Layer Cake Shop has two fun cupcake kits for halloween.  The zombie cupcake kit includes 24 black and green cupcake liners, white bone sprinkles, royal icing eyes, and assorted zombie cupcake toppers.  Similarly the Halloween cupcake kit has cupcake liners, assorted cupcake toppers, orange sprinkles, royal icing pumpkins, and pumpkin bakery labels.

Be sure to look around the site, they have lots of other cupcake decorating products for Halloween and other occasions!

Omega-3 Cupcake by The Meatloaf Bakery

Meatloaf cupcakes aren’t just for April Fool’s Day anymore. Chicago’s Meatloaf Bakery serves them up every day of the week, along with bite-sized loafies (so cute!) and full-sized meatloaves. Cynthia, aka The Chief Mealoaf Maker, had been experimenting in meatloaf for years when she asked herself the question, “Who said meatloaf always had to be baked as a‚ well, as a loaf?” At that point, she found herself free to make her meatloaves are pretty as she wanted them to be.   And really, what’s better looking than a cupcake?
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Sometimes I think to myself, ‘Where did my cupcake obsession start?’ I think it came from a vintage cupcake cookie jar that my friend got for another friend, and I said to myself, ‘I want one!” One day soon after my friend and I went to a few antique stores in search for some goods. And I found the best one ever! I found my very own vintage cupcake cookie jar. I couldn’t wait until I got my own place to display this amazing cookie jar. This was a few years ago and I am now knee deep in cupcakes (and branded with a cupcake tattoo)  and have an amazing piece in my kitchen, which EVERYONE who walks in my kitchen loves.

I found a similar cupcake cookie jar on etsy to share with all of you.

Pair of Cupcake Cookie Jars on vintagevixen’s etsy shop

The Amazing Twinkie Chan!

I came across Twinkie Chan’s delicious wares when I wrote the post about the cupcake goodies to be found at the Japan LA Pop Culture Shop.  Twinkie Chan is the creative genius behind the Yummy You! line of knitted/wearable foodstuffs; the knitted cupcake scarf featured in the Japan LA post is one of her creations.

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Have you entered this week’s cupfake giveaway from the Cakery Fakery?
If not, click here!

Every now and then you stumble across something that is truly unique and fantastic, and that is exactly what happened to me when I stumbled across Alma’s website, called Spain In A Cupcake.

You see Alma until recently had never tasted the joys of the cupcake and it wasn’t until she was on a recent visit to London that she discovered their delicate goodness.  Now understandably she is addicted.  Since that visit she has taught herself how to cook and has a kitchen in which to experiment, which she is doing.

Alma may currently be spending a year living in Germany but her cupcakes are very Spanish influenced.  You see it is not just a name ‘Spain in a Cupcake‘ but also a concept.  Alma is letting Spanish flavor inspire her cupcake creations and coming up with some very unique and fantastic cupcake ideas.  So far we have the Sangria, Brazo de Gitano, Chocolate con Churros, Arroz con Leche, and surprisingly Chupa Chups!

This is just the start for Alma and her cupcake project, but it is one that I for sure will be watching with interest!  And did I mention they all come complete with recipes??

Sweets for Sweetest Day by Shari's Berries

The third Saturday in October is Sweetest Day; this year that falls on October 16th. It’s a wee holiday that’s mostly celebrated up in the Great Lakes region with the giving of small gifts to loved ones. Sweetest Day originated in Cleveland, Ohio in 1922 as a PR move by a committee of Cleveland confectioners: on the first Sweetest Day, 20,000 boxes of candy were distributed to the city’s poor and unfortunate by movie stars. Admittedly, giving boxes of candy to the needy is great press, but what I take away from this is that Sweetest Day is about giving to those who need it most.

I want to advocate for a revival of Sweetest Day as a holiday where we again give to the most vulnerable among us.  Since we can all agree that cupcakes are way better/sweeter than candy, it’s pretty easy to see how we can fit our favorite baked good into this equation.  Also, from what I’ve read in All Things Cupcake, cupcake aficionados are all about uniting our favorite food with philanthropy.  This is something we do naturally – it’s no secret cupcake-lovers are sweethearts.

Celebrations of Sweetest Day can be as literal as giving cupcakes to orphans, but they could also take the form of bake sales to feed the hungry or to raise awareness about epilepsy. We’ve already seen the outpouring of cupcakes and funds in the wake of the earthquake in Haiti and Jody Hall‘s use of Cupcake Royale as a platform for social justice.   Let’s use Sweetest Day as a way to celebrate the best parts of ourselves and to use cupcakes to their greatest potential – helping our fellow human beings.

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If you decide to plan something for Sweetest Day, let us know! We at All Things Cupcake would love to hear about our readers plans to bring back what is possibly the only cupcake-related social justice holiday in existence.

Cupcake Cuties are cupcake decorating kits for weddings, birthdays, holidays and other celebrations. And using them is really as easy as 1, 2, 3!  Each kit contains a 24 self adhesive themed sleeves and decorative garnish, so all you need is a frosted cupcake.  The kits also include easy to follow instructions and a picture of what the final product is supposed to look like.

We here at ATC were sent two cupcake cuties, the scary scull and the football.  For the scary skulls I made vanilla cupcakes and used vanilla frosting.  Once they were frosted I dipped them in the provided white sprinkles.  Then wrapped the sleeve around the cupcake and topped with an included spider.  For the footballs I made chocolate cupcakes with chocolate frosting.  As instructed I used a toothpick to draw a football then using the included white writing gel to draw the lines.  The kit also had green sprinkles to use as grass and a sleeve to finish the cupcake. Read the rest of this entry »

I know we have shared Sweet Paul with you in the past; like the True Blood cupcakes or his white paper cups.  Recently Sweet Paul came out with an online magazine and the Fall 2010 issue features a chocolate orange cupcake recipe.  I love the food styling and photography for this cupcake, the chocolate cupcake on the elephants back is just too cute for me not to share with you! Check out the latest issue for this cupcake recipe along with other great recipes, crafts, and fun finds!

So do you know what a cupfake is?  A cupfake is a fake cupcake- all the sweet and zero calories!  This week we are giving away one cupfake from new Etsy seller Frankschick.  Her Etsy store is called The Cakery Fakery (how cute is that?!)  You may remember her is a previous post by Applecupcake.   She is obsessed with cupcakes but alas, admits to being an awful baker!   So instead of heading to the supermarket for cupcake supplies, she headed to Home Depot.  Her cupfakes are all 100% hand made, hand painted and hand decorated by her.  These are just a few of my favorites:

 I am so pleased to own one of her creations because it looks so realistic.  Every time I look at it I get hungry!  I was also extremely pleased with the Cakery Fakery’s high importance on customer service.  One of the best cupcake artists Etsy has to offer.

This week The Cakery Fakery is giving away one set Halloween cupfakes to a sweet reader. 

To enter, visit her shop and pick out your favorite then come back to ATC.  Click on the comment area below and tell us your favorite and also tell us what kind of cupfake you think she should make next.  One winner will be chosen on Monday October 11th.

Make sure to also become her fan on Facebook!

Flowers In May, a design and stationary company was launched in 2007 by Massachusetts based graphic designer Emily Dumas.  In the “about” section of her website it mentions that she enjoys baking cupcakes which explains two of her prints.  One print, titled The Best Things In Life Are Sweet, is an 11×13 print of all things sweet, including cupcakes! Another print which shows Dumas’s passion for baking is named, Today I Feel Like Baking, and a little cupcake can be found hidden amongst the baking necessities. Prices for prints range from $15 to $25 and look around her website to view the other products she offers.

Cayenne Chocolate Cupcake by Carpe Cupcakes!

National Cupcake Day was way back in March, so it’s about time for another cupcake holiday, right?  I’m pretty sure that National Chocolate Cupcake Day wasn’t created by an act of Congress, but if Cupcakes Take the Cake and National Food Holidays say it’s a holiday, that’s good enough for me.

In case chocolate isn’t your thing, National Angel Food Cake Day is October 10th, National Dessert Day is October 14th, National Candy Corn Day is October 30th, the third Saturday in October is Sweetest Day, and of course there’s Halloween. October has plenty of good reasons to bake and enjoy delicious cupcakes!

Do you want to learn the secret behind 3D chocolate decorations?  Well I am about to tell you.  Well actually not me but The Lone Baker.

If you have not heard of her, she is worth finding out about.  Her whole website is dedicated to amazing tips and tricks to do with cupcake decoration and did I say she is amazing?

So to the 3D chocolate spirals, well, the trick is Vodka, but I don’t want to shatter the mystery, take a visit to her site to check it out.  You may have piped chocolate swirls onto baking paper before, but they are flat, two dimensional pieces, where as these, well you see!

Looking for a delicious Shirley Temple Cupcake Recipe or the perfect Strawberry Lemonade Angel Cupcake Recipe? 

Visit Katie at the Kitchen Door and feast your eyes! 

Katie made the cherry-topped delights for her friend Becky’s birthday.  The Stawberry Lemonade Cupcakes were in honor of her friend Phoebe’s birthday.  Hey Katie, Read the rest of this entry »

A lovely young lady by the name of Cyanne has made quite a statement by starting a cupcake club in her neighborhood in Arizona.  She, along with some help from her mom, made cupcakes and sold them to family, friends, and neighbors to raise money for the St. Mary’s Food Bank Alliance.  She sold her cupcakes for only $1 each, and she raised $125 for the food bank, which enabled the alliance to distribute 875 meals.  If a 7-year-old can do this, it makes me wonder what I could do, what any of us could do.  A lot can be accomplished with a little bit of heart, a little bit of time, and some cupcakes.

Every now and then you find something unusual on top of a cupcake, and today was one of those days when I found Macbeth cupcakes by Clever Little Cupcakes in Bury, UK.

She explains that her son has been studying Macbeth at school and she wanted to do something to celebrate the occasion.  It really goes to show, with a little imagination you can achieve anything!  The cupcakes feature a bloodied hand, a sword, plaques with words from the Shakespearian text and Dunsinane.  Close ups of each cupcake can be seen on her Flickr account.

Of course these sword cupcakes would be brilliant for a range of different style cupcakes, including King arthur or any medieval style party!

This week I received a lovely gift in the mail that I had to share with all of you.  These adorable vanilla scented cupcake candle are made byLimor Yaron and are available in these popular colors:

How perfect would this be for a cupcake birthday party for your little one?!  Although it was difficult for me, I did decide to burn it to see if the smell lasted.  I am very happy to say that it did!  And even when the top part burned down, the cupcake was just as cute and sweet smelling and continued to burn for several hours.  Limor Yaron’s  items can be purchased at  Etsy shop or visit New York’s MoMA stores for all her other candles and wares.  

Last Halloween we shared with you two options of Martha Stewart cupcake liners available at Michael’s Craft Stores.  This year, the Martha Stewart website offers 4 different designs for standard size liners and two additional options for mini cupcakes!  The prices vary depending on the design with some images, for example the vampire icon or blood spatter wrappers, costing as little as $2.47 for a package of 48 wrappers. Or the most expensive designs include the Happy Halloween mini wrappers which cost $9.40 for 96 wrappers in two designs.

Skull & Crossbones, Spider, Bat & More Stencil Kit

Martha Stewart also offers two options for stencil kits to decorate your cupcakes.  One version is the Vampire Cupcake Stencils which is only $3.93.  Or for $27.99 there is the Skull & Crossbones, Spider, Bat & More Stencil Set. Happy Halloween cupcake decorating!

Looking for a fun idea for Halloween cupcakes, but don’t want to sacrifice flavor?  Then hop on over to The Swell Life to see how it’s done!  Alexa Westerfield, the creator of The Swell Life is a graphic designer by day and a craft addict by night, and obviously, an expert cupcaker. 

You will need: 
– 1/2 cup butter, softened
– 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
– 2 eggs
– About 1 teaspoon orange powdered food coloring
– 1 cup buttermilk
– 2 1/2 cups White Lily all-purpose flour (sifted 3 times)
– 1 teaspoon salt
– 1 teaspoon vanilla
– 1 teaspoon orange extract
– 1 tablespoon vinegar
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My sister has always loved candy corns; so much so that my mom even made her a candy corn costume one year for Halloween.  When I saw these cupcakes I immediately thought of my sister and I think I’ll have to make them for her this year! The Curvy Carrot created these candy corn frosted cupcakes which are great because they are so simple yet festive!

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Our cupcake crayons winner this week is: 

Linda Abbott
September 20th, 2010 at 11:57 pm
Absolutely I love the 3D Cupcake with two colours, but I would love to see various tool shaped ones and I think that jelly baby ones would be adorable!! Oh and mii computers would be ace! 

Congratulations! Please send your mailing address to [email protected].   Special thanks to Red Elm Designs for sponsoring this week’s giveaway. 

I am sure we have all seen handbag cupcakes by now, they are appearing everywhere!  Well today I thought I would bring you some of the best handbag cupcakes around.  Personally I love them, they are cute, sexy and can define whatever mood you are in!  What do you think of these?

These ones are by Pretty, Cute Cupcakes on Flickr.  They are gorgeous Chanel bags and I love the color combinations chosen here, so delicate and pretty.

These ones are simply amazing and were featured on The Cupcake Blog, talk about detail!  I am in love with that red one!  These are by Anita Jamal.

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I absolutely love Etsy! The sellers on there never cease to amaze me with their creative and unique products.  My sister sent me the link to this cupcake ukulele handcrafted by Celentano Woodworks, which is a great example of how talented Etsy sellers are.  The $450.00 ukulele is made to order and you can watch this youtube video of it being played: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bkIvYCb0L2I

GreenPartyGoods.com strikes again! They have these cute knit cupcakes that are great for party favors for your little ones birthday party. Perfect addition to your birthday goodie bag.

Handmade Knit Cupcakes

What was your favorite thing in a goodie bag as a child?

Delia’s currently has two graphic t-shirt available which feature cupcakes.  The first is the cupcake stripe tee which is a white and black striped shirt with a large cupcake image on the front for $19.95. The rhinestone cupcake burnout tee is another option, it is a black tee with a cupcake made entirely out of cupcakes.  The second shirt is $24.50 but right now there is a buy 2 & save $10 promotion, so if you can’t decide you could always get both!