valentine's day XO valentine's day cupcakes for sale from Austin's Sugar Mama's Bakeshop

XO cupcakes which will be for sale, along with 7 special cupcake flavors and other valentine's day treats, by Sugar Mama's Bakeshop in Austin, Texas, via their Facebook page. They're open 11-7 on valentine's day too for your special sweetheart cupcake needs. See sugarmamasbakeshop.com and follow @SugarMamas on Twitter for more information, such as news of their peanut butter and honey cupcake.

valentine's day Cupcake push pops (!!) plus banana nutella, Italian cream and Saint Arnold Stout chocolate by Sugarbaby's Cupcake Boutique in Houston

People who don't read this blog or are just hearing about it often ask me some variation of, "How much can you say about cupcakes?" I say, firstly, that a picture is worth a thousand words, and secondly, that there is so much to say and taste and see about cupcakes that even if we were all blogging 24/7 we couldn't keep up. I love the way the form and flavor and idea of what a cupcake is is constantly being reinvented. There are mini cupcakes, square cupcakes, cupcake pops, cupcakes on a stick, cupcake towers, pupcakes, etc.

So it shouldn't surprise me, but it did, to see cupcake push pops! These are by Sugarbaby's Cupcake Boutique in Houston, Texas, from their Flickr account, where they describe them as: "Layers of cake and frosting in a handy, easy to eat, no mess push-pop container. Shown here in chocolate cake with your choice of vanilla or strawberry buttercream."



I feel like there are some flavor combinations that just go together extremely well, for me, anyway. Yes, a lot of them involve chocolate. Banana and Nutella are one of them (peanut butter and almost anything is another). So I'm digging these banana Nutella cupcakes by Sugarbaby's via Flickr). They are "Banana sour cream cake made with fresh bananas and topped with Nutella cream cheese frosting and toasted hazelnuts."



If that's not your thing (or even if it is), here are two others from Sugarbaby's via their Flickr account:


Italian cream cupcake: "Traditional Italian cream cake with vanilla cream cheese filling and cream cheese frosting."


Saint Arnold Stout Chocolate cupcake: "Moist dark chocolate cake infused with Houston's own Saint Arnold Winter Stout and topped with whipped chocolate ganache."

I love that there's a bottle cap on top of some of these!

Want more info? Find them on Facebook, where today they were giving away free movie passes, @Sugarbabys on Twitter, and also on their website. They are also taking valentine's day orders.

valentine's day Cupcake-1-Liner Contest in Austin TX via Lick It Bite It or Both

Austinites, Lick It Bite It or Both is holding a contest through January 22, 2011 to come up with the perfect one-liner to put on their new T-shirts.

From their Facebook page:

Everyone LOVES doing our Cupcake-1-Liners, and some of you are so creative, that we have decided to hold a contest! A REALLY GOOD ONE! We will soon be getting T-shirts printed due to major demand and we are looking for the best Cupcake-1-Liner to TURN INTO A SHIRT! The most creative saying gets printed up on our T-shirts and you get a FREE ONE for your winning contribution. Contest runs through January 22nd so hurry!

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While visiting Austin over the holidays, I made sure to leave some CTTC one-liner love for the wonderful people of Lick It Bite It or Both. You can read the full review of our visit here, where I finally got to try their delicious ice cream.

Lick It Bite It or Both

11101 Burnet 

Suite 140-A

Austin, TX 78758

Store Hours:

M-Sat: 11am-9pm

Sun: 12pm-8pm

512-835-BOTH

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valentine's day Chocolate covered strawberry and banana praline from Dixie Belle Cupcake Cafe

These cupcakes are all from the new Dixie Belle Cupcake Cafe in Fredericksburg, Texas (419 West Main Street), via their Facebook page.


Chocolate Covered Strawberry Cupcakes ..... moist, rich chocolate cupcakes with a tasty strawberry filling, topped with Strawberry Swiss Meringue Buttercream, a Ghirardelli Chocolate Dipped Strawberry Slice and a Ghirardelli Chocolate Drizzle






banana praline cupcakes

valentine's day Cowgirl Cupcakes coming to New York.

EV Grieve reports that the East Village in New York City, already home to Butter Lane and Dessert Club ChikaLicious, is also getting Cowgirl Cupcakes soon on East 10th Street between 1st Avenue and Avenue A:



I couldn't find a website for them, but I did find Austin, Texas's Cowgirl Cupcakes on Facebook.





Last but not least, there is also Cowgirl Cupcake, another custom cupcake company, in Sandy, Oregon!