All aboard River's birthday cupcake train!

The always creative and cute Coco Cake Cupcakes in Vancouver made this cupcake choo-choo train for little boy River's birthday; see their blog post for all the details. This is such a fun idea! These are dark chocolate cupcakes and Berry Good cupcakes with fresh raspberries. Happy Birthday, River! For more information on Coco Cake Cupcakes, visit cococake.com. You can also check them out on Facebook and @cococakecupcake on Twitter.

Hello Kitty cupcakes and cake pops, plus pumpkin pie and rocky road

These fun cupcakes and cake pops are by Dolled Up Cupcakes, based in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada, via their Flickr account. Also check them out on Facebook, and contact them at dolledupcupcakes at live.ca or 647-886-6875.








pumpkin pie cupcakes


rocky road cupcakes

When cupcake franchises go wrong in a big, big way

Buyer (and bakery) beware!

From Edmonton Journal:

A lucrative cupcake store and bakery in Edmonton with franchise rights to the entire province, and an impressive business partner with big plans for the future.

But the promise of Big City Cupcakes quickly turned sour for Lloyd Linkiewich and his wife, Tracy, who instead found themselves entangled with a woman convicted of fraud, struggling to keep their business alive amid growing suspicions and unanswered questions.

The couple's former business partner, Big City Cupcakes founder Lisa Larue, is currently the subject of numerous lawsuits in B.C., including one alleging a cheque-kiting scheme that bilked the TD Bank out of nearly half a million dollars.

On a more cheerful note, the story is about Canadian company Enjoy Cupcakes, which is still around, who you can follow @EnjoyCupcakesCa on Twitter.

A few photos from their Facebook page:


s'mores cupcake



PB&J cupcake



coconut cloud cupcake



banana split cupcake