Ken, Barbies on and off boyfriend makes one final plea for Barbies love via Cupcakes. Magnolia bakery has decided to help Ken in is fight to win the heart of his dream girl. The Barbie cupcake is a classic chocolate or vanilla cupcake with pink vanilla butter-cream frosting and sugar crystals, topped off with a personal inscription from Ken — “You’re the only doll for me. Love Ken”. These cupcakes are available at Magnolia bakery from January 28th until February 14th.

If you are sick of reds and pinks for Valentines Day, then Sweetopia may have the answer for you!  These toppers are bright, colorful and bound to bring a smile to your loved ones face this year.  What is more, Sweetopia has all the details for how to make and create them on her blog, which you can find here.

My sister noticed these Desperate Cupcakes Note Cards at her college bookstore.  The card set contains the characters from the Desperate Cupcakes book featured in images that are said to be difficult situations, such as the one shown above where the cupcake is in yoga class.  Amazon offers the set of 16 cards for $11.04.

How fun is this cupcake color in clock designed by 9Spotmonk? For $34.00 you get the letter press printed clock with three non-toxic crayons for kids (or adults) to personalize.  They also have color in cupcake thank you cards for kids but I think this clock is more fun!

In the past we have posted Victoria’s Secret’s cupcake items.  Victoria’s Secret has again come out with some cute cupcake items worth mentioning.  Just in time for Valentine’s Day too! They have four different styled panties with different cupcake prints.

Ruched-front Hipster

Lace-trim Cheeky Panty

Lace-waist Brief

Satin Message Hiphugger

Then there are several additional items that are categorized as Valentine’s Day Gifts.  These items include the Apron babydoll with a matching Satin Kimono Wrap and Tank Pajama set, all shown below.  The cupcake prints featured on these items match with some of the panties shown above.

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Check out this new product from All Things Cupcake sponsor Kimber Cakeware. It’s Batter Babies!  Bake one of a kind cupcakes containing two flavors (or colors). Batter Babies fit most standard size cupcake pans and cups.

The Batter Babies are quite simple to use, just follow these steps:

1.Simply place the Batter Babies in individual cups
2.Pour the two separate batters into each cup
3.Remove Batter Babies before baking

How fabulous are these?

Today is our 4th of July, well, actually tomorrow is!  26th January every year Australians celebrate what it is to be Australian.  We approach this, in much the same way as everything else, with great gusto! There will be burnt sausages, prawns, seafood, lots of food, fireworks and of course cupcakes!

I created these cupcakes for the kids at the BBQ we are attending today.  I created the fondant flags first by cutting it and twisting around a toothpick then piped the details onto them.  Unfortunately there is only six points on the bottom star which means I have lost an Australian State or Territory (as there is one point for each), and my red frosting bled into my white, but I am pretty happy with them!  And most importantly the kids will LOVE them as they are my favorite chocolate recipe with a chocolate ganache.

Prior to reading Kitchen Contessa’s blog post I’ve never heard of red velvet cupcakes being called devil’s food cupcakes.

I know I love red velvet cupcakes so I’m sure I’ll enjoy trying her Red Velvet Devil’s Food Cupcake recipe.  I especially like the fun decorating, dipping the frosted cupcakes in melted colored chocolate to transform the cupcakes into red devils!

The winner of our $25 gift certificate to Etsy seller Nattie Cakes is…

Vanessa Talamantes
January 23rd, 2011 at 2:47 pm
I love love the minnie mouse clips, i adore her and so does my neice! I also love all the cupcakes and the little birds are adorable! I believe scarves would be a great addition to this store especially along side the hats/beanies.

Congratulations! Please email your mailing address to [email protected].  Thanks again to all who entered the giveaway and thank you Nattie Cakes for sponsoring this giveaway.

A few months ago there was a Food & Wine issue that featured an piece on Will Cottons.  Will Cotton is a New York based painter known for creating landscapes inspired by sweets.  Most recently he is known for having painted fellow cupcake lover, Katy Perry which appeared on the December 2010 cover of ARTnews. What caught my eye in the Food & Wine article was Cotton Candy Hannah, 2009 which is shown above.  The description reads:

Pink cotton candy clouds are the backdrop for many of Will Cotton’s portraits. The model in this oil painting is wearing a cupcake tiara that Cotton created for workers at his NYC pop-up bakery.

A cupcake tiara as part of the employee uniform! The Will Cotton Bakery was part of Partners & Spade and I would have loved to work there if it meant getting to wear a cupcake tiara! Below is an image of the employees wearing their uniform.

One of the most popular apps for the iphone or the ipad is Angry Birds, so you know, it was only a limited time before someone came up with awesome cupcake toppers!  In this case it is the Artisan Cake Company who have an Etsy shop and sell these little guys so that you can top your own cupcakes!

The photo below is of all the angry birds characters, which is fantastic, but I really love the pigs here to the right.  They are so cute, except for when you are playing and you cannot pass a level, then their cheeky grin makes me angry!

Looking for a new purse? Well if you are and you are looking for one that has some style and a cupcake theme then I have just the purse for you.

Cyclone Purse – HELLO CUPCAKE on eBags

Ceramic Cupcake Soap Dispenser

Urban Outfitters always has great cupcake items! Right now they are having a huge sale so some of the items are marked down! Below are some of my favorite cupcake items. And don’t forget to enter Take10 at checkout for 10% off your order!

Let Them Eat Cake Cupcake Wrappers

Cupcake Pedestal Vanity Stand

iPhone Case

Today I found one of the most beautiful cupcake tattoos I have seen.  It combines the love of cupcakes with a love of birds into one amazing tattoo.  This one I found by way of  Stephen Young.  The tattoo however is by Curtis Burgess from Tribal Rites Tattoo and Piercing in Fort Collins, Colorado.

Although I am unlikely to have a tattoo like this I would love this picture as a piece of art!

Have you got a tattoo that covers your love of cupcakes and something else special in your life?  If so why not share it with us so that we can increase our amazing collection of cupcake tattoos and inspire future tattoos!

I came across this image a while back and realized I never shared it.  I just love this image is by Photojennix Photography!  I think the robot, Danbo, made out of boxes is super cute.  And I love that he is looking up at at leaning tower of mini cupcakes..

This quick fix cupcake recipe is from a post on Creature Comforts.  The recipe was shared by Julie and Kathryn of Perfect Bound.  The recipe provide is a pdf file for front and back recipe cards for these delicious looking cupcakes.  I love the glossy frosting and the sprinkles which add color!

I love this C is for Cake plate created by Just Noey.  It’s available from their Etsy page for approximately $36.00.  When you look at the plate closely, you’ll notice it also has little cupcakes on it!

When I first saw these little cupcakes I thought they were those little plastic lipgloss cupcake containers that you can buy, but on closer inspection I discovered these are super gorgeous little chocolate coated cupcakes!  The image and idea is from Hero Cake Pops.

To create these, Hero Cake Pops picked up a chocolate cupcake mould from her local cake shop then after creating the outsides in the mould filled the inside with cake pop.  The result… fab cute little gifts for your special man / woman or if you can’t choose one person then these make an economical way to share your love this Valentines Day!

In September when I ate at The Culinary Institue of America at Greystone in California our butter came with a ticing on top.  Ticings are thing sheets of edible icing that have no flavor because they take on the flavor of the food the are applied to.  Ticings are a great way to quickly and easily decorate cupcakes, cakes, and cookies since you can add images or text to your baked good by simply peeling the ticing off the backing sheet and applying it to frosting.

These edible icing prints are a great way to decorate cupcakes!  They have a crisp, professional look to them but are actually simple. As an added bonus they are made with food grade ink and gluten free which means you don’t have to worry about food allergies. Additionally they last for up to six months when stored properly which gives you have a decent amount of time to use them.

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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!

This week’s giveaway is sponsored by Etsy seller Nattie Cakes Decor. She specializes in beautifully made hair clips, beanies and headbands for little girls.   And of course, she has sweet cupcake items available in her shop:

 When my package from her shop arrived, I was beyond thrilled with these lovely well-made treasures.  My daughter squealed with delight and quickly wanted to put them in her hair.   The only problem we had was deciding which one to wear first! 

This week we have a very special type of giveaway fromNattie Cakes.  You get to choose your prize!  Actually your PRIZES!  Nattie Cakes is giving away a $25 gift certificate to her shop.  You can choose clips, headbands, beanies- any mix up to $25 and you get free shipping too. 

To enter this giveaway, first go to Nattie Cakes’ Etsy shop and pick out a favorite item.  Then come back to ATC and click on the comment area below.  Tell us the item and an item you think would be a great addition to her shop.  One winner will be chosen on Monday, January 24th. 

Make sure to “Like” Nattie Cakes Decor’s Facebook page too!  It is a great way to stay up to date on her new items and sales. 

I am always looking for the cutest checks that I can find and by golly I think I found the next ones for me.

Cupcake Craze Checks from Bradford Exchange Checks

You can also purchase this Cupcake Craze Checkbook Cover

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I know most people made their resolutions a little over two weeks ago but I just came across this resolution which cupcake lovers will appreciate.  Emily from the SCOOP made her first resolution for 2011 to be to eat more cupcakes. To kick off her resolution she stopped by Sprinkle’s new Chicago location. I like this idea as opposed to all the lose weight, get fit, eat a less sugary diet because it focuses on what makes you happy.  Also, it’s a lot easier to keep this resolution!

The one really sad thing about growing up, is that you don’t look ‘too cute to boot’ in clothes like this anymore!  I love cupcake clothing for my little girl, but even she is starting to grow out of the super cute look and into the more sassy attire. Though she is still a cupcake lover.. to eat that is!

This gorgeous little top and skirt combo is from Etsy seller Petit Lyons, but all her cupcake attire is displayed on Flickr.

Makes me feel like getting ‘needle and thread’ thrifty again!