Reality TV show Cupcake Dreams about Georgetown Cupcake premieres July 16 on TLC

Apparently, Cupcake Sisters , the TLC reality show about the owners of Georgetown Cupcake, is now called Cupcake Dreams . Via Discovery blog : Cupcake Dreams, which premieres on TLC on July 16, follows Sophie and Katherine as they run Georgetown Cupcake — a small cupcake shop that they have transformed into a sweet success

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Reality TV show Cupcake Dreams about Georgetown Cupcake premieres July 16 on TLC

 All aboard the cupcake train!

Leave it to Lyndsay from Vancouver’s Coco Cake Cupcakes to make this adorable cupcake choo choo train! From the Coco Cake blog : Party train, party train… Barb phoned me with a cute request: a choo choo train themed birthday cupcake cake for her adorable little grandson Parker’s 1st birthday

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All aboard the cupcake train!

 Spongebob SquarePants cupcake tower for 5-year-old’s birthday

Blogger Freakgirl made a Spongebob SquarePants cupcake tower for a little girl’s (Sophie’s) fifth birthday party! Via Flickr Three dozen, mixed vanilla and chocolate, topped with plastic Spongebob rings and rolled in sprinkles. Tinted blue buttercream frosting.

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Spongebob SquarePants cupcake tower for 5-year-old’s birthday

 Weehawken, New Jersey’s cupcake bakery Goodie Box Bake Shop

I’m going to a party this weekend in Weehawken, New Jersey, just outside New York City, and am hoping to visit Goodie Box Bake Shop . The photos below are from their Facebook page , where I have to give them credit for also sharing what happens when cupcake baking goes awry

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Weehawken, New Jersey’s cupcake bakery Goodie Box Bake Shop

 Michelle Obama vegetable garden cupcake, subway cupcake, DC statehood and lo mein cupcakes in Hello Cupcake contest

Hello Cupcake (the bakery, not the cookbook) in Washington, DC had a “Design Your D.C.” cupcake contest to show DC pride and give someone the chance to win a Kitchenaid mixer. Via Greater Greater Washington

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Michelle Obama vegetable garden cupcake, subway cupcake, DC statehood and lo mein cupcakes in Hello Cupcake contest

 Cupcake Wars winner builds cupcake golf course

I don’t have cable so did not watch Cupcake Wars on The Food Network last night but this is from the blog of Orlando, Florida cupcakery Sweet! by Good Golly Miss Holly : Miss Holly competed in the premiere episode of Cupcake Wars on the Food Network tonight. Competitors from cupcake shops around the country competed for the chance to have their cupcake featured at the George and Ann Lopez’s Charity Golf Tournament

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Cupcake Wars winner builds cupcake golf course

 Dora the Explorer cupcakes

These Dora the Explorer vanilla cupcakes with icing and candy were made for a 3-year-old girl’s birthday by blogger i Bake Cupcakes (via Flickr ). And some closeups: Benny Swiper Isa Fiesta trio

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Dora the Explorer cupcakes

 Nichelle intro at TECHmunch NYC

At the recent TECHmunch NYC, Nichelle reminds us that even for seasoned bloggers, we can all learn something new when creative minds are brought together. This video shows her brief introduction, but she represented Cupcakes Take the Cake in later panels, such as “Posting High-Value Content & Curating Flavors.” Nichelle brought up funny and oh-so-true tidbits about what we’ve come to realize about cupcakes along the way. For one, this “Red Velvet Cupcake” phenomenon is utterly and overwhelmingly popular.

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Nichelle intro at TECHmunch NYC

 Graduation cupcakes by A Cup Full of Cake

Blogger Shanna at A Cup Full of Cake made chocolate graduation cupcakes; the green and yellow cupcakes are for a college graduation and the red and blue ones are for a high school graduation. Bookmark her blog for when she shares what she says is her go-to chocolate cupcake recipe (these are vanilla and chocolate cupcakes with vanilla buttercream and fondant toppers).

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Graduation cupcakes by A Cup Full of Cake

 Real Party: Catherine Bell Baby Shower

Today’s real party is an adorable baby shower thrown in honor of Catherine Bell, star of Lifetime’s show Army Wives, who is expecting a baby boy in August. This intimate shower was hosted by Cottonelle and guess who was in attendance. The cuddly Cottonelle puppies! Babies and puppies – can it get any better than that

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Real Party: Catherine Bell Baby Shower

 Another gorgous fresh cupcake inking

This one was sent in by a reader and friend of the woman who sports the tat. Sent to us by Camber S., the tattoo is on Renee, who got it inked by Mark Stewart at Forever Tattoo Parlour in Cape Coral, FL.

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Another gorgous fresh cupcake inking

 Babycake Cupcake From B5 Media Party

Last Tuesday, I attended the B5 Media party on Tuesday night at Kingswood in Manhattan’s Greenwich Village neighborhood to promote its three Web sites, Blisstree , Crushable , and The Gloss . There were cupcakes from Babycakes there.

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Babycake Cupcake From B5 Media Party

 Graduation cupcake pops, Elmo cupcake pops & much more by Lollicakes

I’ve been meaning to post about The Lollicake Bakeshop ‘s adorable cake pops for a while and will do a more extensive post at some point but couldn’t resist the adorableness of these graduation cupcake pops (via Flickr ). They’re in Denver, Colorado (with a satellite location in Boston), which I wish I’d known when I visited, though I will be back and will be sure to contact them.

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Graduation cupcake pops, Elmo cupcake pops & much more by Lollicakes

 Very colorful cupcakes

These are by Tangerina Cakes of Buenos Aires, Argentina via Flickr . You can find out more on their website and on Facebook . They can be reached at tangerinacakes at gmail.com or 1558480908 or 156716166

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Very colorful cupcakes

 Orange strawberry poppyseed mini cupcakes, $1 each, Hester Street Fair, NYC

I stopped by the Hester Street Fair today to visit Kumquat Cupcakery , one of our favorites, who is also selling this weekend at the Brooklyn Flea. Her mini cupcakes are $1 each and she had 5 flavors on offer. The orange strawberry poppyseed cupcakes, which were delicious and not too overpowering (I’m not a huge orange fan), a dark chocolate mini cupcake that was wonderful, as well as chocolate peanut butter, lemon lavender and red velvet.

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Orange strawberry poppyseed mini cupcakes, $1 each, Hester Street Fair, NYC

 Kids and Cupcakes: Elijah

Reader Kim (whom I suspect is a photographer) sent in this shot of her son Elijah enjoying his first-birthday cupcake. It might be hard to find a shot more adorable than this one. Elijah’s now four years old — I can’t wait to see his next birthday cupcake shot!

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Kids and Cupcakes: Elijah

 Reader-submitted cupcake tat!

Keep sending them in, people, I adore them all. This fresh inking is by Phat Joe’s Tattoo Parlour in Miami, Florida, and reader (and cupcake-enthusiast) Cristina is proud to sport it and two others. Rock on, Cristina!

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Reader-submitted cupcake tat!

 Buttercream frosting cupcakes at Cupcakeland

Buttercream frosting cupcakes at Cupcakeland Originally uploaded by Rachel from Cupcakes Take the Cake Cupcakeland in Williamsburg, Brooklyn now has buttercream frosting ($2.25) in addition to cream cheese frosting. Cool!

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Buttercream frosting cupcakes at Cupcakeland

 PattyCakes mini cupcake delivery from NJ

New Jersey cupcakery PattyCakes just sent me a box of bite-size do-it-yourself cupcakes to taste, photograph and review: I don’t recall it being marked perishable , but it did arrive two days after it was mailed (a Monday to Wednesday travel schedule). First thing I noticed was the cute packaging: The packing peanuts are made out of corn starch and dissolve in water. That was a BIG plus to me, as I detest Styrofoam and the wastefulness of most packing materials

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PattyCakes mini cupcake delivery from NJ

 Zebra cupcakes at Disney Food Blog

Over at The Disney Food Blog , AJ posted about these amazing-looking zebra cupcakes! It’s clearly the Disney dining equivalent of avant garde artwork — a representation of a zebra vs. an actual molded animal, as you find in the White Chocolate Elephant Cupcake, also sold at Kusafiri Bakery.

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Zebra cupcakes at Disney Food Blog