Cupcakeology Celebrates Grand Opening

If you find yourself in Delaware County with a craving for something sweet, Jennifer and Robert Morris of Cupcakeology have you covered. The husband and wife business and baking team celebrated the grand opening of their first retail location in Collingdale, PA, on Saturday, with music, free cupcakes, a variety of flavors, and lots of smiles to mark the occasion. 

Robert and Jennifer began with the idea of starting a cupcake truck, but discovered they needed to find a kitchen to bake out of in the process. Their Collingdale location not only serves as their headquarters for their future cupcake truck, but allows them to have a store front for the community. Opening up shop has been a slow process, but it gave Morris the time she needed to really research and understand the business. Her biggest advice to anyone looking to get into the cupcake game is “Research, research, research.” 

Pina Colada Cupcakes

Morris was a life-long baker, who started her cupcake career at the age of 9, selling her goods in the neighborhood. School, sports, a career in real estate, and starting a family put her baking business on hold, but Cupcakeology brings her passion for baking full-circle. Morris still uses some of the same recipes from her childhood, and boasts over 25 flavors and counting. What sets Cupcakeology apart, aside from being the only cupcakery in the area, is the moistness of the cupcakes. Morris uses buttermilk in all her recipes, an old family secret to keep flavor and moisture. I had the French Toast cupcake, and I can vouch that the buttermilk makes a difference. 

Individual cupcakes start at $2 each. Special orders are available. For more information, you can visit Cupcakeology on facebook or visit their store at: 

320 Macdade Blvd., Suite 109 

Collingdale, PA 

Look for the Cupcakeology truck on the road in 2012.

18-year-old opens cupcake bakery, sells 3,500 cupcakes opening weekend

Those are numbers that I think are good for everyone: the economy, cupcake fans, anyone who dreams of opening a cupcake business!

From the East Aurora Advertiser:

Michael Wulf, who graduated from Attica High School in June, said he wanted to bring something that was so popular on a national level to East Aurora. “It’s a great small community that supports their local businesses,” he said.

On opening day, Swirls had a 35-person line out the door and sold out of 1,000 cupcakes in less than four hours.

“I was floored at how many people came. The support from the community has been overwhelming; I couldn’t ask for anything more,” Wulf said.

In the 30 minutes this writer visited Swirls for an interview and to “test” some of the treats, more than 30 customers came in, most of whom left with goodies of their own.

Follow the @SwirlsCupcakery on Twitter and get more info from their Facebook page, where these photos are from.


Salted Caramel-A salted caramel cupcake with a caramel buttercream frosting, caramel drizzle and sea salt


Raspberry Lemon-A lemon raspberry infused cupcake with a raspberry buttercream frosting


pina colada cupcake




Swirls Cupcakery634 Main Street (Rear)East Aurora, NY 14052716-713-7720swirlscupcakery at gmail.com

Crumbs Opens New Location-- 6th Avenue

Crumbs Bake Shop is excited to announce that their 6th Avenue location in NYC is now open!

(Photo courtesy of Crumbs Bake Shop)

If you haven't been to Crumbs yet---you MUST go!! Their cupcakes are ginormous and delicious. I had their Peach Cobbler cupcake last time and it was amazing. Purely amazing.

The new location is at 655 6th Avenue between 20th and 21st Streets.

What's even better is that they are going to be celebrating their Grand Opening with a 1000 cupcake giveaway on Thursday, October 20th beginning at 12noon!!

For more information, please visit: www.crumbs.com/locations

Go and try to get a free cupcake!!

Vermont bakery My Little Cupcake opens in Burllington today

My Little Cupcake, which has a bakery in Essex Junction, Vermont, as of today also has a Burlington location (at the corner of College and South Winooski streets). Photos and descriptions via their Facebook page. Visit mylittlecupcakevt.com for more information.



Fruity Pebbles cupcake: vanilla & fruity pebbles cupcake, vanilla buttercream and dipped in fruity pebbles (from me: what if they used the Fruity Pebbles Cupcake flavor??)

From Burlington Free Press:

The store is spacious, with exposed brick and tin ceilings contrasting with bright, pink chairs. A mural by a local artist will be painted in the coming week, Trudell said.

Lacayo recalled visiting her brother, who lives in New York City, and seeing all of the cupcake shops there.

“I’ve lived in Vermont for eight years, thinking that a cupcake shop would open in Burlington but one never did,” she said. “That’s how I knew now was the right time to do this.”

My Little Cupcake specializes in mini cupcakes, which Trudell said take three bites to eat, but will also serve regular-sized treats.

“Every day we’re trying to have 24 kinds of cupcakes, including a vegan and gluten-free option,” Trudell said.

The store will also sell coffee from Black River Roasters, a Burlington-based company.



This pumpkin chocolate cheesecake is absolutely delicious! It's a chocolate cupcake with pumpkin pie filling, cream cheese buttercream, and fun halloween sprinkles.



Rockin' Rolo cupcake: chocolate cupcake with a rolo candy inside, vanilla buttercream, and a swirly chocolate drizzle.



Peanut butter honey cupcake: a peanut butter cupcake, filled with peanut butter, honey buttercream and drizzle, and salted peanuts.






Apple cinnamon coffee cupcake



cranberry almond streusel! It's a vanilla & cranberry cupcake with vanilla buttercream, homemade streusel with chopped oats, almonds, and cranberries.

New York Cupcakes (Seattle) - GRAND OPENING!

Hey Seattle Friends! 

Since I can't be there for the GRAND OPENING of the new New York Cupcakes shop in Seattle... I need YOU to be there for me!! 

When: Saturday, October 15 - All day long! 

Where: 2711-1 E. Madison ST, Seattle, WA 98112 

NEW YORK CUPCAKES PAIRSGRAND OPENING IN SEATTLE WITH DONATION EVENT FOR ST. JUDE CHILDREN’S RESEARCHHOSPITAL

Bellevue’s New York Cupcakes Opens Second Location inMadison Valley

Seattle, WA - New York Cupcakes ofBellevue, WA has opened a second location on East Madison and is pairing theirGrand Opening of the new store with a Donation Event with St. Jude Children’sResearch Hospital.

NewYork Cupcakes is a cute vintage cupcake shop that specializes in bringing backold fashioned cupcake flavors to a modern audience. The shop itself is athrowback to vintage candy and soda shops, with pink walls, and black and whitecheckered floors.

TheGrand Opening will be paired with free mini cupcakes in a variety of their mostpopular flavors. Author and artist Jessie Oleson of cakespy.comwill be there signing copies of her new book ‘Cakespy Presents Sweet Treats fora Sugar-Filled Life’.

Themain event will be a raffle purchased at $1.00 a piece for an Ultimate CupcakeBirthday Party. All proceeds from the raffle will be donated to St. JudeChildren’s Research Hospital. The Ultimate Cupcake Birthday Party for up totwenty four people, includes cupcakes from New York Cupcakes, Cupcake wrappersfrom Bella Cupcake Couture, A two hour photo booth from Art of SubtletyPhotography, one hundred dollars worth of flowers from Toppers European Floral,a one hundred dollar gift card to Common Folk Co. and with invitations providedby artist Jessie Oleson from CakeSpy. The raffle will be held all day, and thewinner will be announced at 5pm at the end of the Grand Opening.

NewYork Cupcakes has worked with St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital for over threeyears, and has raised over $5,000, and continues to be a cause that is near anddear to all of the staff at New York Cupcakes.

Pleasejoin New York Cupcakes for the grand opening, and supporting St. JudeChildren’s Research Hospital for a cupcake event unlike any other!

xxx

Magnolia Bakery to open in Chicago Saturday, October 1st

The famed Magnolia Bakery, which recently opened up in Bloomingdale's in New York City's Upper East Side, will open in Chicago on October 1st. From Eater Chicago:

New York's iconic Magnolia Bakery will finally make its Chicago debut at Block 37 this Saturday, Oct. 1. The look of the location is very vintage and reminds you of a seaside bakery from the '50s. This is the first Magnolia store in the Midwest, coming after openings in LA and Dubai.

The 28-seat location will offer cakes, pies, creamy banana pudding, cookies, brownies, mini cheesecakes and fresh-from-the-oven breakfast muffins. From Double Crust Pies ($24) and Strawberry Icebox Cake ($24) to Red Velvet Cake ($55, 3-layer) and S’mores Cupcakes ($3.25 each), Magnolia harkens back to the flavors and traditions of classic American baked goods.

In other Magnolia Bakery news, via their Facebook page, they are selling a Rosh Hashanah honey cupcake: "spiced honey cake with walnuts and a touch of citrus zest."

You can also follow them @magnoliabakery on Twitter.