupcake~ loves you!!

*unfortunately due to shipping times and care for freshness ~saint cupcake~ cupcakes can only be delivered in the USA

MallowDrama’s May Newsletter

Please note: we are no longer selling cupcakes at Dinner Zen.

So that you can still enjoy a tasty bite of  cake, we are pleased to announce the  following offerings:

-free delivery within Reston, VA for  orders of 1 dozen or more cupcakes  (available Monday-Friday, 10 AM-6 PM, Saturday 10 AM-12 PM, 48 hours’ notice requested, call for availability)

–mini MallowDrama cupcakes for sale at At Play Cafe in Hunters Woods Village Center in Reston, VA (including Secret Garden — our vegan carrot cake — and more)

–new minimum order – now just 6 cupcakes if you’re choosing the flavor of the day (other flavors are available for a minimum of 1 dozen cupcakes per flavor)

Please visit MallowDrama for more information.

It seems that cupcake shops are popping up all over the US at an alarming right.  Another cupcake trend seems to be following on its heels.  Cupcake Trucks.  Those mobile trucks used to serve tacos, breakfast, sandwiches, etc… have been repurposed to serve cupcakes.  A couple sighting have been reported.  Are there others that our dear readers have found?

The Cupcake Stop in New York City

The Cupcake Truck in New Haven, CT

Perfect Cupcakes in Baltimore, MD

Make your mom smile with delicious made from scratch organic cupcakes to enjoy on her special day! Get a 4 pack for only $11.00 or 1 dozen scrumptious cupcakes for $32.00!!! Place order by May 8th to get this special offer! Pick up to 4 flavors per dozen.

Why their cupcakes are unique…Cupcakes that are “clean” meaning no trans fat, no preservatives, and no artificial ingredients. Made of high quality organic ingredients. Cupcakes for EVERYONE!!! They can accommodate individuals with food allergies. 3 lines of cupcakes are available: organic only, allergy friendly/vegan (no dairy, no eggs),and gluten free. All of their cupcakes are peanut/tree nut free…hooray!

Please visit Green Goodies by Tiffany for more information.

One of our ATC readers wrote us recently.  She has renewed my faith in attractive cupcakes found in supermarkets.  Meghan writes:

I love your website, very cute, but you must hear that a lot! anywho, I work at Publix Bakery (its like floridas biggest super market) anyways, I’m starting to become a decorator there and I thought you might like these cupcakes that I made for the website.

We love your cupcake designs Meghan.  Keep on improving!

Babycakes cookbook: It’s coming! This title will be released on May 5, 2009.

BabyCakes, the Book of Recipes: It’s Here (Almost)! from BabyCakes NYC on Vimeo.

Enjoy a free night of music, comedy, and cupcakes Friday, May 15th at Cupcakes Nouveau 244 MIracle Mile.  Sign up to perform your special talent or sit back and enjoy the show!

Registration starts at 7pm; show starts at 8pm.

Contact Daleena at [email protected] to sign up.

What a way to open a new cupcake store with a bang!

Crumbs Bake Shop is due to open this week at 4th and Washington in Hoboken, New Jersey. To celebrate their new store opening, Crumbs will give away 1,000 complimentary cupcakes (1 per person) beginning at 8:00 a.m. this Saturday, May 2 at the Hoboken shop.

The Crumbs Bake Shop online store also allows custom 6-pack of cupcakes to be created and shipped to anywhere in the country.  With so many interesting flavors to choose from, it would be a hit at any special occasion.

Please visit Sugadeaux Cupcakes and Sugar Momma’s Bakeshop for more information.

Cupcake Sugar Cookies – One Dozen $28.00

These yummy lemon-vanilla sugar cookies are frosted with your choice of either lemon-vanilla, chocolate or strawberry royal icing and decorated with all-natural sprinkles. Please specify your icing flavor choice in the message to seller. These sugar cookies contain no eggs, dairy or animal-derived ingredients, and they’re always extra thick and perfectly soft.

You’ll receive a box of twelve 3″-3.5″ cupcake-shaped cookies, wrapped on a cake round and cushioned with shredded paper and/or bubble wrap. The box is tied with a bow, but additional gift wrapping is available.

You’re welcome to order more than a dozen, of course. Just convo the seller and let them know what you need.

Although these cookies do not contain any nuts, they are baked in a kitchen where they are used. They do use soy products. Please let them know ahead of time if you have any food allergies.

Available at Cream Bakery Vegan Sweets!

Get ready to give the gift of Saint Cupcake to friends and loved ones in far off places!  Or, if you live in one of those far off places and have been dying to try saint cupcake, the time has come! From the comfort of your own keyboard, you can order our yummy cupcakes and have them delivered anywhere in the continental US. Simply visit Saint Cupcake to start building your very own cupcake kit. You pick your cake flavors! You pick your icings! You pick your sprinkles! Saint Cupcake then packs it all up and sends it to you. Easy, sweet AND delicious!

We are so excited! Aren’t you? Saint Cupcake practically anywhere! Seriously? Yay!

Photo by Christopher Barrett

MORE Cupcakes by David Woodhouse Architects

David Woodhouse Architects worked closely with owner Patty Rothman, James Beard Award Winner Gale Gand, and famed restaurateur Henry Adaniya to create more, an intimate boutique infused with luscious materials and creamy light which abstract the pure ingrediants and flavors found in their couture cupcakes.

Above are a few of my favorite liners…Leopard and Black Zebra Stripe.

Viking Importing Company has been the Importer/Wholesaler since 1961 of fine paper products. They offer a complete line of cupcake liners, glassine and greaseproof baking cups and cake doilies in various designs and sizes.

For the first time their items are available to the public through their website.

In addititon they have also added a Consumer Pack Page for those customers interested in our products for home use in smaller quantities.

Please explore the variety that they have to offer. For more information please visit the Viking Importing Company.

Our friend Laura sent us these photos and email…

Hey guys, here some of the pics from my cupcake stand on saturday….enjoy!

Everything looks so great! Thanks for sharing it all with us!

For more information on Laura’s Cupcake Shack, please visit her website!

Carolina Cupcakery which is located in Chesapeake, Virginia has begun shipping cupcake kits… sealed, unfrosted cupcakes with frosting in a tub and sprinkles on the side- great for folks with allergies, oh and everyone else. 

Please visit their website for more information.

Wonder Party Cupcake    

Sweeten your party or celebration with one of our favorite Wonderland Dressed to Party Cupcakes…complete with a cherry on top. We create these by the dozen in your favorite cake and butter cream frosting. Don’t forget to order a cupcake tower for presentation too. Dressed to Party Cupcake Cuddlers are available in custom colors or for special events too.

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These items and more from Wonderland Bakery.

Black & White Collection from Cupcakes Gourmet ($24.99)

Classic Vanilla, Vanilla Chocolate, and Milk Chocolate cupcakes. Simple. Pure. Gourmet.

Black Bottom Cupcakes from George’s Bakery & Deli

Located in Middle River, Maryland, George’s Bakery & Deli has served the surrounding Chase and Bowley’s Quarters area since 2005!

One of their specialties is their black bottom cupcake, which is made a little differently than those you’re used to seeing in other bakeries.

I was lucky enough to try them out. They shipped beautifully! They are so heavenly! I love chocolate, and I was so pleased that they are chocolately and not too rich.

Please visit George’s Bakery & Deli for more information.