Cupcake Wars

This is an interesting and entertaining article about the serious rivalry between two famous cupcake bakeries located in New York. It is a story of friends that turn into enemies in the competitive world of cupcakes.

Read the full article, Sweet and Vicious, by Adam Sternbergh, here.

Surprise Big Cupcake Cake

I have been hoping I would have the chance to try the giant cupcake cake again! I really wanted to improve and tweak the shape of it.

So I got a message about about doing a cake for a surprise bridal shower for a friend. After some humming and haaa-ing, I thought this would a great chance to do the giant cupcake design again. Around that time, I came across a really cool blog, Bake and Destroy, and was instantly drawn to this big cupcake photo. I knew it was what I was looking for as my inspiration. Sweet!

The colour theme for the bridal shower – plus her wedding – are pink (fuchsia) and orange. To surprise her, she was told she would be going to the spa, but would be taken to the shower instead. 😉

This cupcake was not as large as the last cupcake cake, but it was the same moist chocolate cake with vanilla cupcake icing. This time, I tried separating the top and bottom into two tiers. Also different this time, I used airbrushing and hand-painting methods to colour the cake. It was very top-heavy, but I’m happy to say it arrived safe. The bridal shower was super fun – I’m glad I could be a part of it! And the decor was awesome and matched the cake perfectly!

I feel like I am getting closer and closer to the ideal cupcake cake shape. Next time, I would like to tweak it again to have more of a “dome” on the top rather than the “donut” shape I have going on. Lol – someone said it looked like a bagel.

Coffee with that? 😉

Cupcake Tattoos

On the theme of cupcakes: I came across this awesome cupcake blog, All Things Cupcake. They write about many cupcake-related topics, from cupcake ideas, cupcake art, to cupcake fashion!

And they have a section of really cute Cupcake Tattoos!