Pistachio cupcake with whipped cream frosting at Brooklyn Cupcake, plus NYC charity cupcake competition March 25th

This cupcake was delicious! It's a seasonal cupcake at Brooklyn Cupcake; I don't know how long they'll have it, so if you're in New York, get on over to Williamsburg and try it. I fully admit to not being a "pistachio person" but I liked this because the flavor didn't overwhelm you. It was sweet, with more than a hint of pistachio, but not so much that it bombarded my taste buds. And the cake was green! One thing I love, aside from the taste of the cupcakes at Brooklyn Cupcake and the unique flavors, is that they put so much effort into each cupcake, researching, weighing various options and ways of creating any given cupcake flavor. If you talk to the owners, they'll tell you that they truly take the time to perfect each new flavor and make sure it's what they want it to be before selling it. Visit brooklyncupcake.com for more information, and keep up with them on Facebook, because they're constantly innovating and adding flavors.



Also, Sunday, March 25th, at Taj II in the Flatiron District (it's changed from the poster below) they're part of a charity cupcake event in Manhattan to support the group A Young Mother's D.R.E.A.M. - visit Eventbrite for details and to register:

Local pastry chefs in the NYC area compete once again for the $250 GRAND PRIZE and the notoriety and business that come with winning CupCake Wars NYC!

Join us for a great afternoon of networking, food and fun. There will be over 500 cupcakes in the building along with 20 different flavors. As an attendee you can sample every flavor as long as supplies last!

3 cupcake meetups, 3 cities: Chicago (tomorrow, St. Patrick's Day!), Brooklyn, Seattle

Our next 3 meetups are happening tomorrow, March 17th, at Swirlz in Chicago, March 25th at Baked in Red Hook, Brooklyn, and April 7th at Trophy Cupcakes in the Wallingford Center in Seattle! Hope to see you there. Details below, no RSVP needed. Email us at cupcakestakethecake at gmail.com if you have questions, and if you're hosting a cupcake meetup in your city, let us know and we'll spread the word.


Guinness and Jameson cupcakes (gluten-free and vegan cupcakes will be available, first 2 dozen cupcakes are FREE, so come early)
Swirlz Cupcakes meetup
March 17, noon-1 pm
swirlzcupcakes.com
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Baked meetup
359 Van Brunt Street, Red Hook, Brooklyn
March 25, 2-4 pm
bakednyc.com
Facebook


Trophy Cupcakes meetup
April 7, 11:30-1 pm
(aka, the day hi hats go on sale!!)Wallingford Center, 1815 N. 45th Street, Suite 209, Seattle
trophycupcakes.com
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Some of the cutest cupcakes you'll ever see: high heels, Twinkie heads, gumball machines, goldfish, Smurfs, brides, Matisse, Mondrian, Van Gogh and more

This cupcake spotlight could have been much, much longer, but I want to encourage you to check out Only in Bucks for a fun, brilliant, smile-inducing look at cupcake creativity in action. The press tends to focus on business and bakeries to the exclusion of the true heart of the cupcake revolution: cupcake lovers, at home, baking their hearts out. I love cupcake bakeries, of course, but the reason cupcakes are still as popular as ever (more, actually) is that they are something we can truly personalize in any and every way. Just look at how many high heel cupcakes have been created only in the past 2 months! Via @PinkeandBrowne on Twitter. This made my day!

From the post:

Last weekend I had the privilege to photograph Peddlers Village's first annual Cupcake Decorating Competition. Held at Giggleberry Fair, it was one of the special events planned to celebrate their 50th anniversary. I was the only blogger invited, and I must say... I felt pretty cool when I was allowed to enter the roped off section and preview the all the entries!

With over 1,000 cupcakes competing in various categories, I had to to quickly devise my own grading system. Anything you see here falls under one of my own categories: Pretty, Creative, or Simply Adorable. For those of you who didn't make it to the competition, here's a little "taste."

beautiful high heel cupcakes (I'd eat these, and I'd wear the real shoe version!)











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Tonight! Cupcakes and wine pairing in Cleveland Ohio by Emerging Chefs

Wine and cupcake lovers, here's an event for you, tonight from 6-8 pm at 740 W Superior Avenue in Cleveland, Ohio! Sign up at Eventbrite. If anyone goes, we'd love some photos!



Corks & Cupcakes™

A Beautiful Selection of Italian Wines and Gourmet Cupcakes

It always provides us great joy to indulge in wonderful food and wickedly good culinary combinations. There is nothing more sinful for a foodie than good rich wines and sumptuous cupcakes. We decided to celebrate the great wines of Italy with a delicious selection of those delightful confections. Come join us as we toast (literally) the All American Cupcake or fairy cake or patty cake – or whatever you wish you to name these beautiful, tasty little cakes.

The Emerging Chefs are going to offer you a stunning selection of Italian whites, reds and proseccos. We will guide you through the rich tastes, aromas and whims of the Italian wines with the expert tutelage of Margaret Mann and Raffaele Scettro of Tuscany Distributors (http://tuscanydistributors.com/ohio/). They will work with cupcake baker extraordinaire Lilia Lipps of Indulgence Cakes (www.indulgencecakes.com) to pair an amazing collection of wines with an insane selection of cupcakes. Never has there been such a daring dessert experience like “Corks and Cupcakes.” And all of this indulgence will take place at Shaheen Modern and Contemporary Art (www.shaheengallery.com) – a stunning 4,000 square foot exhibition space in Downtown Cleveland. It will definitely be a night of beautiful art, wine and dessert all served with Cleveland flair.

When: March 8, 2012/6-9pm

Where: Shaheen Gallery - Downtown Gallery

Dress: Trendy chic.

And here's the menu, via Indulgence Cakes on Facebook:

Amuse Bouche: Lure Me In
Strawberry Thyme Shortbread/Lemon Curd/Red Wine Caviar
Prosecco

Course #1 Take Me on a Picnic
Cheese, Nuts and Honey
LuGana

Course #2 Wine Me, Dine Me…Make Me Sparkle
Cannoli Cupcake
Sangue Di Giuda

Intermezzo Give Me a Break!
Mint Julep Panna Cotta
Spring Water w/Mint

Course #3 Butter Me Up Buttercup
Salted Caramel Cupcake
Pinot Nero

Course #4 Marry Me at Breakfast
Chocolate Bacon Cupcake w/Caramel Espresso Buttercream
Giome

Indulgence Cakes images via Facebook (don't reflect above menu):

Want a free cruise to Bermuda? Start spreading the word!

We are gearing up for August and our big Cupcake Lover's Cruise to Bermuda, a one-of-a-kind event, and are looking forward to meeting many of you and learning about cupcake decorating from bestselling cookbook authors Karen Tack and Alan Richardson, creators of the famous high heel shoe cupcakes, getting recipe development advice from Baked owners Matt Lewis and Renato Poliafito, and the master baking class by Robicelli's owners Allison and Matt Robicelli, as well as a private cupcake party on the beach and other special events.

I wanted to remind you that you can join us on our cupcake cruise for free. If you refer 15 people, you cruise for free! Details are below, and if you're interested , make sure to email info at cupcakecruise.com or call 800-828-4813 (Hartford Holidays, the travel agency we're working with) and tell them you're going to be referring people so they can put your name into the system. Make sure people give your name when they call to put down their room deposits. You can also contact them if you have any questions about the cruise or this promotion. If you're part of a book club, neighborhood group, mailing list or other social group and are interested in cruising with us, encourage your friends who might want to join to get in touch. For those in New York City, do join us Sunday, March 25th from 2-4 pm for cupcakes and cruise talk at Baked, 359 Van Brunt Street, Red Hook, Brooklyn, for our monthly meetup.

Help Us Promote The First Ever "Cupcakes Take The Cake" Cruise and You Could Sail With Us For Free*!

We are very excited to host our first ever Cupcake Lovers Cruise, and we would like to give anyone willing and able to help us promote this cruise the opportunity to sail for FREE*

Simply agree to distribute flyers, e mails or any other information pertinent to the cruise to your customers, friends, family, neighbors and if a minimum of 15 cabins get booked through your efforts, you & a guest will cruise with us for free!

We will supply you with flyers for distribution as well as assist you with email or websites campaigns you may wish to create. We will keep track of those you refer and let you know when you have reached your 15 cabins! Many of our guests are hosting their own Cupcake Cruise Parties to promote their efforts. We will supply you with Cupcake Cruise Party invitations that you can send to friends, family & customers and if you are in the NY/NJ area we are happy to attend and help you! We will design special dollars off promotions for you to offer during your party!

* Port charges, government taxes and fee's and gratuities will be extra. For Bermuda itinerary typically $390 per person total

CupcakeCamp Bournemouth is looking for more cupcakes and prize donations

Here's a guest post from the organizers of CupcakeCamp Bournemouth, which is coming up on March 17th!



As many of you are aware and if you haven’t already heard, Bournemouth’s second Cupcake Camp is due to take place at the Bournemouth Pavilion Theatre in Bournemouth, Dorset UK on Saturday 17th of March from 2-5pm. Cupcake Camps originated in the States and bring together Cupcake lovers everywhere to enjoy and celebrate the cupcake whilst raising money for charity. Last year’s Cupcake Camp took place at the Lighthouse and raised nearly £1700 for Macmillan Cancer Support. This year the organizers Margaret Hitchman of Cake Heaven and Melanie Kiani of Simply Events are supporting the NSPCC’s Childline – now in it’s 25th year – and have Esther Rantzen opening the Camp as their Celebrity judge. They also hope to raise money for a local charity Diverse Abilities Plus through the raffle. The money is raised is through the public paying £1 - £2 per cupcake, as bakers from as far as Sussex travel with their beloved cupcakes to donate them to charity. On top of the cupcake donations there are various competitions the bakers enter to win the coveted title of Best of show and there are prizes to be won too! SO far the Cupcake tally is at 1864 but more cakes are needed!!

This year the organizers have opened the event up to include Giant Cupcakes, Brownies, pastries, cookies and cake pops so there will be plenty to enjoy for everyone!

Cupcake Camp will also have a live show to include singers and acrobats and cheerleaders, as well as stallholders selling beautiful gifts, jewellery and make up for you to treat your mum for Mother’s day the following day. There’s fun and cupcake decorating as well as creative crafts provided by Creation Station so kids will really enjoy the FREE day out!

Margaret Hitchman the organizer has been astounded at the wonderful support they have received but there’s always room for more cakes. If you are interested in donating to Cupcake Camp to support this worthy cause then please get in touch with Margaret on 07762 788559 or by emailing her on mycakeheaven at gmail.com or via their facebook page – http://www.facebook.com/cupcakecampbournemouth

They are also needing local businesses to donate prizes such as Spa Days, Children’s Cake Decorating sets, Icing sets, Tins and bakeware, Food mixers, Bowls and whisks, Cake stands, Books, Spatulas, Aprons, Books, tea towels, oven gloves in matching sets, weekend breaks, meals out or vouchers or anything that you think you could spare as they have 14 categories they are looking for prizes for as well as the raffle.

So why not pop along on 17th of March to the Pavilion, Bournemouth and grab yourself a cupcake – you know you want to!

Learn how to make green velvet cupcakes at Trophy Cupcakes' St. Patrick's Day cupcake decorating class tomorrow

Trophy Cupcakes in Seattle is holding a St. Patrick's Day cupcake decorating class tomorrow night, March 7th, from 6-7:30 pm, at their new party room in their Wallingford Center location (which is also where we're holding a cupcake meetup on Saturday, April 7th, 1-2:30!). Details:

Join our founder, baker and party maker Jennifer (O')Shea for a night of shamrocks, rainbows and maybe even a pot of gold (aka edible gold glitter)! This will be a green filled night with hands ...on decorating instruction in a party atmosphere that will include Trophy cupcakes, prosecco and yummy hors d'oeuvres.

Guests of our class will learn the basics of using pastry bags and tips, how to hand-frost with an offset spatula, how to create professional looking cupcakes, how to make custom colors of sparkly sanding sugar and the tricks of the trade that make Trophy’s Cupcakes so beautiful. In addition to receiving cupcake-decorating instruction, Jennifer and her team will also share their favorite St. Patrick's party ideas and the secret to making "Green Velvet" cupcakes with the class.

Each guest will take home the four cupcakes they decorate in a signature Trophy box. This class is appropriate for beginners.

The class is $50 per student. To sign up please call our party line at 206-390-0900. Please note *Our class size is limited and we tend to sell out quickly.

They're also selling Guinness chocolate stout cupcakes with Irish cream buttercream frosting this month. Visit trophycupcakes.com and their Facebook page for more information.

Brooklyn meetup alert: Eat cupcakes and learn about our Cupcake Cruise at Baked in Red Hook March 25th!

Mark your calendars for our next cupcake meetup, 3 weeks from today at Baked in Red Hook, Brooklyn, 359 Van Brunt Street, from 2-4 pm. Eat cupcakes with us and learn more about our Cupcake Cruise to Bermuda, from August 19-26, 2012, featuring Baked owners Matt Lewis and Renato Poliafito. You can take the B61 bus from Atlantic Avenue. Check HopStop for the best route from where you are. Bring cash/credit/debit cards for cupcakes and refreshments. Join our meetup group here to find out about our latest events and follow Baked on Facebook. Below is the official description of the recipe development class they'll be teaching:

Recipe Development Seminar
Cookbook authors and bakery owners Matt Lewis and Renato Poliafito will talk about recipe development. Much like food writing, recipe development is taking what inspires you and telling a story with food. They will talk about the importance of reading cookbooks, tinkering with recipes and being inspired by ingredients. Recipe development seminar will also cover testing ideas, scaling up, making notes of what works, and finding the personality in each recipe.

Cupcake chuck, cupcake samples and cupcake decorating at KC Cakefest

Tomorrow is official the start of KC Cakefest, which, according to The Pitch, is:

Cake challenges look incredible on television. They’re even more amazing in person. That’s the idea behind celebrity baker Mike Elder’s charity CakeFest on Saturday and Sunday at the Kansas City Convention Center. A dozen cake artists, each of whom has appeared in a televised competition, battle it out. Events include cake demonstrations, a cake decorating expo, a cake dive and a cupcake chuck. And at 1 p.m. Saturday, Elder attempts to break the world record for the world’s fastest edible car — it’s a hot rod made of cake. KC CakeFest is a benefit for the Whole Person, a nonprofit that helps people with disabilities lead independent lives. Admission costs $40 to each of the celebrity cake battles, taking place Saturday at 6 p.m. and Sunday at 3 p.

There are classes today, and you can find out more and get the scheduleat their website and Facebook page. I'd love to know more about what a cupcake chuck is - if anyone goes and has photos and would like to do a guest post, email us at cupcakestakethecake at gmail.com with "KC Cakefest" in the subject!

Meet chef and cupcake baker Michelle Garcia of The Bleeding Heart Bakery at The Apple Store Chicago March 13th

Geeks and cupcake fans: check out this fun, free event March 13th at 7 pm in Chicago with Michelle Garcia of The Bleeding Heart Bakery at the Apple Store at 801 W. North Avenue. "Meet chef Michelle Garcia at this event and learn how she incorporates passion and technology into her Bleeding Heart Bakery eateries." Via No One Puts Cupcake in a Corner, aka Sandy Ploy of Iron Cupcake Milwaukee!, who will also be there! Visit thebleedingheartbakery.com and their Facebook page to learn more about them.




The Bleeding Heart Bakery red velvet cupcakes - taken by me several years ago, hopefully I can get back there during my brief Chicago trip in a few weeks!

Wedding cupcake tastings at Main Street Cupcakes in Ohio

Main Street Cupcakes, with locations in Medina, and Rocky River, Ohio, is offering wedding cupcake tastings. Find out more at mainstreetcupcakes.com and keep up with them on Facebook. The photos below are a wedding cupcake tower, appropriately, and groundhog cupcakes, just because they're cute!

3 opportunities to test out the wedding cupcakes at Main Street Cupcakes in Ohio.

Saturday, March 3rd at our Medina Location
Sunday, March 4th at Rocky River and Hudson
Sunday, March 11th at Rocky River and Hudson

$5/person 12:00pm-2:00pm (Reservations required! Try an array of our cupcakes and learn more about Cupcake Wedding Cakes: the cutest trend in Weddings!Due to the size of our shops we kindly ask for a limit of 4 persons per wedding. So no more than you and 3 friends ;)
Reservations and pre-payment required: Please Call 440.331.3661 for our Rocky River shop, 330.342.0833 for our Hudson shop and 330.725.6421 for Medina.

BOOK YOUR WEDDING WITH US AT ONE OF OUR GROUP TASTINGS ($150.00 deposit) AND RECEIVE A COMPLIMENTARY 6 INCH CAKE TOPPER. ($45 value!) This is one of the only wedding events we do all year and it books up most of our availability so mark your calendars and call us for reservations!

Sex and the City cupcakes for the end of New York Fashion Week, plus Chicago cupcake meetup March 17th

New York Fashion Week ends today, so here's some fitting Sex and the City and high heel cupcakes, from Chicago's Swirlz Cupcakes for a custom order. Speaking of Swirlz, I (Rachel) will be hosting a short but sweet meetup there on Saturday, March 17th, St. Patrick's Day, from noon to 1! First dozen cupcakes are on us; after that, you buy your own. Swirlz promises some special holiday treats and they also have plenty of gluten free cupcakes. Looking forward to meeting our Chicago readers (I'm in town very briefly, for a family wedding), 705 W. Belden Avenue, Chicago. Via Swirlz on Facebook. Visit swirlzcupcakes.com for more information.

Anti-Valentine's Day cupcake and wine pairing features "All The Single Ladies" and "Pour Some Sugar on Me" cupcakes

Austin, Texas, get ready for an unusual and sweet cupcake and wine pairing on Valentine's Day. I know I just blogged that we're going to be bombarding you with Valentine's Day cupcakes, and don't worry, we will, but this fun event by The Cupcake Bar and House Wine was too unusual not to highlight! It's happening 6-8 pm, tomorrow, February 14th, at House Wine, 408 Josephine Street, Austin, Texas. Via The Cupcake Bar on Facebook.

For all of you Ladies & Gents who think Cupid is Stupid, come on out to House Wine to enjoy a delicious ANTI Valentine's Cupakes & Wine pairing! Don't worry, you won't see a single convo heart or any obnoxious balloon bouquets!

Cupcake and Wine Pairing: $13

Cupcake Flavors:"All the Single Ladies" Cupcake- No Blue Ivy on this Cupcake, but you will get a yummy Strawberry Cupcake topped with a Strawberry Buttercream! Don't forget to "put a ring on it" because it will have a fun "Ring Pop" as a topper! FUN!

"I'm too Sexy for This...." Cupcake- Try a Dark Chocolate Cupcake filled with Whipped Cream. Topped with a Dark Chocolate Icing and a Cherry on Top... Pretty Sexy, dontcha think?!

"Pour Some Sugar on Me" Cupcake- Yes, we are children of the 80's, but what is more fun than a Vanilla Cupcake with a Raspberry Filling?! Don't forget the Vanilla Buttercream icing and the copious amounts of "sugar" crystals for toppinigs! Not only pretty, but yummy, too!

Wine Flavors:Queen of "BROKEN" Hearts, Cabernet Sauvignon,Santa Barbara 07. Roasted coffee and caramel over black berries.

"BLENDS HAVE MORE FUN" The Wolftrap, Rhone Blend, South Africa 05. Spicy, aromatic red blend matured in French oak.

"SWEET REVENGE" Widow of Devienne, Brut Rose’, France. Hints of strawberries, wild berries, citrus. Fresh and mineral, fine bubbles. Gamay, Cab Franc, Pineau d’Anuis

Free cupcakes tonight in San Francisco, plus red velvet and red rose Valentine's Day special, by Mission Minis

San Francisco, you're in luck - tonight mini cupcake company Mission Minis is celebrating their 2-year anniversary with a party and free cupcakes at 3168 22nd Street! Exciting. Here's the scoop, via Facebook:

This February marks two years the Mission Minis bakery has been operating in San Francisco. We are celebrating by throwing a party Saturday, the 11th of February, giving away our signature cupcakes and serving libations gratis to all patrons stopping by until supplies are exhausted. Mobile food vendors including Brass Knuckle, We Sushi, Mama's Empanadas and Clairesquares will be setting up in front of the bakery located on 22nd Street (between Mission and Capp).

They've also got this Valentine's Day red velvet/red roses promotion going on again this year:



Some other photos of their cupcakes from Facebook, including their San Francisco 49ers cupcakes. Visit missionminis.com for more information.

From Cupcakes With Love: Cupcake decorating contest Sunday, February 12th at Cakespy shop in Seattle!

This is one event you don't want to miss, Seattle! Via Cakespy hwere you can get more information. Also big congratulations to Jessie Oleson of Cakespy on her second book deal, a followup to the wonderful Cakespy Presents Sweet Treats for a Sugar-Filled Life! Here's the scoop: This one, also published through Sasquatch Books, is going to be super-special to me, as it is going to delve into the interesting history and back-stories behind many of my favorite sweet treats. It's going to be totally intellectual. And totally amusing. Perfect for the baked-goods buff, exploring the lure and lore of your favorite treats!"

Your mission, should you choose to accept it: rendezvous with GeekGirlCon and the CakeSpy on Sunday, February 12th to receive the secret code of baked goods and decorate some cupcakes donated by New York Cupcakes! 

Mission briefing:

Date: Sunday, February, 12, 2012
Where: CakeSpy Shop at 415 E. Pine Street, Seattle, WA 98122
Time: 2:00-4:00 PM*
Age: All ages
Cupcake decorating fee: $5

* Space is limited. Reserve your place today by emailing Kelly at SpecialEvents@geekgirlcon.com

Decorate cupcakes from 2:00-3:00 p.m. and then one winner in each of these categories: Sweetest, Most Magical, and Most Awesome. Come by the shop at 3:00 p.m. to cast your own vote for Crowd Favorite. Each winner will receive a fun prize. One of the prize will be from Glad Bunnies!

Who is CakeSpy? She is none other than Seattle’s own Jessie Oleson, illustrator, author, sweetness guru, and proprietor of Cake Spy Shop on Capitol Hill in Seattle. Her new book Sweet Treats for a Sugar-Filled Life  is full of ways to bring sweets to any culinary occasion. Biscuits with Chocolate Gravy, it doesn’t get much better than that. Visit CakeSpy.com for more information about Jessie, her book, and the shop.

CupcakeCamp Bournemouth is happening March 17th

The second annual CupcakeCamp Bournemouth is coming up March 17th! We'll have more info on it but wanted to give you a proper heads up about this fun event that will benefit a local charity. They are actively looking for cupcake donations (they're looking to get 4,000 cupcakes donated), and more information at cupcakecampbournemouth.co.uk and Facebook and @CupcakecampBmou on Twitter. More info on what they need in terms of bakers and volunteers is here. Questions? Contact organizer Mags Hitchman of Cake Heaven at mycakeheaven at gmail.com or 07762 788559.

Sneak Peek: Cupcake Challenge LA

Here's some pictures from the amazing event that was Cupcake Challenge LA! I'm still in the process of uploading pics and revising my notes so I'll have a full report complete with tons of pictures for you all later this week!

Cupcake Challenge LA TODAY!

Cupcake Challenge LA 2011 via Drink Eat Play

Today is the day! Cupcake Challenge LA 2012 is taking place today in Hollywood and I will be there taking tons of pictures, meeting with bakeries and tasting cupcakes until my sweet tooth explodes! Keep an eye out on the CTTC twitter as I'll be live tweeting photos and videos from the event!

This year's competitor's include (but aren't limited to):

Wonderland Custom Cakes
Sugar Babies Cupcakery
Jus Minis Cupcakes
Friandise Pastries
Sugar Jones Sweet Creations
The Cake Mamas
My Delight Cupcakery
Sweet Red Peach
Polkatots Cupcakes
Frosted Heaven Cupcakery
Bake You Happy
Double "D" Cupcakes
...and MANY MORE!

I'll have my full report for you guys next week on the event and the cupcakes!

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.