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
Pumpkin with cream cheese frosting. Well, anything with cream cheese frosting, but pumpkin is especially good.
I’m a ‘classic’ flavor gal…
yellow cake with chocolate icing.
Does it get any better?!
I love red velvet with cream cheese frosting but I also like pistachio with chai buttercream. I like to try the different types of flavor combinations. Love your blog! kaperera@yahoo.com
I just made chocolate cupcakes with key lime cream cheese frosting over the weekend. I wasn’t too sure about them at first, but they turned out great!!!
Beautiful cupcakes – wonderful! My favorite combination of all time is vanilla cupcakes with buttercream. Classic. However, if you try vanilla cupcakes with cream cheese frosting and add a dusting of shredded coconut?? HEAVEN.
I love {read: LOVE LOVE LOVE} chocolate cupcakes with buttercream frosting that has been flavored with almond extract. I’m super hungry for them now. :D
Oh my gosh I love that tower! i guess I am really boring because i love chocolate cake with white frosting….oh and sprinkles!!
Chocolate, with strawberry creamcheese frosting. Yummy!
Your cupcakes are beautiful, by the way!
It's a toss up between lemon with lemon cream cheese icing, or an almond-coconut cupcake with cream cheese icing & flaked coconut. Pretty much any cupcake with cream cheese icing is a winner in my book :).
love the cupcakes! Good work…I love the lemon raspberry from our local cupcake shop. mmmm
My absolute all time favorite combination of flavors is strawberry cake with chocolate buttercream frosting, but right now I am really loving the Jello Shot cupcakes from I Heart Cuppycakes blog(http://iheartcuppycakes.com/2009/03/11/jello-shot-cupcakes/). They are white cake (with strawberry jello/coconut rum) with whipped cream topping. Yum!!!
fivemcgoverns.blogspot.com
Any flavor combo, as long as there’s LOTS of frosting.
Thanks for the cool prize! You can email me at alissaruka@yahoo.com.
I love white cake with ganache frosting. It is the perfect balance. Yum!
I’m pretty simple when it comes to cupcakes. Plain chocolate is fine by me!
Chocolate cake with vanilla buttercream. YUM!
I am not certain of my most favorite – though it would perhaps be be lemon cake with vanilla cream cheese frosting . . . but it’ll probably change tomorrow, or in 15 minutes, whichever comes first! :D
I like the plain strawberry cupcakes with cream cheese frosting. Yum! Too bad they arent in my diet! ;)
Chocolate cake with vanilla buttercream, YUM! A close second would be vanilla cake with vanilla buttercream (a cupcake place where I used to live called this vanilla squared).
So pretty! I love the big chocolate sprinkles.
Good ole chocolate with buttercream frosting!!
marysooz@gmail.com
Chocolate red velvet with cream cheese icing! MMMM!
Super cute cupcakes. Oh, and I did notice the match to the invitations. Looks gorgeous as usual!
michelle.dickson03@gmail.com
My favorite cupcake is actually yellow cake with 7 minute frosting inside and homemade chocolate frosting on the top. It is sooo good.
bsidegirl@gmail.com
My favorite is Chocolate with Vanilla Buttercream Frosting in every color :)
sandpaperxsilk at hotmail dot com
I love a chocolate and strawberry combination.
Smore cupcakes…chocolately cake with crushed graham crackers and chocolate bar, topped with a marshmallow frosting…slightly toasted under the broiler ! yum !
I’m a strawberry and cream cheese frosting kinda girl. The strawberry cake comes out so moist! Yummy!
I love chocolate cupcakes! I love cream cheese frosting!
laprewitt1@hotmail.com
Love plain old white cupcakes with cream cheese frosting, and it doesn’t hurt if they’re pink!
dogei5@aol.com
almond cake with almond frosting! almond is my all-around favorite flavor. :)
I love carrot cake and cream cheese frosting cupcakes. Oh so heavenly!
Super cute tower! I just saw another cupcake tower in the free Lowes magazine that you can get in the mail. It was so creative (though it wouldn’t hold 50 cupcakes :) and inexpensive. Here is the link: http://www.lowescreativeideas.com/idea-library/articles/Spring_Party_Gift_Ideas_0509.aspx
Anyway, I would say my favorite cupcake is def. CHOCOLATE with CHOCOLATE frosting. And if there is chocolate chips in the batter than all the better!
My contact is marcie dot jessee at gmail dot com
Yellow cake with chocolate frosting!!
mellie2480@yahoo.com
You are so darn creative!! Love visiting your blog! I love chocolate cupcakes with chocolate frosting. Anything chocolate is FABULOUS!
My favorite flavor of cupcake is lemon cake with buttercream icing. mmm.
jsbailey187@msn.com
I’m on a white chocolate-raspberry kick, so dark chocolate cake, raspberry filling, and white chocolate buttercream. Yum!
Your cupcakes were SO cute, by the way. I need to start playing with fondant.
Vanilla all the way – vanilla cake, vanilla buttercream. Boring, I know, but it’s the way to go!!
Great giveaway! Thanks!
bksd2006 at yahoo dot com
Chocolate with peanut butter icing…mmmmmmm.
Yellow cake with Chocolate frosting. Tried and true and always good.
jennifermarie_22 at yahoo dot com
Simple vanilla but with coconut pecan frosting – yum!
(Although, I did make a batch of bleeding cupcakes for a Twilight party back when the dvd came out – those were fun! Strawberry jelly "blood" &, of course, crystal sprinkles so they sparkled!)
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I also keep forgetting to share that I attempted your cupcake bites. They didn't turn out very pretty (I don't think the candy coating was melted enough – the cupcake tops kept wanting to split off when I swirled them) but they were a huge hit at work & I ended up sharing your blog with several people who wanted the recipe!
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My very favorite is red velvet and cream cheese frosting. mmmm… creamcheese frosting.
kelli_m_w at yahoo.com
I like the classic yellow cake with chocolate frosting!
brandyprz@gmail.com
My list of favorite cupcake combos is increasing as I read through these comments!
But I’ll settle for lemon with lemon frosting. :)
P.S: HOW do you do what you do?
I am not very discriminating. I would take anything you made because I am sure they are all great, Lord knows they are beautiful!
ps06081618 at gmail dotcom
I am simple…I love plain jane butter cake cupcakes with cream cheese frosting.
But when I am feeling frisky I like citrus citrus citrus. That could be key lime with a light lime glaze. Or orange cranberry with a cream cheese frosting. Or pomegranate lemonade cupcakes with a pomegranate citrus icing. :-)
Dark chocolate with dark chocolate frosting
I enjoy a strawberry cake with a chocolate buttercream icing…
I’m a big chocolate cake fan, but for cupcakes I just have to have yellow cake with chocolate frosting……chocolate being milk chocolate whipped kind.
I’m a classic girl, chocolate is always best or lemon…yum…now I want a cupcake…excuse me
I am kind of boring! I love moist yellow cake with milk chocolate frosting!! Yummy! emily.williams76@gmail.com
Plain old chocolate with filling in the middle!! Chocolate icing with choc. sprinkles. :)
Chocolate cake with cream cheese frosting!
twentymilestolegoland.blogspot.com
Carrot with cream cheese frosting! Yummy!
carrot cake and maple cream cheese frosting. its a classic!
A classic– Yellow cake, chociolate frosting (rich, dark chocolate) of course!
Chocolate cake, vanilla icing. MMMM
nothing compares for my love of yellow cake with chocolate frosting! YUM…cute, cute, cute 1st communion cupcakes, bet she loved them
Chocolate red velvet with cream cheese icing! MMMM!
michelle.dickson03@gmail.com
I would have to say my favorite cupcake is the old-fashioned cupcake recipe (cake flour, all-purpose flour, baking powder, sugar, butter, whole milk, eggs, vanilla extract, salt) with Chocolate Peanut Butter Fudge Frosting; so good and melts in your mouth.
rjackson@garan.com
Any flavor with buttercream icing. The cake is mearly a vehicle for the icing.
Carrot cake with cream cheese frosting. Can’t go wrong with a carrot cupcake. :)
Kimtazo@gmail.com
You’ll always please me with chocolate on chocolate!
Though the fancy ones are very pretty, I just love the plain ol’ pink swirly cupcakes…very cute!
toteachingmommy at yahoo dot com
red velvet with cream cheese frosting. Oh my….
I’m a pretty simple girl…so I like a simple white cupcake with whipped cream. Yummy yum yum.
My favorite to make would be vanilla on vanilla. I’m pretty boring like that…my husband always says my favorite color is “clear”. :)
Lemon cupcake with strawberry filling (like a ding dong) and buttercream frosting…
red velvet and cream cheese!
White cake with vanilla buttercream. I guess I’m a purist. Or just really boring.
Two favorite cupcake flavors: banana with Nutella frosting and chocolate with salted caramel frosting. *drooool*
Chocolate with cream cheese frosting and lots of sprinkles!
lauren@adamsnet.info
I would say Red Velvet with cream cheese icing. However, as I type this Buttermilk cupcakes with Chocolate icing come popping into my mind. I need a cupcake tower to showcase my favorites!!
Key Lime Cupcakes with a Key Lime Chocolate frosting!
coburn.ohana@gmail.com
My favorite I’ve tried so far is peach cake [with real peach chunks] with peach frosting, but I’ve been dying to try the strawberry lemonade from Cupcake Chic [lemonade cake with strawberry frosting].
I love red velvet cake with cream cheese frosting – – oh me, oh my….
PS thanks for sharing your process with the sketches
Carrot cake with cinnamon cream cheese frosting!
hotrodgal at gmail dot com
Carrot Cake with a cream cheese frosting….mmmmmmm
well I’m way down the line of comments. I’d love to win this prize I need one so bad..but I do love your cute ideas they are very inspiring. Love the hat box to. Oh I really hope I can win this tower..Thanks for the fun!!
I read the other comments looking for ideas, because I’m a pretty boring baker. I’m very much not a chocolate cake girl, but most of the yellow cake recipes out there are so bland. I also don’t like cream cheese, even as frosting, and I’m scared of red velvet cupcakes — after the way my kids react to a little bit of red 40, I am so not upending an entire bottle of food coloring into a single cake batch!
Anyway, even though I don’t like chocolate cake, my favorite cake (and cupcake) is mocha-oatmeal. It has a coffee flavored glaze on it.
Second favorite would be a vanilla/almond flavored cupcake with a streusel topping.
(And I have 8 kids, so a cupcake tower could be a normal way to serve dessert to just the family!)
Chocolate with Cream Cheese frosting… mmm’
Chocolate with any kind of icing!!
Vanilla cupcake with chocolate – I’m plain and simple, but it’s such an elegant combination!
I love chocolate cupcakes with cream cheese frosting! Actually, I’d like anything with cream cheese frosting :)
susan.lee75@verizon.net
Oh how NICE that would be!
http://www.momof3darlings.wordpress.com
Check out Hobby Lobby for hat boxes!
Last year I stumbled on a Lemon raspberry cupcake recipe and it’s really yummy!
Your cupcakes are beautiful!
Sarah
sbahrendsen at hotmail dot com
Adorable cupcakes as always Angie! My favorite cupcake combination is probably chocolate and caramel. I’m a caramel freak. If my mom had known when I was younger she probably would have tried to feed me asparagus with caramel so I’d eat it. HA! Thanks for the giveaway :)
Clara
iheartcuppycakesATgmailDOTcom
These are gorgeous and making me so hungry this monday morning…thanks for the chance to win!
Chocolate with German chocolate frosting
randeemecham(at)gmail.com
Oh gosh this is tough! I love red velvet with cream cheese frosting, but I’m going to go outside the box and say… MMM boston cream pie cupcakes!! :):) Have a great day!
heybabycakes09@hotmail.com
I love chocolate with vanilla icing…mmm…
Kind of juvenile, but yellow cake with chocolate frosting, and must have sprinkles!
My fav is pretty simple…white cupcake with cream filling with chocolate frosting… frosting must have sprinkles! Any kind!
I love your blog! Your photos make me drool everyday ;-)))
Thanks for creating this contest :)
email: monimoniwi69 at hotmail dot com.
Oh my favorite is vanilla with buttercream frosting, YUMMY!
madelinesmith@me.com
My favourite is carrot with cream cheese frosting- yummy!
I love those for communions. My favorite is Strawberry cupcake with cream cheese frosting. SOOO yummy!
Red Velvet with Cream cheese frosting. . .you just can’t go wrong with that one. . .
sharonj8372@yahoo.com
Those cupcakes are gorgeous! You always amaze me.
I am so boring, I prefer vanilla and vanilla. Isn’t that awful? Occasionally I like fruity frosting with vanilla cake but for the most part it’s all about plain for me.
lemon with a lemon/orange glaze. Oh my gosh – to die for!!!
handmadecardsbyamy (at) yahoo (dot) com
Those cupcakes are gorgeous! You always amaze me.
I am so boring, I prefer vanilla and vanilla. Isn’t that awful? Occasionally I like fruity frosting with vanilla cake but for the most part it’s all about plain for me.
I’ve got a recipe for a banana pudding cake, that uses yellow cake mix and a package of instant banana pudding. The cake is good (topped with a cream cheese glaze), but I love it as a cupcake. Top with cream cheese frosting, and then sprinkle with some crushed Nilla wafers for a true Banana Pudding Cupcake.
my favorite is pretty basic, yellow cupcakes with chocolate frosting. I love the classics.
chocolate cake with coconut frosting and shredded coconut, mmmmm :)
Your cupcakes are beautiful! Grate giveaway. My fave is a butter yellow cake with buttercream frosting.
I’ll take pretty much any cupcake. I really like chocolate though!!
teagar@comcast.net
i would have to say red velvet with cream cheese frosting. yummy! oh i hope i win, this would be great for my daughters upcoming birthday party! jamiforcum@yahoo.com
These turned out super cute! Love that you copied the pattern on the invitation and no one noticed. That’s totally something I would do! :)
My mom makes a coconut cupcake that has pineapple in the batter and toasted pecans in the cream cheese frosting – then topped with toasted coconut. THEY ARE IRRESISTIBLE!
Chocolate with Peanut Butter Icing (MS one bowl chocolate cupcakes, with peanut butter icing by ina garten). Or Boston Cream cupcakes, very “adult” cupcakes!
mprsmag@yahoo.com
At my Bridal shower, my sister made pineapple upside down cupcakes. It was pineapple cake with a fruity filling, and at the bottom was small chunks of pineapple and cherries and brown sugar. With cream cheese frosting. They were delicious!
I’m a plain Jane… chocolate cupcake with buttercream!
I love red velvet cupcakes. Classic and pretty.
Chocolate and chocolate! Did I mention I like chocolate? :)
I would eat any flavor as long as there is cream cheese frosting on it!
leahk2121@yahoo.com
Yumm.. So many to choose from. I love red velvet cake with cream cheese frosting.
fourmonkeysintn.blogspot.com
Thanks!!! erin
Chocolate cupcakes with Peanut butter frosting. Or carrot cupcakes with cream cheese frosting. I can’t pick between those two. I alternate daily.
Lemon with Lemon buttercreme.
Lemon, with lemon buttercream. I had this at a bakery in San Fran and it was DE-VINE!!!
the most simple cupcake of all – vanilla cupcake with vanilla icing! your cupcakes were super cute!
the toasted cocount from saint cupcake… vanilla/toffee cupcake topped with vanilla cream cheese frosting and toasted coconut. YUM.
I love red velvet and cream cheese.
jenzima@aol.com
RED VELVET & CREAM CHEESE ICING!!
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Love, LOVE your site! Very inspiring!!
Lindsey Stelly
An oldie, but goodie: Yellow cupcakes with chocolate buttercream frosting.
Great job for never having made so many!
My fave is always something with BOTH chocolate and coffee. Gotta love coffee!
XL Chocolate with chocolate frosting. We make XL cupcakes using a homemade chocolate recipe that we call whacky cake. YUMMM!!
Yellow cake and chocolate frosting…YUM! Jen
I am so basic — chocolate on chocolate, or white wedding cake with vanilla buttercream frosting. :)
dark chocolate/coffee cream!
My favorite cupcakes are ones my mom makes-basic chocolate cupcake with a cream cheese/chocolate chip mixture filling. No frosting:) They are sooo good! Thanks for the giveaway!
Cathy
cathy_acker@yahoo.com
Wow, very cool! I’m a sucker for cream cheese frosting, so anything under that is good by me, but I think that some sort of carrot cupcake is ideal.
Email address is: caroline [a] cagasama [dot] com
Thanks!
Mmmmm…red velvet with cream cheese frosting is my favorite!
chocolate with bailey’s buttercream frostinng!
I LOVE carrot cake cup cakes… and cream cheese frosting!!! Sounds healthy sort of….
Black forest cupcakes
Yellow cake with Coconut cream cheese Icing. The tower is beautiful.
my favorite is coconut cake with a coconut flavored whipped frosting and topped with toasted coconut.
My all time favorite cupcake is sweet german chocolate with coconut pecan frosting. Mmmmmm! Makes my mouth water just thinking about it. And cupcakes are a great indulgence when watching what you eat because they are small enough to not have a lot of calories & fat but large enough to satisfy your sweet cravings! Thanks for this great post.
I love chocolate cake with a vanilla cream filling topped with a rich buttercream swirl. Yummm. I like the fondant idea. You can do almost anything with fondant.
Chocolate cake with a light peanut butter frosting.
I have 2 upcoming birthday parties each requesting 200 mini cupcakes!
Chocolate with white buttercream frosting…i do love a red decoration on top. jackie_d302@yahoo.com
For my wedding, we had white cupcakes with lemon icing! Fabulous!
My favorite would have to be white cake with white icing… I just LOVE a great white cake with buttercream icing…YUMMY!
Heather in IN
savingmoney2 @ yahoo(dot)com
White chocolate with chocolate frosting…mmm, I think I’ll make some today…
Dena707@yahoo.com
I have a recipe for an Italian Cream Cake that I love to make into cupcakes. It is a rich, dense coconut cake usually make with a rich cream cheese frosting. Sometimes to make it more luscious, I inject some lemon custard into the middle. When I do that, I top the frosting with a white cake mix streusel topping. YUM! I think that when I get home tonight, I know what I am doing. Now, all I have to do is wait for that cupcake tower! Thanks for the inspiration and the possibilities…
My e-mail is: carol.achziger@gmail.com .
My favorite combination is chocolate cake with peanut butter frosting.
This is a tough call. I think i’m going to have to say Hummingbird Cupcakes (Banana and Pineapple and Pecan) with Cream Cheese frosting.
or…. Chocolate Stout Cupcakes with Bailey’s Cream Cheese Frosting… mmm
flashgordonsoap at gmail dot com
red velvet with cream cheese frosting!
Those cupcakes are so pretty, you really have a eye for detail.
I love vanilla cupcakes with strawbery filling inside and strawberry whipped cream frosting on top.
http://www.theweisenburgerlife.blogspot.com
I am more crazy about the frosting! I love moist white cake with raspberry frosting!
ellandriel at hotmail dot com
My favorites are lemon angel food with lavender buttercream icing and what my daughter calls “Monkey Cupcakes,” which are chocolate banana cupcakes with chocolate banana frosting (with chunks of banana swirled in.
Chocolate with the cream cheese/chocolate chip surprise filling! They are the best! Now I want to go make some.
I think my favorite has got to be just plain yellow cake with chocolate frosting and sprinkles. Simple but OH.SO.YUMMY!
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Still the same since I used to take cupcakes to school for my birthday as a child… lemon cake with a Hershey’s Kiss in the center, topped with cream cheese frosting.
A cupcake tower would be so much fun to have!
My favorite combo is chocolate cake with peanut butter icing!! Yummy!!
I have to agree with the lemon fans here. Lemon cake with Lemon glaze! YUMMY!
Your cupcakes turned out darling!!!
I love chocolate cake with vanilla icing!
mcginnis135 at bellsouth dot net
Chocolate, chocolate and oh, did I mention chocolate??
I love chocolate with cream cheese icing!
The Jackie Spratt bakery here in Dallas makes a Strawberry Champayne cupcake that is to die for! Champayne cake with strawberry buttercream frosting….mmmmm
Anything chocolate. An orange flavored frosting helps too.
gatinha@bresnan.net
Chocolate frosting on chocolate cupcakes…..I’m a simple girl and you can’t go wrong with that.
chocolate cake with chocolate icing
OHHH…I made these delicious vanilla bean & apple cupcakes with a suprise apple butter filling…cream cheese frosting wtih vanilla beans in it…Best cupcakes I have ever had! I would love an awesome tower to display them! carlyandseandelise.blogspot.com
Devil’s food chocolate and cream cheese icing. YUMMY.
i don’t even know where to start. um….today i would love carrot with fluffy cream cheesy icing.
I’m a chocolate on chocolate kind of girl.
Choclate with crem cheese is my favorite. You are so talented.
Amanda
I love chocolate with coconut extract cupcakes, mmmmm :)
Thanks for the giveaway!
Chocolate covered cherry seems to be my current favorite.
Love the colors you chose, using the invitation was inspired. :)
My fav is simple…..chocolate with a butter cream icing. Mmmmmmm!!!! Your cupcakes look beautiful!!
Cream cheese and carrot cake- It’s not a combination you see much in cupcakes but I had one once and it was oh-so-good!
Oooo…. cupcake tower!!
It would be perfect to fill with my favorite – Chocolate Guiness Cupcakes with Guiness Creamcheese Frosting.
A banana cupcake w/peanut butter frosting. Yum!
German chocolate cake with cream cheese frosting!
I love a yellow cake with milk chocolate frosting!
I really laughed at “Heck, no one noticed that I used the pattern from the invitation!…because that would have bummed me out too! It’s funny how, when we are the creator of something, we think these little details will be obvious to everyone, as much as they are to us!!
You did an AMAZING job though! As always.
Chocolate, with super chocolately frosting (preferably either a chocolate fudge or a chocolate buttercream).
So much fun. Can you mail me the cupcakes too? :)
Melissa
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White cupcakes with chocolate frosting will always, always be my FAV. Although I did try lemom recently and it was a close 2nd.
Yellow cake with buttercream…. Mmmm, really any cake, I’m not going to be picky. so great to see you have so many comments! Way to go!
Red Velvet with Cream Cheese Frosting!!!!! :)
Strawberry with cream cheese frosting. :) Or anything that is cute… there is just something about a cute cupcake that seems to make them taste so yummy!:)
I’d have to say either strawberry yogurt cake with creammmy cream cheese icing or lemon poke cake with a really light buttercream. yummmm.
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I like a chocolate cupcake with buttercream frosting. Okay, I like any cupcake with frosting :-)
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some combination of chocolate and peanut butter!
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One of my favorite combinations for cupcakes is a nice yellow cupcake w/mint flavoring and a nice drizzle of caramel frosting.
Sounds icky but it really is yummy.
chocolate with store bought buttercream frosting. LOVE IT!
Your cupcakes turned out wonderful. I love German Chocolate it is a family favorite and served often.
chocolate with cream cheese filling. frosting optional!!!
You are so creative!
Anything peanut butter and chocolate is my favorite, but a large glass of milk is also necessary!
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Bakerella! You do inspire:)!! I do get anxious before I bake as well!! Always worried…will I get it done in time?! Will the fondant fall apart, etc..! Anywho…my fav combo would have to be old schhol…funfetti cupcakes with the frosting with the rainbow chips inside it…choc or vanilla!! YUM!!! Thanks again for all your posts!!
Stephanie Rex
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I LOVE anything chocolate with cream cheese frosting! YUM! and I love those sprinkles! Sprinkles make anything and everything taste better.
My favorite cupcakes (this week) are orange-blossom vanilla with vanilla glaze. They are very light and yummy for summer! cburkedavis@yahoo.com
Hmm…gotta go with vanilla cupcake/chocolate frosting. Classic!
I’m a simple girl! I love a white cupcake, flavered with just a little almond flavoring, and a buttercream frosting.
Adorable cupcakes!
My favorite combo is yellow cake with chocolate frosting!
Thanks for another great giveaway!
oooh…red velvet with cream cheese icing – i know so plain
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Chocolate with chocolate and more chocolate! And a little chocolate on top!
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I’m a sucker for anything lemon! Lemon w/cream cheese frosting.
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LOVE your blog!
Mmm…cupcakes! My very favorite is White Chocolate/Raspberry with White Chocolate cream cheese frosting. Ooh, now I need to go make some!
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Speaking of last-minute cupcake tower needs… My sister’s having her bridal shower in a couple of weeks! We just picked the cupcake flavors–chocolate, vanilla, and mmm… lemon-ginger (lemon-ginger is my fave!) and now are lookin’ for a stand! Congrats on your cakes! They (as always) look deelish! :)
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Spice and butter cream frosting or Plain white and strawberry jam frosting with sprinkles.
I like the traditional white cake with buttercreme frosting
Chocolate with vanilla buttercream! maybe some sprinkles thrown in too.
Chocolate, Chocolate and Chocolate!