valentine's day Cute bird and glitter heart cupcakes by

How cute are these? They're by The Clever Little Cupcake Company in Bury, Lancashire, UK via Flickr.

valentine's day In case you injured yourself recently, here are some medical cupcakes

These cupcakes are by Society Cupcakes in the UK (London), via their Flickr account. The medical cupcakes are very cute, and the Christmas ones are glittery and fun. Get ordering information on their website and you can also like them on Facebook.





And pink, pretty and happy cupcakes:

valentine's day Pretty rose with glittery petals!

I have always wanted to learn how to pipe buttercream correctly and just don't have the hang of it. It'd be worth the time and frustration though if I could be assured that I would create something this beautiful:


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Just look at the glitter!


The artist (Star Bakery Liana) recommends this YouTube tutorial, by Fair Cake in the United Kingdom, for instructions on using the petal tip.

valentine's day Glittery gold star cupcake for New Year's from Philly Cupcake, plus ornament and snowman

These glittery gold star cupcakes will only be for sale tomorrow, New Year's Eve, at Philly Cupcake in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. They will be open until 5 pm. All photos are via their Facebook page. You can also follow @PhillyCupcake on Twitter and they also do custom orders.

I haven't tried their cupcakes yet, but am hoping to in 2011.







Philly Cupcake
1132 Chestnut Street
Philadelphia, PA 19107
215-625-4888
phillycupcake at aol.com

valentine's day Poinsettia cupcakes

I had the honor of meeting Lora from the food blog Diary of a Mad Hausfrau in New York at the Bakerella book signing, followed by an adventure at Magnolia Bakery in Grand Central where my iPhone got stolen (still have to blog about that!). I was so honored to meet her and think that one of the best things about running this blog is getting to meet so many fun cupcake lovers from around the world.

So direct from Germany, here are some of her poinsettia cupcakes - click through to see them all! You can also follow her @ofamadhausfrau on Twitter.



Lora writes:

The shapes I cut out freehand using a knife and then used it to create the indentations on the leaves and petals. I used 4 green leaves and 6 petals for each of the Poinsettias, pressing then together in the middle. Using the yellow fondant, I rolled a few tiny balls and pressed them n the middle.

I glittered them with red, green and gold disco and hologram dusts by dipping a small paintbrush into vodka and brushing on the glitter.

Every other cupcake was adorned with a fondant poinsettia. I swirled the frosting on the non flowered ones and once the icing hardened a bit, brushed on gold hologram dust.

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 Glittery chocolate flower cupcakes and fun designs

These cupcakes are by the UK's The Crazy Cupcake Company via their Flickr account.