Gingerbread Latte Cupcakes with Recipe Link

Ta ta Thanksgiving, HELLO CHRISTMAS! Now that Thanksgiving and Black Friday have come and gone I think now we can officially start gearing up for Christmas!

In honor of this season's most anticipated holiday I present to you a special Christmas themed treat...Gingerbread Latte Cupcakes with Lemon Cream Cheese Frosting!

These ridiculously cute and delicious looking treats are brought to you by Bakers Royale! The recipe actually came about because of a disappointing Starbucks drink order, goes to show that the best inspiration really can come from anywhere!

I was a little taken aback by the idea of mixed lemon cream cheese with something as spicy as gingerbread but after reading why this was used, I have to say I'm more than curious to try out the recipe for myself. If you want to try this out as well, go ahead and check out the recipe here!

Christmas tree and snowman cupcakes by Martha Stewart

From the one and only Martha Stewart, some fun holiday cupcakes and decorating tips: Christmas trees and a marshmallow snowman! Via Best Friends for Frosting.

Happy New Year 2012, Christmas, snowflake, number and cute dog cupcake transfers from Ticings

Cupcake transfer company Ticings has a Black Friday sale going on through November 27th! Save 25% by using the code 25BLACK. Some of their designs include Happy New Year 2012, Santa, Christmas stockings, snowflakes, numbers and cute dogs, all seen below. Visit ticings.com and their Facebook page for more designs and ordering information. You can also follow them @ticing on Twitter.

Extra sparkly Christmas cupcakes

These fun Christmas cupcakes are by The Voluptuous Cup Cake Company in Perth, Australia, who can be reached at voluptuouscupcake at iprimus.com.au, via their Facebook page. The last one is a cupcake ornament, not made by them, but from Facebook too that I thought was cute. One month Christmas cupcake countdown!

Very cute turkey cupcakes plus s'mores, snickerdoodle, Cherry Coke, tiramisu, bubble gum, Boston cream pie and more by Sweet Peaks Cupcakery

These Thanksgiving and other luscious cupcakes are from the Facebook page of Estes Park, Colorado bakery Sweet Peaks Cupcakery; the people who run it also run Schmidt's Bakery in Loveland, Colorado. Enjoy!




s'mores!


snickerdoodle


Cherry Coke cupcakes (I thought these were cotton candy!)


tiramisu


bubble gum




Boston cream pie


cherry almond

More information:

Schmidt's Bakery
808 SW 14th St.
Loveland, CO 80537

Sweet Peaks Cupcakery
370 East Elkhorn Ave.
Estes Park, CO 80517

Cutest cupcake video EVER: 3-year-old Makes Vegan Pumpkin Cupcakes

Can I just spend all Thanksgiving Day watching this extremely adorable video? Via One Green Planet and it's not just cute, it really has a vegan pumpkin cupcake recipe! Petey Rojas, I hope you will be making more cupcakes and more videos! "What's vanilla?" "You mix it up until the pumpkin goes away." Love this!

Thanksgiving turkey dinner on a cookie on a cupcake!

Love love love this turkey Thanksgiving dinner on a cookie on a cupcake by Mrs. Fox's Sweets (via Flickr), who writes:

I decorated the cookie before putting it on the cupcake.First I frosted the the cookie, then added a little white icing for the mashed potatoes. I put a little yellow circle sprinkle in the center for butter, and then a little yellow piping gel since the sprinkle wasn't enough. For cranberry sauce I used red colored sugar. The green beans are made with green jimmies and the turkey was made with coffee flavored fondant (from Fondarific).

I love how fun, adorable and creative this is, and it's vegetarian! Who wouldn't smile when seeing this on the dinner table?

Edible fondant turkeys on cupcakes at Sweet in Boston

Via @SweetCupcakes_ on Twitter - more turkey cupcakes from Sweet in Boston and Cambridge, Massachusetts. See sweetcupcakes.com for more information.

Very cute turkey cupcakes by MyDelight Cupcakery

These extra cute Thanksgiving turkey cupcakes are by MyDelight Cupcakery in Ontario, California, via Flickr. You can also find them on Facebook and @My_Delight on Twitter.



MyDelight Cupcakery
1520 N. Mountain Ave.
Ontario, CA
909-988-4151
info at mydelightcupcakery.com

Cupcake decorating improvisation: candy necklaces for turkey feathers

One of my favorite things about cupcakes is that you can literally use anything to decorate them, and this post at Hoosier Homemade involves decorating improvisation in the form of candy necklaces! So fun, and a great way to use leftover Halloween candy (if any should exist in your house). True confession: sometimes my favorite part of a post like this is the ingredient list!

Thanksgiving, Christmas and little heart cake pops

These fun seasonal holiday cake pops are by Somers Point, New Jersey's Mommy Make a Cake, via their Facebook page. They can be reached at mommymakeacake at hotmail.com or 609-457-8209.

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!

5 fondant Christmas cupcake toppers for sale on Etsy

These cute fondant Christmas cupcake toppers are all for sale from Etsy seller Two Sugar Babies. Click on each photo below to be taken to the sale page.

Tour de Sweet with Jessie Oleson at Butter Lane

It was wonderful to see Jessie again at her book tour (Tour de Sweet), one stop of which was held at Butter Lane in the East Village.

Jessie and her parents, reviewing the CakeSpy book:

I thought it was awesome that her folks came out for the book tour!

Also on tap were Rachel and Nichelle, all of us enjoying Jessie's company, the cupcakes, the new book and each other.

"Why yes, that is a giant cow mural on the wall. Why do you ask?"

I even (cake)spied some of Jessie's artwork at Exit 9, down the block on Avenue A, perfect for the holidays:

Thanks for making NYC one stop of your sweet-filled tour, Jessie!

;)

Talking turkey mashmallow cake pop cupcake toppers for Thanksgiving

These are adorable, and work as cake pops or as Thanksgiving turkey cupcake toppers! They're by blogger Sugar Swings! Serve Some, who tells you how to turn mini marshmallows into these cute creatures.

10 Thanksgiving cupcake toppers on Etsy

Thanksgiving is fast approaching...cupcake toppers are a cute and easy way to decorate your cupcakes and get into the holiday spirit. Some of these spell out their thanks, some feature turkeys, and keep in mind there are many, many others on Etsy. Click through on each photo to be taken to the page selling it!
















(these come with Skittles or M&Ms!)