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Free cupcake if you find a shamrock at Retro Bakery today
Happy St. Patrick’s Day, everyone! From Retro Bakery in Las Vegas, via their blog : Come to Retro on St. Patrick’s Day to see if YOU have the Luck O’ the Cupcake! We’ll be hiding over 24 shamrocks UNDER our cupcakes, and if YOU find one, the cupcake is yours for FREE!! And here’s owner Kari smiling with some green velvet cupcakes; Twitpic by @GuyNSinCity
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Free cupcake if you find a shamrock at Retro Bakery today
Deep Fried Cupcakes at Double Windsor For St. Patrick’s Day
Photo by Amber Blatt The Robicellis are doing it again. There will be FRIED CAR BOMB CUPCAKES for St Paddy’s tomorrow at Park Slope Bar, The Double Windsor , which is located at 16th Street and Prospect Park West.
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Deep Fried Cupcakes at Double Windsor For St. Patrick’s Day
Inspiration Board: Super Mario Bros Birthday
Super Mario Brothers is such a popular theme when it comes to birthday parties. We actually featured an adorable Mario and Luigi Birthday party last spring, which was chalk full of charming DIY goodness. Today we’ll take a look a some additional ideas to help you create a *Super* Mario Bros birthday! Read More..
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Inspiration Board: Super Mario Bros Birthday
My Whimsical Quilt Garden…
Those of you on our eNewsletter list know this already – we are about to ship our newest pattern pack! My Whimsical Quilt Garden is packaged like Aunt Millie's Garden – it is not exactly a book but it's more than a regular pattern. MWQG has twenty, 10″ blocks that you can use to make a big quilt, or a smaller quilt, or in any other way you can think of. We also have a fabric kit for the 20-block quilt.
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Potato chip cupcakes, Valentine’s Day cupcakes and more from Palm Springs’ Over the Rainbow cupcakes
Being a salt lover as well as a cupcake lover, I couldn’t resist a potato chip cupcake…let alone a chocolate-covered potato chip cupcake! It’s from custom cupcake company Over The Rainbow Cupcakes in Palm Springs, California, via their Facebook page .
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Potato chip cupcakes, Valentine’s Day cupcakes and more from Palm Springs’ Over the Rainbow cupcakes
Magnolia Bakery to open cupcake bakery in Dubai
I saw this press release about New York’s famous Magnolia Bakery opening an outpost in Dubai and for a moment was like, “Is it April Fool’s Day?” Mainly because all the hype has been about their long-awaited Grand Central Station bakery (opening in late February is the latest word) and their Los Angeles outpost (opening in April). Here’s the relevant part of the release: Magnolia Bakery, renowned for its old fashioned, freshly baked desserts, today announced the grand opening of its Dubai annex, the first such location outside of the United States. Through an exclusive territorial license agreement, the new bakery, located in the Bloomingdale’s home store within The Dubai Mall, will be managed and operated by Al Tayer Insignia, the luxury retail company of Al Tayer Group.
Football cupcakes and Valentine’s Day heart cupcakes in Raleigh
These football cupcakes are for sale through this Friday January 30th ($19/dozen for mini cupcakes, $33/dozen for regular cupcakes) from Raleigh, North Carolina’s The Cupcake Shoppe, made famous last year when owner Sara Coleman introduced President Obama at an event. And from their Facebook page (where there are more photos): This week come see us for Black Forest Cupcakes! Decadent Chocolate Cake filled with fresh cherry puree, and topped with swirls of light and fluffy whipped frosting. Since Valentine’s Day is coming up…fan photo via Facebook The Cupcake Shoppe 104 Glenwood Avenue Raleigh NC 27603 919-821-4223 info at thecupcakeshopperaleigh.com And a few more cupcake photos from their site’s cupcake gallery , just because:
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Football cupcakes and Valentine’s Day heart cupcakes in Raleigh
No Bake – Valentine’s Day Treats
Last week we featured a slew of Valentine’s Sweets, including many great recipes you can make at home. Look, I realize that not everyone has the time or energy to bake up Valentine’s sweets from scratch. But that doesn’t mean that you can’t treat your loved ones to something special! Today’s Valentine’s Treats are as simple as point-and-click
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No Bake – Valentine’s Day Treats
Reality TV show for Georgetown Cupcake founders
Sorry I’ve been MIA, I’m back and apropos of this post, will have a full writeup of my Georgetown Cupcake visit sometime this week. For now, breaking cupcake news…another cupcake reality show! From The Washington Examiner : Well, for now, they’re giving out the “no comment” line, but for weeks the co-founders of Georgetown Cupcake, Sophie LaMontagne and Katherine Kallinis, have been gabbing about their impending stardom while out and about in town. And with one too many bloggers picking up the dish, their secret is out of the bag: Georgetown Cupcake will be the set of a new reality television show to air on TLC.
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Reality TV show for Georgetown Cupcake founders
Cupcake Sunday: Pre-Gaming For Superbowl
Our next meetup is this Sunday, February 7 at Spot. Do you remember Batch, Pichet Ong’s bakery in the West Village?! Now there’s Spot Dessert Bar which opened a few months ago in the East Village
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Cupcake Sunday: Pre-Gaming For Superbowl
Kumquat Cupcakery For Digital DUMBO
Last week, I attended the one year anniversary of Digital DUMBO , a monthly networking event for digital, tech and online media professionals. Keavy made carrot cake minis since the one of the founding companies is Carrot Creative
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Kumquat Cupcakery For Digital DUMBO
CakeWalk: How to put on your city’s very own CupcakeCamp, Part 3
CakeWalk is a weekly column by Mary Ann Porch dedicated to every baker who has ever struggled to achieve the right consistency with their icing, unsuccessfully searched for the perfect cupcake topper or just wants to learn something new. Because with a few helpful tips, cupcakes are a cakewalk. Over the past two weeks, we have discussed the first two steps of planning your city’s very first CupcakeCamp – laying the groundwork and finding a venue .
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CakeWalk: How to put on your city’s very own CupcakeCamp, Part 3
Food2 announces 1st Annual Cupcake Cup
The bloggers over at Food2 , Food Network’s edgy food blog, have announced their first annual Cupcake Cup, a photo challenge involving, you guessed it – cupcakes. It’s pretty simple to enter: 1) Submit your cupcake photos. 2) The photos MUST be yours but the cupcakes need not be.
Bowling cupcakes, baby birds, I heart New York and more from Painted Sugar
These cupcakes are all by Painted Sugar of Miami, Florida, via their Facebook page . They do cupcake decorating parties and can be reached at 786-553-1266
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Bowling cupcakes, baby birds, I heart New York and more from Painted Sugar
Cookbook contest! Win Pink Princess Cupcakes by Barbara Beery
Yes, it’s another contest, this time to win one of five copies of cookbook author Barbara Beery’s latest, Pink Princess Cupcakes . Here’s the publisher’s description: Little girls will love the princess-themed recipes in this cookbook. Creative decorations for the perfect dessert include magic wands made from white chocolate, crown-shaped cookies, rock candy jewels, and much more that make cupcakes perfect for birthday parties, sleepovers, or fun any day of the week! Easy instructions and a full-color photo for each recipe.
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Cookbook contest! Win Pink Princess Cupcakes by Barbara Beery
Kara’s Cupcakes introduces gluten-free cupcakes
Kara’s Cupcakes in San Francisco/Bay Area has introduced gluten-free cupcakes at their flagship Marina store in vanilla, coconut and chocolate velvet and, as per below (via their Facebook page ), will be offering gluten-free cupcakes at their other locations starting Wednesday. See www.karascupcakes.com or @karascupcakes on Twitter for more information.
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Masala chai cupcakes Ivy Bakery (Brooklyn)
Daniellan Louie of Ivy Bakery posted this photo of her masala chai cupcakes, for sale this weekend: “The cupcake itself is infused with black tea and blended with cardamom, cloves, cinnamon, topped with homemade whipped cream.” See www.ivybakery.com and their Facebook page for more information. New Yorkers, mark your calendars: their annual cupcake eating contest is being held April 24th! Also, these aren’t for sale now but are very pretty: salted caramel cupcakes:
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Masala chai cupcakes Ivy Bakery (Brooklyn)
Crumbs Bakeshop’s Valentine’s Day cupcakes
Crumbs Bakeshop (various locations across the US) is offering these Valentine’s Day cupcakes for $3.75 each. Available in stores or by mail order via www.crumbs.com . The flavors are: Be Mine – Vanilla cake with pink vanilla cream cheese filling and frosting – topped with a heart shaped sugar cookie and white sprinkles around the edge Red Hot – Vanilla cake with vanilla cream cheese filling and frosting – covered with heart-shaped Red Hots Sweetheart – Vanilla cake with fudge filling and frosted with chocolate cream cheese frosting – topped with tiny pink and white heart sugars Ooh La La – Chocolate cake with vanilla cream cheese filling and pink colored vanilla cream cheese frosting – topped with a heart shaped brownie Chocolate Covered Strawberry – Strawberry cake filled with strawberry jam, frosted with a thin layer of chocolate buttercream and covered in chocolate fondant – pink and white sprinkles around the edge
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Crumbs Bakeshop’s Valentine’s Day cupcakes
Cupcake Valentine’s Day love from Ghermez Cupcakes in Sydney, Australia
These beautiful Valentine’s Day love message cupcakes are by Ghermez Cupcakes of Sydney, Australia, via their Facebook page . You can also follow them @ghermezcupcakes on Twitter
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Cupcake Valentine’s Day love from Ghermez Cupcakes in Sydney, Australia
Mardi Gras cupcakes at Louisana’s Curl’s Cupcakes
For Mardi Gras, Curl’s Cupcakes in West Monroe, Louisiana, is selling these very colorful cupcakes, via their Facebook page (yes, Facebook is this cupcake blogger’s BFF): They’re also selling Super Bowl New Orleans Saints cupcakes, but I didn’t see any photos of those, though apparently they are selling quite well. Here’s a photo of some of their other cupcakes that definitely made my mouth water: This one is called The Jester! Curl’s Cupcakes 405 Stella Street, Suite E West Monroe, LA, 71291 318-323-7500
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Mardi Gras cupcakes at Louisana’s Curl’s Cupcakes