valentine's day Tragedy at Cupcake Royale

Cupcake Royale is Seattle's first cupcake shop and recently celebrated their 7th anniversary of their 1st store in Madrona.  Shortly after their celebration, Cupcake Royale suffered a great loss.  The manager of their Capitol Hill store lost all their belongings in a horrific house fire. The fire department estimated the damages at being $25,000.

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From the Cupcake Royale Facebook page:

"As many of you know, we received some tragic news this week and wanted to share this with our community at large in hopes that you might be able to spread the word and help in any way that’s possible for you. Jaime, the store manager of our Capitol Hill café, had a house fire this week and lost everything on Monday night. She and her 9 year old daughter are trying to rebuild and we've set up a fund for donations. We hope you'll consider making a donation. And stay tuned for fund raising events to come. Together, we hope that we can make this right for them this holiday season.

Thanks for all your love and support as part of our extended family!

https://www.wepay.com/donate/79505"

valentine's day Along with the fund for donations that Cupcake Royale set up, Groupon has also graciously offered to donate 10 cents from every purchase of their Groupon deal that Cupcake Royale has going right now.

Choose from these 2 options:

• For $16, you get one dozen made-from-scratch cupcakes (a $33 value).
• For $43, you get two dozen cupcakes and a pedestal-topper package (an $88 value), which includes a compostable cardboard party pedestal with decorative ribbon and 24 toppers.

You can purchase that deal here: http://www.groupon.com/deals/cupcake-royale-3-3

I please urge you to help out Jamie from Cupcake Royale! Let's band together as a cupcake community and lift her up during this holiday season... show your love and support and donate to her fund or the deal on Groupon.  Let's show the true spirit of our cupcake family and help Jamie get back on her feet!

THANK YOU!

Betsy Eves - JavaCupcake.com

All photos courtesy of Cupcake Royale.

valentine's day Happy Birthday Cupcake Royale!

Can you believe it's been 7 years since the first cupcake shop in Seattle opened?  Cupcake Royale celebrated seven years of cupcake success with a party in their flagship shop in the Madrona neighborhood in Seattle this weekend!

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The place was PACKED!! Wall to wall kids and people there to celebrate cupcakes and community.

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Cupcake Royale had a live band playing children's music to entertain... and boy did they ever!  This small cupcake shop was filled with music that made the little kids dance and bounce everywhere!

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Oohhh how sweet was this.... a cupcake sprinkle station, FREE to everyone who bought cupcakes!

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Jodi Hall, owner of Cupcake Royale, was on hand to mingle with the customers, say hello and celebrate 7 great years of cupcakes!

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While we were there, we picked up Cupcake Royale's two seasonal cupcakes.  Rum Ball and Eggnog.  And let me tell you... they did not disappoint.

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The Rum Ball was covered in nuts on top, so I wasn't able to try that one (I'm allergic :( ) BUT... my hubby tasted it and said it was REALLY good!  I loved seeing something different on top of their cupcake other than their signature swirl.  It was a fun deviation!

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The Eggnog was definitely my favorite though.  I absolutely love the density of the cupcake.  You really feel like you're getting a lot of cake for your buck with this one!  And the eggnog frosting.... the perfect combination of spices and eggnog.  It was almost sinfull.

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We took home a triple threat and a chocolate on vanilla too.  Mmmmmm I can't wait to snack on those tonight!

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The next time you visit Seattle, make sure you check out one of Cupcake Royale's five locations so you can taste the ORIGINAL cupcake in Seattle!