valentine's day Colorado Springs gets a cupcake truck

From News First 5:

Colorado Springs has its share of taco trucks, but the newest food truck in town is serving up some sweet delights, cupcakes, with a little help from Facebook.

The Springs Cupcake Truck's owners, Mike Bergman and Pat Kennelly, use the social networking site to tell people where they're going to be. They also ask their fans before they go out, where they should park.

Recently they also held a contest to name The Springs Cupcake Truck on their Facebook page; the winning name, CoCo.

The cupcakes are made by Cake Crumbs Bakery in Denver, owned by Mike and Pat's Niece. The bakery makes them special to survive delivery to the Springs, "They're dipped and decorated so they don't fall apart during the rickety ride over here," explains Mike.

Some of their flavors include:

Zippy Lemon

Lemon cake filled with fresh lemon curd and topped with cream cheese frosting and sparkling sugar

Mile-Hi Mocha

Decadent mocha cake with an espresso butter cream and toffee topping

Pikes Peak Pistachio

Nutty pistachio cake topped with amaretto butter cream, chocolate chips and crushed pistachios

Rockin’ Red Velvet

Southern red velvet cake with cream cheese frosting and sparkling sugar

Colorado Snowball

Almond flavored cake covered with rich chocolate and coconut

Carrot

Sweet carrot cake topped with cream cheese frosting and tangy dried cranberries

You can find them on their website or Facebook and reach them at 719-466-1911 for private events.

valentine's day Denver Cupcake Truck faces off with city

From Mobile Food News:

It’s a cupcake conundrum that has clearly confused a pair of Denver small business owners, and the 8,000 plus Facebook fans of the Denver Cupcake Trucks aren’t happy about it.

“They’re locked away right now,” Denon Moore explained.

The two trucks, one nicknamed Clyde and the other named Clementine, are apparently personas non grata in the City of Denver says Moore and her husband Sean.

“We were hassled weekly by a city inspector and told us we weren’t allowed to be parked downtown,” Denon Moore said.

And some photos from the Facebook page of the Denver Cupcake Truck, where you can also keep up with where they are each day. Yesterday they were at Bike Cafe.




carrot cake cupcake


Mile-Hi Mocha cupcake with heath bar bits on top


pretty red velvet cupcake

valentine's day "This way to cupcakes" says the cupcake bus

The back of the Bettie's Cupcakes cupcake bus - follow them on Facebook for specials!



And these were bridal shower cupcakes on colors to match the bridesmaids' dresses!

valentine's day More Cupcakes on the Road

In case you haven't heard, More Cupcakes in Chicago recently put its first cupcake truck on the road in late October. In the first few days, they were giving away free cupcakes galore. They are normally on the road a few days during the week and they hit all the city's hot spots. Part of the joy of the cupcake truck is in not knowing exactly where and when it might show up. Sort of like a quiet Ice Cream Man of cupcakes with the silent song of Twitter.

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I was able to try the luscious Cookies & Cream Cupcake along with the Coconut Cupcake straight from the truck. One of the features of this van is that there is a lighted display case right on the side of it. How do they get the cupcakes to stay in place while in motion?! It's a mystery.

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Follow @themoremobile to find out where they will be next!

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