My bestest friend’s daughter received first communion this past weekend and my friend asked me to make cupcakes for the party afterwards.
I immediately said sure. No problem. How many do you want?
She goes, “How about 50. Yeah, at least 50.”
50? Ummm… okay. Thinking in the back of my mind… How am I going to transport 50 cupcakes and still keep them as fresh as possible because I’ll have to make them the night before? And what am I going to carry them all in and put them on? Now, that may not sound like a lot to you guys, but it is when you’ve never done that many for someone else before and especially for a whole bunch of people you’ll have to look in the face if they don’t like them. I’m not a caterer, you know.… I tend to panic right before I bake. I’m weird like that…
… and, then how to decorate them? What do you do for communion cupcakes anyway?
Luckily, I still had the invitation laying around, so I just used it for inspiration.
And, after visiting several stores, I finally found a 4-tier Cupcake Tower
from Wilton that would hold about 36 cupcakes. That was the biggest I could find, and seeing as how I waited until the last minute… I grabbed it.
I wanted each tier to alternate with the design, so I started planning and put my math skills to work.
12 + 8 + 1 = 21 (Excellent… Martha Stewart’s One Bowl Chocolate Cupcakes makes about 22.) Check! These will be chocolate cupcakes with pink tinted vanilla buttercream frosting. YUM!
10 + 6 = 16 (Yay… Half of this moist yellow cake recipe makes about 18) Perfect! These will be vanilla cupcakes with vanilla buttercream frosting. YUM! YUM!
Note: I doubled the buttercream recipe for each of these so I would have enough… especially for the swirly ones (made with the 1M tip).
But wait… that’s 37. Perfect for the cupcake tower, but I need 50. Not enough. (I got As in math, by the way.)
So I made another batch of cupcakes by halving this Easter cupcake recipe from a few weeks ago and a chocolate cream cheese frosting. I could have doubled one of the others, but I decided to make a third kind. That way I could have people choose their favorite chocolate one. I like feedback.
The night before I made the cupcakes, I made these cute little toppers. I tinted some fondant
pink and used my favorite set of double-sided graduated cutters
to make the shapes. These were going on the vanilla cupcakes with vanilla buttercream frosting. They’ll really pop on white.
Then, I tinted some more of the fondant a dark brown. To get it this dark, use brown and then add some violet until you get the right shade.
For the crosses, I photocopied the invitation and scaled it down until it was a size that would fit inside of the pink shape when cut out.
Then, all you have to do is roll out the fondant and cut it in rectangular shapes that match the height and width of the cross. Mine are a little uneven, but no worries.
Because, you can make adjustments when you finish up the crosses. And all you do for that is remove sections from each of the four corners with a cutter until you are left with the remaining cross shape. Her invitation had edges that varied in width, so I used this tiny triangle cutter to do the job. You can just as easily use a square cutter and end up with evenly shaped sides.
Then, use a tiny dab of water on the underside of the crosses and attach them to the pink fondant cutouts. Easy.
Now I had plenty of toppers, plenty of cupcakes and plenty of frosting. But not plenty of room to showcase them. Remember, the tower only holds 36 and I now had 50 some odd cupcakes.
What to do? What to do?
Ask Martha of course. She always has an answer.
I found this beautiful display in my Martha Stewart Weddings Magazine (Spring 2009). They’re made of graduated hat boxes and wrapped with designs printed on card stock. Cool, huh. I got really excited and even thought about ditching the whole cupcake tower thing. She has very detailed instructions here. But, after reading, I realized they were for mini cupcakes. Nooooooo! And even though I got A’s in math, I didn’t feel like figuring out all the conversions to adjust. Yuck-o-rama.
So, I took her lead and went looking for hat boxes… in any size I could find. Which wasn’t many. I found big and round and that’s about it. So instead of stacking mine, I made two separate displays.
I think they came out super cute. If you look closely, the design is the same as the background in the invitation, above.
I copied the ornamental design and repeated the pattern on an 11X17 document and printed it out on heavyweight paper.
Then, I cut the paper horizontally in half in a wavy line that went in between two rows of the ornamental pattern. Does that make sense? Hope so.
Then, I trimmed off the outer edges since my printer won’t bleed the image to the edge of the paper and taped two of the pieces together to wrap around the hat box.
If I was Martha Stewart, I would have figured out precise measurements and made sure the patterns matched up at the meeting points, but I’m not and no one noticed that they were off by a hair.
Heck, no one even noticed that I used the pattern from the invitation. Bummer. I think I was more proud about that than the cupcakes.
And, ooooh, the cupcakes. They were so good. Especially these with the chocolate cream cheese frosting. But so were the other chocolate cupcakes with the pink buttercream… the cake was more chocolatey. It’s a draw, I guess. Notice the second set of fondant toppers I made… smaller and cuter.
Check this one out. After covered in frosting I put these giant chocolate sprinkles on.
A big thanks to my new friend Liz in Greece who sent them to me. I think they’re actually made in Belgium, though. Look how shiny and big they are compared to the normal chocolate sprinkles I usually find. They taste great, they come in a big box and they even have a handy pourable spout. I love ’em!
And, so did she. The sprinkle ones were her favorite. She was so sweet. She almost made me tear up when she said they were the very best things I ever made for her.… then she said… except the Halloween Cake Pops … and except the Easter Basket Cupcakes. Cute. I’m just glad I made her smile.
Now… who wants a Cupcake Tower? I know. I know. I usually don’t do two giveaways in a row, but I actually liked this thing a lot!
It’s simple and easy to use.
It stays nested for storage and it even tilts slightly to give a better view of the cupcakes. And best of all, it was only $20 bucks! Score!
I liked it so much, I want someone else to enjoy it with me.
So, I’m gonna give away three of them.
- Just leave a comment on this post and tell me your favorite cupcake flavor combination. I’m curious.
- Leave your comment with a way for me to contact you if you win (either a blog link or email)
- Deadline to enter is
Tuesday, May 19th at 5:00 p.m.WINNERS BELOW (recorded by the comment time stamp) - Three winners will be chosen at random* and announced sometime Tuesday evening on this post.
* One winner will be chosen at random, using random.org’s integer generator.
Good Luck!
Oh my gosh, all the flavors you guys listed are making me crave some cupcakes. I’d take any flavor as long as I can have one right now… even coconut. And, by the way, I’m glad to see so many of you love red velvet as much as I do. And cream cheese frosting. Yum! Okay, let’s see who won from the 3,986 entries.
A big cupcake tower congrats to:
Commenter # 1879 – James-n-Amber
Commenter # 390 – Jessica
Commenter # 1796 – Camille
beautiful job, as to be expected!
thank you so much for all of the giveaways you do! seriously.. not only are you generous with the recipes, tips and tricks you offer… but the swag rocks, too. :)
my favorite cupcake is an old fashioned carrot cake with cream cheese frosting.
I am a sucker for white cupcakes with the rainbow chip icing!!!
Vanilla with Vanilla icing!!! I love vanilla!!!!
Fun Contest! I am doing my daughters first birthday with all things cupcakes. Cupcake Cake, cupcakes, and YOUR cakepops! Can’t wait to see everones response to your cakepops. Her birthday is June 7th!!
I’m a fan of mixing fruit flavors.. a lemon cupcake with strawberry icing… mmm! :)
I love ALL cupcakes but my favorite is probably chocolate with chocolate frosting.
joshandjenr@yahoo.com
Thank you!
Jennifer
My mom’s carrot cake recipe with her famous cream cheese frosting, yummo!
Kim Sylvester
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(978)835-3085
I have come across a recipe for mint julep cupcakes…I can not wait to make them! Otherwise my favorite is lemon poppy seed with buttercream icing!
I am crossing my fingers & toes for a win!
lesliervt[at]yahoo[dot]com
http://maykenmemories.blogspot.com/
strawberry cake with orange/cream cheese filling and vanilla buttercream. yummy!
I’m a lemon cupcake kind of gal, preferably with buttercream frosting. Makes me hungry just thinking about it.
White cake and dark chocolate frosting!
my favorite lemon cake with a butter cream frosting & topped with fresh strawberries. yum :)
skrpr_grl@yahoo.com
Ooh! Chocolate with Chocolate! That’s my fave!!
Great Idea! Wonderful! Excellent! Plain old white cake with butter cream icing.
Chocolate Cupcakes with peanut butter icing!
White cupcakes with Chocolate frosting is my favorite! I would love this stand, pick me!
Margie
misintx@yahoo.com
My absolute favorite is a Chocolate Fudge cupcake with chocolate chips or chunks in the batter, topped with Chocolate Buttercream frosting. Make it over the top with shaved chocolate. And, of course, a large glass of milk!
http://www.mygc.com/amystoltz
bestcandles@gmail.com
Vanilla with lemon cream cheese icing!
michelle. kaler @ gmail. com
I like cherry chocolate chunk cupcakes with a rich chocolate frosting for special occasions, but I am a vanila cupcake chocolate frosting type of girl!
ELVIS LIVES
A chocolate cupcake with banana icing and an edge of chocolate icing. YUM!
Also, I made your 14 layer cake and mine wouldn’t stand up… what did I do wrong?
I love yellow cake with marachino cherry frosting! Yummy! ;)
devon282@gmail.com
Chocolate with coconut frosting.
vanilla cake chocolate frosting plain and simple, if we are going fancy key lime mmmmm
yellow cake with buttercream! Yum!
I love dark chocolate cupcakes with whipped ganache piped inside the cupcake and on top. YUM! So yeah, I like chocolate with chocolate and chocolate.
Great Giveaway! My favorite cupcake combination is Sprinkles Dark Chocolate Marshmallow. It is heavenly! jcflake@hotmail.com
Carrot Cake plus cream cheese frosting is definitely my fav!
Me!! :) I just made a Root Beer Float Cake yesterday and thought it would be better baked as a cupcake.
yogilo@gmail.com
Red velvet w/cream cheese filling & frosting! YUMMY!
My favorite is chocolate cupcakes with chocolate frosting! Can you tell I love chocolate?
I think my favorite is chocolate mudcake, a bit of lemon curd on top and a big swirl of raspberry Italian merengue buttercreme :) so good. unfortunately cupcakes are not vere common here i Denmark, but i just love making them :D it’s so much fun and they usually look very cute ;) by the way, I love you blog. it’s so creativ and full of great ideas :)
– Line
LineBineVaskemaskine@gmail.com
Red Velvet!!
cassandra@aubut.net
My favorite is chocolate with peanut butter frosting! You shoud try it if you haven’t already! :)
Oh my goodness!! HARD choice here! I LOVE red velvet with cream cheese frosting…Also chocolate with choc. frosting…also, cream cheese frosting is the BOMB!! And so is YOUR site!! You are so sweet to give such detailed directions for us to create our own…and links to get everything we need!! You are the Baking ANGEL!!!
We love you!!
Debbie House
dkhousehold@gmail.com
I’ve made some cupcakes where I put Mexican Hot Cocoa mix in the batter and in the frosting. I also put a whole Oreo cookie in the cupcake before baking. I called them my Cookies and Cocoa Cupcakes.
I’m your traditional Chocolate with chocolate icing.
I love these cupcakes! They look amazing! My favourite flavour, for now (cos it changes everytime I try something new) is chocolate banana! I like making strawberry though because they are more fun to decorate! The stand looks awesome, I’d totally love one, but I’m guessing shipping one to Scotland is a bit too much to ask!
Please keep posting brilliant ideas for me to try though, I’ve fallen in love with everything I’ve seen!
Trish
I love cupcakes! My favorites are chocolate with a classic buttercream, or lemon cupcakes with orange buttercream!
When I was pregnant and craving anything lime, I made the most delicious coconut lime cupcakes. Just white cake with a little lime juice and white frosting tinted green with lime juice and zest and coconut on top. Unbelievable. omg…I think I’m craving them again…
I like plain old chocolate cupcakes with vanilla frosting! (megan.shill at gmail dot com)
My favorite is stuffed cookies and cream, but I just found a recipe for Creme Soda Cupcakes with toffee icing that I am desperate to try!
nice work bakerella! pulled of the 50 like a seasoned caterer :)
favorite flavour combo…coconut cake with lime ginger butter cream. very springy…
thanks for being so generous!
Key lime poundcake with orange cream cheese frosting. Oh la, la!!
Tangerine & Vanilla cupcakes with the same icing. It's beyond yummy.
My boss hates sweets and she loves these cupcakes when I bring them in.
red velvet with cream cheese…….yummy
Great cupcakes!
I love a good, moist yellow cupcake (or carrot-cupcake) with cream cheese/almond buttercream – to die for!
Thanks – hope I win! I need something to transport my kids’ cupcakes to school! ;o)
szahlmann at gmail dot com
coconut with toasted coconut frosting.
erinw@optonline.net
oooh, my favortie cupcake is Dark Chocolate cake with vanilla icing! YUM!!
~TidyMom
I am a TRUE chocolate lover…dark chocolate cupcake with chocolate frosting….pure bliss! Thanks!
If I had to pick (which is super hard), I love red velvet with cream cheese frosting. Yum, yum.
Chocolate cake with cream cheese! I’m brand new to making cupcakes but I love to eat them!!!!!
HOLY COW…look at all these comments! My all time favorite is our Raspberry Red Velvet cupcake with Raspberry cream Cheese frosting…YUMMY!
What’s your secret/recipe to the pink frosting piled high on the cupcakes? I just have a difficult time making the right consistency to give them that heavenly look. I think the frosting swirled up high makes the cup cake!
Chocolate with cherry buttercream
daisyq_126 at yahoo dotcom
I’m a plain jane gal. Vanilla cake with Chocolate Buttercream icing. That or Strawberry.
Love chocoloate with a layer of raspberry jam and then topped with chocolate ganache!!!
Definitely chocolate and chocolate. And chocolate.
Red velvet with vanilla frosting. YUM!
nam0731mommy@hotmail.com
I’m a simple girl, my favorite is white with good old buttercream
i love chocolate so my favorite is choc/choc and of coarse some chocolate sprinkles on top. yum.
chocolate with chocolate frosting!!
Peanut Butter & Jelly
lori@sugarbakerz.com
chocolate cupcake with strawberry whipped frosting!! Yum
I love lime coconut or chocolate coconut!
mmm moist chocolate cupcakes with mint frosting!!!!
elisebest@gmail.com
Banana Bread with a cream cheese frosting! Way to yummy!
hillaryboren@hotmail.com
Your’s are always beautiful! My all time favorite is strawberry cupcake with fluffy strawberry icing.
Enjoy your site
Kristi
koolkiddoz@juno.com
A sweet Potato cupcake with cream cheese frosting is to die for!
Chocolate all the way!
Love that you went to so much trouble for the second batch! They turned out super in the hat box! My fav is a carrot cake with gooey cream cheese frosting and snippits of carrot pre-dipped in syrup!
Spice cupcakes with cream cheese frosting! YUM!
BasketChik@aol.com
i’m pretty basic. Vanilla cake with a cream cheese crosting.
I’m kind of boring – I love vanilla cupcakes with buttercream icing!
I love red velvet with yummy cream cheese frosting! Your cupcakes look beautiful!
samiam214 at yahoo dot com
www dot brokenroadfarm dot com
chocolate with buttercream!! yum!
love your work.. amazing!
wendyd@wfmz.com
Cream filled chocolate cupcakes with chocolate buttercream frosting. Yum! You could also add some raspberry filling to the cream for a little surprise!
ashlidelk@hotmail.com
My daughter made a Barefoot Contessa chocolate cake that had coffee in it with a peanut butter frosting. So yummy!
jhermann@aol.com
yellow with fudge icing. mmmmmm
What about cappaccino cupcakes – can’t you make those???? With coffee/mocha icing. Yes please!
Honestly, I’d eat any cupcake (or 3) put in front of me, but my favorite… at least what pops into my head right now… is chocolate with buttercream icing.
You know, I’m boring, but I like white or yellow with buttercream. Thanks for the opportunity, I’ve been really wanting to get one of these!
I’m a basics kind a gal… chocolate (homemade of course not a cake mix) and buttercream icing…. mmmm my favorite.
I haven’t ever had a cupcake as good as Barefoot Contessa’s Coconut Cupcakes!
Chocolate cupcakes with peanut butter chocolate icing!
Milk Choc cupcakes w/ Peanut butter frosting. A family Fav! LOVE the site. Im new to it and so glad I found it! My 1st post to a yummy blog! TY for all the insperation, you are amazing!
cropanattitude@hotmail.com
i love the one bowl chocolate cupcakes with chocolate swiss buttercream. and i just made 60 for my own birthday party! vanilla/vanilla, chocolate/chocolate, lemon/lemon… and the swiss buttercream was amazing. but VERY stressful to make that many! i transported in bakery boxes, which made it very easy to transport them and assemble “on location.” (sweetsamantha.wordpress.com)
Chocolate cake with chocolate frosting, of course! I love you Bakerella!!!!
samcke@charter.net
omigosh i’m a cupcake fiend lately. i love any with a good creamy cream cheese icing, but especially a good dark chocolate one, they’re so rich it’s wonderful!
http://www.lifespinkflamingo.blogspot.com
My favorite combination is French vanilla cupcakes with Peppermint buttercream frosting.
Contact:andreasaunders2@yahoo.com
red velvet and cream cheese frosting – delish!
etrebits at hotmail.com
Super cool post- love the colors.
Right now I’m turning into my mother because I love vanilla. A perfect vanilla-vanilla cupcake with an expertly executed vanilla bean buttercream makes me VERY happy.
opps, Red velvet with cream cheese of course!
chocolate cupcakes with buttercream frosting :)
red velvet with cream cheese frosting!
lemon cupcake with strawberry filling and frosting is my favorite at the moment. kind of a strawberry lemonade vibe.
This looks really great!
You are now officially the queen of cuteness. I love your little crosses :)
Chocolate with chocolate cream cheese sounds great :)
The cupcakes look beautiful…I’m sure they were delicious too! YUM!!
Dianna
diannamk@hotmail.com
I enjoy this post so much. But you’re freaking insane! Printing off the pattern from the invite to make a cupcake tier!
I mean that in a good way. I don’t do a heck of a lot of baking, but I’m interested in trying your recipes without the help of Wilton.
These are cupcakes, which though I haven’t tried, I presume must be a delicious combo: http://smittenkitchen.com/2009/01/car-bomb-cupcakes/
Chocolate, beer, whiskey, and bailey’s frosting. They’d probably make an amazing cake, too.
Chocolate with strawberry buttercream!
Red velvet & cream cheese! Yummy!!!
Vanilla and Buttercream icing is my favorite! You can contact me to send it on it’s way at: tina@htrdnck.com
Thanks,
Tina McDaniel
Chocolate Fudge! I’m a total chocoholic! I would LOVE to win the cupcake tower. It would make my life so much easier when I transport my cupcakes to my granddaughters, who live four hours away from me! And, I love how your cupcakes turned out – you are so talented!
maggie@mannwieler.com
Hey,
Your giant chocolate sprinkles are hagelslag. I live in the Netherlands and we eat it with bread and butter. It’s delicious.
I’ve never used buttercream, but i love banana cupcakes. Just banana or with chocolat or nuts.
chocolate with butter cream frosting.
Tdstout57@aol.com
Chocolate, Chocolate & more Chocolate!
Awesome cupcakes, btw!
Chocolate cupcakes with cream cheese icing! YUMMY!
angieshupe@aol.com
Anything tropical works…toasted coconut–yummers!
http://themarks5.blogspot.com/
Chocolate on chocolate or, my friend made cheescake cupcakes…they were to die for. And, last year, my friend made Carrot cake cupcakes….OK, put a cup cake in front of me and I’ll eat it, who am I kidding?
Send me an e-mail when I win.
dwarrington@towson.edu (can you send me a cupcake as well?)
White cake with white whipped frosting…and maybe a few sprinkles for some extra sugar!
Jamie F. – smrtass498@aol.com
Easy peasie lemon squeezy!!! Best combo…especially this time of year…lemon yogurt cuppies with freshly made strawberry cream cheese icing on top. DELISH!
My favorite cupcake is the classic marble cake and white buttercream OR red velvet and cream cheese frosting.
rianlancto@gmail.com
I am getting into baking cupcakes more and more and have been researching and looking out for cool displays. I love your martha stewart ones, but WIlton products are also fun and easy too!
I’m very simple. I like white cake with chocolate fudge frosting. Heaven!
lmfunk_mi@yahoo.com
Chocolate, chocolate, chocolate-any color, any combination!
Milk chocolate with cream cheese frosting. Yum! But I always love the buttercream frosting from the Wilton cake classes too.
tmboase@hotmail.com
I love chocolate cake with mousse filling and buttercream frosting…I need a glass of milk just thinking about it.
http://momgoincrazy.blogspot.com
My fave has got to be red velvet with cream cheese frosting. It’s what I use to compare different cupcakeries. =o)
I really love your website, such inspiration! Thanks for sharing!
chocolate cake, cream cheese frosting! so good!
mandydow at gmail dot com
White on White. Classic. LOVE IT!
~angela @ peonypatch
http://www.mccalled.com/peonypatch
I’m a sucker for chocolate and peanut butter!
This cupcake tower would be absolutely perfect for the wedding I’m baking cupcakes for on June 6th!
dessertsduclare.blogspot.com
I love carrot cake and cream cheese frosting. I like to justify the carrots in the cakes being a vegetable.
Spice cupcakes with cinnamon buttercream frosting!
Denise
deer757@msn.com
Yellow cake with chocolate. Oh – and lots of sprinkles! :)
I like the classic chocolate cupcake with vanilla icing..and sprinkles.
Those chocolate sprinkles are from Holland, you can buy them at any Dutch Store!! We eat it on bread!! Yumm.. ( yes I have a dutch background!)
beckychart at gmail dot com
My most favorite of all the cupcakes in my life are the basics…Yellow cake and white buttercream frosting, and LOTS OF IT. Piled as high as I can get. Thanks for the givaway chances!
bondgirl7@verizon.net
Chocolate, Chocolate, and Rainbow Sprinkles!
nicholeaalvarezATgmailDOTcom
Key lime anything is my favorite. I REALLY hope I get that cupcake stand because I love making your fun cupcakes!
laurahall03@gmail.com
Chocolate and Chocolate…although if you add peanut butter in anywhere there, that is great too.
Pumpkin spice cake with cream cheese frosting is my fave!
Beautiful job!
I’m a sucker for red velvet and cream cheese! It’s the only flavor I never make myself so it’s a real treat when I get it.
Thanks for all your great ideas!
Hersey’s Chocolate Cupcake + Strawberry Icing!
wang.lilianw@gmail.com
lemon! with lemon! yum!!!!
I’m boring I guess – red velvet with cream cheese frosting! Yum!
how cute! My favorite cupcake is Green Velvet Cake for St. Patrick’s Day! Yum yum.
hmm, anything chocolately satisfies me!
email: acey09@hotmail.com
I love everything you do on here!!
My fav flavors would be swiss meringue butter cream with REAL vanilla and dark chocolate cake…simple, but when its done right tastes like vanilla ice cream and chocolate cake!
I also like blackberry butter cream with a vanilla cake as well…different but soo good!!
Thanks Bakerella!!
AmandaCakes
http://www.amanda-cakes.com
Vanilla with chocolate frosting! YUM!!!
rsgleave@gmail.com
I love making cupcakes. They are my favourite thing to bake.
My favourite is marble with mint flavoured buttercream frosting.
Strawberry with strawberry buttercream icing! YUM!
jenniferlbarron at gmail dot com
I like good ole chocolate with creme cheese frosting. Mmm….
carot cake with rasberry creamcheese frosting – yum
I’ve got to go with red velvet and cream cheese frosting, but lemon with lemon buttercream sounds yummy, too. I’d love to fill up the cupcake tower with both, thanks for the blog candy!
Rachel in Sacramento
(rachelloesch@sbcglobal.net)
Simple! Lemon cupcake with buttercream…yummy!
fabi.suarez@gmail.com
Gueiness Chocolate Cake with Irish Cream frosting.
Love your blog. Can’t wait to try the chocolate cream cheese frosting recipe.
http://www.xanga.com/Jude1_22
My absolute favorite cupcake combo is dark chocolate cake with peanut butter frosting. YUMMY!!
Carrot cake with cream cheese frosting..simple yumminess every time :)
I love chocolate/mint and chocolate/almond. I can’t wait to try the cupcake tower!
My favorite cupcakes hands down are my brother’s – coffee cupcakes with espresso buttercream (he is a baker for Teacake Bakeshop). Tasty AND darling with the little coffee bean on top!
jessaharter@yahoo.com
I had a friend substitute coconut cream for the liquid in both the cupcake and the frosting. YUM. It made them taste healthy, so I ate 3 to get my daily intake.
I love all cupcakes, but I have to admit there is nothing like a yellow cupcake with chocolate icing!
melissabunn@msn.com
I love Banana Split cupcakes! Just in time for the summer cupcake picnics!
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Yellow cake with crushed pineapple and mandarin oranges topped with whipped cream.
Yummy yellow cake with a deep, dark chocolate icing!! MMMM!!
so out of 3500 comments I know there is no way I can win, but here’s to trying…
As far as favorite cupcakes.. Mmmm…. my birthday’s tomorrow – but instead of cupcakes, I think I’ll take an angel food cake with strawberries and whipped cream! That’s my absolute favorite.
chocolate is a classic, but lately i’m a sucker for ginger with lemon cream-cheese icing… preferably with bits of candied ginger mixed into the batter :D
All chocolate, chocolate cake with chocolate frosting!
Karen
klnlovesmickey AT yahoo DOT com
I love white cake with a coconut buttercream icing.
Cream Cheese and Chocolate…yum!
A butter yellow cupcake with chocolate buttercream frosting! Yummy!
K. C.
kccuties(at)gmail(dot)com
I love devils food with butter flavored buttercream….tastes like Oreos! Ummmm…..
I love chocolate cake and cream cheese frosting.
here’s one i doubt anyone else will post! :D Ube cake with Buko Pandan filling/frosting. it’s a very filipino combination, and what’s great about it aside from the taste is that the Ube cake is bright purple, and the Buko Pandan is bright green – the look of the two together in a cupcake is awesome!
Carrot cake and cream cheese frosting
jannahswink at gmail dot com
I love Lemon with Lemone buttercream! I think I will make some this weekend. Thanks,
amw917@gmail.com
Lemon cupcake with lemon frosting.
My sister is having this combo for her wedding cake.
christina yun
christinayun@gmail.com
I love love love yellow cake with chocolate frosting. SO good.
Strawberry with Lime… like a margarita! The cupcake tower turned out so pretty!! For my husbands reunion a few weeks ago I did a tower of sorts alternating cupcake pops and cupcakes! I won best overall in their dessert contest! Whoo Hoo! Thanks for all the great inspiration!
aggiewrk at hotmail dot com
I love those cupcakes, a-dorable! That tower would be perfect for my two daughter’s upcoming birthdays. My fav cupcake flavor is red velvet with cream cheese frosting!! I only tried that combo recently due to your blog.
I am the cupcake queen amongst my friends! My fav is chocolate w/peanut butter cups inside.
teresaaudelo@hotmail.com
I saw a s’mores flavor that I’m sure I would love but have never had – graham cracker bottom, chocolate cake, meringue frosting toasted with a torch (on Martha of course). Here’s a good tutorial for homemade cupcake stands http://www.cakejournal.com/archives/how-to-make-a-cake-stand-for-cupcakes-or-mini-cakes Thanks for raising the bar…AGAIN!
I love red velvet with creamcheese forsting.
I am going to pull a PW here, but I love cupcakes with two different colors. Fudgey chocolate icing with a light fluffy white cake, not to mention the cold glass of milk!
kosherspice at hotmail dot com
Chocolate with chocolate and some more chocolate :)
http://itsmereginalee.blogspot.com
that chocolate sprinkle cookie looked delicious!
Chocolate with chocolate frosting and some toasted coconut flakes on the top!
well… usually red velvet and cream cheese but I also love just classic vanilla and chocolate!!!
My FAVORITE type of cupcake is just yellow cake with buttercream frosting. I then fill the yellow cake mix with a raspberry or strawberry filling….yum…yum…yum
Cupcakes are fun!!
dkwalling@yahoo.com
Those cupcakes are adorable! I love chai tea cupcakes with cream cheese frosting!
Chocolate with cherry cream cheese frosting! YUM!
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Wish they had this when my son was little. Oh, well, my nieces and nephews are having kids. They would love it!
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Man! I have to pick ONE fav??? Hmmm….carrot cake with cream cheese frosting. simply divine.
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Hola!! Me encanta este Blog, y mi sabor preferido de cupcake es el chocolate con cobertura de chocolate!!
Saludos desde México
chocolate ganache filled vanilla cupcake with chocolate buttercream frosting yum!
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yellow cake with chocolate frosting, not quite original, but I’m pretty sure I could eat at least one pan full!!! You do such cute stuff, I love seeing your newest inspirations.
Chocolate chocolate chip cupcakes….right out of the oven when the chips are still melty (not sure that’s a word :o) ) no icing. But if I have to choose an icing, then vanilla buttercream!
I love chocolate with peanut butter frosting!
I love making pineapple upside down cup cakes! nobody expects a treat at the BOTTOM! leslee L8YCHEF@co.net
yeah, chocolate on chocolate will have to try your recipe
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I would have to say Chocolate Cake with Peanut Butter Frosting!
Bakerella, you are so amazing!!!
Red Velvet and cream cheese icing is my favorite. It’s very elegant looking too. People just love them. Calicopurr@msn.com
My fave is a deep chocolate/coffee cupcake with a white vanilla hint of almond buttercream… mmmmm
I’m a total chocaholic, so i love chocolate cupcakes with chocolate fugde buttercream. Heaven!
Your communion cupcakes look amazing! Great idea! Pity the Communion Day in my hometown was last weekend! I would have loved to have had this in mind to bring to the party I was at!
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Any cupcake, as long as it has the cream cheese frosting…Yum…
I love chocolate/mint and chocolate/almond! :)
I can’t wait to try making the tower! Thanks for the inspiration!
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red velvet with cream cheese icing! :)
jfulk@nc.rr.com
Very nice! Love the hatbox idea!
I’d have to say something with lemon would be my favorite. Thanks for the giveaway.
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Jill
I just love the combination of lemon and lavender…I have this awesome edible lavender and it’s so delicious!
anything chocolate wins in my book!
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My favorite cupcake flavor combination is chocolate cupcakes, with whipped cream frosting, sprinkled with crushed peppermint candy canes.
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