Bunny Cupcakes, Easter's on the Way!

I know we will be seeing many more Easter, Passover and spring-theme cupcakes, but I have a soft spot for the bunnies.

Just look at those wabbit teeth!

All images courtesy seelensturm.

Adorable Pastel Cupcake and Ice Cream Illustration

Perfect for spring, how sweet is this cupcake (complete with melting/crying ice cream) illo?

Artwork courtesy ♥ Melly Kay ♥.

Shed a Tear for Fall with Hard Cider Cupcakes

There is everything to love about these cupcakes:

Hard cider cupcakes with dulce de leche filling and cinnamon frosting. You can get the recipe (complete with additional excellent photos) here. Image courtesy Kamila Gornia.

Cool Mint Oreos and Birthday Cake Oreos inside cupcakes!

Lots of cupcake creativity going on! The Mint Oreo baked inside cupcakes are by Bahama, North Carolina home-based bakery Cakes by Becky via Flickr and the Birthday Cake Oreo (didn't know that was a kind of Oreo!) birthday surprise cupcakes are by An American Cupcake in London via Flickr.





From the blog post, where you can get the recipe:

The cupcake recipe is a nice time-saver as it uses a chocolate boxed mix for the base with a few additions (still comes out super tasty!) and I paired it with my basic buttercream recipe with finely crumbed cool mint oreos and peppermint flavoring added in.

From An American Cupcake in London:

I used a funfetti cupcake mix, which made 6 cupcakes. I put one spoon of batter into the liner and placed the Oreo in and then placed another spoon of batter on top. I made half of this frosting recipe with some vanilla paste and no food coloring.

Pretty Cupcake Tattoo

Self-portraiture courtesy Thai Weber, who writes (in Portuguese):

"Nem todos sabem, mas eu souverdadeiramente apaixonada por cupcakes. Tão delicados e decorativos.Tudo o que tem esses bolinhos eu me encanto facilmente."

Pointe Shoe Cupcakes

So elegant.

I love the detailing on the ballet shoe.  Clairescupcakes.co.uk, thanks for submitting this gem of a photo to our CTTC flickr group.

Happy St. Patrick's Day chocolate mint cupcakes

Happy St. Patrick's Day! These cupcakes are by IrishMomLuvs2bake on Flickr.

Cookie Monster Blues

Doesn't he look awfully pleased with what I assume is his cupcake?

Photo courtesy Logan Hicks.

Giveaway: Duncan Hines Frosting Creations

What a yummy giveaway we have planned. It's with Duncan Hines and its new Frosting Creations line. I had a chance to sit down recently with Chef Joe (Chef Joe DiPaolo is the corporate pastry chef at Duncan Hines) and go over the new product line.

Flavors! There are twelve now, more expected as the line grows. Chef Joe said he's been working on this new line for two and a half years. Busy moms and dads (Chef Joe has a newborn at home, I heard) especially will love this line, as kids can participate in the flavor choices and the mixing/making of the frosting. Perfect for bake sales!

Chef Joe decorating mini cupcakes:

I tried the best-selling cotton candy (tastes just like cotton candy!) and the caramel, which had a milky, creamy cajeta/dulce de leche-like flavor. Heavy on the dairy notes.

While the new line is available at Wal-Mart now, it should be available everywhere baking products are sold soon. Flavor base will go for about $1.90 and the flavor packets should be approximately $1.00. You'll need to buy the flavor base and a flavor packet to make the frosting but it's self-explanatory and very simple. Chef Joe made a frosting kit for me in less than a minute.

We're giving away Duncan Hines Frosting Creations VIB (Very Important Baker) package for one lucky winner. The VIB box contains: two cake mixes (chocolate and vanilla), three frosting bases, twelve flavor packets and a recipe book!  The giveaway is only open to United States residents with a street address (no PO boxes or APO/FPO, sorry).

To enter, please tell us your favorite Duncan Hines Frosting Creations packet flavor (see list here) and leave a contact email address in the comment section, below. We will randomly select a winner on Monday, March 19, 2012 at 5:00 pm EST, and contact you via email. Products will be shipped from the company, not CTTC.

You can keep up with Duncan Hines on Facebook and Twitter too. Check back often as I hear that a recipe challenge with gifts and prizes will soon be posted.

Behind the Scenes at Prohibition Bakery, In the Kitchen

I am always curious to see bakeries in action, and getting a chance to check in with Brooke and Leslie of Prohibition Bakery was an interesting experience. They, like many NYC cupcakeries, bake in a commercial kitchen, this one located on the Lower East Side.

Since they specialize in vice cupcakes, I saw a lot of booze standing by, and flowing:

Leslie making the ganache.

For the new Southampton Spring cupcakes: Southampton Grand Cru ale, orange, coriander, and black radish!

The ladies were working hard (800 cupcakes hard) on a top-secret VIP party, which I was not allowed to name.

Leslie's spinning oven mitts:

Now you tell me, is that a satisfied grin on Brooke's face or what??

A job well done.

Plus, I left with one of my all-time favorite cupcakes (now with new, improved pretzel topper):





SO good! Pretzels & beer cupcake mini, made with Nutella.

You can see the whole set of images here, and keep up with Prohibition Bakery on Facebook and Twitter.



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Fat Ninja vs. The World's Largest Cupcake

Care to pick a winner?

Cupcake. FTW.

Great ink and watercolor artwork courtesy dorkboycomics.

We Will Miss You going away cupcakes

Going away cupcakes by Animated Cupcakes in Garden Grove, California, via Flickr. Visit them at animatedcupcakes.com for ordering information.

Wedding Favors: Cupcake Chair Boxes

What a sweet wedding party idea, individual cupcake chair boxes!

From totcupcakes in Kuala Lumpur, who calls these doorgifts.

Star Wars Cupcakes

Awesome. Who doesn't like Star Wars? Actually, I think I recall that Rachel's never seen it. I only saw the original (no prequels are anything) but I was a geek-happy kid.

Instagram shot courtesy PhelanRiessen.

Jellytots & Dollymixtures' Muppet-pops!

I'm thinking dollypops and cakepops are the same thing, but does it really matter when you can have these:

I am a major sucker for the Muppets and these are just perfect! Sadly (for me) they are a UK product and I have no trips planned to England anytime soon.

Beautifully made by Jellytots & Dollymixtures, fantastic image courtesy Keith Williamson. 

Ruffles, roses and hearts on springtime wedding cupcakes

Pretty flower cupcakes by Starbird Bakeshouse in Nelson, British Columbia, Canada, who can be reached at starbirdbakehouse at yahoo.com or 250-551-4681. Via Flickr. Beautiful! The purple ones are my favorites, not just because purple is my favorite color, but because there's so much going on, but it's subtle, and each cupcake is different from the other next to it. You can also keep up with them on Facebook.










wedding cupcakes

So Colorful!

And all adorable!

From RiseandShineBakery.

Happy 100th birthday, Oreo cookie, good for topping, baking inside and making penguins in cupcake form

Oreo cookies are delicious, if you ask me. I'm partial to the pry the cookie open and scrape out the sweet gooey part inside, then eat the cupcake method of eating them myself. Today is the 100th birthday of the Oreo cookie, which also makes a fabulous cupcake topper, or cupcake filler, as you can see below.




Oreo cupcakes by blogger Bakergirl, who has the recipe


Oreo baked inside a cupcake and a mini one on top, by melonqueen on Flickr


Oreo penguin cupcake by blogger my feelings taste like cupcakes, where you can get the recipe and decorating instructions, via Flickr: "Oreo crust, vanilla cake, cookies and cream Oreo filling, marshmallow frosting with an Oreo penguin face on top!"

Vegan Raspberry Tiramisu Cupcake

Man this sounds delicious!  Vegan raspberry tiramisu cupcake from Wildflour Vegan Bakery & Juice Bar in Pawtucket, Rhode Island.

Lovely image courtesy pag2525.

Welsh Cupcakes, Plus Knowledge

I am woefully ignorant about Welsh culture, so I have no idea why these are especially Welsh, but I can say they are lovely:

The daffodils are amazing! And, I just learned about lovespoons. Nifty.