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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Very pretty high heel shoe cupcakes with roses on the toes

Gorgeous versions of the high heel cupcakes made famous by Karen Tack and Alan Richardson's cookbook Cupcakes, Cookies & Pie, Oh My! for sale by Blooming Cupcakes in Bangkok, Thailand, via their Facebook page.

Cookbook baking: Homemade cupcake high heels and fish and buzzard cupcakes

Blogger Life's a Bowl of Cherries used the new cookbook Cupcakes, Cookies & Pie, Oh My! by Karen Tack and Alan Richardson to make these cupcake fish, buzzard and high heels!

High heel shoe cupcakes for sale by Kupcake Bar and Flour Power Cakes for the fashionista dessert lovers

The famous high heel cupcakes by Karen Tack and Alan Richardson from their cookbook Cupcakes, Cookies & Pie, Oh My! are still going strong. Here are the latest examples we've come across, and you can buy them!


by The Kupcake Bar in Maumee, Ohio, via @KupcakeBar (you can also find them on Facebook) and contact them at TheKupcakeBar at gmail.com or 419-740-1011 for delivery)


by Flour Power Cakes in Great Bentley, UK, via Facebook - they can be reached at famfair at tesco.net or +44 784-088-0009.

Raw vegan cupcake stiletto with carrot sticks and chocolate bars for high heels, plus recipe links

Many of us have been oohing and aahing over the beautiful high heel cupcakes by Karen Tack and Alan Richardson from their cookbook Cupcakes, Cookies& Pie, Oh My! for weeks. We are constantly getting emails asking where they can be purchased. But once again, one of my favorite food bloggers, Rawdorable blogger Shannonmarie, has taken something cool in the cupcake world and made it even more fun and unique, not to mention raw and vegan, and this time she did it twice, with her 24 carrot golden high heel cupcake and her chocolate-covered strawberry stiletto cupcake! Click those links for the recipes and more photos and the background on these beautiful cupcake works of raw food art. I don't think I'll ever be able to look at a carrot stick the same way again! Love, love, love these!







Shannonmarie writes:

I've always been impressed with chocolate fashions, like those showcased at this chocolate couture event. I'm also a huge fan of chocolate-covered strawberries, which I usually make for our Oscar celebrations. After posting my 24 Carrot Golden Cupcakes in high heel form, I just had to combine my love of fashion and chocolate-covered strawberries to create this Chocolate-Covered Strawberry Stiletto.

Your wishes are answered: high heel cupcakes now for sale in England!

Your wishes have been granted! All of you clamoring to buy the high heel shoe cupcakes made popular by Karen Tack and Alan Richardson in their new cookbook Cupcakes, Cookies & Pie, Oh My! are now being made by Fancy That Cupcakes in Shadsworth, Blackburn, UK, who you can find on Facebook and contact at +44 77111222333444.

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.

9 more high heel cupcakes for fashionistas who just can't get enough

9 more of what you love, during New York Fashion Week, even: fashionista cupcake high heels by Karen Tack and Alan Richardson, sporting t-shirts promoting their fabulous new cookbook Cupcakes, Cookies & Pie, Oh My!, at Iron Cupcake Milwaukee. Come see them on their book tour; click here for dates. And enter to win a copy from us by February 14th at 6 pm EST. Oh my, indeed!

NY Fashion Week: Cupcake Toppers

In honor of New York's Fashion Week I present to you cupcake toppers perfect for any cupcake fashionista!

Coco Fondant Toppers $15 for 12 via Etsy

Edible Fashion Stilettos Toppers $28 for 27 via Etsy

Edible Black and White Gown Toppers $9.95 for 12 via Etsy