valentine's day Toppers, toppers for one and all

Beautiful handmade valentine's day cupcake toppers!



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How lovely would these look on your valentine's day cupcakes? By AForestFrolic. For sale here, for a reasonable $9.00 plus shipping.

valentine's day Will You Marry Me? cupcakes plus bride and groom

These fittingly paired cupcakes, though separate orders, were made by Toronto, Canada's custom cupcake and dessert company The Chubby Bunny and are via their Facebook page. They can be reached at hello at thechubbybunny.ca. I'm a sucker for engagement cupcakes. What about you?



and a rose cupcake closeup:



And a separate order, bride and groom cupcakes:

valentine's day Red lips cupcake for valentine's day

This red lips cupcake for valentine's day is by Mily's Cupcakes on Flickr.



There are also special valentine's day cupcake toppers and wrappers:

valentine's day Pretty individualized party guest cupcake toppers

Talk about a party to remember! I think it would be so cool to have a personalized cupcake topper to pick out and keep as a souvenir. Check out this post by Natasha at Amelie's House for more photos. Via Flickr. She writes:

I recently treated myself to a glue gun, I feel like a real crafter now, so I used this to stick cocktail sticks to the back of the figures with a little piece of plain paper over the top, to hide the glue.
You can't really tell from the picture but the birthday girl's dress had gold spots.

valentine's day Cupcake cupcake topper on sugar cookie birthday cupcakes!

Blogger Risa at Baked Perfection celebrated her birthday in November by making these fun sugar cookie cupcakes with vanilla frosting and mini cupcake-shaped cupcake toppers! She writes:

Vanilla has to be one of my favorite flavors, if not my favorite. Since I love vanilla so much I decided that was exactly what I wanted for my birthday. The last several years Zack baked my birthday treat, but unfortunately he was out of town for work on my birthday this past year. Several people offered to make me something, but I really wanted to make these cupcakes and that is exactly what I did. They were so delicious! The cupcake was wonderful and the frosting is my absolute favorite frosting. I have to chew gum while making it and decorating or else I eat it straight out of the bowl. I got the idea for the adorable little cupcake toppers (which are frosted mini Reese's cups) from Confessions of a Cookbook Queen.

valentine's day Despicable Me Minion cupcakes, super cute snowman cupcakes and Oreo and mini cupcake edible cupcake toppers

I'm really not sure how I missed these Despicable Me Minion cupcakes (and, yes, full confession time again: I have not actually seen Despicable Me by Confessions of a Cookbook Queen, because if I had I surely would've blogged them. They're made with Twinkies! And smarties, candy melts, licorice and a black food marker. See her post above for exact instructions. Photo via Flickr.



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And, staying on topic for the day, snowman cupcakes!



And last but not least (I am restraining myself from posting basically all of her amazing, amazing cupcakes), these cookie and mini cupcake edible cupcake toppers! Click here to find out how to make them.

valentine's day 5 extra fabulous cupcakes by The Lone Baker

One of my favorite blogging discoveries this year has been The Lone Baker. Her cupcakes are truly works of art. I selected 5 among many, many amazing cupcakes, from her Flickr account.


"Leave the Gun. Take the Cannoli." orange cupcakes






chocolate beetroot cupcake featuring 'Candied Beets' (Beetroot) from Dessert Fourplay


peace on earth cupcake

valentine's day Stout gingerbread, chocolate peppermint, snowball and gluten-free vanilla mint cupcakes at Tee & Cakes

Look what fun they're having over at Boulder, Colorado's Tee & Cakes, baking up lots of holiday cupcakes. From their site:


Snowball (chocolate shown) — Chocolate or white cake topped with vanilla bean marshmallow cream dunked in coconut and topped with a reindeer.


Chocolate Peppermint — Chocolate cake topped with dark chocolate mint ganache and crunchy peppermint bits.


Stout Gingerbread — Spicy gingerbread cake topped with cream cheese icing and a gingerbread man.


Lillabee’s Gluten Free Vanilla Mint – Vanilla cake with vanilla icing topped with crunchy peppermint bits.

They're at 1932 14th Street in Boulder, and can be reached at info at teeandcakes.com or 720-406-7548.

They serve up different cupcakes every day. Here's today, tomorrow and Friday:

Wednesday
* Woodland Wonder
* Vegan Vanilla
* Coconut Snowballs (vanilla cake)
* Chocolate Peppermint
* Stout Gingerbread
* Triple Chocolate
* Red Velvet
* Rum Cake

Thursday
* Chocolate Bacon
* Chocolate Peppermint
* Coconut Snoballs (chocolate cake)
* Winter Wonder
* Strawberry Milkshake
* Rum Cake
* Stout Gingerbread
* Red Velvet

Friday
* Vanilla
* Vegan Chocolate
* Coconut Snowballs (white cake)
* Woodland Wonder
* Red Velvet
* Chocolate Peppermint
* Rum Cake
* Stout Gingerbread
* Chocolate Bacon

Which reminds me, I want to make a list of all the cupcake bakeries I visited this year (I can't properly do a list of all the companies' cupcakes I ate, because between CupcakeCamp LA, which I still have to write up, and our 6th anniversary party in NYC, which I'll also be writing about soon, it would take forever). I had a great time in Colorado this year and hope to return for more cupcakes and mountains.

valentine's day Snowflake, Care Bear, wedding and Scooby Doo cupcakes plus a cupcake tree (!) from i Bake Cupcakes

These cupcakes are by blogger i Bake Cupcakes, who you can also follow on Facebook, and who is baking up all kinds of adorable cupcakes, for the holidays and just for fun. Via her Flickr account.


Not only are these glittery and beautiful, they're gluten-free and cranberry, with "vanilla buttercream icing dyed blue with sprinkled white sugar and crushed clear mints on top; the snowflakes were made of fondant, white sugar and meringue."

Look inside:




gluten-free Care Bear cupcakes (read about them here)


wedding cupcakes for her best friend's wedding (read about them here)


Scooby Doo cupcakes! Click here to read about them. My personal favorite is:

Daphne Blake: Peach buttercream, orange chocolate melting wafers (hair), black icing, green fruit chew (tie).

And then, because I just couldn't resist...a spicy apple tree cupcake! It was made for Iron Cupcake: Earth last year. Wow. Just wow.

valentine's day Christmas cupcakes with fun toppers

These Christmas cupcakes are all by Posh Cupcakes in Mobile, Alabama, via their Flickr account. You can also find them on Facebook.

valentine's day Rudolph cupcake and orange creamsicle cupcake

So the first of these cupcake photos, the Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and twinkling star, is obviously seasonally appropriate. The next two, the orange creamsicle cupcakes, have nothing to do with December and everything to do with me thinking they're beautiful. They're by blogger Kelli's Cakes & Sweet Treats via her Flickr account.

valentine's day Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer edible cupcake topper on Etsy

Seller sweetdejavu on Etsy is selling these Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer cupcake toppers - and they're edible!

Charming Wafer Paper Reindeers embellished with edible glitter (twinkle dust). These cupcake toppers installed on a toothpick (can be reused :).

Deers are 2 1/2"x 2 1/2", completely edible - they melt in your mouth.

Any quantity - $1 each Gold, Silver or Pearl Reindeers.



She also sells edible red poppies and lace-edged cupcake wrappers.

valentine's day Santa, elf, reindeer, penguin, snowman and other holiday cupcake toppers on Etsy

These cupcake toppers are for sale by Frosted Fantasies by fairytalefrosting on Etsy. Photos are via fairytalefrosting on Flickr. Prices vary. You can also find them on Facebook.



The penguin listing is $9.95 and says:

You will receive 12 cupcake toppers, 6 "boy" penguins and 6 "girl" penguins. If you would prefer only one or the other, please note that in your order.

Toppers are made from high quality fondant. Each one is hand cut and put together with care.

This listing is for toppers only, cupcakes are not included.


Santa, elf and reindeer cupcake toppers


peppermint swirl cupcake topper


melting snowman cupcake topper

valentine's day Reindeer cupcake toppers

Find out how to create these fun reindeer cupcake toppers over at artist Diana Evans' blog.