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January 15, 2010
These bacon cupcakes were posted on the blog of Asheville, North Carolina’s Short Street Cakes, where they write: Today, the first batch of our much-debated and long-anticipated bacon apple cupcakes came out of the kitchen and into the cupcake case! People have been asking. Alot.
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Bacon cupcakes available in Asheville, North Carolina
January 15, 2010
I’m planning a couple of trips, including Portland, Seattle, Minneapolis and Denver in February/March/April and would love to do more cupcake meetups. I haven’t booked flights yet so will keep you posted but for now, the date I’m thinking of is Saturday, February 20th in Portland, Oregon, late afternoon.
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Portland, Oregon cupcake meetup February 20th?
January 15, 2010
Jenna at the blog Modern Domestic attended a preview cupcake making class at Washington, DC bakery Hello, Cupcake, and has the scoop and news of the next one. I was invited to a preview event tonight,* and got to see a sneak peak of some of the techniques they’ll be teaching. Hello Cupcake’s Executive Pastry Chef, Todd Miller, showed us how to roll and stamp fondant, while Emily Macel, who works in the kitchen, showed me how to make frosting carrots (mine were
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Cupcake classes at Washington, DC’s Hello Cupcake
January 15, 2010
CakeWalk is a weekly column by Mary Ann Porch dedicated to every baker who has ever struggled to achieve the right consistency with their icing, unsuccessfully searched for the perfect cupcake topper or just wants to learn something new. Because with a few helpful tips, cupcakes are a cakewalk.
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CakeWalk: How to put on your city’s very own CupcakeCamp
January 4, 2010
These snowy popcorn cupcakes are by Barbara Beery, who last showed us how to make Where the Wild Things Are cupcakes. Her website, Kids Cooking Shop has lots more baking info. Below is her video about how to make them! You can also check out her blog , where she’s offering copies of her brand-new, not-in-stores-yet cookbook Pink Princess Cupcakes for $9.99.
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Snowy popcorn cupcakes by Barbara Beery
January 4, 2010
This weekend marked the launch of the first annual New York Cake Convention at the Hotel Pennsylvania. The convention was split into many sections catering to anyone from beginners to professionals. There were classes for kids, demonstrations, vendors, live challenges, and a display room of all the contest entries.
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Cupcakes VS Cakes at the NY Cake Convention
January 4, 2010
Happy New Year! This month’s cupcake meetup is a class for bakers who are interested in starting and or growing their cupcake business. Whether you want to develop a side business, do cupcake catering or have a storefront, this class will provide useful information and advice for you. Our guest speaker will be Keavy Landreth , owner of Kumquat Cupcakery
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Cupcake Business Class on January 13
January 4, 2010
Intern Melissa and I stopped by the first ever New York Cake Con at the Hotel Pennsylvania in Midtown Manhattan. We were pleased to meet Zilly Rosen of ZillyCakes in Buffalo. She was there with her staff to build Marie Antoinette portrait made with 858 cupcakes.
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Melissa, Zilly Rosen and Me At NY Cake Con
January 3, 2010
Still nice to hear as we enter a new cupcake-filled year! From the San Jose Mercury News : The cupcake wars started in September 2008, when Kara’s Cupcakes set up shop at the Town & Country Village and Sprinkles sprung up at Stanford Shopping Center.
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Cupcakes are recession-proof, but we knew that already
January 2, 2010
Via Twitter , news of the BabyCakes LA official opening (I think this has been in the works for something like two years?) tomorrow! (The last update we’d seen said December 9th but seems like this is the real thing – see their blog/Twitter for all the inspection details leading up to it, or just visit tomorrow for gluten-free cupcakes and other goodies – if you do, let us know, we’d love some photos to post!.) And a cute photo of a cute kid wearing their new hats, from their blog : Contact their new store at 213-623-5555.
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BabyCakes (NYC) opens in Los Angeles tomorrow!
January 2, 2010
We post about so many cupcakes and cupcake bakeries that where I used to be able to call them up in my head, I can no longer do that. So I just rediscovered Hilton Head Island, South Carolina cupcake bakery Sweet Carolina Cupcakes via their Twitter account . I should’ve known about them because we’ve posted about them and they’ve posted some of their Flickr photos in our cupcake photo pool and we do have them listed in our bakery listings, but I’m happy to have (re)discovered them now
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Sweet Carolina Cupcakes in Hilton Head Island, South Carolina
January 2, 2010
Today’s Flickr cupcake photo spotlight is on nathromeu , who can also be found on Twitter . See more of her cupcake photos in this Flickr set . Swedish Prinsesstårta (Princess cake) in Cupcake form inspired by these Cherry almond cupcakes Chocolate chip cupcakes Salt-Liquorice cupcakes made for my birthday.
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Cupcake Flickr spotlight on nathromeu
January 2, 2010
Fresh Ginger is an essential ingredient in almost all of my everyday savory dishes.As fabulous as its health benefits are ,ginger is superb in variety of cooking,even in desserts.Gingerbread Cookies with hint of fresh ginger are adored favorites.
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Gingerbread Pancakes with Pomegranate Syrup
January 2, 2010
I love variety in breakfast,with time to spare and recipes in hand,why not make every breakfast an extraordinary one.On breakfast menu today are Latkes, traditionally prepared on Hanukkah,these are the crisp deep fried potato pancakes.I give them a low calorie make over without using eggs,frying in least amount of oil on stove-top or even better baking and casting the white potatoes with some vibrant vegetables to enhance the flavor and nutrition. Recipe Low fat Eggless Vegetable Latkes makes 18-20 small latkes Ingredients 1 medium Sweet potato,peeled and grated 1 big carrot,peeled and grated 1 medium russet potato,peeled and grated 1 large zucchini,grated 1 tablespoon Onions,finely chopped or minced 2 tablespoon wheat flour 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper 3/4 teaspoon salt 1 tablespoon(about 4 teaspoons) canola oil or cooking spray if baking Method Combine all the grated vegetable in a large mixing bowl.Add flour,season with salt and pepper and stir to distribute evenly. Heat about about 2 teaspoon of oil in a large non-stick pan or cast iron pan over medium heat.Carefully place about a tablespoon of the vegetable mixture on the hot oil and flatten a little using a spatula.I fried 6-7 at a time in the large pan.Flip after 4-5 minutes until golden brown and repeat on other side.Strain any excess oil on a paper towel.Add about a teaspoon of oil for each batch of latkes.Finish making the latkes with rest of the mixture.Keep warm in oven.Serve with Fat-free sour cream and Cinnamon apple sauce on side.
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Low fat Vegetable Latkes With Cinnamon Apple Sauce
January 1, 2010
I found this photo from an Essie nail polish/Haviana party at Smarty Panties – the cupcakes are by Baked by Melissa , made to match the nail polish colors! Formal nail polish color names, in case anyone wants to know: Flirty Fuschia, Perky Purple, Funky Limelight and Punchy Pink.
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Match your cupcakes with your nail polish (or vice versa)
December 31, 2009
I stopped by Butter Lane last night after eating nearby. My boyfriend got, I think, a chocolate/chocolate cupcake – it was gone so fast I didn’t even see it! I got these, strawberry frosting on chocolate cake, and the Elvis, peanut butter frosting (with mini marshmallows!) on banana cake, which I was sure would be my favorite. It was good, but the banana cake was not quite as perfect as I remembered; very good, but not as good as I’ve had it in the past
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Butter Lane and favorite cupcake flavors
December 31, 2009
Cupcakes-a-Go-Go of Madison, Wisconsin is having a contest on Facebook : Wonders what we should CALL our chocolate-cayenne cupcake… any ideas? Post your suggestion by Saturday, January 2 at noon – if we choose your suggestion you will win FREE cupcakes! Enter here
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Name that cupcake flavor and win free cupcakes in Wisconsin
December 31, 2009
Well, it’s not the $750 cupcake , but it is in the same city, Las Vegas. This hot chocolate cupcake is by Retro Bakery , which we’re going to hear more about directly from Stacie when she’s back. It’s available every day starting today
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Hot chocolate cupcake to keep you warm…in Las Vegas
December 8, 2009
The Australian website Everythingbutflowers.com.au is a well-known source for original gift ideas for every occasion; with the impending arrival of the Christmas holiday, Everything But Flowers is pleased to announce a wide array of choices of Christmas gift hampers. These specially-prepared gift hampers are designed with a wide range of recipients in mind; there are suitable Christmas hamper ideas for family members, close friends, acquaintances, business colleagues, hostesses, and many others. The Christmas hampers available for sale at Everything But Flowers incorporate upscale items from more than 500 sources in unique ways, which results in Christmas gifts that are seldom found anywhere else
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Beautiful Gift Hampers Ideas For Christmas
December 7, 2009
November 5 Health Nut Challenge 3 : Healing Foods. Beet Greens and Vegetable Soup November 10 German Oven Pancakes November 12 Health Nut Challenge 2 :Guilt-free Snacks Round up November 16 Pomegranate Plunge and Acai Berry Boost,Super fruit smoothies November 18 Introducing Xagave,a complete replacement to sugar.Cranberry Sauce,Cranberry Walnut bread,Triple Berry topping and Chocolate Oat Protein Shake November 23 Craving More Cranberries :Cranberry Salsa with Sweet Potatoes,Cranberry Lentils,Cranberry vegetables,Spicy Cranberry sauce Chicken November 27 Daring Bakers :Crunchy Creamy Cannoli with Low fat Ricotta Cocoa Filling November 30 Walima Cooking Club Tour Lebanon : Ash el-Saraya(Bread pudding with Ricotta cream) and Sheesh Barak(Dumplings with Greek Yogurt sauce)
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