Blow Pop cupcakes with bubble gum marshmallow buttercream and a strawberry marshmallow inside, plus recipe link

Yes, Blow Pops, the lollipop with bubble gum in the middle, can be paired with cupcakes, and marhsmallows! Get the recipe for bubble gum marshmallow buttercream (!!) and instructions at Cookies and Cups.



and the inside:

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.

Shamrock baked inside a cupcake for St. Patrick's Day

Shamrocks are definitely the hot cupcake item of the week, with St. Patrick's Day coming up tomorrow, whether it's shamrock sprinkles, shamrock cupcake toppers or shamrocks baked inside cupcakes!

Here's another fun way to show your St. Patrick's Day cupcake love with a surprise in the middle for the lucky cupcake eater. Find out from blogger Kelli's Cakes/Come Join Me In how to go from this:



to this:


via Flickr

Hidden gold inside St. Patrick's Day rainbow cupcakes, a must see

You won't have to search far for the gold in these St. Patrick's Day rainbow cupcakes, just bite in! They're by blogger Confessions of a Cookbook Queen, who has instructions on making your own.

Cake mix win: Cadbury creme egg in the middle cupcakes, plus Oreo cookies and cream, Andes Mint and chocolate potato chip cupcakes

Below are four outrageous, awesome cupcakes, all from one blog post by Love From the Oven and one mix, Duncan Hines Dark Chocolate Fudge cake mix. There's also mayonnaise involved. I hate mayonnaise but even I am willing to try it in my cupcakes if it will yield these! Visit Love From the Oven for more photos, recipes and instructions on making all four of these cupcakes: Cadbury Creme Egg, Oreo cookies, and cream Andes Mint chocolate, and chocolate potato chip! Kudos to Love From the Oven for making all these fun cupcakes (cue the words "frozen Cadbury creme egg") from such a basic set of ingredients.












Did you know March 14th is National Potato Chip Day? It is! We'll be blogging lots more potato chip cupcakes. And yes, i spend a lot of time studying the list of American food holidays! Speaking of which, why isn't there a Cadbury Creme Egg day??

St. Patrick's Day shamrock cutout filled cupcakes

Find out how to make these St. Patrick's Day chocolate cupcakes with American buttercream filling and a shamrock cutout over at Glorious Treats!

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!"

Oreo inside a cupcake, owls, Starry Night cupcake cake and flavors like energy drink poppyseed at Starry Night Cafe

Fun! An Oreo cookie inside a cupcake, available at Cupcake Wars competitors (August 2011) Starry Night Bakery in Westminster, Maryland, via their Facebook page. Visit starrynightbakery.com for more information. Other cupcake flavors include sugar free luscious lemon, salted caramel apple, VooDoo and more. These were their special Cupcake Wars flavors that were available in the bakery last year: Kona Coffee, Canned Ham Taro Root Slider, Energy Drink Ginger Poppy Seed and Pineapple Coconut. Vegan, gluten free and other custom cupcakes are also available; contact them at 410-871-9131. You can also follow them @starrynightcafe on Twitter. They're debuting new cupcake flavors today so keep up with their social media to find out what they are!

A special alert for those in their area looking for wedding cakes (or cupcakes): this Sunday, March 4th from 11-4 they are hosting a wedding cake tasting. Via their blog.





Here are a few more of their cupcakes:


owls!


custom cupcakes that say "Family is Always First" for Carroll Hospital Center


wedding cake and cupcakes


last but not least, Van Gogh's Starry Night as a pull-apart cupcake cake

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.

Happy Cherry Pie Day one day late or maybe early! Whipped cream filled cherry pie cake mix cupcakes

It's Cherry Pie Day around this time (the Examiner called it for yesterday while the food holiday list has it down at February 22, so whenever it is, here's a gooey cherry pie cupcake by blogger Pink Polka Dot Creations. These cherry pie cupcakes were made using a Betty Crocker filled cupcake cake mix. From the post: "I simply opened a can of cherry pie filling and put that on top of the cupcake and then used the canned whipped cream for the whipped cream."

Malted rocky road brownie cupcakes with almond bark and recipe link

Yes, you read that title correctly: these are malted rocky road brownie cupcakes with almond bark too! Wow. They're by blogger Confessions of a Cookbook Queen, where you can get the recipe.

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.

Red velvet Mardi Gras cupcake from Disneyland

This cream cheese frosting filled red velvet Mardi Gras cupcake at Disneyland was snapped by Amanda Ficili of Disney Go To Girl, and posted at Disney Food Blog. The red velvet cupcake is topped with green and purple whipped cream cheese frosting, and the whole thing is accented by “a white chocolate ornament dusted with gold glitter, a hand painted chocolate curl, and a Venetian cookie mask!” says Amanda!

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."

Chocolate mousse mini cupcakes for Valentine's Day and chocolate cake recipe link

Sweet! By Good Golly Miss Holly in Jacksonville and Orlando, Florida, is offering chocolate mousse mini cupcakes today for Valentine's Day, made of Chocolate Cake, Vanilla Buttercream, Chocolate Mousse Filling, topped with a Milk Chocolate Cherry Calla Lily. Of course they also have Super Bowl Sunday football cupcakes. Via Facebook, where you can also get their recipe for chocolate cake. Visit sweetbyholly.com for more information.

Li Hing Lemon, Angry Gorilla and Banana Split cupcakes by Brandon Cakes in Honolulu, Hawaii

Brandon Cakes brought what I think were the biggest cupcakes to our Honolulu cupcake meetup. They were majestic looking, as I hope you can tell from below. I'd never had nor heard of Li hing* and it was interesting, a very strong taste that took some getting used to for me, but I liked the lemon cake and frosting (and the Li Hing lemon cupcake got rave reviews from several attendees). I preferred the banana split, which had a light, spongy filling, and a good combination of flavors and textures. I ate so many cupcakes I had to take some home, and those are a bit of a blur in my mind so I can't tell you much about the angry gorilla, but it's part of a whole line of alcohol-based cupcakes Brandon Cakes sells. All of Brandon's cupcakes were gobbled up fast. If I have time during my last 3 days, I will try some more but I have had such an amazing time in Honolulu, I'm already plotting when I can come back!

They're based in Kailua and do custom cupcake and sell their cupcakes at Food Company on Tuesdays and Thursdays (The Enchanted Lake Shopping Center, 1020 Keolu Drive, Kailua, HI). You can find out more at brandoncakes.com and on Facebook and @brandoncakes on Twitter and contact them for fastest service by phone or text to 808-780-3505 or by emailing sales at brandoncakes.com. You can also email kuhpkeyk at gmail.com to get on their email list for flavor updates.












inside the banana split cupcake




me with Brandon

*Once again, some info from Wikipedia, this time on Li Hing:

Li hing mui is salty dried plum. It was made popular in Hawaii by Yee Sheong, who in early 1900, had began importing Li hing mui and various other preserved fruits from China to Hawaii. The Li Hing Mui craze was started by Yee and flourished with the company he founded, Yick Lung. It can be found in Hawaiian and Asian markets. It has a strong, distinctive flavor, and is often said to be an acquired taste, as it has a combination of sweet, sour, and salty taste. It has also been described as tart, and even tangy. Originally from China, the name "li hing mui" means "traveling plum". "Li hing" is "traveling" and "mui" is "plum."