Vegan fruit and flower cupcake spotlight on Cupcake Wars winners Bliss Cakes by Stephanie Sparkles

Last night, I started ogling the photos on the Facebook page of Bliss Cakes by Stephanie Sparkles, after seeing the beginning of TV competition show Cupcake Wars. I didn't get to finish the post before seeing that they'd won! For our recap, click here. They do custom cupcakes and delivery in the greater Los Angeles area, and can be reached at stephanie at stephaniesparkles.com or 424-259-3036; visit stephaniesparkle.com for more information. Here are some of their gorgeous cupcakes. They've also got a cookbook and you can follow them @s_sparkles on Twitter.














cupcakes at Burning Man

Here are just a few of their cupcake flavors:

Long-Life Goji Berry
From ancient Chinese medicine comes the Goji Berry, revered for longevity enhancing nutrients and its chewy citrus berry flavor. This tasty chocolate cake is filled with a heart of real Goji Berry kreme, and capped with fresh coconut frosting.

Acai Jungleberry Bliss
A purple-powered tropical kiss: luscious lemon cake frosted with exotic acai, real blueberries, and fresh fruit. Acai, a wild berry from the rainforests of Brazil, is packed with powerful antioxidants, nourishing amino acids, and essential fatty acids.

Tangerine Poppyseed Dream
Unforgettably sweet and citrus-ey! Moist poppy seed cake, sparkling with real tangerine zest, and capped with a juicy tangerine frosting!

Wild Jungle Peanut-Butter Choco Delight
A new twist on a classic flavor: decadent dark chocolate cake, with a gooey heart of real Balinese RAW chocolate, topped off with a frosting of creamy Wild Jungle Peanut-Butter. Wild Jungle Peanuts are pure, heirloom peanuts, loaded with antioxidants, complete protein, and beautifying oleic acid. Because they're grown wild in the Amazon, they help to protect our rainforests!

Tropical Avocado Mango Twist
A fruity, creamy, spicy little mouthful. Mango cake filled with coconut kreme and frosted with buttery avocados, mangos, and a dash of chili for some tropical heat.

Ginger Chai Spice
Like a creamy mug of zesty chai tea: warm and comforting. Fresh ginger cake awakened by a creamy frosting with a dash of Indian chai spice.

Sweet Picnic Chevre
Fluffy vanilla cake, enlivened with a luscious fig preserve, swirled with a creamy goat cheese frosting, and crowned with fresh-sliced pear. Rich and refreshing: perfect for a picnic!

The Descendants-inspired mango pineapple aloha cupcakes, maple bacon and Oscars cupcakes by BlakeyCakes

3 kinds of amazing, extraordinary and gorgeously unique cupcakes by always creative and fun Los Angeles custom cupcake company BlakeyCakes! I love the star and flower designs on the mango pineapple aloha cupcakes, which feature a unique flavor and look, and are inspired by the Hawaii-set movie The Descendants. I'm pretty sure the maple bacon ones are topped with chocolate-covered bacon...whoa. Via their Facebook page. Contact owner Blake Anthony at 818-577-8302 or b.arias101 at hotmail.com and visit blakeycakes.blogspot.com for more information.

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

Chocolate cherry cupcakes and recipe link

I used to dye my hair Feria's Chocolate Cherry so I like the way those two words sound together. Personally, I enjoy fresh cherries but not "cherry flavor" though I think cherries on top of cupcakes are beautiful. These chocolate cherry cupcakes are by blogger Food Snots, where you can get the recipe! They say: "A perfect balance of chocolate, cherry, and frosting. "Via Flickr.