Lingerie Cupcakes by Look Cupcake (photo courtesy of Look Cupcake)

Wow, these lingerie cupcakes are lookin’ good.  I’ll be sure to keep Look Cupcake in mind next time I hear someone needs treats for their bachelorette party! They’re stuff isn’t cheap, but it’s conveniently located next door to me in Seattle (on Queen Anne Hill) and you cannot beat their presentation. Too bad they only do events – if they had a storefront, I’d stop by to see if these taste as good as they look!

Futurama Cupcakes by Unicorn Magic Baking Co. (photo courtesy of Unicorn Magic Baking Co.)

I was clued into this week’s nerdcake by Cupcakes Take the Cake. While Rachel of CTTC hasn’t watched the show, I have and it makes these cupcakes all the more adorable. We have the Unicorn Magic Baking Company out of LA to thank for these hilarious creations.

Sitting  here watching/listening to the TLC channel I hear the word ‘Cupcakes’ and I whip my head over immediately to see what all the cupcake commotion is. It was all about TLC’s new show DC Cupcakes!

DC Cupcakes is about Georgetown Cupcake, a cupcake shop in Washington DC owned by a sister duo! They traded careers in fashion and equity to pursue something a little different. They are both lifelong bakers inspired by their grandmothers. They opened their shop on Valentines Day in 2008, the first cupcakery in DC!

Tune in on July 16th @ 1o PM on TLC!

On Sunday, the LA Times paid tribute to beautiful cupcakes by posting a gallery of gorgeous cupcake images!

Here’s my favorite:

Or maybe this one is my favorite:

I just love it when cupcakes get the attention they deserve!

 Check the rest of them out here!

We received these photos and this email from ATC Reader Debbie-Lee…

Hiya

My name is Debbie-lee Osborne (aged 32)
I had a cupcake party for my last birthday & made the giant cupcake as well as the cupcake stand & all the cupcakes on it
I love you website & would love to show off my 1st attempts!!

Thanx heaps

Debbielee (cupcake-a-holic)

Thank you so much for sharing! Happy Belated Birthday! They look great! :)

Created by B Mok is this amazing photograph of a deconstructed/reconstructed sundae in the form of cupcakes. B Mok seems to be talented in many medias but his photography is an area where he is talent truly excels.  Here both the photograph and the cupcakes look perfect!.

photo by ATC Reader Amber

Why are we posting pictures of Chinese food? Because these little takeout boxes are actually full of cupcakes. Reader and ATC fan Amber writes:

I just wanted to share with you some cupcakes that I was able to make this past week. I just bought the new “What’s Up Cupcake book” and was so inspired! I made these for a friends Chinese food party she had and they were a huge hit!

Chow Mein Cupcake by ATC Reader Amber

Fried Rice Cupcake by ATC Reader Amber

These are amazingly creative cupcakes – thanks for sharing them with us, Amber, and thanks for taking that inspiration and running with it.

We received this photo and email from ATC Reader Lynda…

My best friend’s mom bakes beautiful cakes and cupcakes. This was for my
birthday last year.

Lynda

These are oh so cute! Thank you for sharing them with us!

While the news about Cakespy opening her own gallery broke last month, the Cakespy Shop grand opening was only just this last Saturday.  Since I live down the street from Capitol Hill’s newest cupcake art space, I go to stop by and join the party.

Cakespy Shop was packed by a rotating crowd of well-wishers and art buyers. I expected there to be a good crowd (we do love our cupcakes and cute art in this town), but this was a really good showing even taking that into account.

I admit, the Cakespy appeal was probably helped just a tiny bit by the free Trophy Cupcakes and complimentary performance by Mr. Cakespy’s band, Exohxo. The cupcakes were delicious and adorably appointed with images from Cakespy’s “Scenes from Capitol Hill” series and Exohexoh’s charming melodies and singing violins made a lovely accompaniment.

Exohexoh: I can't believe that an 8 person band could fit in this store, but they did it.

Cuppy at Bimbo's, an awesome burrito place on the Hill

Mr. and Mrs. Cakespy outside the shop & hipstercakes outside of Neumo's, a neighborhood nightlife fixture

Mrs. and Mr. Cakespy (Jessie and Danny Oleson)

Cakespy with her totally badass mural of a pie and cupcake throwdown

A small selection of the shop's sweet merch

Hurray, Cakespy Shop is open for business!

Cupcakes have a natural nostalgia about them – as sophisticated as they’ve gotten, they still have roots back to the days when we regularly ate peanut butter and jelly sandwiches for lunch and watched cartoons on TV on Saturday mornings.

That’s why I find this week’s nerdcakes to particularly appropriately themed – the geeky nostalgia of Space Invaders aliens and Super Mario Bros. 1up mushrooms meets the childhood nostalgia of cupcakes to create a tasty snack that is somehow cooler and more up-to-date than all that nostalgia might imply.

Thanks to Rakka and her fantabulous Flickr photostream for these lovely pictures! (Also, bonus points for no fondant :)

Hi there,

My name is Ali and I run a blog called Three Baking Sheets to the Wind.  Since I’m beyond excited for the release of the new Alice in Wonderland, I made themed cupcakes to celebrate and thought I would share them with the baking world.

Enjoy!

Happy Lady Eats is a blog by a woman who works for one of my favorite stores, Anthorpologie.  When my sister sent me the link to these amazing cupcake images photographed by Happy Lady Eats I had to share them!  The cupcakes came from Babycakes and she says the frosting could not be salvaged but she did eat the cupcakes!

The Great A'Tuin

Fans of Terry Pratchett’s Discworld will recognize the giant space turtle that carries the fictional flat realm and it’s supporting quadruplet of elephants through space.  What we didn’t know was that underneath the turtle was a delicious cosmic cupcake.  Thanks to Kelly’s Cakes and the Space Cupcake Throwdown for this incredible piece of dessert sculpture.

We received these photos and this email from ATC Reader Jessica…

Hi!
I am a huge colts fan and am pretty sad we didn’t win =( I do, however, want to submit the cupcakes that I made for our super bowl party.

I just love your blog =)

Thanks, Jessica

Thank you for sharing your Colts Cupcakes with us! They are very cool!

These photos are from cakescapes.photography’s photostream.

Thank you for sharing these with us Erika! The pictures are making me hungry!

ATC Reader Jessica sent us these photos and this email…

Hi! I really enjoy reading your blog. Everything always looks SO
delicious and I get lots of fun ideas =)

Just wanted to send a couple cupcake pics.

1  Chocolate Dream cupcakes: dark chocolate cupcake, semi sweet
ganache filling, chocolate buttercream frosting

2  Vanilla cake filled with cookie dough, coffee frosting

3  Cookies n cream cupcakes

4  Pumpkin spice cupcakes with cinnamon brown sugar frosting

I generally make these for fun in my NY apartment, but am thinking
about starting to sell them. They are all kosher and non dairy.

Enjoy and thanks for everything you do on your amazing blog!

Sincerely, Jessica

These cupcakes look awesome Jessica! Thank you for sharing them with us!

Valentine’s Day gift giving can get complicated. There as so many choices: flowers, cupcakes, adorable stuffed animals, a massage at the spa…mmmm, massage at the spa… So which one should you get your sweetie? Ok, after you make sure to get that massage for your significant other (and one for you, too!), I recommend making your life easier by getting two gifts in one: a cupcake bouquet.

Two cupcakeries with notable bouquet showings are Bettie’s Cakes of Saratoga Springs, New York and The Blushing Bakery of Charlotte, North Carolina.  The Blushing Bakery chooses to go with five pink (fitting!) frosting cupcakes arranged in a bucket.  Bettie’s Cakes does a classic dozen red roses in a long florist’s box.  Either way, that’s some fancy frosting work. Too good to eat? Never!

We’ve all seen this face on our friends and loved ones. The adorable furrowing of the brows, squint of the face, and the anticipation of the sweet and soft hit of the bite into bliss!  Photo from MandyMoons Twitpic.

You’ve seen it here at All Things Cupcake, you’ve seen it everywhere:  the  pink and red and heart-shaped wave has come and it’s sweeping up our favorite little confection in its wake.  Red Velvet cupcakes are enjoying a seasonal bump in popularity (no surprise there) as cupcakeries across the nation make a run on flavors in the right color range. Ex-pat bakery Little Miss Cupcake is taking the trend to Paris with their special Valentine’s flavors La Vie En Rose, Linger, & Go All The Way.  In my own hometown, Cupcake Royale just came out with this year’s version of the Deathcake Royale,  a chocolate-packed supercake that’s only available for two weeks per annum right before Valentine’s Day.

This is just a proverbial taste of what is to come.  All Things Cupcake is here to bring you daily coverage on the latest in Valentine’s Day themed-cupcakes (and cupcake shaped items!).

ATC Reader Sara sent us these photos and this email…

Hello,

My cousin Sabrina and I found these unicorn cupcakes online and decided that when we got together, we would make them! We headed to a candy store, bought the unicorn essentials and set to baking. We made the icing, prepared the ingredients, then made these adorable (and don’t forget, magical!) cupcakes.
They were a success, considering we made them for ourselves!
Keep up the great site,

-Sara

Thank you for sharing your Unicorn Cupcakes with us! They are too cute!

The task that Food2 (the Food Network’s sassy younger sibling) puts to challengers is deceptively simple: take pictures of cupcakes, submit them at the Food2 website, and may the best photo win.  Multiple entries are allowed, and the cupcake or cupcakes don’t have to be yours (but the photos do, of course).  Food2 started taking submissions for the Cupcake Cup yesterday and the will continue taking them for the next 40 days.  Photos have already started to come in if you’d like to take a look at the competition, or vote for them for that matter.

And what will you win?  A silicone bakeware Giant Cupcake Baking Set… and the eternal glory of being the first person to win the Cupcake Cup.

I thought I would share some of the some of the cupcake images I have come across lately.  This photograph of a tray of unfrosted mini cupcakes is captured by Laurie Frankel, whose clients have included companies such as William Sonoma, Nestle, and Martha Stewart Living.  (Image courtesy of lushee)

Cupcake Heaven Print

Cupcakes of Happiness Print

Cupcake Postcard Set

Second is photography by Susannah Conway who is also a writer.  From her shop the 8×8 inch prints can be ordered for $30.00 each or the postcard set which includes 6 postcards, 2 of each image for $10.00.  Below are additional cupcake photographs by Conway which are from her website.

Finally there is my favorite, Elodie Rambaud.  I was first drawn to the cupcake photographs because they are simple and look delicious.  Then as I saved the images I realized they were unique flavors including Sesame Tahini, Apricot Ginger, and my personal favorite, Pumpkin Maple.  It’s my opinion a good photograph of food not only looks good but makes you wish you could eat it. There are more cupcake images as well as other sweet treats so take a look at her site.

Sesame Tahini

Apricot Ginger

Pumpkin Maple

ATC Reader Colleen sent us these photos and email…

Here are some photos of my Christmas Cupcakes.  3 Flavors—Gingerbread, Lemon and chocolate.
I love your site and would love to see some ideas for Valentines cupcakes…..

Thanks!
Colleen

Awe! They are so cute! Thanks for sharing them with us! As for Valentine Cupcake ideas here are a few…

• Strawberry Sweetheart Cupcakes
• candy heart valentines cupcakes
• valentines day cupcakes
• Valentine Cupcakes
• Trio of Valentine Cupcakes

I am sure we will be posting even more Valentine Cupcakes soon!

Hi there, its Holli. I just wanted to share my Vanilla Cinnamon New Years cupcakes with you guys! I did a simple vanilla cake mix ( I was on vacation so I cheated! ) and added a tablespoon of cinnamon to the mix! Poured the batter into gold liners, then sprinkled them with cinnamon sugar before baking! Then for the frosting I used a simple butter+powered sugar recipe then added a little vanilla and cinnamon! I used a plastic bag to pipe the frosting ( I left my piping bags at home =[ ) and decorated them with silver edible glitter and ivory pearlized sugar candy. Topped with a Happy New Years sign! =]

<3Holli

sent two pictures of the cupcakes, and one of me and my cousin who helped me make them! I’m on the left! =] hope your new years was awesome!

i love your blog and i wanted to share some cupcakes i made recently for a friends birthday. vanilla cupcakes with butter cream frosting..the birds are  marshmallow fondant and the clouds are large sprinkles. they turned out really cute and then i couldn’t get anyone to eat them!

thanks!
amanda kirk

Beautiful work Amanda. The details on the decorations are very impressive! They remind me of these Twitter Cupcakes.