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
I’m a chocoholic like most people but I LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE Orange-Cranberry drizzeld with vanilla frosting and Pumpkin Spice with cream cheese frosting! YUMMY! That’s what I made THIS weekend Sat and they were all gone by Monday. BOO!
Gotta go! I’m making CAKE POPS for my BFF and Little Sis this weekend for their B-days! Holla! LOL!
As for my favorite cupcake combo, I’m a sucker for rich chocolate and a great buttercream (yum!), but speaking of displays, I was surfing around looking for cupcake boxes and such when I stumbled upon this great website that had these wonders: http://www.save-on-crafts.com/cupcaketree.html
cardboard cupcake trees! In all sorts of sizes, square or round, with room on the top for more cupcakes or a small fondant-covered cake. Maybe this isn’t big news, but I don’t own any cupcake displays because I never felt wilton was worth the splurge. I mean, they don’t hold that many, and how many times will I really use one anyway? That being said I find the cardboard ones fantastic. I want to launch myself as sort of a desserts-for-hire deal, and it’s great knowing I can afford to do these displays for any parties that might come my way
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i love cupcakesssssssssssssss amo los ponkesitossss
i want every one,,,,,los quiero todos….
I just made a tower for a butterfly themed birthday party! It looked amazing, just like yours! I also decorated the tower itself with frill and butterflys, to make it fit the theme even more.
check it out if you want!
Have you ever tried cream cheese with goat cheese? Seriously awsome.
Haha! The sprinkles are indeed Belgian.
The first line is written in Dutch.
The second line is in French.
And the third word is German.
Yes, we are the smallest country in the world, but we need to have three languages…
Good job, well done! They look very yummy. Any girl getting these at her first communion should feel lucky!
Keep posting! ;-)
aah, the belgian chocolate sprinkles! you can tell they’re from my country since it’s written on it in three languages… such a tiny country to have three official languages, no?
i love them on simple bread.. first put some butter on it to make them stick and pour away! tasty tasty.
http://www.demorgen.be/static/FOTO/pe/18/5/12/large_800127.jpg
if you can ever get your hands on this, go for it. it’s a bread spread made from a traditional belgian cookie (speculoos) and it’s ridiculously yummy. i gave some to a british friend when i visited him and now he’s hooked and frustrated since he can’t buy any more!
WOW! you put so much effort into this with the invitations and everything! WONDERFUL!
I lovee these cupcakes! They are so pretty, they remind me of my first communion :)
Really funny to see you using Chocoladehagelslag, that dutch btw ;p I eat it every morning on a slice of bread! it’s really delicious ;D
I absolutely love “pistachio pudding” from the Jell-O. It’s to die for. You can frost the top of your cake. I would suggest a yellow cake or add it to the filling of cupcakes. MMMMM it’s really yummy! You have to try it. Oh! by the way the cheesecake pops are out of this world. My kids love them. A friend told me about Bakerella and I am so thankful and hooked on this website.
Thanks, from a hectic mother of two or should I say, “three” my husband was fighting with the kids he didn’t want to share the cheesecake pops with our kids. Hahaha they were so good. If I win the cupcake tier, I would like to make her birthday cake out of cupcakes. So if you have any ideas her theme is a fairy.
Thanks,
Lots of love Juanita :)
My newest recipe is a vanilla cake stuffed with oreo cookie buttercream and topped with vanilla buttercream – it’s a local favorite!
The giant chocolate sprinkles are from Holland. We call it ‘hagelslag’
Oh my God your blog is just awesome ..your ideas and creation really can inspire to anyone even who didn’t have the interest of baking & decoration :) I really love your blog…but I’ve problem getting your recipes as I want to make cupcake for my son’s birthday end of this month.but when I’m clicking to the link to get recipe like this cupcake tower butter cream frosting it open to your homepage & same happened to the cheese cake pops,cream cheese frosting,yellow cake recipe..so could you please help me in this as I really want to try those recipes…please reply I really appreciate your help or u can e-mail me..Thanku soo much for sharing such wonderful ideas with us.
takecare.
Hi,
The chocolate sprinkles are indeed made in Belgium :)
You can find these everywhere here (where I live, in Belgium)
and, the word that is written first ‘chocoladehagelslag’ is Dutch for chocolate sprinkles.
Just so you now,
and btw, I looooove your blog!
Greets
i make lemon cup cakes with lemon icing scrummy
Sarah – you may have to get another shade of pink. i used a dusty pink color and started small when adding the color.
help! I am making cupcakes for a bridal shower tomorrow and I am trying to make the icing the same color pink as the ones in this post but its not working. I keep getting a bright pink, almost like Pepto-Bismol. I am using the wilton pink icing color. Anyone have any suggestions?
what kind of tip did you use to make the cupcake swirl?
Dear Bakerella
my name is Maria and im for Greec I am new to the world cup cakes!
I like your work and very inspiring me.
I have many questions about the transfer of cup cakes.
2 days before I created my first wedding cup cakes for 40 people and i would like to show you some of my pictures.
I would be grateful
to tell me your opinion!
Thanks for your time
Maria
Lovely! Pink and brown are my favorite colors and the colors of my room! Just a great idea for a first communion! besides love the idea of using the same pattern of the invitations, too bad noone notice…Before reading that you actually made that paper I was thinking “How lucky she gets the same paper of the invites haha”
Great idea by the way!
XOXO
Tatis
Haha yeah the chocolate prinkels come from Holland/belgium.
because the first line is dutch ^^
but do you have a recipie or do i have to make it with this information?
Your cupcakes are awesome! And, chocoladehagelslag is a typically Dutch, we eat them sprinkles on a slice of bread covered with a thin layer of butter. ;) Anyway, keep up the good work!
Astrid
The Netherlands
Those look amazing. Bakerella, where can I find those double sided cutters, they no longer have them at amazon and also, what piping tip did you use to pipe the pink frosting? I'm looking to buy one and have no idea which one it is! Thank you so much! THank you for your fabulous website, I love it and read it religiously!
The chocolate sprinkles are actually a typical dutch product.
The dutch pour these sprinkles on their bread. Usually white bread with butter and then the sprinkels on top. Yummy!
Your cupcakes look so beautiful. (I am sure they taste great too). I was thinking about buying that 4tier tower online as well. Seeing your decoration really makes me think I should get the tiers myself. Great tip on using sprinkles to get a clean and elegant look.
I love chocolate and yellow cake!
Viry – I made the cupcakes the night before and the fondant toppers two nights before.
Hello! I've got a question, how long in advance did you make the cupcakes?
I want to do some for my baby's baptism but I don't know if I will do it on time!!!
By the way Im from Mexico and I L-L-L-O-V-E your blog!!!
Oooh, must add you before I lose you again!
Oooh, must add you before I lose you again!
Pink and brown is one of my favourite colour combinations…those cupcakes look gorgeous, thanks!!
Anonymous – I wasn’t there, but I have shopped at that one before
Gretam – that’s funny. Those are my pops. I was on the show last year with Martha.
my goodness you are super creative!!! love your cupcakes =).
So funny that you are swooning over the chocolate sprinkles: they are available in every supermarket in the Netherlands since they are used mainly on sandwiches and not for cake decorating.
You can even buy different varieties: milk chocolate, dark chocolate, extra dark, white, mixed, with a jungle theme, with a princess theme… Endless possibilities!
Let me know and I’d be happy to send you a box with a variety of flavours!
love the cupcake tower… check out the cupcake tower we did for my wedding!! http://kristen-l.blogspot.com/2008/09/our-wedding-day.html
chocolate cupcakes with chocolate icing with mint topppings..its a really yummy combination.
I was inspired by your cupcake tower and wanted to show you the picture but I can’t figure out how to send it to you through your blog. Is it on my flickr here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/81116823@N00/
Thanks for the inspiration!
Karen (el cad on flickr)
In the Netherlands we use the “Chocoladeagelslag” just like peanut butter on bread or toast :p mostly for breakfast.
after reading that my comment will be #4022, I almost didn’t bother, BUT I have to tell you that cupcakes (unfrosted) freeze sooooo well. It’s so much easier if you do them ahead. Beautiful job!!!!
Ok..I can't find an email for you so I have to post this here..I sure hope you see it! I got an email from Martha Stewart today and instantly thought of you!
http://www.marthastewart.com/recipe/cupcake-pops?lnc=5a79cf380e1dd010VgnVCM1000005b09a00aRCRD&xsc=eml_cod_2009_05_23
Not sure who came up with them first but I truly think yours are better!
Greta
Thanks My daughters communion is in 2 months and I have been looking for cupcake inspiraton and you never fail to impress. I know chocolate is always a hit and my fave too.
Your details are amazing… I love how these coordinate perfectly with the program/invite. Exquisite work!
It’s a bit late, I think, but I want to share mine anyway – Peanut butter/vanilla cupcakes with coconut frosting.
I love red velvet cake with cream cheese frosting!!! So divine.
We LOVE cupcakes, too!
I am late to the party lol but I just wanted to say that this whole post was beautiful!
If homemade: chocolate cupcakes with chocolate frosting; if from the bakery, white cake and white frosting. I can’t believe how gorgeous your cupcakes/presentation were!
Chocolate and chocolate are always my favorite!! Buttercream is delish though! Yum, I’m hungry now.
Were you at a Kroger on Sugarloaf Parkway at around 11 PM?
Strawberry with cream cheese frosting
I am to late for the drawing but oh me oh my, what flavor to pick from, it’s gotta be some flavor of vanilla with vanilla frosting. White on white, my favorite! Keep up the good work, just found you bakerella, and can’t get enough of you. I visit you daily….Thank you for your inspiration.
I love vanilla cupcake with cream cheese frosting and nutella on top!!…i just love to put “nutella” in everything…bY THE WAY Bakerella your cupcakes are just beautiful…i love the idea to put them in a hat box…SALUDOS from Nuevo Laredo, Mexico.
check out the ‘teacher appreciation’ cake pops that you inspired me to do.
Strawberry cupcakes with strawberry icing. Can’t get better than that! babean06@yahoo.com
Your work is amazing…great ideas……..thanks for sharing with all of us!
Diane
I like to make my vanilla cupcake mix and fill them with lemon curd and top with coconut buttercream. I have a baking mix business, featuring personalized baking mixes as favors and gifts. Please visit my website at http://www.gourmetgiftco.com. I would love to get some feedback from someone in your position. Thanks.
Wow! Those cupcakes look delicious! I love peppermint cupcakes with chocolate icing :)
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choclate with a mint butter cream
henry – take a look at the pops in this post. And just sub pink candy melts and adornments.
http://bakerella.blogspot.com/2008/10/yeeee-haa-its-been-great-year.html
As long as the cake is moist I love them all, but my all time favorite is hummingbird cake with pineapple cream cheese frosting….mmmmmm!
Vanilla cake with lemon cream cheese frosting. To die for!
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Omg, I’m dying for one of these! I have been looking for one for a party I’m planning and have only seen the metal ring ones. :(
My fave cupcakes are anything with cream cheese frosting (but specifically chocolate cake with cream cheese). Your Martha One Bowl Chocolate Cupcakes with the pink cream cheese frosting sounds great!!!!
frugalfab at gmail dot com
I love to bake & every time I make cupcakes I end up borrowing my "soon to be" mother-in-laws cupcake stand. I would sooo love to have one of my own.
penguinz80@yahoo.com
Most definitely yellow cake with chocolate frosting. MMMMMMM!
Omg THIS IS BEAUTIFUL.
I think those are just the sweetest things. That you thought to include not only the “theme” or cross from the invitation, but to also create the decorative paper with the same background is just fantastic. What a great friend you are…and fab baker of course!
You should make a book!!! Your pictures are beautiful! You pay such close attention to detail and all your cakes turn out perfect! Do it!!!
My favorite is red velvet with a cream cheese filling. So YUMMY!
mmmm. i LOVE anything with a sweet fruity flavor cake and BUTTERCREAM frosting!! Your CROSSES are PRECIOUS by the way! LOVE, LOVE them!!
Mmmmm… chocolate cupcakes with pistachio flavored whipped frosting. =]
OT, but any idea how to make a PIG cake pop? I’ve had a request from my daughter, but my pigs just don’t look so good. I need your genius!
i soo love choco-vanilla marble & vanilla buttercream frosting! & starts dreaming of it when i dont get to eat them..mmm..
hihi ;D
The giveaway is over and winners are announced on the post. Thanks so much for sharing your flavor faves!
Red velvet and cream cheese for me!
Just saw this! You are amazing!! 4:55 pacific time! Hope I made it!
Not really original, but I love chocolate cupcakes with a rich chocolate frosting.
anything chocolate :)
I’m all about chocolate with buttercream!
Chocolate, chocolate, chococlate!!
Chocolate and chocolate!! :)
~Amanda~
agilbert@student.life.edu
I would have to say a Carrot Cake cupcake with Cream Cheese Frosting! Yum & Yum!
soon2bmrsh at gmail dot com
White cake with Vanilla frosting!!!
karacornejo@gmail.com
Butterscotch cake with chocolate frosting – YUM!
oh yea- my email is CL8N@yahoo.com
Chocolate with chocolate – not original, I know, but I love it!
Love your site! You always the cutest ideas and I always appreciate that you share them with us. As far as flavor combos, I always go back for good red velvet and cream cheese. Yum!
i love chocolate with pink buttercream frosting!!!
blondbabe_425@yahoo.com
Lemon cupcake with matcha green tea buttercream.
Your blog is awesome!
Fave: anything mocha/coffee flavored!
I have been looking everywhere for a good cupcake tower. This one looks great!
I have been looking everywhere for a good cupcake tower. This one looks great!
i like carrot cake with cream cheese frosting! yaaammm
Lemon with Raspberry frosting. It is delicious!
I LOVE LOVE red velvet cupcakes with cream cheese frosting!! MmmmMmmmm
Chocolate with chocolate ganache and caramel is always a winner to me! :)
I love chocolate cupcakes with chocolate fudge frosting…I am a chocoholic :)
heatherlbrandt(at) verizon (dot) net
Personally, my favorite cupcake yet is a cupcake BROWNIE… a peanut butter cheesecake brownie, in fact. With chocolate buttercream icing. It’s a bit like a chocolate overdose, but it’s heavenly!
vanilla with strawberry mousse frosting!
denimelon at gmail dot com
ohh fav cupcaki is a devils food chocolate cupcake with rainbow chip frosting. oh yeah
Pumpkin cupcakes with chocolate fudge frosting.
lesliealf@yahoo.com
I enjoy a blueberry muffin/cupcake with a honey, buttercream frosting. Topped with a fresh blue berry.
:)
I have the recipe and would be more than happy to share.
e-mail: Magickboi101@sbcglobal.net
I am boring and old fashioned. Yellow cake with vanilla buttercream. :)
mollyrogers0 at gmail dot com
Red Velvet!!!
White cupcake with chocolate fudgy frosting – YUM! Love your blog and all the great photos.
geojojo69@yahoo.com
I am curious….how did you transport the 50 cupcakes? I have lots of display items but always have transportation issues! :)
Thanks, Kimberly (TxGolfGal@aol.com)
I would have to say vanilla cake with lemon cream cheese frosting or chocolate cake with coconut frosting.
pnutsd@yahoo.com
I recently had a raspberry cupcake with marscapone cream and it was delicious. Having said that I always go for a coffee cupcake with coffee, mocha or chocolate frosting. I’m being good and on a diet though at the moment so no cupcakes for a while. I haven’t baked in 4 four weeks and I severly miss my kitchen.
Cheers
beks78@gmail.com
White with chocolate. a little of both!!!
darrenkarenm at msn dot com
Devil’s Food with German Chocolate Frosting…Mmmm….Coconut…(licking my lips!)
Banana cupcakes with cream cheese frosting!
Your cupcakes are gorgeous!
Red velvet with Vanilla buttercream is my favorite even though it’s a bit plain in comparison to your awesome flavors (:
I love anyhting with buttercream icing!
I think my favorite flavor combo is lemon cupcake with vanilla frosting. Altho I haven’t eaten nearly enough cupcakes to decide.
:)
My favorite is chocolate cupcakes with coffee buttercream…they’d be PERFECT with your chocolate sprinkles too!
Chocolate of course, anything chocolate!
Recently I stumbled upon apple cupcakes with ginger buttercream- they are divine! mcaced@yahoo.com
Chocolate with Peanut Butter Frosting.
Chocolate & buttercream frosting!
tnwoodworking@hughes.net
Dense, chocolaty cupcakes with dense, chocolaty frosting :) And lets throw on some of those sprinkles and have a big glass of milk!!!
I think I’ll have to go chocolate with chocolate cream cheese frosting!
Chocolate with more chocolate, yum yum!
~Katrina
katrina.email@gmail.com
perfect timing on this as I have been delegated on cupcakes for my sis’s wedding this summer. I adore white cupcakes, white icing and coconut….or anything lemon with raspberry.
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Double Chocolate Malt Cupcakes with Cherry Vanilla icing.
They are the best!!
jennday1@yahoo.com
Strawberry w/ white choc chips & vanilla buttercream frosting.
I love strawberries!
Radco850@hotmail.com
What a fabulous tower! I don’t have a special favorite flavor, but I am still regretting missing some Bananas Foster and pecan ones at a local place awhile back.
Red velvet with cream cheese or white with white buttercream. Simple pleasures. Thanks for the inspiration!.
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I hope I made it in time! I love chocolate so any type of chocolate combination makes me sooo happy! Dontcha’ just love Martha…genius! You are certainly talented. I love seeing what new creations you will come up! Thanks for putting a “sweet” smile on my face
Chocolate chip with chocolate malt icing! It is amazing!
chickwithbrains@cfl.rr.com
Um, you are better than Martha! My favorite cupcake flavorings is margarita flavored. Yum
I love Chocolate on Chocolate and vanilla cupcake with vanilla frosting….Call me simple!
http://everygirlneedsalittlebling.blogspot.com
My goodness! Anything (ANYTHING) with chocolate and raspberry. :D
My favorite cupcakes are red velvet of course~ with cream cheese icing! Yummm!!!
I’m a big fan of anything with cream cheese frosting – maybe strawberry?
What can I say, I’m a sucker for red velvet!
eberling2@msn.com
oops, here is my blog link:
http://www.papercraftsbypatti.blogpot.com
Chocolate with Peanut Butter Frosting!
I love just the simple funfetti cake mix with the same frosting. My siter-in-law and I made with ice cream cones instead of cupcake papers for a church party and they were so cute & delicious!
missrice00@gmail.com
Anything chocolate with a gooey filling!
chocolate and chocolate, with maybe just a little bit of chocolate.
Chocolate cupcakes with reese’s inside and peanut butter frosting!
kcasanovas.blogspot.com
Chocolate chocolate chip of course!!! YUM!!
lemon syrup cake with marshmallow frosting
My all time favorite cupcake is chocolate with a peanut butter cup filling… or maybe it is a tie with a vanilla cupcake, raspberry filling with buttercream frosting… I just love cupcakes!
I love coconut with cream cheese coconut frosting mmmmmmm – That four decker looks so cool!
German chocolate with chocolate buttercream. YUM!
Well, my favorite cake is carrot cake, so naturally, it would be my favorite cupcake as well! Top that with cream cheese icing and yummy!
msdoubtfire@gmail.com
My fave is good old chocolate cupcake with white buttercream frosting.
JennyMooMeow
Call me old fashioned, but I love a good yellow cake cupcake with chocolate frosting! Add some sprinkles, you’ll have me at “cu..”
johnhannes@gmail.com
I love making cupcakes!
I love rasberry with chocolate frosting. Yumm.
shaunifrost@gmail.com
coconut and lemon are my favorite flavors, I guess something with lemon and coconut together, Yum!!!
My favorite combo is banana nut bread cupcakes with peanut butter icing.
I love your blog. I’m a new subscriber. I’ll be making the grad cap project for my daughters HS graduation party.
Chocolate…YUM!
Way cute cupcakes as always! I am a cake stand collector and love a great find. I’ve been eyeing this one for a while but how much more fun to win it! My favorite comboe is a toss up I love chocolate on chocolate but also lemon with raspberry buttercream.
2crabtrees@gmail.com
Is there anything other than Red Velvet?
My favorite cupcakes are Cookies N Cream – Choc. Cake with Vanilla Buttercream sprinkled with crushed oreo.
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French toast with maple frosting.
strawberry with strawberry buttercream frosting. yum….
kristicarter1@hotmail.com
Definitely going to have to go with lemon cupcakes, they’re a little odd and nobody really expects that sort of flavor! :D
dendroicasepia@gmail.com
Chocolate with chocolate frosting!
nicolebal@hotmail.com
My favorite would have to be lemon with whipped lemon frosting or lemon with strawberry frosting. Your cupcakes look too cute!
horsey_girl008(at)hotmail(dot)com
oh man… so tough. either chocolate / mint ORRRR strawberry / mascarpone. but really, i’m a yellow cake and vanilla frosting kind of girl – doesnt take much to make me happy!! (although a cupcake tower would ;) )
ella dot hungerford at gmail dot com
I know I’m too late to enter the contest (it’s after 5 where I live), and I’m also kinda boring with what I like for flavors, but Chocolate Fudge Frosting on classic white OR Yellow cake. I like lots of diff flavors, but sometimes the basic is always a good choice. congrats to whom ever gets the AWESOME cupcake tower! Thanks for your awesome website! I LOVE IT!-Dee/Mariko
marikomat@gmail.com
I’d love to win!! Need to do a bunch for for my nephew’s graduation in a couple of weeks!
Fave combo? White cake, buttercream frosting. MMMMM
Yellow cake with chocolate frosting…it’s classic, but oh so good!
Pumpkin spice with cream cheese
I love your cupcakes, they are really pretty you are so talented!!! I think I love chocolate and cherry. thanks
laura@beckcentral.net
I love the super yummy light and fluffy lemon cupcakes ( ya know the recipe made with a can of 7UP!) with lemon frosting!
red velvet and vanilla. knotyladee@aol(dot)com
Chocolate everything. Maybe German Chocolate. Yummy!!
pzjdlly@yahoo.com
Awesome!! Thanks for the great ideas! I love red velvet with cream cheese!
melpalmer7@yahoo.com
Milk chocolate with cream cheese frosting! YUM!
mmm red velvet with cream cheese frosting.
I’m an old fashioned gal. I like yellow cake with rich chocolate buttercream. Mmmmmmmm…
oops, here’s the email:
corrie.fulmer@gmail.com
I’m a sucker for Chocolate Cupcakes. Although, last week they brought cupcakes from Whole Foods for an office birthday – I kinda fell in love with a berry flavored one (w/berry flavored icing). Yum.
I’m an old fashioned gal. I like yellow cake with rich chocolate buttercream. Mmmmmmmm…
key lime with coconut….yummy!!!
chocolate and cream cheese icing, heck anything with cream cheese icing, I could eat it strait from the bowl!
My favorite is the tried and true chocolate with vanilla buttercream, but I also like lemon with lemon cream cheese frosting.
As much as I love the exotic varieties.. my favorite is still chocolate cupcakes with vanilla frosting. :)
OMG–I just realized…you are in a different time zone and I can still make the deadline–yippee!!
I love lemon cupcakes with cream cheese frosting. Yummmmm…. Second favorite would be anything chocolate, but not with cherries.
Love your site Bakerella!
My favorite cupcake flavor is red velvet cake with cream cheese icing. So good!
I love your blog, BTW!
goodbyegirl06@hotmail.com
Strawberry with strawberry filling and strawberry buttercream. I Love Strawberries!!!
First of all- I LOVE your blog. You are so creative and inspiring :)
I love dark chocolate cupcakes with dark chocolate frosting (with little shavings of chocolate on top. Mmmmmm!) So pretty in fancy cupcake paper!!
I just made some chocolate fudge ones with mint chocolate icing that were to die for!
jstastny5@yahoo.com
Honestly! I don’t think I’ve managed to make a single one of your deadlines—how frustrating! Dang
I love “strawberry champagne” cupcakes from our local bakery with cream cheese frosting. Really, anything with cream cheese frosting wil do ;)
banana and caramel cupcakes w/ cream cheese frosting..yum
I know I am lame but I love vanilla cupcakes with vanilla butter cream! I like to color the icing though and make them pretty!
I would love this for my daughters 1st birthday party. My favorite cupcake is carrot cake with cream cheese frosting.
My favorite cupcake is one I made for Cupcake Hero, Marshmallow Mermaid Cupcakes.(http://kbkbakery.wordpress.com/2008/03/22/marshmallow-mermaid-cupcakes/)
They are key lime coconut cupcakes with a marshmallow frosting topped with multi-colored mini marshmallows.
Yum!
Definitely vanilla cake with vanilla frosting!
Chocolate with buttercream.
Ooh, or vanilla with chocolate.
Really, is there any bad combo for cupcakes?
beatusinscitia at gmail.com
chocolate cupcake w/ buttercream frosting
kksco@yahoo.com
My favorite is chocolate with chocolate frosting, and chocolate chips if you got ’em! As much chocolate as you can pack in there :)
libertydelgado@yahoo.com
Chocolaye w/ coconut frosting & vanilla cream filling!
maria925@bellsouth.net!
Carrot or Red Velvet with Cream Cheese frosting or plain Vanilla with Chocolate frosting! Yum!
Carrot or Red Velvet with Cream Cheese frosting or plain Vanilla with Chocolate frosting! Yum!