Portland, Maine cupcakes: Tulips Cupcakery

I'll be visiting Portland, Maine this weekend for the first time, and am very excited about catching up with one of my oldest friends (we met when we were six), exploring, eating all sorts of food and, of course, cupcakes! I love that there's such a thriving cupcake scene there, and will be reporting back. One of the companies I'll be trying is Tulips Cupcakery, which sells their cupcakes at local farmers' markets and cafes in Portland and Freeport, Maine (I'm picking mine up at a restaurant called Mornings in Paris, a name I think is so charming, where I think I'll have to try the red velvet latte!), and uses locally sourced ingredients. Below are some photos from their Facebook page. Find out where they'll be and their flavors at tulipscupcakery.com and they can be reached at tulipscupcakery at gmail.com or 207-252 9960.




candy cane - tis almost the season!


Valentine's Day hug, love, xo cupcakes


red, white and blue cupcakes

Portland, Maine cupcakes: East End Cupcakes

Another Portland, Maine cupcake source is East End Cupcakes, which I plan to sample too. These photos are from their Facebook page.


Black Forest cupcakes


Almond cupcakes


Rainbow cupcake



Here's their menu, and a few of their recommended cupcake combinations:

Lime Cupcake with Coconut buttercream & shaved toasted coconut
Chocolate cupcake with Peanut Butter frosting
Bacon Cupcake with maple syrup frosting
Vanilla bean cupcake with Strawberry frosting
Chocolate Cupcake with Sea Salted Caramel buttercream
Pear Cake with Honey Buttercream


East End Cupcakes
426 Fore Street
Portland, ME 04101
207-228-3304
cupcakes at eastendcupcake.com

Portland, Maine cupcakes: Fat Elvis, s'mores, Andes mint, pumpkin cheesecake, chocolate mudslide and more by Y-Lime's Gourmet

Y-Lime's Gourmet is one of the cupcake companies I read about at Portland, Maine cupcake blog Cupcakes! Cupcakes! Cupcakes! Here's how they describe themselves:"We are located in Portland, Maine and proudly bake all gourmet cupcakes and cakes from scratch. We high quality ingredients, and organic and natural products whenever possible.You can find Y-Lime's Gourmet desserts at: Coffee By Design, Stonyfield Cafe, PeRx-U-Up Cafe and The Gorham Grind in Gorham." All these photos are from their Facebook page.


"Fat Elvis"-Banana Cupcake with Peanut Butter Frosting and Brown Sugared Bacon


s'mores!!


Pink Lemonade: Lemon Cupcakes with Fresh Raspberry Buttercream


Grasshopper with Andes mints (ever since I ate a real grasshopper on a cupcake, I feel like I should put the mint chocolate kind of grasshopper in quotes!)


Carrot cake cupcakes


Pumpkin Cheesecake Cupcakes


flower cupcake


Chocolate Mudslide Cupcakes (Dark Chocolate Ganache Center, with Kahlua Mocha Buttercream Icing)


Blackberry buttercream cupcakes

Y-Lime's Gourmetylimesgourmet at gmail.com207-899-5367