I really like this Anatomy of a Cupcake image by Sarah and Allen. The duo created it for their friend’s birthday and are now selling the 23”x15” print for $50.00. I came across the image via Black*Eiffel but be sure to look at Things, Allen Hemberger’s website. That’s where the print was originally posted and there’s a fun 40 second video of them preparing for the photo shoot!
I have yet to try vegan cupcakes but if they taste as good as these cupcake by Joylicious look, I’m sure I will love them! These cupcakes, called best vegan chocolate cupcakes with vegan banana ice cream combine three things I love, chocolate, peanut butter and bananas. The best part is that they not only look delicious but actually sound healthy. I’ve always thought vegan recipes would be hard to make but after reading the ingredients and directions these actually sound doable. Below you will find the recipe for the cupcakes but for the banana ice cream you will have to read Joylicious’s original post! While there be sure to look around, I noticed a (non-vegan) mini pumpkin spice cupcake recipe that also looks amazing.
There are a large number of blogs that I follow religiously because they offer such fantastic information, and one of those is Annie’s Eats. It is not all about cupcakes, but then I need to eat other forms of food too (well.. sometimes!) and everything she features is brilliant!
But what I want to share today, is a cupcake that she recently featured and that I have tried and it really is… really good! Plus it looks amazing! This is the Hummingbird Cupcake! No birds however are harmed in the creation of this baby! It has loads of yummy things though like bananas, walnuts and coconut! If Grandma is coming around, this is the cupcake to bake! Best of all the full recipe is available here.
But you may want more than just a tasty cupcake recipe? Well Annie’s Eats also goes one step further and tells you how to make those absolutely fabulous dried pineapple flowers to decorate them with here. I have to make cupcakes next week for the school autumn fete (we are either six months behind or in front seasonally) so these are going to be a hit with the conservative patrons! Of course I’ll whip out some whacky colored cupcakes with adorable kid inspired fondant toppers to get the younger crowd buying as well!
Happy Baking!
It is a pleasure for me to introduce ATC readers to Cristina Del Sol, an award-winning Canadian mixed media and experimental visual artist with a soft spot for cupcakes.
Cristina is a unique artist, who paints as a way of exploring and experimenting. Her art serves as a journal of her life’s journey. For Cristina, art is a form of meditation, one that connects her to herself, the world around her, and the people who see her work. Cristina believes in, advocates for, and shares the healing power of art.
While her finished product is always captivating, it is her process that leaves me in awe. Her cupcake paintings are so much more than paintings – they are three-dimensional creations, using a variety of material ranging from cardboard to copper. She builds the base and the toppings of her art cupcakes much like the real ones, sometimes even piping the “frosting.” I wish I could watch her work!
Learn more about Cristina at her website: Cristina Del Sol. You can also view (and shop for) her art, much of it “cupcake-inspired,” at her Etsy shop: Cristina’s Fine Art Store or her blog: Cristina’s Daily Paintings.
Ghost Hunters fans are on the edges of their seats, as Season 7 premieres tonight at 8 EST. One fan in particular chose to celebrate in the best way — with cupcakes. Chelsea of Cupcake Adventures made these cupcakes, and I think the ghost hunters, and possibly even the ghosts, would be honored. Nice work Chelsea!
Since it’s citrus season now would be a great time to try these gluten-free clementine cupcakes by Emily Malone of Daily Garnish. If you are wondering if you have the ingredients necessary to make these gluten-free cupcakes, I have included the ingredients list below. For the directions check out the original post!
- 3 tbsp Earth Balance vegan butter
- 2 tbsp coconut oil
- 1/2 cup packed brown sugar
- 3/4 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 tbsp ground flax
- 5 clementines, peeled and segmented
- 1/2 cup walnuts
- 2/3 cup brown rice flour
- 2/3 cup coconut flour
- 2/3 cup garbanzo bean flour
- 3/4 tsp baking soda
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp xanthan gum
- 1/4 tsp sea salt
- 3/4 cup orange (or tangerine) juice
- 1 cup powdered sugar
(Note: If you don’t want to make these gluten-free, you can simply sub in 2 cups AP-flour for the other flours, and remove the added xanthan gum.)
This Valentine’s Day season we have showed you how to put hearts on top of your cupcakes and bake cupcakes in the shape of hearts. Now we share with how to bake a heart in your cupcake. If I was a little kid and bit into one of these I know I would have freaked out in excitement. To be completely honest, if someone made these for me now I think I would still freak out! Bake It in a Cake seems to be willing to try baking anything into a cupcake. She once baked a pie into a cupcake! These hearts baked in cupcakes are much more tame and the pink hearts are actually sheet cake; so you’re baking a cake in a cupcake! Head over to Bake It In a Cake to see full instructions on how to bake hearts in your cupcakes!
This is truly hilarious, and ATC thanks Alison of AliCakes for sharing them with us. Asked to bake for a “swim” themed baby shower, Alison got creative (and a little crazy). The cupcakes are rated G, but the cake? Adults only.
This quick fix cupcake recipe is from a post on Creature Comforts. The recipe was shared by Julie and Kathryn of Perfect Bound. The recipe provide is a pdf file for front and back recipe cards for these delicious looking cupcakes. I love the glossy frosting and the sprinkles which add color!
I know most people made their resolutions a little over two weeks ago but I just came across this resolution which cupcake lovers will appreciate. Emily from the SCOOP made her first resolution for 2011 to be to eat more cupcakes. To kick off her resolution she stopped by Sprinkle’s new Chicago location. I like this idea as opposed to all the lose weight, get fit, eat a less sugary diet because it focuses on what makes you happy. Also, it’s a lot easier to keep this resolution!
I know I post about Sweet Paul a lot but I love everything he creates! So while the gift giving season is behind us I couldn’t help but share this idea for cupcake flowers. To make these flowers you need 3 large liners and 3 small liners. Then another line for my favorite part of these flowers, the tassels. For his brief instructions, visit Sweet Paul’s posting.
Call Me Cupcake has modified a Martha Stewart recipe to create these Apple Spice Caramel Cupcakes. Not only does the recipe sound delicious but I love the little green fondant apples used to decorate the cupcakes! The blog is written in Swedish so I used Google Translate to convert the text to English for the recipe which can be found below.
On this chilly December night these hot chocolate cupcakes sound perfect! This cupcake recipe is courtesy of Babble, a website for parents. Naturally I love that the cupcakes are baked in mugs and actually look like a cup of hot chocolate!
I just found the coolest blog! The blog ingeniously brings together two of my favorite things: books and cupcakes! Now, why didn’t I think of that! Blogger Becky rates books, giving them 1-5 cupcakes. How cute is that? Now, why didn’t I think of that? Happiness is a good book and a freshly frosted cupcake! Brilliant!
Since it has been freezing outside here in North Carolina and Christmas is right around the corner, it seems like the perfect time to bake Gingerbread Cupcakes! I came across this recipe which has been adapted from Land O Lakes by Baked By Rachel. My favorite part of these cupcakes might be that Rachel topped them with little gingerbread men cookies. Rachel kept her cupcakes simple by not decorating the gingerbread men but you could easily add some flare to your cupcake and decorate the cookies as well.
There are so many amazingly creative people out there who have grabbed hold of the cupcake craze, but instead of whipping up a tornado of flour and sugar in their kitchens have taken their ideas to the craft room.
One such person is Vanda, who is author of the blog Thingies. Here she experiments with many things crafty including these fantastic FabriCupcakes. My immediate thought is to stick pins in their plush tops, as they would make an awesome pin cushion, but as Vanda explained to me, lots of kids love these because they can decorate them with eyes and smiles and you can even hang them as the perfect soft mobile for babies!
For me, I think they are super cute!
Or both?
Oh, Brother by Bob Weber Jr. and Jay Stephens explore the difficulty of life with cupcakes! You can see more of their delightful comics on their website!
Fondant snowflakes!
Now, why haven’t I thought of that?
I discovered these gorgeous photos at Maison Cupcake, a fun and fantastic blog about baking, desserts and party food!
Over at Bake and Destroy you will find a lot of action at the moment as the cupcake apron competition draws to a close. The competition set was to design what you would like to see in an apron. The images are a collection of ideas and other pictures to create a story board of inspiration for the apron itself.
There are now six finalists, nautical, peacock, bad spice, bones, cherry rockabilly and lucha libra. Here we feature the Peacock design by Lisa Chen, but you can see all the designs here. To vote simply leave a comment and given there are prizes for voters too, why not!?
For me, I can’t decide!!! I love the Nautical design and the Cherry Rockabilly!
Voting closes on the 12th November.
In May we shared Recipe Look, a site that simplifies recipes into illustration. This weekend I came across They Draw and Cook which is a similar concept; Artists and illustrators submit illustrated versions of recipes. I only found two cupcake recipes but came across tons other recipes with really great artwork.
If you are completely done with all the traditional Halloween cupcakes, of ghosts, witches and pumpkins and are looking for something very different, why not take your inspiration from PepsiNZ and create horror movie cupcakes!
She went all out creating heaps of different cupcakes, but you could choose your favorite couple and go with a theme! I particularly love this one here!
You can see all the horror movie cupcakes on her website Random Crap here.
If you are, then taking a quick trip across to the Cupcake Cauldron might be the answer for you. Ashley’s blog is a mix of her current creations with a few great cupcake recipes thrown into the cauldron so to speak! But it is Halloween that she does best, and here are two of her creations.
These show how much magic you can create by just adding a topper! Of course the cupcake flavor choice is all important as well. Ashley has used vanilla cake with fudge frosting for Pumpkin and for Skull she used a devil’s food cake with a mini peanut butter cup on the inside and peanut butter frosting on top.
Can’t believe Halloween is now just over a week away!
With all the Halloween cupcakes and creations, I was cruising one of my new favorite blog’s Bake Happy when I stumbled onto the funniest of posts, which featured, very literally, ‘wicked cupcakes’.
I thought these were fantastic fun, as is her open letter, and it is so refreshing to see a poster cover of something other than the front page of the first Twilight book (not that I don’t like Twilight! lol).
Anyway, Aikko’s blog is well worth a look, she has some fantastic cupcake designs!
The Swell Life is becoming one of my favorite blogs! In one post, she makes a wreath out of cupcake liners! How clever is that? Click here for instructions to make your own.
And then she creates a candy corn cupcake stand! What fun! Click here for instructions for this masterpiece.
Thanks Alexa, for letting us share your pictures.
Sasha from The Gilded Bee was recently a guest blogger on Oh, Hello Friend while Danni is away on her honeymoon. Sasha’s post was a tutorial on how to make paper carnations out of cupcake wrappers.
I have included the instructions but for the step-by-step pictures that go along with the written directions or variations on the project you will have to check out the original blog post.
