Pumpkin cheesecake cupcakes with chocolate fudge frosting plus recipe link by cupcake romance novelist Donna Kauffman

Donna Kauffman, author of the upcoming Cupcake Club romance novel series, featuring Sugar Rush (out December 27th) and Sweet Stuff, made these pumpkin cheesecake cupcakes and has the recipe for you on her blog, Cakes by the Cup. Check it out! More on her books coming soon. You can win a copy of Sugar Rush from publisher Kensington Books by following them @KensingtonBooks on Twitter.

Donna writes:Seriously…you have to try this! Incredibly moist, with that surprise bite of cheesecake in the middle, topped with chocolatey fudge goodness. It doesn’t get much better than that!



More about her cupcake novels, via Donna's website:


Sugar Rush

When baker extraordinaire Leilani Trusdale left the bustle of New York City for Georgia’s sleepy Sugarberry Island, she didn’t expect her past to follow. Yet suddenly, her former boss, Baxter Dunne, aka Chef Hot Cakes, the man who taught her everything pastry, wants to film his hit cooking show in her tiny cupcakery. The same Chef Hot Cakes whose molten chocolate brown eyes made Lani’s mouth water and her cheeks blush the color of raspberry filling–stirring all kinds of kitchen gossip, much of which Lani wished was true…

Lani’s friends are convinced that this time around, Baxter is the missing ingredient in her recipe for happiness. But convincing Lani will be a job for Baxter himself. And he’ll need more than black velvet frosting to sweeten the deal…


Sugar Rush

Riley Brown never imagined she would find her bliss on Georgia’s quiet Sugarberry Island after years of Chicago’s city life. With a new career and fantastic new friends, she’s got it all—except for eligible men. But a gig staging a renovated beach house delivers a delicious treat—six feet of blue-eyed, gorgeous writer as delectable and Southern as pecan pie. Quinn Brannigan has come to Sugarberry to finish his latest novel in peace, and suddenly Riley has a taste for the bad boy author that no amount of mocha latte buttercream or lemon mousse will satisfy…

Riley’s friends are rooting for her to give in to her cravings and spice up her life, but it’s Quinn who needs to learn that life’s menu just might include love, in all its decadent, irresistible flavors…

Win one of three cupcake murder myseries at our 7th anniversary party December 5th

I've been trying to post this every day and every day Blogger gives me an error message so I will make this short and sweet: New York Times-bestselling cupcake murder mystery author Jenn McKinlay has donated signed copies of her first 3 mysteries, Sprinkle with Murder, Buttercream Bump Off and Death by the Dozen, to give away December 5th at our 7th anniversary party!

And the next two books are called Red Velvet Revenge (read Chapter 1 here) and Going, Going, Ganache (named by a reader). Love it! Sprinkle with Murder was also just published in Japan, cover below. Very cool! Thanks, Jenn, who I got to meet at Cupcake Love-In, for your generosity. More on her soon (Blogger permitting).



And the cover of Red Velvet Revenge:




Rachel and Jenn McKinlay

9-year-old cupcake blogger writes book, reviews cupcakes!

Carrie Berk is a 9-year-old cupcake blogger who's interviewed everyone from the Cake Boss to the owners of Georgetown Cupcake. Here she is in her cupcake apron with some Crumbs Cupcakes! We'll have more about her soon, but definitely check out her site and newsletter, Carrie's Cupcake Critique and her Facebook page, and we'll have more news about her 2012 novel, written with her mom, The Cupcake Club: Peace, Love and Cupcakes.

Cupcakes in A Very Babymouse Christmas

I read the new Babymouse book, A Very Babymouse Christmas, and of course there were cupcakes involved! If you don't know the Babymouse series, this is the 15th book about a cupcake-loving, often foiled yet adorable mouse, written by Jennifer L. Holm and Matthew Holm. In this book, Babymouse asks Santa, repeatedly, for a Whizbang, the latest does-everything phone, and has to learn a little about the Christmas (and Hannukah) spirit. Visit babymouse.com for more information.

Cupcake murder mystery Death by the Dozen on sale today!

The third book in author Jenn McKinlay's cupcake bakery murder mystery series, Death by the Dozen, officially comes out today! I got behind on my reading so am just now reading book two, Buttercream Bump Off, and am not only excited to read the new one, but also to be a judge with Jenn at Cupcake Love-In on October 30th in Scottsdale, Arizona, which is the setting for her fictional series. Read Chapter 1 here.



Official description:

Melanie and Angie are determined to win the Challenge to the Chef to promote their Fairy Tale Cupcakes bakery. Mel's mentor from culinary school, Vic Mazzotta, may be one of the judges, but Mel and Angie will have to win fair and square. But, when Vic's dead body is found inside a freezer truck, Mel and Angie will need to use their best judgment to find the cold-blooded killer or they may lose more than the contest- they may lose their lives.

Not only is she an author, but Jenn McKinlay is a blogger and baker, and if you click here you can get her red velvet beet cupcake recipe at Mystery Lovers Kitchen, where she's a contributor!

More about Cupcake Love-In, who you can follow on @cupcakelovein on Twitter and Facebook:

Join us on 10.30.11 at the Hotel Valley Ho Hotel for the second annual Cupcake Love-in event for an afternoon of FUNdraising for Central Arizona Shelter Service (CASS). Come mingle with bakers from all around the Valley and sample their amzaing cupcakes. There will be activities for the kids, a cupcake eating contest and more!