Oscars Best Picture nominee cupcakes: Hugo, War Horse, Midnight in Paris, The Artist, The Descandants, The Help

Cupcakes Couture of Manhattan Beach is ready for the Oscars tonight, with 6 of the 9 Best Picture nominees in cupcake form: Hugo, War Horse, Midnight in Paris, The Artist, The Descendants, The Help. Which will win, and which cupcake is your favorite? I also couldn't resist their 3 kinds of Valentine's Day cupcakes and adorable football cake pops! All via their Facebook page. Follow them @CupcakesMB on Twitter.


Oscar nominee Best Picture cupcakes




apple cobbler cupcakes








more Parisian cupcakes


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"Unbaked" Super Bowl raw food football cupcakes

From the always-fun blog Rawdorable, football cupcakes! Visit her for the recipes.

5 New York Giants Super Bowl victory cupcakes and a Giants cupcake cake

To celebrate the New York Giants winning the Super Bowl, here are 5 cupcakes - if you've made more, let us know @cupcakeblog on Twitter (we often retweet things that come to our attention) or send the our way at cupcakestakethecake at gmail.com with "Giants" in the subject line and we will try our best to post them.


by Batter Up! Cupcakes in Stamford, Connecticut


by Crumbs Bakeshop - for sale at their NYC Wall Street and Broad Street locations (via @CrumbsBakeShop on Twitter


by @BlueStovePie on Twitter


Cookies & cream & Vanilla/vanilla with fondant & royal icing Giants logos by Cupcake KITSCHen via Flickr




Blue velvet cupcakes with buttercream frosting and red nonpareils by Giants fan and blogger The Avid Appetite - click through for the recipe!

and a bonus...a Giants cupcake cake by Polkadot Cupcake Shop via Flickr.

New York Giants Super Bowl victory cupcakes

We'll have more Giants cupcakes and, of course, Valentine's Day cupcakes, this week, but for now, here are some Giants cupcakes by Cupcake Blvd. in the Washington, DC area, via Flickr. The football one is a s'mores cupcake (yay!) and the others are vanilla with vanilla or chocolate buttercream. You can also find them on Facebook.

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.

Super Bowl Sunday football cupcake cake and free cupcakes every Sunday at PJ's Baby Cakes

Check out this Super Bowl football cupcake cake that PJ's Baby Cakes of Lincoln, Nebraska made! Go team(s)! Via Facebook. And I didn't even know they do this special free cupcake offer every week. That instantly makes them even cooler than I thought they were. I'm on a mission to eat cupcakes in all 50 United States; Hawaii was my 18th, Wisconsin will be my 19th, but maybe Nebraska should be my 20th. From Facebook: "Flavors of the Day - Irish Bombs, Pretzels & Beer, and Gameday Cakes for your party. Every Sunday is Customer Appreciation Day- get any cupcake of choice for FREE- just for stopping by. Others Flavors today are- Vanilla- Chocolate- Red Velvet- Lemon- Tuxedo- Carrot Cake- “Sprinkles”- Strawberries & Cream- & a Peanut Butter variety!" Visit pjsbabycakes.com for more information.

Patriots vs. Giants Super Bowl XLVI cupcakes

These fun team spirit New England Patriots vs. New York Giants cupcakes are by blogger Cupcake Adventures, who you can also find on Facebook. They're chocolate cupcakes with vanilla buttercream and white chocolate cupcake toppers. Via Flickr. The other day my friend said, "Rachel, who's playing in the Super Bowl? I know you'll know, because of cupcakes." And he was right! So thank you to all of you who've raised my football awareness by 1000%.

Patriots vs. Giants Super Bowl cupcakes plus Valentine's Day love at 21 Cakes in Scottsdale

Scottsdale, Arizona's 21 Cakes, located at 7001 N. Scottsdale Road, Suite #175, is ready for the Super Bowl with these Patriots vs. Giants cupcakes! From their Facebook page, along with the love Valentine's Day cupcakes. Email linda21cakes at gmail.com or call 602-316-4435 about ordering some for your Super Bowl (or other) party, and find out more at 21cakes.com. I wonder if party throwers are stocking up on just "their" team's cupcakes, or buying both?

Super Bowl, Valentine's Day, Mardi Gras and key lime cupcakes by Chicago's Sugar Bliss Cake Boutique

Chicago's Sugar Bliss Cake Boutique is celebrating lots of holidays with cupcakes! All limited edition. From their newsletter and Facebook page. See sugarblisscakes.com for more information.


Super Bowl 2012 cupcakes, available February 2-5. New England Patriots vs New York Giants. Black & White and Vanilla Vanilla cupcakes with New England Patriots and New York Giants theme and a football logo.


Valentine's Day conversation heart and sweetheart velvet cupcakes, available February 6-14.


Sneak peek, Mardi Gras cupcakes: Black & White and Vanilla Vanilla cupcakes with green and purple frosting. Available February 17-21.


Key lime cupcakes available through February 5th. "Key lime cake with key lime cream cheese frosting topped with a slice of lime and a graham cracker."

How to Decorate: Superbowl Cupcakes

It's nearly Superbowl Sunday! Are you prepared for the big game already? You may have planned the snacks and even the main course but have you figured out what's for dessert? Well, it could very well be these deliciously simple Superbowl Cupcakes created by Miss Make! Devon designed an easy to follow guide so you all can have these festive treats for your own Superbowl parties! Check it out here!

Georgetown Cupcake to open February 11 in SoHo, New York City, plus Super Bowl cupcakes

This just in from Village Voice food blog Fork in The Road, something that's been hinted at for months now: the opening of famous cupcakery Georgetown Cupcake at 111 Mercer Street in SoHo in New York City:

"In addition to our flagship location in Georgetown, we ship our cupcakes nationwide, and the number-one shipping destination for our cupcakes was New York City," explained Katherine. "We were also driving cupcakes up to New York City frequently for large parties and events. We had so many people asking us to bring Georgetown Cupcake to New York, so when we found the perfect spot in Soho, it was a very easy decision for us."

The shop will officially open on Saturday, February 11, and will feature the sisters' signature baked goods, including their most popular seller, the red velvet cupcake, and flavors including salted caramel and peanut butter fudge. The sweet treats will be baked daily on-site and packaged in the sisters' signature pink boxes.

And expect to see the new shop making a cameo on the television show. "We're filming a special episode on the construction and lead-up to the grand opening of our Soho shop so people can see what really goes into starting a bakery from scratch, and we'll also be filming new episodes of the show in Soho in the spring, as well as in D.C.," notes Katherine. Adds Sophie, "We're so excited to finally be opening in Soho! We can't wait to meet everyone and hope that everyone has a chance to visit and enjoys our cupcakes."

My first home in New York was a dorm at 240 Mercer Street so I'm looking forward to checking this out, though SoHo is probably the most oversaturated cupcake bakery area of Manhattan now, with Billy's Bakery, Little Cupcake, Ivy Bakery, Baked by Melissa and SoHo-adjacent Molly's Cupcakes and Sweet Revenge. I hope the lines aren't as gargantuan as they are in DC; the last time I was in Georgetown I didn't have two hours to wait. Here are the Super Bowl cupcakes they're selling, via their Facebook page.



More info on them: "Each cupcake is a Valrhona chocolate cupcake, filled with dark fudge and frosted with green-tinted butter cream “grass.” The cupcakes are then decorated with fondant footballs, Patriots and/or Giants jerseys. For the Patriots, the fondant jersey has Tom Brady’s number on it, and for the Giants, the fondant jersey has Eli Manning’s number. Georgetown Cupcake Super Bowl cupcakes are available by pre-order only and are $2.75 each, $15 per half dozen, and $29 per dozen. These will be available for pick-up, local delivery, and national shipping." See georgetowncupcake.com for more information.

Baked Is Baking Superbowl Cupcakes

The Giants vs. The Patriots...It is an East Coast showdown. If you are not fans of either, we know you love cupcakes. If you are having a party this weekend in NYC, you may want to order some cupcakes from Baked. Like them on Facebook, too. PS. Matt and Renato from Baked are joining us on the Cupcake Cruise, so make your reservation today.

New York Giants and New England Patriots Super Bowl cupcakes this weekend at Sweet Avenue Bake Shop

Lots more Super Bowl cupcakes are coming your way this week leading up to Sunday's big game! (If you've made Super Bowl cupcakes, email us at cupcakestakethecake at gmail.com with "Super Bowl" in the subject line and include photo or link to image, price, full contact/purchasing information and we will try to get them posted). Sweet Avenue Bake Shop in Rutherford, New Jersey is selling both Giants and Patriots cupcakes for $4 each, chocolate or vanilla cake, available this Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Read more at their blog. Visit sweetavenuebakeshop.com for more information and call 201-935-2253 to place an order for your super bowl party (1 dozen minimum).