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

 Tie dye heart mini cupcakes with rum frosting!

One of the things I love about the cupcake world is that there is always something new, a new twist whether it’s design, shape, flavor or decoration. Case in point: these adorable tie-dyed mini cupcakes with rum frosting topped with hearts. They’re by Washington, DC custom cupcake company Pretty Please Cupcake , which specializes in mini cupcakes and does delivery and can be reached at prettypleasecupcake at gmail.com (via Flickr ).

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Tie dye heart mini cupcakes with rum frosting!

 Filled chocolate pomegranate cupcakes plus recipe

Our pal Shanna at A Cup Full of Cake made filled chocolate pomegranate cupcakes! She used POM Wonderful and she has the recipe plus step by step photo instructions.

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Filled chocolate pomegranate cupcakes plus recipe

 Cake Pops By Bakerella Due Out This Fall

Rachel and I went to Book Expo today, so we haven’t been able to post. While at the Chronicle Books area, I spotted a mock-up of Bakerella’s Cake Pops book which will come out September 2010.

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Cake Pops By Bakerella Due Out This Fall

 Something New, Something Blue Cupcakes For Wedding Shower

Earlier this week, we got an email from Jacki who blogs about food at WKOW in Madison, Wisconsin. She made beautiful cupcake bouquets and a cupcake tower for her sister’s bridal shower. Up close picture of cupcake bouquet Jacki and her creations

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Something New, Something Blue Cupcakes For Wedding Shower

 Real Party: Bunny Baby Shower

Today’s real party is a simple yet sweet baby shower created by Whitney Smith, a talented photographer with a chic sense of style. Whitney created this shower based on the classic children’s book, Pat the Bunny. A soft pink color scheme creates the perfect setting for oodles of charming bunny details

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Real Party: Bunny Baby Shower

 Gumdrop rose cupcake tutorial

I’m working on a cupcake and candy post, but these gumdrop roses on top of red velvet cupcakes deserve their own post! See Saucy’s Sprinkles to find out how to make them. (via Flickr )

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Gumdrop rose cupcake tutorial

 Diner chocolate cupcake

Last night after a late dinner, my friend Twanna and I were on the Lower East Side around midnight, craving dessert. We settled on Remedy Diner , where we shared vanilla and chocolate ice cream and this cupcake: We ate it with spoons, combining frosting and cake, and ice cream and cake

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Diner chocolate cupcake

 Memorial Day Inspiration

This weekend, people across the country will gather with friends and family to celebrate Memorial Day. Typically these parties include a grill, lots of delicious food, cold drinks and patriotic decor. This year, celebrate in style with these great red, white and blue accessories that will take any Memorial Day BBQ up a notch

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Memorial Day Inspiration

 Fabulous Cake Friday: Cakelava

Today I’m reviving an old weekly tradition here on Half Baked. Back when I owned my cake shop in Dallas, I would feature one new cake design each week that stood out as my favorite. Even though I mainly write about cakes and parties now, I still fall in love with fabulous new cake designs, created by talented cake artists across the country.

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Fabulous Cake Friday: Cakelava

 Cupcake photo spotlight on My Fair Cupcakes, Miami, Florida

My Fair Cupcake is a custom cupcake company in Miami, Florida. Flavors include the classic chocolate and vanilla, and also coconut, key lime, nutella, red velvet, tiramisu, and dulce de leche

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Cupcake photo spotlight on My Fair Cupcakes, Miami, Florida

 New To Me: DBSweets

I like to think that I know about every cupcake baker or bakery in the city, but someone new (or at least new to me) pops up. Last week at the Brooklyn Lyceum Food and Craft Fair I met Donna Block, owner of DB Sweets

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 Outstandingly beautiful Mom cupcakes for Mother’s Day

These cupcakes are by Custom Creations Cupcakes in Red Deer, Alberta, Canada, via Flickr , who writes: Chocolate fudge and French Vanilla cupcakes frosted with white chocolate raspberry SMBC. Chocolate ‘MOM’ and MMF flower with butterfly. I made 24 of these plus 20 mini ones w/o decorations for a ladies brunch in the morning.First time doing a melted chocolate decoration.

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Outstandingly beautiful Mom cupcakes for Mother’s Day

 Cupcakes dressed up for Mother’s Day at Retro Bakery Las Vegas

One of our favorite bakeries, Retro Bakery in Las Vegas, is decorating all their cupcakes this Sunday, May 8th, aka Mother’s Day, with a Mom decal – so cute! Via Flickr ; see www.retrobakerylv.com for more information.

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Cupcakes dressed up for Mother’s Day at Retro Bakery Las Vegas

 Cinco de Mayo cupcakes today at Sweet (Boston and Cambridge)

Cinco de Mayo is here, and Sweet in Boston and Cambridge, Massachusetts is celebrating with some very special cupcakes, featuring sombrero, maraca, chili and Mexican flag toppers (as seen below) and mariachi music playing. See sweetcupcakes.com for more information.

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Cinco de Mayo cupcakes today at Sweet (Boston and Cambridge)

 Cinco de Mayo lime cupcake at Hello Cupcake in Washington, DC

Washington, DC bakery Hello Cupcake is selling a Cinco de Mayo lime cupcake (pictured below) through Saturday, and it’s available in regular, gluten free and vegan varieties. It’s a lime cake, tequila-lime buttercream, festive sugar rim, and a slice of lime candy

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Cinco de Mayo lime cupcake at Hello Cupcake in Washington, DC

 Cupcake on Kindle book cover: Slim to None

I don’t have a Kindle myself so won’t be able to read this book until July when it becomes available in POD (print on demand) and other e-book formats, but author Jenny Gardiner has a new novel out called Slim to None . I’m told it has recipes, but am not sure if it has cupcake recipes, but I thought the cover was cute

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Cupcake on Kindle book cover: Slim to None