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!

Trophy Cupcakes' Oscar cupcakes

Update: Details coming soon about the Seattle cupcake meetup! Trophy Cupcakes in Seattle is getting in on the Oscar cupcake action with these star-studded cupcakes. The other cupcakes below are some with cute decorations and a collaboration with Kate Spade Seattle. See trophycupcakes.com for hours and locations and their Facebook page for the latest news. For more information on their new party room, click here.