For my birthday, one of my friends went to our local Container Store to find cupcake packaging products that she gave as my gift.  The Container Store website does not offer the products but I was able to find them on other sites.  I can not wait to bake a batch of cupcakes and use my new Meri Meri Love Bake cupcake liners.  I was given the standard size liners which include two patterns that come in a package of 48 liners and can be purchased from the Meri Meri website for $4.25. The same patterns are available as mini liners, a package with 32 of each liner is $5.50.

My friend also found cupcake boxes by The Gift Wrap Company in Candy Dot Spot.  Included in the package are two food safe gift boxes with an insert tray that holds four standard size cupcakes.  I found a 12 pack of the packages on amazon for $51.00. Read the rest of this entry »

ATC reader Tom sent us these pictures of his multipurpose motocross cupcake stand.  Tom set out to create a cupcake stand that once done displaying cupcakes could double as a race track for his son, Ryan aka the birthday boy!  Ryan celebrated his third birthday with a theme dedicated to his love of  motocross.  With the help of his crafty wife, Tom created a track that is to scale and large enough  for a two dozen cupcakes to be displayed on.  After displaying the cupcakes, Ryan is able to race his collection of toy motorcycles on the track. Read the rest of this entry »

Cupcake Invitations

Are you planning your child’s next birthday party and feeling like you’re running out of creative party ideas?  Why not follow the cupcake trend and throw a cupcake-themed celebration?  Cupcakes are a staple at birthday parties these days, and you can extend the cupcake-theme to the invitations, decorations, and games, too! Read the rest of this entry »

Allergy Riders makes eating cupcakes easier for those with food allergies. Allergy Riders produce bright colored cupcake liners and flags that inform party goers what ingredient is not inside the labeled baked good. I think this is a great idea, instead of repeatedly having to inform guests that the baked goods are safe for them to consume they can simply see for themselves.

What are the most essential supplies when baking?  Cupcake liners?  Cookie cutters?  Food coloring?  Well, ATC sponsor, Simply Caked, has all of those items and so much more.   These beautiful Spring Tulip liners have to be my favorite ones of the season!   

This week Simply Caked is giving away 300 brown cupcake liners to three lucky winners.  To enter this giveaway, please visit to their website and tell us what was your favorite liner or baking cup in the comment area below.  Three winners will be chosen on Monday, May 23rd. 

Make sure to checkout their Facebook page and their blog too!

What little kid doesn’t love playing dress-up?  This cupcake grown is prefect for any little girl with a big imagination that loves all things sweet! The one size fits all crown is made out of wool felt and costs $30.00.  (found via Hip Hip Hooray)

Hello Cupcake Universe! It is my pleasure to introduce you to the “world’s first cupcake on a pretzel.”  Make sure you turn up your volume when you visit the PopsyCakes website, because the PopsyCakes literally POP onto your screen.

PopsyCakes started as a high school project and has turned into a national cupcake business. Who wouldn’t want a handmade cupcake, dipped in chocolate, and perched on a pretzel stick? PopsyCakes ships worldwide. You can buy a half dozen or a dozen of several flavors including: strawberry milkshake, dark chocolate decadence, vanilla bean dream, and red velvet rush. Have a new flavor in mind? Share it with them via their website and be entered to win a dozen PopsyCakes! Businesses, you can also order them wholesale!

No longer does the cake pop have to take side stage to the mother of cakes (i.e. the standard every day cake), nor does it need to step aside for it’s biggest brother (the cupcake) or it’s big sister (the mini cupcake).  No, finally, today is the day that cake pops can take centre stage. Their very own multi layer cupcake stand!

Check these cupcake tower’s out!  They are so so versatile you can go all pops as shown here, or if you check out the other pictures you can see how you can combine cakes, cupcakes and cake pops.

You can of course find these awesome stands at the aptly named ‘The Cupcake Tower’.  So do the Monster mash and check out more of the pictures below!!!!

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Have you ever wanted to create cupcakes for a special occasion that really seem to celebrate the recipient?  I can think of many birthdays and celebrations where I have wanted to really give a personal touch to my cupcakes, but sometimes you just don’t have time to cut up 2-3 dozen pieces of cardboard, then inner cardstock and finally creating and cutting up those photos as well!

Well if you are in this situation, or just want to create something professional, then these toppers from Diva Entertains are seriously worth checking out, inexpensive and customizable, what more could you ask for?  Okay, ready cooked cupcakes wouldn’t go astray, but hey, that is where you can add your signature stamp!

Kristen Ricket blogged about her experience making her own cupcake stand.  The supply list was fairly small and included boxes, poster board, tape, glue, paper (in this case rainbow squares) and spray adhesive.  Ricket shares both picture and descriptive text direction on the original post if you are interested in creating your own unique cupcake stand.

House 8810 has some awesome products, especially for cupcake lovers!  I personally like the Happy Birthday Apron that is covered in polka dots and a cupcake and reasonably priced at $20.00.  Matching the apron are a set of four fun colored towels for $30.00.  The table cloth that comes in blue or pink is one of my favorite items in the collection.  For $25.00 you could quickly brighten up any birthday table.  As if these items weren’t enough there’s a set of six drawstring treat bags for $15.00, each bag a different print.  Finally there are napkins that come in the same blue and pink that the table cloth is shown in.  And don’t forget the birthday hankie cards to send as thank you’s! Each of the six cards in the $28.00 set includes a unique hankie.

My daughter is 3 and is obsessed with Dora the Explorer. Unfortunately, whenever her mother tries to create Dora decorations, Dora comes out looking like a bloated alien with a bad haircut.

While searching for inspiration, I found this photo on Flickr. Sigh. They make it look so easy …

A quick run to my local Target tonight resulted in an exciting cupcake find.  Katie Daisy who is the artist behind the Etsy shop, The Wheatfield has teamed up with target to create a line of spring themed products.  Theres gift bags, roll wrap, tissue paper, paper plates, napkins, invitations, frames, table runners and place mats.  The most important product are the Katie Daisy cupcake liners.  I found them in the seasonal section which is currently filled with Easter items.  The regular cupcake liners come in a 75 count pack and the mini baking cup 100 count pack, both cost $1.99 each.

If you spend hours creating a cupcake work of art, you need to spend a few minutes making it look fantastic when you serve it!  Besides, you have worked hard to create your masterpiece, so it deserves to stand in the spotlight for a few minutes before it disintegrates to just a few crumbs and a great memory.  So how to do this?

Little cupcake stands!  These are a great new product from Diva Entertains and are a great way for converting a cupcake into a classy dessert! Imagine these on your dinner table at your next dinner party!  Check them out here.

Looking for cupcake supplies or just party supplies in general? Have you checked out Shop Sweet Lulu?  The website is filled with tons of great products to make any party special.  For cupcake fans the “cupcakery” has great liners, boxes, and stands.  For the general party planner theres balloons of every size and color, garlands, paper plates, and more!

After throwing our first ever cupcake themed party a month ago for my daughter’s 7th Birthday I am a massive fan.  The girls all had a fantastic time decorating the cupcakes, in the tea party like setting I had created.  I only wish I had known about these first!

This is a cupcake centerpiece , which (don’t be fooled by the picture) is quite big standing at about 20 inches tall, each cupcake being 5 inches tall.  But the best thing about these is that they offer you unlimited ideas for future cupcake parties, or tea parties.

Bought new each of these cupcakes is actually a jar, and inside is a packet of cupcake flavored cookies! So you can, if you want give them as gifts after the party… OR you can keep them and re use again and again.  Even play games with them, such as hiding something in one cupcake jar!  Actually I am thinking these would be perfect party favors at our wedding later this year…

Of course, you don’t need to get the full stand with all 24 cupcakes, you can also buy the cupcake jars filled with cupcake cookies individually.  Best of all, is I hear the cookies are amazing! I could really go the triple chocolate cookie jar right now!

If you are looking for these, you’ll find them at Diva Entertains!

I love, love, love this idea! Cupcake Fondue! Amanda Krueger from Bake it Pretty, a cupcake shop in Asheville, North Carolina that is on my list of places to go to, blogged about this on Pint Size Social.  It takes the idea of a cupcake topping bar that we shared with you a few months back to a whole new level! Fondue is great since both kids and adults can enjoy it.

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If you are looking for the latest thing in cupcakes, then this is it.  One of our newest ATC Sponsors has hit the market with a bang with these ‘babies’.

What are they exactly? Well these are ‘Batter Babies’ and make creating your two toned cupcakes a breeze!

The way they work is you line your standard baking pan with papers, then insert your Batter Babies into the papers, so they effectively dissect your cupcake into two halves.  Spoon or squirt your first cupcake color, or flavor into the first side and the other color or flavor into the other.  You then remove your Batter Babies and bake!  Too easy, but fantastic results.. so next time you are having a sports party, celebrating something at school, or wanting to create the perfect flavor combination, think about adding these to your baking accessory collection!

For more information about Batter Babies, check out Kimber Cakeware!

Lovely ATC reader Jessica just sent us pictures of her Superbowl cupcakes! The first are vanilla cake, filled with chocolate chip cookie dough and topped with vanilla frosting. The second are chocolate cake filled with chocolate ganache and topped with chocolate frosting. Yum! Thanks for sharing, Jessica!

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.

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According to the Wall Street Journal, the hot new thing is Lasagna Cupcakes. While I’m a cupcake purist, and am excited by a simple chocolate chocolate, these do look delicious. These beauties are the creation of Heirloom-LA, a catering company in Eagle Rock, California. And yes, I know what you’re thinking — people do eat them with their hands. De-lish.

Dana Fox, the screenwriter of “Couples Retreat” and “What Happens in Vegas” offered her wedding guests lasagna cupcakes. I’m wondering how those fared with her (I’m assuming here) white dress.

For the ultimate cupcake party princess you need to have one of these fantastic cupcake wine glasses!  Say goodbye to those pesky little wine glass identifier metal rings, which get lost and in my case fly off as I get animated… no from now on I’m rocking up to my friends and family with this!

Well maybe not, I’m not that much of a princess, but it would be great fun at home.  Though I am not too sure I would be able to keep it away from my daughter.  Safe to say it would be juice and soda only for her (probably together, because she is crazy that way!)

You can get one of these glasses for the birthday girl, or treat yourself, birthday or no birthday.  They are available from Diva Entertains!

Are these cute or what? They’re billed as party favors, but I’m pretty sure I could justify the purchase of the set for just myself.  Cute little chocolate, vanilla, strawberry and raspberry cupcakes. I would drive people crazy playing with the little flip-tops. This gift set is going for $12.50 these days at Amazon.

Looking for the perfect party favor?  Well Diva Entertain’s cupcake lip gloss is a sensational idea!  For me it is the answer to both my daughter’s upcoming birthday party and my sister-in-law’s hen’s night!

Lip gloss is something we all need and you can’t get lip gloss that is cuter than these adorable, flavored, cupcakes.  That is right, flavored!!  Best of all, being the organizer I get to choose, so one vanilla will be snaffled for me, a strawberry for my older daughter and chocolate for my younger daughter!  Perfect!

Best of all these glossy cuppies are perfect for your handbag too being an inch by and inch and three quarters.

This is a way to have your cupcakes and your cake too at your wedding. I found this very cute and comical Cupcake Wedding Cake Topper at Bitter Sweetz’ Etsy Shop. If you do not like the colors that you see here you can request just about any color combination and the artist will be willing to change anything else that you would like them to.