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.

Kids and cupcakes: 3-year-old Fable celebrates her birthday in a cupcake dress with Magnolia Bakery cupcakes

A very, very Happy Birthday to adorable, smart 3-year-old Fable, daughter of my friend Rebecca Woolf, who has a great blog Girl's Gone Child and also just gave birth to twins! Fable celebrated her second birthday with Magnolia Bakery cupcakes, as seen below - click through to see her blowing out her candles with her brother. And something I only just now noticed: the dress her grandmother made her has cupcakes on it. Totally adorable. I know what I'm bringing them the next time I visit!

Birthday cupcakes for a penguin- and Converse-loving film student

Fun birthday cupcakes incorporating film student Laura's various likes! By UK company Cutsie Cupcakes, via Flickr. They've even got her photo on them! Email info at cutsiecupcakes.co.uk for ordering information and visit cutsiecupcakes.co.uk to learn more.