I’m not sure which I love more–dogs or cupcakes. That’s why I’m quite so taken by these adorable “Westie Cupcakes” (Westie being a nickname for West Highland White Terrier) from Angelina Cupcake of Towcester, Northamptonshire. Almost too cute to eat! I recently participated in an adoption expo for our local animal shelter, and I wish I’d thought to bring along a batch of these! They would’ve found forever homes for sure!
1 Fine Cookie is at it again with these party cupcakes. These cupcakes are the party! Apparently, these candies are soaked in alcohol before being strung together. I want to know what she used for string…
If you haven’t visited (and shopped from) Massachusetts’ 1 Fine Cookie, you should! The website is fun, funny, and tantalizing!
Check out these alcohol-inspired (and infused) cupcakes being offered by The Sugar Shack in Lansing, Michigan this week. Feel like a drink? Have a cupcake instead!
And the innocent looking “Tooty Fruity” is a yellow cake loaded with rum soaked fruit and topped butter cream, sprinkles and a cherry.
Primrose Bakery
For my birthday last month, my family and I went to London to celebrate! Since we were celebrating my birthday and London has several favorite cupcakes shops, I made sure trying the shops were on our to-do list! The first cupcake shop we visited was the famous Primrose Bakery. We stopped in the location near Covent garden and enjoyed two classic flavors, chocolate cake, or sponge as they call it in London, with vanilla frosting and vanilla sponge with vanilla frosting. Both cupcakes were delicious and I would say they lived up to their reputation.
Hummingbird Bakery
I think I just figured out how to get my kids to eat their peas and carrots. Who needs a turkey dinner with all the fixin’s when she could just have this kind of turkey dinner? Complete with buttery mashed potatoes and cherry pie! So clever!
These cupcakes were created by Sir Ritz Creations of Cedarhurst, New York. This photo is a recent addition to Flickr, but I’m going to store it away for use on turkey day. November will be here soon enough.
Now, these are cute! Bee cupcakes from Panapana of Brazil! That chocolate glaze looks heavenly. And for some reason, I’d be tempted to add a little honey in the center too!
Oh my gosh! Check out these “book cupcakes” from Victoria’s Kitchen of Chiswick, West London! Victoria studied cake design in New York, which she calls the “spiritual home of the cupcake.” Isn’t that an awesome and appropriate title?
These cupcakes were created in honor of a woman’s 60th birthday, and feature “books” that have helped shape her life! These cupcakes are a bookworm’s dream!
I’m not sure why I find these elephant cupcakes so adorable. Maybe because I recently visited the Indianapolis Zoo, and I couldn’t stop staring at the baby elephant? He was just too cute! And so are these cupcakes. Cute, yet simple enough to feasibly create. At least, I’m going to try. These were created by All You Need is Cupcakes, a cupcakery in Argentina. Cupcakes are taking over the world!
Move over Wilton Rose–here comes the Maria Chrysanthemum!
Who knew chrysanthemums could look so yummy? (And don’t worry–these chrysanthemums aren’t poisonous!)
Maria is a cupcaking caterer from Toronto.
My mouth is watering! These cupcakes look so dreamily and fruitily delicious. And really, my favorite cupcakes to make are the ones that look amazing without taking too much time. I can’t wait to steal this idea! Of course, I will give full credit to Megan’s Cupcakes of Cadillac, Michigan! Are those fruit roll-ups?
Check out these health care cupcakes from Sweetie Cupcake. With decorations like these, they must be super healthy, right? These would be great for any health care professional’s celebration. If I ever graduate from medical school, will someone treat me to a batch of these?
It was hotter than hot here today, so I found these photos from Flour & Sun Bakery refreshing! I especially love the shark cupcake, with what looks like a fondant fin. Simple, but oh so clever! I will definitely be stealing this particular idea! Stay cool cupcake lovers!
Check out these Shaun the Sheep cupcakes from Calyx Cake & Pastry! Impressive!
Does the dad on your shopping list love to golf? Then you may want to make use of this golf cupcake idea from Flour & Sun Bakery of Pleasantville, New York. What a great use of green fondant! Fore! And happy Father’s Day!
Are you celebrating a graduation this spring? Then you might want to order some of these graduation cupcakes from Divine Cupcake! And we’ve got yet another awesome use for the peanut butter cup! If you visit the Divine Cupcake website, you can enter to win $100 in cupcakes!
We just wrapped up Memorial Day weekend, which for many people, meant the first camping trip of the year. And what better way to celebrate than with these clever campfire cupcakes? It’s like a s’more, only better! Find complete instructions and visit the creator, “The Cupcake Lady,” at HoosierHomemade.com!
Now these are some cool cupcakes–exquisite, abstract, I’m not sure I could eat one. Check out other original and fanciful ideas at Gold Leaf Confections’ website. (These ladies know how to do a cupcake tower!)
These lego cupcakes aren’t as involved as some we’ve seen, but they are pretty darn cute and would make many little boys I know very happy. And what little boy doesn’t adore Thomas and his friends? These cute creations are from Little Robin Cake Studio of Wodonga, Victoria in Australia. You can also visit their Facebook page.
This past weekend, I made my first visit to the great city of Indianapolis! And I learned that there’s more to Indianapolis than football and race cars. The folks in Indianapolis know their cupcakes, as is evinced by The Flying Cupcake Bakery, which has four locations in and around the city. The Flying Cupcake’s slogan is “We eat all we can and then sell the rest.” Isn’t that great?
The Flying Cupcake is charming and spunky, just like the city where it was born. Not only do they sell an impressive variety of cupcakes, but they also offer cute t-shirts and even cupcake-inspired baby attire! We choose to sample the Black Bottom, a dark chocolate and cheesecake cupcake that seemed to weigh at least five pounds; the Pucker Up, a lemon chiffon cake filled with lemon cream and topped with lemon butter cream icing; and the Bart Simpson, a chocolate cupcake topped with rich peanut butter cream cheese frosting and then rolled in Butterfinger chunks. These. cupcakes. were. perfect.
Their red velvet cupcake, which they call the “Red Velvet Elvis,” claiming it is “fit for a king,” is loaded with chocolate chunks and topped with cream cheese frosting and white chocolate shavings. My daughter tried the Boston Cream Pie, a vanilla cupcake filled with Bavarian cream and topped with chocolate ganache. I admit, I stole a bite of it, and was happy that I did.
At The Flying Cupcake, the flavors change daily, so I can’t wait to go back for another round. I recommend you do too. You’ll find their daily flavors on Facebook. You can also follow them on Twitter.
Several Tuesdays in a row now I have parked in a plaza near a store front with a sign that reads Sweet Memories Bakery. I have been intrigued to see what the bakery offers but until today had not ventured inside. I was extremely happy I made decision to check out the bakery when I realized it was a cupcake shop! Sweet memories had a case full of cupcakes, all were unique flavors. I decided to ask for some advice on which flavors are popular to help make my choice a little easier. It was definitely a good idea to listen to the suggestions because I loved the four cupcakes I purchased.
Oreo Cupcake
White Chocolate Raspberry
The four flavors I chose were Oreo, Southern Aristocrat, Casada, and White Chocolate Raspberry. Each cupcake had a mousse filling which wasn’t overly sweet, making it a nice compliment to the sweet cake and frosting. The Oreo cupcake was a chocolate cake with buttercream frosting and Oreo mousse. Southern Aristocrat was a sweet potato cake filled with caramel and white chocolate mousse, topped with dulce leche buttercream. Casada was a white cake with a chocolate chip cannoli cream and topped with an amaretto buttercream. The white chocolate raspberry was a white cake filled with raspberry and white chocolate mousse, topped with buttercream frosting. Read the rest of this entry »
Here’s a great cupcake idea from Cupcake Mojo, a new cupcakery opening in Weymouth, Massachusetts: Skittle Cupcake! This fruity delight is a vanilla cupcake with Skittles baked in, topped with Skittle-flavored buttercream, and topped with a Skittle. Skittleicious!
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.
From Scratch: A Business Story is the story of Crave Cookies and Cupcakes. Two sisters started Crave Cookies and Cupcakes in 2004 after years of making cookies for family and friends. The From Scratch: A Business story details the sister’s journey from using an old pizza oven and two kitchen aid mixers in their original Calgary, Canada location through their expansion to seven storefront locations.
ATC was sent a copy of the 60-page story to review. I thought the tale of the two sisters business adventure was well written. As I read about their shop and cupcakes I could picture what the inside of the store looked like and see them inside their kitchen baking cupcakes. I love that Crave has stuck with their philosophy of baking from scratch. The story is not just for the cupcake lover or the business entrepreneur; it’s able to appeal to multiple audiences, as it is also a story about family and following a dream when others doubt you. Read the rest of this entry »
It’s easy to forget, here in the northern U.S., in the doldrums of almost-March, that there is green grass in other parts of the world. Here is some evidence for you–some yummy flowers and butterflies from dapur Difa. Let’s think spring! Visit dapur Difa for more great cupcake decorating ideas, photos, and even cupcake bouquets!
