valentine's day Peppermint twist cupcake with a kiss on top and more from Grace-ful Cakes

Peppermint twist cupcake with a peppermint Hershey's Kiss on top...aw. It's by Grace-ful Cakes in Southgate, Michigan, via Flickr. You can also find them on Facebook or contact them at gigiguel at yahoo.com about orders.



And though I'm aware Christmas was last month, I'm still posting some Christmas cupcakes because they are fun and festive:



And this was their September 2010 cupcake of the month, a caramel apple spice cupcake. "Honeycrisp apple cinnamon cupcake, caramel filling, whipped cream topping, fried apple chip garnish, and caramel drizzle"



Last but not least, some festive cupcake pops:

valentine's day Holly jolly white chocolate caramel cupcakes and chocolate peppermint cupcakes

These cupcakes are by Sweet Elites Vegan Cupcakes based in Fresno California, who can be reached at SweetElites at gmail.com and on Facebook. As you can tell from their name, they specialize in vegan cupcakes. Descriptions from their site.




Holly Jolly cupcakes: "A trio of cinnamon imperial candies and two green leaves nestled in a creamy caramel and white chocolate buttercream imitate a winter sprig of holly. Joined with a ultra moist chocolate cake these are guaranteed to melt in your mouth and melt your heart at the same time!"


Peppermint chocolate cupcakes: "A moist chocolate cake topped with peppermint buttercream and chopped candy canes. The crunch of the candy canes and chocolate cake together are a match made in cupcake heaven!

valentine's day Life's Ambrosia

This past weekend was an amazing fundraiser called "Will Bake for Food" where Seattle/Tacoma food bloggers came together with their home-baked goods to raise money for NW Harvest.  The event was scheduled from 10am-2pm, but all the baked goods were sold out by 12:30!

At the event two bloggers brought cupcakes! Of course I, JavaCupcake, was there with my delicious cupcakes (stay tuned for my recipe for these Candy Cane cupcakes!)... but so was Life's Ambrosia.  After seeing her adorable creations, I decided to check out her website!

Here's a picture she tweeted before the event of her cupcakes before they're frosted and then all ready to go!  Chocolate Pumpkin Cupcakes with Cream Cheese frosting!

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And from her blog.... here's a list of all the cupcakes she has made!! Quite an impressive list!

Dark Chocolate and Pumpkin Cupcakes (made for Will Bake for Food)

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Eggnog Cupcakes with Maple Cream Cheese Frosting

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Buttermilk Cupcakes with Cherry Cream Cheese Frosting

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Chocolate Egg Stuffed Cupcakes

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Irish Cream Cupcakes with Coffee Frosting

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Rolo Cupcakes

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Spiced Cupcakes with Caramel Frosting

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Dark Chocolate Raspberry Cupcakes

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For more deliciousness from Life's Ambrosia, you can visit her website, find her on Twitter or Facebook!

valentine's day Monkey cupcakes, birthday bird cupcakes and fall leaf spiced caramel apple cupcakes

All of these cupcakes are by San Diego's Jennywennycakes, via her Facebook page. You can also find her @jennywennycakes on Twitter - contact her at one of those locations for ordering details. From Facebook:

Jennywennycakes, custom cakes baked from scratch from the best ingredients.

Special diets easily accommodated, vegan, gluten free or nut free.

Jenny is currently making cakes to raise money for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society


monkey and lion (lions, right? I sometimes have trouble with my animals!) birthday cupcakes



And something to capture the changing leaves and changing seasons:


Spiced cakes filled with caramel apple and topped with caramel buttercream and fondant autumn leaves