Beautiful St. Patrick's Day shamrock cupcakes with Bailey's Irish Cream/Frangelico/Creme de Cacao buttercream and recipe link

These beautiful St. Patrick's Day cupcakes are above and beyond your typical shamrock! They're made with Bailey's Irish Cream/Frangelico/Creme de Cacao buttercream and blogger Pink Martinis and Pearls has the recipe and cupcake decorating tips. Happy, boozy cupcake making!







From the post:

These friends play together beautifully and are three of the five ingredients in the espresso martinis that I love.

Bailey’s is creamy goodness. Frangelico is hazelnut-flavored liqueur and Crème de Cacao has a light chocolate flavor.

For the cupcakes, I substituted the liquid ingredients in the batter with two espresso martinis. Texturally, the recipe works but the intensity of the alcohol needs some refining but what I came up with for the icing is absolute perfection and I’d like to share the Irish love with you and how to decorate the shamrock cupcakes.

St. Patrick's Day Irish Cake Bomb cupcake for sale at Cupcake Royale in Seattle

St. Patrick's Day excitement is in full swing already at Seattle bakery Cupcake Royale, who say: "We've added Elliott Bay's organic No Doubt Stout to our moist chocolate cake and filled it with a bomb of Jameson Whiskey-infused buttercream frosting. Then we covered it with a whipped Irish Cream frosting, dusted with gold and sprinkled with shamrocks." Via Cupcake Royale on Facebook. Visit cupcakeroyale.com for locations and more information.

Someone is very ready for St. Patrick's Day, with Guinness, Bailey's and Harpoon Celtic Ale cupcakes

And that someone would be cupcakery Philly Cupcake! At least, according to this photo, which features cupcakes inspired by these alcoholic beverages. Via Facebook.

Sparkly red, white and blue and soaked amaretto cupcakes by City Cakes

Red, white, blue and silver star and soaked Lush amaretto cupcakes by New York City's City Cakes via Twitpic. Follow them @CityCakes on Twitter. No, they're not really related seasonally or thematically, but I saw them on Twitter and liked them both!

Guinness Stout cupcakes with whiskey ganache and Bailey's Irish Cream frosting for St. Patrick's Day with recipe link

Blogger Erin over at Lemon Sugar has made some extra boozed up St. Patrick's Day filled cupcakes (the shamrock toppers add an extra special touch), and she has the recipe along with some encouragement for you:

I know that some of these filled cupcake recipes seem intimidating when you read the recipe. There are quite a few steps involved, but it's definitely worth it. They payoff for your time is extraordinary. You can spend an hour making and frosting cupcakes from a box mix, or you can spend 90 minutes making these. And once you make your first successful filled cupcake, you'll be hooked. Using a pastry bag to frost cupcakes seems "fancy" but it's actually quite a time saver. I can frost 24 cupcakes in about a minute. You can buy a 16 inch pastry bag for about $4.00, and a tip for about $2.00.

12 margarita cupcakes for a Happy Margarita Day!

I know it's early, so I'm not necessarily suggesting you drink a margarita at 9 in the morning, or whatever time it is when you are reading this, but I did want to highlight 10 colorful, fun margarita cupcakes for National Margarita Day (today, February 22nd). Enjoy!


Recipe Girl isn't messing around: she's added a shot glass to her margarita cupcakes! Her recipe can be found here - it uses tequila and Grand Marnier.


Margarita cupcakes by Robicelli's, via Pink Memo (Robicelli's fans, don't forget, you can learn from their master class on baking cupcakes August 19-26 on our Cupcake Cruise to Bermuda!)


Margarita cupcakes by Brown Eyed Baker, where you can get the recipe. From the post: "They are definitely not innocent. They are all things tequila and lime. The cupcakes are buttery and moist. The frosting is velvety and buttery (more butter!). And there is a prevalent lime/tequila taste throughout."


Margarita cupcakes with Swiss meringue buttercream by Sweet Tooth, who has the recipe


Margarita cupcakes with lime curd filling and tequila-lime buttercream by Veggie by Season, who has the recipe


Margarita cupcakes with colorful flags - get the recipe from Cupcake Project


by Bunny's Warm Oven - click through for the recipe




Lime margarita cupcakes and strawberry margarita cupcakes, by Cake Dulce, who do custom cakes and cupcakes in Bowie and Silver Spring, Maryland, they can be reached at akedulce at gmail.com or 240-257-CAKE (2253).


by Domestic Pursuits using margarita mix, tequila and triple sec


Lime curd filled cupcakes plus lemon/lime buttercream with a big splash of tequila by A Dozen Eggs Bake Shoppe in Mount Holly, Vermont


Last but not least, but a fitting ending, The Angieriver Show takes the Recipe Girl recipe at the top and puts the cupcake in a margarita glass!

Raspberry red velvet chocolate ganache Oscar cupcakes for pre-order at Swirlz

Swirlz Cupcakes in Chicago has a new flavor, raspberry red velvet, for the Oscars, and are taking pre-orders through this Friday, February 24th. Specifically: "red velvet cake, filled with raspberry chocolate ganache, topped with cream cheese buttercream, dipped in chocolate, finished with a (raspberry) Framboise liqueur flower." Call them at 773-404-2253. And come to our meetup at Swirlz on March 17th, noon to 1, at 705 W. Belden, the first dozen cupcakes are on us! The ones on the bottom were their Valentine's Day cupcakes. Visit swirlzcupcakes.com and their Facebook page for more information.

Cupcakes on fire! Flaming Baked Alaska cupcakes with brandy by "cupcake arsonist" Sprinkle Bakes

Check out these outrageous and inventive cupcakes by blogger and "cupcake arsonists" Sprinkle Bakes, who has instructions and the recipe! Here's a teaser on how she makes them fire up: "To make the blue-flame magic happen, turn down the lights and sprinkle a couple of tablespoons of warmed brandy over each meringue-coated cupcake." They're a followup to her chocolate cupcakes with flaming strawberries, which I've also included a photo of below. Wow! Kudos to her for daring to break open the flames for the sake of a cupcake.

Just call me the cupcake arsonist.

This is the second time I've intentionally set fire to this cutesy confection. What's the appeal? Maybe I feel the cupcake could use a break from its curlicued reputation. Or maybe it appeals to my inner juvenile delinquent who loves to play with matches. All I know for sure is, this is one incredibly delicious show-stopping dessert! It's a perfect dramatic finale for any dinner party.

Patron margarita, banana pudding and banana split cupcakes drizzled with caramel and chocolate

Courtesy of Brown Sugar Bakeshop in Little Rock, Arkansas, some mouthwatering cupcakes to ogle. From their Facebook page: "Carnival season is in full effect, we will be offering King Cake Cupcakes & Hurricane Cupcakes this Friday and again on Mardi Gras(Fat Tuesday)!" They can be reached at info at brownsugarbakeshop.com or 501-372-4009 and you can find out more at www.brownsugarbakeshop.com.


Patron margarita cupcakes


banana pudding cupcakes


banana split cupcakes with caramel


more banana split cupcakes, this time with caramel and chocolate on top!

Be Mine, I Love You, heart, chocolate rose, chocolate strawberry and chocolate brandy cupcakes for Valentine's Day by London's Hummingbird Bakery

London cupcake special from The Hummingbird Bakery (various London, UK locations). Via @hummingbbakery on Twitter, some cute and love-filled Valentine's Day cupcakes. Visit hummingbirdbakery.com and their Facebook page for more information on pre-ordering them. They will also be for sale in the bakery February 11th.



Additionally, they have several special flavors:


"Fluffy chocolate sponge with a lightly whipped strawberry custard centre topped with a fabulously fruity swirl of strawberry frosting."


"Our signature chocolate sponge is paired with delicate rose-flavoured custard and rose-scented chocolate frosting."


"Hidden inside this chocolate sponge is a luxurious brandy-flavoured ganache centre. A deep layer of chocolate frosting and a blanket of chocolate shavings complete this sophisticated treat."

Honolulu's Let Them Eat Cupcakes launching three new flavors at First Friday tonight: Salted Caramel, White Russian and Ume

Honolulu cupcake bakery Let Them Eat Cupcakes brought some amazing cupcakes to our Honolulu cupcake meetup; they were so large and beautiful looking, with 7 awesome flavors.







I didn't get to try them all so I'm excited about tonight's First Friday in Honolulu's Chinatown to get to try the ones I missed and these exciting new ones below. Let Them Eat Cupcakes is a bakery and also does custom cupcakes. Contact them at 808-531-CAKE (2253) or nick at letthemeatcupcakes808.com and kawehi at letthemeatcupcakes808.com and find out more at letthemeatcupcakes808.com.

Photos below via their Facebook page.

1. (by popular demand) MOCHI, plus three NEW flavors...

2. SALTED CARAMEL ( a brown sugar cake with a salted caramel center, a caramel buttercream and a salted caramel topping)

3. WHITE RUSSIAN (an espresso and cream marble cake, a white chocolate and Kahlua ganache filling, topped with a Kahlua and vodka buttercream)

4. UME ( a white cake... with a ribbon of ume throughout, an ume buttercream, topped with a sugared ume)

their Ume cupcake

Beer and cupcake pairing event tonight with Batter Cupcakes and Crazy Mountain Brewing Company in Edwards, Colorado

Like beer and cupcakes? Check out this Batter Cupcakes of Vail, Colorado and Crazy Mountain Brewing Company special event. Via Facebook (photos are just from their wall photos, not necessarily the ones described below). Follow @battercupcakes on Twitter for the latest news. (Also, we love hearing about your events and try to cover as many as we can - email us at cupcakestakethecake at gmail.com with "Calendar" in the subject and include ALL details, including event name, date and time, address, description, price, URL and image, if there is one, and we'll add it to our rolling 30-day calendar at right and possibly post about it. We are also open to guest posts about big events like CupcakeCamp or events like this, either previews or reviews after the fact, by organizers or attendees.)

Batter meets Beer: A Cupcake and Beer Pairing
Friday February 3rd 5:30pm @ Crazy Mountain Brewery!!
Lava Lake Wit paired with Flora Cupcake: Lemon Lavender Cake, Topped with Ginger Cream Cheese Frosting
Crazy Mountain Amber Ale paired with Lust Cupcake: Chocolate Cake filled with Homemade Caramel, Topped with Cream Cheese Frosting
SnowCat Coffee Stout paired with The Bomb Cupcake: Snowcat Coffee Stout Cake topped with Bailey's Irish Cream Frosting
Tickets are $10.00 in advance.

Jello shot chilled vodka mini cupcakes for your Super Bowl party

Get the recipe for these jello shot chilled vodka mini cupcakes for your Super Bowl party (or any time) at BetterRecipes.

Free cupcakes tonight at cupcake happy hour at Kickass Cupcakes

Yes, Kickass Cupcakes is one of the most frequent bakeries where you can find free cupcakes, especially with their cupcake happy hours, but pay attention to them on Facebook for other freebie opportunities too! Tonight cupcake happy hour features Dogfish Head Craft Brewed Ales is 5-8 pm (or until they run out) at 378 Highland Avenue - Davis Square, Somerville, Massachusetts. Visit kickasscupcakes.com for more information.


Fort (lemon cupcake, fort gelee center, fort raspberry icing, raspberry jam), World Wide Stout (chocolate cupcake, world wide stout frosting) and Immort (vanilla cupcake soaked with immort syrup, maple icing, juniper candy) Dogfish Head Ale cupcakes - free mini versions tonight at cupcake happy hour, full size for sale in the bakery

Cupcake Jello Shots!

The weekend is nearly here! Do you have any plans yet? Planning a party perhaps? Well why not indulge in some grown up cupcake treats? Sweet Tooth's creator Erica adapted a recipe to create these delectable birthday cake flavored shots! After looking at the recipe the real kicker in this recipe is cake flavored vodka! Check out the recipe for yourself here!

Happy hour cupcakes! Ciroc, Moscato, Seagram's gin, brandy, Courvoisier, Hypnotiq, Hennessey, and other alcohol cupcakes by Neco's Cupcake Bar

Neco's Cupcake Bar in Richmond, Virginia specializes in alcohol-based cupcakes. All these photos are from @NecosCupcakeBar on Twitter. I'm posting this at 6:00 New York time, which I think is still fair game for happy hour. Contact them at info @ necoscupcakebar.com or 804-433-8331 for custom orders and see their full menu on their website. Here's what they say about their cupcakes:

*Moscato Nights: Moscato spiked cupcakes featuring Moscato Buttercream frosting.
*Ciroc (Peach, Berry, Coconut and Original) featuring spiked Buttercream frosting.
*Patron-Lime Cupcakes (An #RVA favorite)
*Patron-Lemon Cupcakes
*Nuvo Lemon Sorbet Cupcakes
*Pink Nuvo Nights Cupcakes
* Verdi Cupcakes (Raspberry Sparkletini, Peach Sparkletini, & Green Apple Sparkletini )


berry Ciroc cupcake


Moscato and chocolate cupcakes


Seagram's gin cupcakes


E&J Brandy chocolate cupcakes


Hypnotiq cupcakes




Hennessey cupcakes


Courvoisier cognac cupcakes


Guilty Pleasure cupcake