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.

Boy, girl, smiley face, hearts, rabbit, candy and Eat Me cupcakes from Poland

These cupcakes by Miss Muffin of Łódź, Poland make me smile. Via their Facebook page. You can reach them at monika.pawlakA at gmail.com or+48 512302198.

Portland, Maine cupcakes: Tulips Cupcakery

I'll be visiting Portland, Maine this weekend for the first time, and am very excited about catching up with one of my oldest friends (we met when we were six), exploring, eating all sorts of food and, of course, cupcakes! I love that there's such a thriving cupcake scene there, and will be reporting back. One of the companies I'll be trying is Tulips Cupcakery, which sells their cupcakes at local farmers' markets and cafes in Portland and Freeport, Maine (I'm picking mine up at a restaurant called Mornings in Paris, a name I think is so charming, where I think I'll have to try the red velvet latte!), and uses locally sourced ingredients. Below are some photos from their Facebook page. Find out where they'll be and their flavors at tulipscupcakery.com and they can be reached at tulipscupcakery at gmail.com or 207-252 9960.




candy cane - tis almost the season!


Valentine's Day hug, love, xo cupcakes


red, white and blue cupcakes

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!)

Gayle King cupcake toppers by Man Bakes Cake

If you caught me on The Gayle King Show today you may have seen these Gayle King cupcake toppers that New York's Man Bakes Cake made for the show! They do custom cupcakes for any occasion (and are famous for their Girl Scout cookie Samoa cupcakes, among others). Find out more at manbakescake.blogspot.com and their Facebook page (thanks for the screenshtos and the beautiful toppers!). Email martinez_rudy at msn.com for ordering information. Here's a peek:

Halloween bat, spider and spider web cupcake decorating tips

I will reiterate that Halloween is my favorite cupcake holiday - there are just so many fun designs! TidyMom has two Halloween cupcake decorating posts for you: one on bat cupcakes (using candy molds) and one on spider and spider web cupcakes. Click through to find out how to make the cute creations seen below!

Welcome back, cupcakes!

Or, to be properly grammatical, "Welcome back cupcakes," but I liked the idea of cupcakes going away and being welcomed back. These are by Kati's Kupcakes of Moorestown, New Jersey, via Flickr. Visit katiskupcakes.com for ordering information.