Bake me anything and I will be yours …. but bake me a cupcakes and you have my heart forever!
Check out this cute book I found at Amazon with over 100 ideas for cupcakes. I love it if just for the name!
Bake Me I’m Yours Cupcake: Over 100 Excuses to Indulge
If you are a Kindle lover they have a version for that as well!
A match made in heaven!
Jennifer Weiner, #1 New York Times best-selling author Jennifer Weiner is soon to embark on a tour to celebrate the release on July 13 of her latest novel Fly Away Home. But this tour, is no ordinary tour, it is the ‘Cupcakes Across America Book Tour‘. Jen has selected her favorite bakers across the country, and will visit each one and encourages her fans to come and meet her over a cupcake.
Fly Away Home has so far received great reviews from Elle Magazine and USA Today to name just a few.
The tour has already started, but you can still catch it in the following locations:
I recently went looking for a baking cookbook for a friend and found a great site called Snubbr, a recommendation site. You ask them for recommendations, and they’ll find an expert to give you advice on what to buy. Check them out here.
I decided on one of our fan favorites (and mine too!), Hello Cupcake!
I love this book and am amazed by the clever use of ordinary food. The step by step photos allow those visual learners (like me) to succeed in making wonderful looking cuppies. My personal favorites are the spaghetti and meatballs and the pumpkins! So many cupcakes for so many different ocassions.
This week we are giving away a free cookbook of your choice (could be baking, cupcake, whatever), thanks to the kind folks over at Snubbr.com. First, click here to see what books you can choose from and then leave a comment in the comment area below telling us the title of the book (must be under $30), and a reason why you want to read it. We’ll choose our favorite comment on July 4th, and announce it here.
No idea what cookbook to get? Why not head over to Snubbr.com?
I love to read blogs, but they don’t usually make me cry. Then enter Love in the Time of Cupcakes! Darn her, she pulled on my cupcake strings!
Mary T. Wagner is the author of two books, Running with Stilettos and Heck on Heels. She’s a mother of four and an attorney, and yet she somehow still manages to write the touching and tear-jerking blog, Running with Stilettos.
In her essay Love in the Time of Cupcakes, Mary shares how, even though she was a busy career mom, she always made time to celebrate her children’s lives, and to be involved through cupcakes. She made two dozen “ghost cupcakes” for each of her three children in grammar school to help celebrate Halloween. Each tennis season, she made “tennis ball cupcakes” for her son’s and daughter’s teams. (She bemoans the fact that the girls would scream with delight at the cupcakes’ cuteness, but the boys would just inhale them!) This essay celebrates mothering and cupcaking at the same time, and was so beautiful that, even this early in the morning, I’m thinking of going to wake up my daughter. She won’t mind when I tell her we’re going to make some cupcakes!
From the authors of the famously popular Hello, Cupcake! comes What’s New Cupcake? I just received this newest recipe book last week and it is amazing!
Here’s what Amazon.com had to say about this yummy book:
The endlessly imaginative duo who turned cupcaking into a national pastime is back, with utterly new, eye-popping creations anyone can make. Create a race-car cupcake, a robot cupcake, or ravishing jewelry cupcakes for a birthday party. Surprise the family with Chinese takeout dinner cupcakes on April Fool’s or serve up a goofy chocolate moose. Captivate Mom with a bouquet of long-stemmed rose cupcakes and build sand castle cupcakes with the kids. All you need are candies from the corner store and cake mix and canned frosting.
Chicago’s Bleeding Heart Bakery has just released a new book of recipes titled Who You Callin’ Cupcake? You can get yours at Amazon for only $10.85 plus shipping. Not much to pay for 75 recipes that are going to reinvent the cupcake! Happy Experimenting!
As I was walking past some storefronts this afternoon, I noticed something I had never seen before: a cupcake calendar. My boyfriend confirmed that while this was the first year he had seen it too, the Hello, Cupcake! calendar is in stores all over town. It’s sort of a companion to the Hello, Cupcake (Irresistably Playful Creations Anyone Can Make) book, being as it’s made by the same folks out of their favorite illustrations from the book. From the pictures on their website (the little doggiecakes are the on front cover of the calendar), it looks like a darn cute way of keeping track of the days as well as a serving as a muse for the creative in the kitchen.
I love reading cupcake cookbooks and trying new recipes I find in them. Today, I found some great looking cupcake cookbooks to share with you. I went on Amazon.com and picked out a few that got top ratings from their customers. I know money may be tight with the holidays coming up so think free: try your local library and enjoy some cupcake reading this winter for nothing. The photos on the covers make my mouth water!
Sweetness Delicious Baked Treats for Every Occasion by Sarah Levy
Cupcakes, Cupcakes and More Cupcakesby Lilach German
Cupcakes to Celebrate Love and Life by Callie Maritz
101 Gourmet Cupakes in 10 Minutes by Wendy Paul
Do you have a favorite cupcake cookbook you’d like to share? Click on the comment section below and tell us about it!
What happens is you give a cat a cupcake? I don’t know and if you dont know you can read what will happen in the book by Laura Numeroff, If You Give a Cat a Cupcake
She also wrote If You Give a Moose a Muffin (almost like a cupcake) & If You Give a Pig and Pancake … and the one that I have read If You Give a Mouse a Cookie
All this talk of muffin, cookies and pancakes is making me hungry!
True Blood Cupcakes by katipeck
Another awesome cupcake that remind me of HBO’s True Blood…
HBO’s True Blood is based on the Sookie Stackhouse books by Charlaine Harris. I have read all of the books and been watching the HBO series. Love it!
$100 Back to School BUCKS GIVEAWAY!
Looking for some Back to School Cash??
We know how going back to school means notebooks, school supplies, and back to school clothes…and we’re here to help with some Back to School Bucks! YOU can win $100 just by READING book #3 of The Cupcakes Club –AND you’ll also get back in the habit of reading and be prepared for back to school.
We wanted to make this a contest that would get your brain shakin for studying and that could reward you with a BIG chunk of change to buy what YOU want for the start of school!
HERE’S THE RULES:
Back to School Bucks-Win $100- Starts NOW!
You will have one month to read Spotlight on The Cupcakes and get prepared to answer 3 questions.
We will post the questions on Friday, September 4th. You will have until midnight on September 6th to answer, we will check for correct answers, and out of those who answer correctly ONE winner will be chosen by random.org on Monday, September 7th, to win $100!!
IT COULD BE YOU! Books are available in our shop, ask your local librarian to order them, or borrow from a friend and START READING TO WIN!!
Lyndsey of Kitchen doughdough is all about following her dreams. One of her current dreams is to be a guest on the Ellen show. By entering this contest you can help make that happen for her!
Cakespy Art!
The amazing Jessie Oleson of Cakespy is donating this piece of cuppie art for their giveaway!
Karen Tack and Alan Richardson, big-time authors, were SO awesome to donate a copy to me for this giveaway!!! Visit their site here.
Pots and Pins Cupcake Apron, Stand, Doily, Tablecloth, and Tote!
The amazingly talented at Pots and Pins (a huge food and quilting blog!) made the most adorable cupcake things ever for this giveaway! If you would like her to make some for you…just email [email protected]
Modern Materials Tray, Placemats, and Napkins!
A favorite store is closing, and it is a heartbreaking reason why. Modern Materials is an AMAZING business started from scratch by Sheri and her husband. They had a beloved store in Salt Lake City, which closed due to Sheri’s battle with cancer. About a month ago, they reopened a store in Sugarhouse called Habitat by Modern Materials, which is AWESOME!! Sheri donated these fun napkins and tablecloths for the giveaway! Lyndsey added a bright orange tray she bought there, which is great to display cupcakes.
Sadly, though, Sheri emailed Lyndsey to tell her that she has been diagnosed with MS and is still fighting tumors, and will be closing on a permanent basis. wanted to share that they are having a sale, effective now in Salt Lake City…more details will be in a separate post. They are located at 1297 Miller Avenue. Lyndsey is hoping they will still be able to operate their online store, www.modernmaterialsdesign.com, which features “affordable modern accessories and lighting.”
Kara’s Party Ideas’ Circus Party Pack!
Kara’s Cupcake Onesie!
Deanworks Handmade Journal!
Sam’s Handmade Frames! There are 3 ways to enter to win ALL of these fabulous prizes (make sure to leave a separate comment for each so you get each entry!):
Photo and giveaway by seven spoons
Cupcakery inspiration; Martha Stewart’s Cupcakes giveaway
To enter, simply comment at the end of this post; maybe we can chat about our favourite cookbooks or cupcakes or cupcake memory – you decide. But leave your comment by midnight Wednesday, June 10, 2009 (EST), and please include both your email address if not signed in, and a note of your desire to enter (this way, non entrants can still join the chat). If you do not want to sign in, nor do you want to publish your email, please comment then email me at tara [at] sevenspoons [dot] net, with the name you used to comment.
The winner will be selected by at random, and announced the next day. One note, due to distribution regulations, this contest is only open to residents of Canada. My apologies to international readers (this might be a good time to ask your Canadian friends to do you a favour).
Good luck!
The Cupcakery’s Martha Stewart Cupcakes Cookbook & Martha Stewart Cookie Cookbook Giveaway
If you are among the people who have not yet been able to get your hands on the book, here is your chance to win. I am really excited about giving away the Martha Stewart Cupcakes Cookbook because I have 3 to giveaway! I also have as a runner up prize, which is really also a Grand Prize to me, the Martha Stewart Cookies Cookbook to giveaway.
Road Trip Rescue Giveaway
We know what a long and winding road can do to a Cupcake…bring her to snoresville. So, we decided to put some fun into the road that beckons us to travel…rescue pack!
The lucky winner will receive “Beautiful Doodles” a very cool and stylish doodle book to exercise your creativity and art skills while your body is chillaxing in the car. And of course, a 12 pack of colored pencils to make every doodle a piece of art.
Also, a 52 fun filled deck of cards filled with ideas and jam packed with things to do in the car while you’re on the va-cay journey. Finish this giveaway off with a tasty morsel of Cupcake mints with frosting flavor and we think you’re all set for fun.
Leave a comment at The Cupcakes Club and random.org will pick a winner on 6/7- Sunday. Gotta check back to see if you won so you can email us your address –otherwise it goes to another road trip bound Cupcake.
Cupcakes! 30+ Yummy Projects to Sew, Quilt, Knit & Bake By
Frosted Fun for Creative Crafters
• Make adorable cupcakes with fabric, yarn, felt, and paper, plus many mouth-watering cupcake recipes to taste while you create
• Fun for the whole family – enjoy these quick and easy projects with your children
• Sprinkle your creations with buttons, beads, sequins, embroidery threads, and paper embellishments
Help yourself to hours of creative play with these charming cupcakes to craft and bake. This book’s tasty treats include small quilts, t-shirts, wall hangings, pillows, pincushions, recipe box, party invitations, baby bibs, hair accessories, and much more. The icing on the cake? Delicious cupcake recipes! (Warning: you’ll want to try them all.)
Coming out soon!
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.
Here is a list I have compiled of cookbooks that have vegan cupcake recipes…
1. Vegan Cupcakes Take Over the World: 75 Dairy-Free Recipes for Cupcakes that Rule by Isa Chandra Moskowitz
2. Veganomicon: The Ultimate Vegan Cookbook by Isa Chandra Moskowitz
3. Vegan with a Vengeance : Over 150 Delicious, Cheap, Animal-Free Recipes That Rock by Isa Chandra Moskowitz
4. The Joy of Vegan Baking: The Compassi… by Colleen Patrick-Goudreau
5. My Sweet Vegan: passionate about dessert by Hannah Kaminsky
6. Sinfully Vegan: Over 140 Decadent Desserts to Satisfy Every Vegan’s Sweet Tooth by Lois Dieterly
7. Simple Treats: A Wheat-Free, Dairy-Free Guide to Scrumptious Baked Goods by Ellen Abraham
8. Crazy About Cupcakes By Krystina Castella
If you know of any others please leave a comment with the name of the cookbook you know of that has vegan cupcake recipes and I will add it.
Our friends at McCormick have teamed up with Hello, Cupcake! author Karen Tack to share some fun decorating ideas – all using food color! What better way to get rid of the winter blues than with vibrant colors in our spring time treats!
Also, McCormick has this cool new digital color creator tool on its Web site that allows you to choose your favorite color and it gives you the formula to creating the perfect shade.
One lucky ATC Reader will win a Color Creativity Kit that includes:
To enter please comment below sharing your favorite decorating tip.
Winner will be chosen by Random.org on April 12th, 2009.
Good Luck Cupcakes!
***Contest is now closed!***
The winner is comment #55
April 8th, 2009 at 6:23 pm I love pretty swirls using the 1M and 2D tips…when you put a bit of vanilla icing in and then chocolate icing, you get a really neat two toned swirl!
Congrats to the winner! I will be contacting you shortly!
Cupcake Kit for Baking & Decorating $19.95
This kit has all the tools you need to make and decorate dozens of festive cup-sized confections! In addition to the 14 scrumptious recipes, it also includes decorative paper liners, a pastry bag, and an assortment of pastry bag tips for creating adorable icing decorations atop your delicious creations. Make the cutest cupcakes ever, or give the kit as a gift to your favorite chef!
* 6″ x 8″ x 2 1/2″
* Grosgrain ribbon handle
* 64-page booklet
* 250 cupcake liners (2 sizes)
* Pastry bag
* 5 piping tips
* 11 color photographs
* Published in January, 2009
* ISBN 9780811866590
Available at Plasticland.
CLUES for CASH GIVEAWAY! WIN $100!
Are you ready? We will give you THREE clues to find the THREE answers from Shakin Up Soccer, Summer Style, Book #1. When you have the answers, come back here and leave your comment with the THREE answers- YOU MUST HAVE ALL 3 ANSWERS TO BE CORRECT.
We will NOT POST your answers- but WILL POST your “username” IF YOU ARE CORRECT. On 1/16/09 we will random.org a winner out of the correct answers to win $100 that we will send in a form of a cashier’s check to an address you provide. EASY PEASY! Our next Cupcakes Clues for Cash giveaway will be 2/1/09- but order your books today to win this time.
*PS. why give out cash to The Cupcakes Club book readers? We feel that if you purchased, borrowed, or received one of our books we want to THANK YOU for supporting The Cupcakes Club! Selling our books and products allow us to have GIVEAWAYS for EVERY Cupcake member.
YOUR CLUES:
1. What is the name of Summer’s Soccer Team?
2. What is the FULL name of the Student Council President at the Cupcakes middle school?
3. What is the name of the restaurant that Summer and her family go to and eat pizza with Zach?
Please visit this link with your answers. Good luck.
This is just one of the many fantastic contests from The Cupcakes Club.
Cupcakes (Hardcover) by Susanna Tee
Available at Amazon.
This is one of the cookbooks I got for Christmas! ;)
Cupcakes! from the Cake Doctor Cookbook by Anne Byrn
Best selling cookbook author Anne Byrn takes cupcakes to the next level. Proving that cupcakes can do everything a big cake can do, only better.
Here are 135 dazzling recipes – and you’ll never believe they started with a mix.
Make Easter Basket cupcakes, Pilgrim Hats, Halloween Spider cupcakes, Snowman cupcakes, Jelly doughnut cupcakes, Fortune cookie cupcakes and a Cupcake wedding cake.
Muffin recipes, too!
Available at The Kitchen Store for $14.95!
Scrapbook Keepsake Album Kit – Sugar and Spice Cupcake – Limited Edition $22.00
Preserve your sweet memories in this adorable cupcake-shaped album.
Use this complete kit to make the 7 page (14 layout) keepsake album pictured here. Album measures approximately 6 x 6″ at its widest points. A lovely present or treasured gift for yourself.
Kit contains the cupcake chipboard album, patterned papers, cardstock, diecuts, ribbons, embellishments, etc., etc!
LIMITED EDITION – There is a set number of these kits made. Once they are gone, they will not be re-issued.
Packaged and ready to ship.
Included are instructions with color pictures and descriptions. Tools best to have on hand – brown ink, scissors, cutting blade (like an Exacto), hole punch or crop-a-dile and strong adhesives
Available at Scrap Can Do.
