Dora the Explorer cupcakes and cake tower

These Dora the Explorer cupcakes and cake/cupcake tower are by Top the Cupcake in Perth, Australia, via Flickr.







I especially appreciate a behind the scenes look at the trials and tribulations of baking. From the post "Dora is so hot right now!":

It was a mammoth effort as those Dora characters were really hard to cut out! Not only were the Dora characters difficult to replicate, but my baking skills were really lacking that morning for some bizarre reason. Perhaps it was because I had no sleep as I was busy making those tricky Dora characters! Actually that is a lie – I had a hour’s power nap across my dining room chairs for an energy boost at 4AM. Anyway, there was something very wrong with my baking that morning. I burnt my vanilla cupcakes and could not get my buttercream frosting to work. My frosting was cluggy and had all these unnecessary lumps in them! To this day, I still do not know the reason behind this. I had sifted the icing twice and the butter was at room temperature. But nevertheless, there were lumps! Bah, it makes me furious just thinking about it.

Brooklyn Cupcake's coconut and pumpkin cupcakes, plus Minnie Mouse, dinosaurs and Legos

I love having a neighborhood cupcake bakery where I can pop in for a cup of coffee, a cupcake and to chat with the owners. That's what Williamsburg, Brooklyn's Brooklyn Cupcake has become for me, especially since I'm now in the neighborhood during the day. A lot of Manhattan bakeries have small spaces and you either can barely get a seat or if you do it's cramped, and while Brooklyn Cupcake isn't huge, it's cozy and comfortable.

Today I bought a coconut frosting and chocolate cake cupcake and their new seasonal pumpkin cupcake. I'd tried the coconut with coconut cake and loved it; I'm a big coconut fan, and they put wide shavings of coconut on top.


coconut frosting on chocolate cake in front; pumpkin cupcake in back

This coconut one was also very good; the frosting is creamy and very sweet, and the chocolate cake is perfectly chocolatey, though if I had to pick one, I'd say the coconut plus coconut is my favorite.


pumpkin cupcake

The cream cheese frosting on the pumpkin cupcake is thick, in a good way. Cream cheese isn't really my thing so I don't like to formally review cream cheese frostings but it went well with the moist, delicious cake.

At a time when I'm seeing rising cupcake prices, I also like that their cupcakes are $2.50 each, and the more you buy, the more you save: 6 cost $13.50, and a dozen are $25.00, and if you buy 3 dozen or more, the price drops to $22.50/dozen. Mini cupcakes are made by special order and are $10/dozen. I'll be back next week to try their holiday flavors, including sweet potato!



Keep up with Brooklyn Cupcake at their blog, as well as @brooklyncupcake on Twitter and on Facebook, where you can catch their custom cupcake towers and special projects. Contact them at info at brooklyncupcake.com or 347-762-2253.


Minnie Mouse cupcakes


dinosaur cupcake tower! My cousin Adam turns 6 today (happy birthday, cuz!) and I'm sure would love something like this - I will keep it in mind for next year.


FDNY cupcake tower




Lego cupcake party

Gorgeous Christmas cupcakes and cake pops by Wir Machen Cupcakes in Munich, Germany

Wir Machen Cupcakes in Munich, Germany is on fire this year - they got a lot of attention for their Princess Eugenie's hat royal wedding cupcakes, and now are selling these Christmas cupcakes! You can find them at wirmachencupcakes.de, on Facebook, and @cupcakesmunich on Twitter, and can reach them at iris at wirmachencupcakes.de +49 176 6685 5258.









And then check out this beautifully arranged tower of cupcakes - I love how the ones facing out just make this such a stunning visual:





And Santa hat, snowman and Christmas tree cake pops!

Fall Cupcake Tower Perfect for Thanksgiving

Blogger, Pink Martinis and Pearls, has absolutely outdone herself again. Just look at the Autumn/Fall Cupcake Tower that she has created for the holiday season. What a lovely Thanksgiving centerpiece it would make! Be sure to check out her blog for a full tutorial and more gorgeous pictures. 

Steampunk wedding cupcake tower!

This steampunk wedding cupcake tower is by London's always fun and creative (they can seriously do anything on a cupcake) Crumbs and Doilies, via their blog, where you can also enter November's name that cupcake contest, this time with adorable little pigs on top (the winner gets 3 dozen free cupcakes!). Visit crumbsanddoilies.co.uk for ordering information.

Can You Tell Me How to Get, How to Get to Sesame Street?

What an awesome cupcake tower filled with birthday love, smiles, and Sesame Street characters:

Image courtesy Frosted with Emotion.

Henna-inspired wedding cupcake tower

This beautiful set of a wedding cake and matching wedding cupcakes, all done with henna-inspired designs, is by Harrogate, UK-based Homebaked Heaven, via Flickr. I love how the colors work together to create a very stunning display. You can also find them on Facebook.