4 Cupcake Wars inspired raw vegan cupcake recipes: green tea vanilla, sweet pepper, corn and sage, lavender and orange, cacao spice

Yes, Shannonmarie at Rawdorable is at it again, this time taking inspiration from Cupcake Wars winner Stephanie Sparkle and her vegan baking fame, and turning Stephanie's cupcakes into raw vegan cupcakes. She's also got the recipes for these four lovely cupcakes for you all in this post and an interview with Stephanie!


the raw cupcake quartet


green tea topped vanilla cupcake


sweet potato, corn and sage cupcake


lavender and orange cupcake


cacao spice cupcake

Beer and cupcake pairing event tonight with Batter Cupcakes and Crazy Mountain Brewing Company in Edwards, Colorado

Like beer and cupcakes? Check out this Batter Cupcakes of Vail, Colorado and Crazy Mountain Brewing Company special event. Via Facebook (photos are just from their wall photos, not necessarily the ones described below). Follow @battercupcakes on Twitter for the latest news. (Also, we love hearing about your events and try to cover as many as we can - email us at cupcakestakethecake at gmail.com with "Calendar" in the subject and include ALL details, including event name, date and time, address, description, price, URL and image, if there is one, and we'll add it to our rolling 30-day calendar at right and possibly post about it. We are also open to guest posts about big events like CupcakeCamp or events like this, either previews or reviews after the fact, by organizers or attendees.)

Batter meets Beer: A Cupcake and Beer Pairing
Friday February 3rd 5:30pm @ Crazy Mountain Brewery!!
Lava Lake Wit paired with Flora Cupcake: Lemon Lavender Cake, Topped with Ginger Cream Cheese Frosting
Crazy Mountain Amber Ale paired with Lust Cupcake: Chocolate Cake filled with Homemade Caramel, Topped with Cream Cheese Frosting
SnowCat Coffee Stout paired with The Bomb Cupcake: Snowcat Coffee Stout Cake topped with Bailey's Irish Cream Frosting
Tickets are $10.00 in advance.