This week marks one year since I began working with All Things Cupcake and I have to say, I love my job!  I get to write about cupcakes, give away cupcake stuff and talk to cupcake obsessed people just like me on a daily basis.  In my very first post for ATC, I shared some Etsy cupcake items that our kiddos (our ourselves) could use on their first days back to school.  So I thought, what better way to mark my one year anniversary than to update that post!   Here are some wonderful back to school essentials I found this year:

Cupcake Backpack $25.00

Cupcake Paperclips $6.00

 

 

Cupcake Pencil Pouch $8.00

 

 Here’s to another wonderful year with ATC!

Want to listen to some sweet, sweet music but can’t find your head phones? Well hop on over to ModCloth and check out these Sweet Sounds Ear Buds.

Your one and only will really want to nibble on your ear now!

Super Mario Cupcake by hello naomi

There’s nothing more classic geek than Super Mario Brothers.  I love how sharply detailed the iconic little characters turn out in fondant!

Amazing cupcakes and picture by ATC favorite and baker extraordinaire, hello naomi. Thanks to GeekSugar for the cupcake tip!

Boys between the ages of 10 and 14 can be really difficult when it comes to selecting a cupcake design.  Basically cupcakes are girly, and they, of course, are manly, so you need something that they can relate too.  Ben 10, dinosaurs and matchbox cars are things of the past, but they are not quite at that stage where everything ‘food’ especially if it contains sugar, grease or both is desirable regardless of how it looks!

So coming up with ideas can be difficult.  The best method is to look for things they are into, and this includes the games they play on their x-box or computer.  These cupcakes above come from Sugar-Design and are perfect for a boy anywhere between the ages of 7 and 12, however you could make them for older boys too, using logos such as Starcraft 2 or COD. Another seven ideas are:

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It seems as though there is always something threatening to take the cupcakes spot as a popular food trend.  First there were macaroons, then there was pie and popsicles and now it’s doughnuts!  Over the last couple of months I have seen lots of recipes for doughnuts in magazines and online.  I will admit that I have even considered purchasing a doughnut pan to try out some of the recipes.

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These cupcakes are so stinking cute! Muppet Cupcakes from BlueRett Cakes

These remind me of growing up an watching the Muppet’s. If you could have a cupcake designed from anything reminding you of your childhood what would it be?

And our winner is…

onerockinmomma

Here was her comment entry:

“No Way! These are the cutest cupcake charms ever! I would be honored to win the chocolate sprinkles cupcake charm, so darn CUTt. For a new flavor I think an “Elvis” inspired cupcake would be a HUGE hit. Peanut butter cake w/ Banana frosting.  Cheers to Miss Kitty for having such a sweet talent.”

Congratulations! Please send your mailing address to [email protected].   Special thanks to Miss Kitty Creations  for sponsoring this week’s giveaway.

2009-2010 Holiday Location of The Cupcake Store at Downtown Disney

Downtown Disney is about to have a new permanent attraction: cupcakes!  The Cupcake Store, based out of Mission Viejo, CA, had such a successful temporary holiday booth at Downtown Disney that they’ve decided to open up shop there permanently. Word is that they’ll ship in cupcakes daily from the bakery in Mission Viejo to the happy hordes looking to take a break from Splash Mountain and Mr. Toad’s Wild Ride.

The Cupcake Store is run by cupcake veteran Janel Mitchell. This is her first solo store after parting ways with business partner John Frank, with whom she founded Frostings Cupcakes.  The new Downtown Disney location is set to open up in September. With any luck, they’ll be up and running by the time I go down to SoCal for a visit in a few weeks. If that’s the case, I’ll tell you all about it!

Make sure to enter this week’s  Miss Kitty Creations cupcake charm giveaway.  Contest ends this Sunday August 29th.   Click here  for full details!

I found this great little website last night called Dungaree Dolly’s Bags and Purses that sells everything from purses, wallets, weekend bags to eye glass cases. You get to pick your own fabric that you’d  like for your bag and 2 of the choices they have are cupcake fabrics! How lucky are we cupcake lovers?!

Here are the 2 swatches that include cupcakes–

I took a look at just about every bag and they all are amazing and its so hard to choose just one. What is your favorite bag?

While combing the internets for cuteness, I found Japan LA and their adorable store. Among the Hello Kitty and the sushi scarves, there I discovered some prize cupcake accessories.

Rilakkuma Cupcake Pouch - oh no, it's brand spankie new and it's already sold out!

Yummy You! Knitted Cupcake Scarf - $65

Yummy You! Knitted Cupcake Purse - $70

Christina Applegate on the red carpet for Cats and Dogs last month. Image from Growing Your Baby.

I was reading today in Celebrity Baby Scoop that Christina Applegate has admitted to having a different kind of died during her pregnancy.  Apparently her healthy diet has fled in the wake of some serious food cravings, and what did she indulge on?

What else but a Sprinkles Cupcake and fried cheese!

So I thought I would assist Christina in her challenge to more closely combine these two taste sensations, and thanks so much to Clever Cupcakes found this – the cheese cupcake!

To me it feels like every year when the flyers come out for back to school shopping and they talk about the fall’s style trends, plaid is always listed as being in style.  So why not make your cupcakes fit the season’s style trend and bake these pink plaid cupcakes by Reynold’s.  The Reynold’s website helps you find the pink plaid party liners at a store near you and includes detailed instructions on how to decorate your cupcakes with a plaid topping.

Hello all my fellow cupcake lovers out there! This past weekend I made mini-cupcakes for my Best Friends bridal shower.

I made just about 100 mini cupcakes half chocolate and half yellow. I used 2 batches of butter cream frosting, divided into 3rds and made Strawberry and Raspberry frosting with 2 of them and left the other one plain butter cream.

I also used a cupcake stand from Green Party Goods – Square Cupcake Stand !

Here is a picture of my lovely creation(s)!

Everyone loved them! Congrats Megan!

Little Betsy Baker is a really fun site for cupcake lovers.  The website features a great shop for purchasing supplies needed to bake, decorate, and serve; Party supplies are even available.  Little Betsy Baker ocassionaly has competitions, more information about which can be found on their facebook page.

Hello Naomi contributed to the recipes and tips page of the website by making Little Betsy Baker themed cupcakes.  Additionally, Naomi  offered a recipe for vanilla cupcakes and a tutorial on how to cover cupcakes with fondant hearts! If you’re new to using fondant, this is a great and easy first project which look great as a finished product as seen below!

It’s giveaway time again cupcake fans!  This week our giveaway is sponsored by Etsy crafter, Miss Kitty Creations.  She specializes in scented (yes, scented!) cupcake charms.   She also has a full line of cupcake charms on her full website.   I own one of her Blended Fruit Explosion Cupcakes and I adore it.   These charms can be used as a pendant, cell phone charm or zipper pull.   I have some experience working with polymer clay and can say that Miss Kitty truly is an artist.  Here are some of my favorites:

This week, Miss Kitty Creations is giving away a cupcake charm to one lucky fan.   First, visit Miss Kitty’s Etsy shop or her main website.  Then come back to ATC and click on the comment area below.  Leave a comment telling  us what cupcake you would like to win and what flavor cupcake you think Miss Kitty should make next.  One winner will be chosen on Monday, August 30.  Thanks Miss Kitty for sponsoring this purrrfect giveaway!

Happy Saturday cupcake fans!  I am so excited to share this adorable reusable bag I just got this week from fabulous Etsy seller, Bagitconscious.  They specialize in handmade reusable sandwich and snack bags, lunch bags, totes, and market bags.  Everything you need to replace, or at least reduce the use of plastic.

 

 

 

 

  

This bag is well-made and the cupcake fabric is one of the cutest I have seen.  This would be a perfect bag for your kids to carry a sandwich or snack for school.  Although if you are like me, you may love it so much you have to keep it for yourself!

This week, Bagitconscious is giving All Things Cupcake fans 10% off all orders!  Just type “ATC Fan” in the notes to seller area upon checkout. 

     

 

 

For the new movie The Romantics, J. Crew held a photo shoot featuring the movie’s cast in J. Crew’s latest looks.  Celebrities staring in the movie include Adam Brody, Katie Holmes, and Josh Duhamel. In the shoot the cast goofs around and in the photo shown above the stars are seen enjoying cupcakes!

American Cupcake's Red Velvet Fried Chicken (photo by Anthony Mylott)

San Fransisco restaurant American Cupcake decided that the world could use more red velvet.  AC’s owner Devon Alpert reckoned that if  everyone loved the flavor in cake and cupcakes, they would like it in fried chicken too.   And it looks like she was absolutely right. In the delicious words of urbandaddy:

At first glance, it’ll look like a heaping plate of leg, thigh and breast. But upon further inspection, you’ll see that the chicken has taken on a slight reddish hue. That’s because your precious fried bird has been pre-soaked in AC’s signature red velvet cake batter, then dredged in toasted, crumbled bits of red velvet cupcake before being dipped in a frying pan.

Because they don’t want their delicious fried chicken to be lonely, American Cupcake includes a side of cream cheese and garlic mashed potatoes, inspired by the frosting on the cake.

Marisela totally rocked it with this awesome cupcake design that she created for her niece’s ‘Off to College’ Party.  Marisela got the idea watching DC Cupcakes where she saw them make two cupcake pictures using a company’s logo and planning it out on a grid in order to map out the picture.

Without time to do a trial run or practice at all, Marisela pulled this off brilliantly creating the monogram for the college.  She used no less than sixty mini cupcakes, all red velvet and topped with cream cheese frosting.  The occasion was a small BBQ, so she used a styrofoam base underneath covered in foil to hold each cupcake in place with a toothpick.  Now I think that is a great idea!

Well what did her niece think of all this effort?  She was totally stoked!!

Nomskulls - Silicon Skull Cupcake Molds by Fred & Friends

If I did “Nerdcake Product of the Week”, Nomskulls would be top of the list in the category.  These cutie-skull molds come four in a box for $12 from Fred & Friends (though you’ll have to go to Amazon or Pop Deluxe to actually buy them).  F&F also includes a recipe for the squiggly brain frosting shown on the above nomskullcake:

FRED’S BRAINY FROSTING

• 1 recipe for vanilla frosting (or a store-bought tub)
• confectioners’ sugar (for stiffer frosting )
• red or black food coloring (or both)
• pastry bag and a large round tip (#12 works well)

Add confectioners’ sugar to the frosting until it‘s stiff enough to hold its form, yet still soft enough to pipe. To the frosting add food coloring(s) to reach desired color. If your cupcakes aren’t dome shaped, pile on a small mound of frosting first. Then pipe two lines down the center of the cupcake. Finally, pipe a squiggly pile of frosting onto each “hemisphere”. Mmmm…brains.

GreenPartyGoods.com has some amazing cupcake accessories that help keep the earth clean and that also help provide yummy cupcakes!

One of the latest items that has caught my eye is the Skull Silicone Cupcake Molds. These would be perfect for a younger boys birthday party!

Here is a great recipe to go along with these cupcake molds, it may have to modified slightly – Brain Cupcakes

Hop on over to From Married to Merry to learn about Meg’s “semi-homemade” Hostess Cupcakes.  She’s too humble to say it, but I bet they taste better than the “real thing.”

She uses a cake mix for the cupcake, but her filling is homemade: 

• One 8 oz package cream cheese
• 1 jar of marshmellow fluff
• 1 tsp of vanilla

Mix all ingredients in a food processor.  Then chill for 30 minutes.  She recommends setting aside a little bit of the chilled filling to use as topping.  To fill the cupcakes, she used a Pampered Chef Easy Accent Decorator.  Read the rest of this entry »

The one movie I have been waiting for ALL summer is coming out today. Eat, Pray, Love and in honor of me going to the movies to see it I have found some lovely Cupcakes to look like popcorn! I know that I will be indulging in popcorn this weekend, only if they were popcorn cupcakes!

POPCORN CUPCAKES! from the blog Smiley’s Sweets and Creation

It’s that time of year again!  Time to buy school supplies, clean out the backpack and shop for new school clothes.  My son goes back to school in just two short weeks and of course my mind has drifted to thoughts of making him some special cupcakes to celebrate.   Although I haven’t decided what kind I am making yet, here are some of my favorites.   And if you pull out your mixer and pans to celebrate back to school as well, make sure you send us some photos!

School Bus Cupcakes

Apple Spice Mini Cupcakes

 Back to School Cupcakes

A is for Apple Cupcakes