March Madness basketball cupcakes: Kentucky blue velvet vs. Indiana red velvet

Sports fans, check out the March Madness basketball cupcakes at Hoosier Homemade! Visit Hoosier Homemade to find out how to use candy clay to make your own team cupcakes.

The Few. The Proud. The Marines red velvet sendoff cupcakes

W Desserts of Stoughton, Massachusetts, made these custom white chocolate word cupcakes spelling out "The Few. The Proud. The Marines." and Marines toppers for Brian, for his sendoff as he joins the Marines. I like how beautiful and personal these are. Via their Facebook page. Contact baker Maura Wilson at maurawilsondesigns at gmail.com and visit her website, maurawilsondesigns.com, for ordering information. From her blog post about these cupcakes:

The Marines colors are red and gold and their motto is The Few. The Proud. The Marines. I used a gold cupcake liner, made red velvet cupcakes with cream cheese frosting and red sprinkles. I wanted to add something to them, but wasn’t really sure what to do without making them too cute. I added small American flag flags and Good Luck Brian! with the Marines logo flags. I also wrote out in white chocolate “The Few”, “The Proud.” and “The Marines”.

Happy Leap Day! Leap Day babies get free cupcakes today at MyDelight Cupcakery in Ontario, Caliofrnia

If you've got a Leap Day birthday, bring your ID and get on over to MyDelight Cupcakery at 1520 N. Mountain Avenue in Ontario, California! Via their Facebook page. Visit mydelightcupcakery.com for more information.


breakfast cupcake: "Light and fluffy buttermilk cake, loaded with bits of apple wood smoked bacon, frosted with a light, and buttery maple frosting, topped with a drizzle of syrup and freshly crisped bacon"




"Blueberry Cinnamon Crunch: Fluffy, flavorful cinnamon cake stuffed with fresh blueberries, frosted with a light blueberry mousse, edged in crunchy granola bits, and topped with a fresh blueberry!"


"Red Velvet Deluxe: decadent Red Velvet cake, dipped in ganache, frosted with our signature cream cheese frosting swirled with chocolate mousse, topped with chocolate curls."

Red carpet red velvet Oscars cupcakes

These were for sale today by Kickass Cupcakes in Somerville, Massachusetts, and from their cupcake truck. Via Facebook. See kickasscupcakes.com for more information.

Mint chocolate Cthulhu, Zelda red velvet, Carcassonne, chess and many more game cupcakes by Geek Sweets at Game Summit 2012

Who better than Ottawa, Canada's custom dessert maker Geek Sweets to attend the Game Summit 2012 and make special cupcakes? These are just a few of Geek Sweets' special geeky cupcakes. I am not a gamer and hardly know what many of these are (I had to Google Cthulhu and Carcassonne), but I still think they're awesome and love that they were at a gaming convention.

As a chess player, that one is my favorite. And s'mores. S'mores forever; that's pretty much my favorite cupcake flavor ever so if there is ever a s'mores cupcake I spy, I will eat it. Or, in this case, blog it. The last one is an homage to Hello Kitty, and maybe doesn't exactly go with the rest visually or thematically, but is so adorable and looks like I'd love it that I couldn't pass it up. It's "a strawberry whipped cream filled, strawberry marshmallow frosted fluffy vanilla cupcake" called "The Hello Kitty." All via Geek Sweets on Facebook and on Flickr. Contact them at jenny at geeksweets.net or call 613-809-GEEK and visit Geek Sweets at geeksweets.net for ordering information.


Mint chocolate Cthulhu cupcakes

Cupcake party tonight at Casey's Cupcakes in Laguna Beach, California!

"Food Network’s Cupcake Wars winner (2011) Casey Reinhardt, the founder of Casey’s Cupcakes, will be hosting a party to celebrate their one-year anniversary at their Laguna Beach location today from 4-6 pm. The first 100 people to arrive will receive special free giveaways, so get there early!" 303 Broadway St. at Ocean Ave. Via Upcoming. Photos below via Casey's Cupcakes on Facebook. See caseyscupcake.com for more information. They've also got a location at The Mission Inn Hotel & Spa 3649 Mission Inn Avenue, Riverside, California. And I know the Ruby Red Velvet promotion is old but I thought it was a cute image, and might give people some Wizard of Oz party ideas!


"The February Cupcake Flavor of The Month: Cupid’s Chocolaty Coconut Red Velvet. This cupcake features Belgium chocolate chips with roasted coconut shavings baked in to a red velvet cake, coconut butter cream frosting and sugar crystals perfectly topped with a Glitter Heart. "










s'mores cupcake!!

8 push pop cupcakes by Push Up Cupcakes

Push Up Cupcakes in Saint Cloud, Florida, specializes in push pop cupcakes; their tagline is "cupcakes without the crumbs!" As you can see below, they also make cupcakes, and do custom orders only, including alcohol flavors. I love how fun the decorations are, like the flowers on top. And that you can switch up the colors and add candy.

All images via their Facebook page. Find out more on their website, and they can be reached at brande@pushupcupcakes.com or 321-228-3052.


as a chocolate and peanut butter fan, this one's my favorite looking! From this post:

I made devil’s food cake in the mini muffin tins. Then I whipped up a creation for the frosting of Jif Chunky Peanut Butter, Confectioners Sugar, Butter, Milk and Vanilla. I chose to use the crunchy for a little bit more texture but creamy would work just fine! Instead of using a piping bag and tip (because of the chunks) I put the frosting in a zip lock bag and cut the end off. It worked great!

To get the chopped up Reeses Peanut Butter Cups, I used the minis. Stick them in the freezer for 10-15 minutes so they are easier to chop.

colorful mix and match push pop cupcakes


Boston creme "donut" push pops






red velvet with whipped vanilla frosting






ice cream sundae cupcakes


Martha Stewart's "broken glass" cupcakes

Raspberry red velvet chocolate ganache Oscar cupcakes for pre-order at Swirlz

Swirlz Cupcakes in Chicago has a new flavor, raspberry red velvet, for the Oscars, and are taking pre-orders through this Friday, February 24th. Specifically: "red velvet cake, filled with raspberry chocolate ganache, topped with cream cheese buttercream, dipped in chocolate, finished with a (raspberry) Framboise liqueur flower." Call them at 773-404-2253. And come to our meetup at Swirlz on March 17th, noon to 1, at 705 W. Belden, the first dozen cupcakes are on us! The ones on the bottom were their Valentine's Day cupcakes. Visit swirlzcupcakes.com and their Facebook page for more information.

Red velvet Mardi Gras cupcake from Disneyland

This cream cheese frosting filled red velvet Mardi Gras cupcake at Disneyland was snapped by Amanda Ficili of Disney Go To Girl, and posted at Disney Food Blog. The red velvet cupcake is topped with green and purple whipped cream cheese frosting, and the whole thing is accented by “a white chocolate ornament dusted with gold glitter, a hand painted chocolate curl, and a Venetian cookie mask!” says Amanda!

Gorgeous edible chocolate heart topper on red velvet cupcakes, plus recipe link

Valentine's Day or not, this is a beautiful cupcake, and the chocolate heart topper makes all the difference. Find out how to make the chocolate heart and the red velvet cupcakes with cream cheese frosting (a modified Paula Deen recipe) at food blog Hooray for Off-Weekends!.

Missed Valentine's Day and want to make it up to that someone special? Get yourself to Sprinkles

Sprinkles Cupcakes is selling this Better Late Than Never box of cupcakes for those who need to make some amends on Valentine's Day. Via Facebook. See sprinkles.com/order for locations and ordering information.



Here's hat you can remember to send next year: red velvet cupcakes with mini red hearts on top!



And then, just because, cupcakes by Sprinkles at Rihanna's birthday party:

How to make red velvet Valentine's Day cupcakes in a jar

Find out how to pack your own red velvet cupcakes into a jar and decorate them for Valentine's Day (or any time) at My Baking Addiction!



From the post:

I have made this recipe for Red Velvet Cake countless times. It’s adapted from the New York Times, and in my opinion, is one of the best Red Velvet recipes out there. Instead of making a traditional cake or cupcakes, I thought I’d jazz up this sweet treat by layering slices of cupcake with cream cheese frosting in my favorite Weck Tulip Jars. Finishing them off with a sprinkling of pink and red heart-shaped candies gave them a swoon-worthy finish.

A Valentine: from me to you!

Just a quick note to wish all of you a very special and loved Valentine's Day! 

Hope your day is filled with love! 

Love, 

Betsy 

JavaCupcake.com

Happy Valentine's Day! 

Of course I have the recipe for the fabulous cupcake too!  

Red Velvet cupcake topped with Madagascar Vanilla bean Cream Cheese Frosting

Free cupcakes tonight in San Francisco, plus red velvet and red rose Valentine's Day special, by Mission Minis

San Francisco, you're in luck - tonight mini cupcake company Mission Minis is celebrating their 2-year anniversary with a party and free cupcakes at 3168 22nd Street! Exciting. Here's the scoop, via Facebook:

This February marks two years the Mission Minis bakery has been operating in San Francisco. We are celebrating by throwing a party Saturday, the 11th of February, giving away our signature cupcakes and serving libations gratis to all patrons stopping by until supplies are exhausted. Mobile food vendors including Brass Knuckle, We Sushi, Mama's Empanadas and Clairesquares will be setting up in front of the bakery located on 22nd Street (between Mission and Capp).

They've also got this Valentine's Day red velvet/red roses promotion going on again this year:



Some other photos of their cupcakes from Facebook, including their San Francisco 49ers cupcakes. Visit missionminis.com for more information.