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Cupcakes Take the Cake

Cupcakes Take the Cake Blog

About Me


Welcome to the official MySpace page of the cupcake blog Cupcakes Take the Cake.

Here's a place to share your favorite cupcake recipes, tips, suggestions, decorations, whatever.

We appeared on The Martha Stewart Show on March 31, 2008. Watch it here (after the commercial).

We're so excited to announce that Cupcakes Take the Cake was a finalist for BEST FOOD WEBLOG in the 2008 Bloggies.

Click here to check out
The Cupcakes Take The Cake Meetup Group!

My Interests

Frosting, cake, chocolate, vanilla, lemon, pistachio, red velvet, cream cheese, sprinkles, birthdays, decorations, wedding cupcakes, bakeries.

I'd like to meet:

We welcome all cupcake fans, no matter how often you eat them or what your favorite flavors are!

Music:

"Cupcake" by Beck, "Cupcake" by Nellie McKay, "Cupcakes" by Gameface

Television:

Lazy Sunday: The Chronicles of Narnia from Saturday Night Live, Sugar Rush on the Food Network

Books:

Hey There, Cupcake! by Clare Crespo, Cupcakes! by Elinor Klivans, Vegan Cupcakes Take Over the World by Isa Chandra Moskowitz and Terry Hope Romero, Cupcakes: From the Cake Mix Doctor by Anne Byrn, Super-Duper Cupcakes by Elaine Cohen, Devilish by Maureen Johnson, Cupcake by Rachel Cohn, Fudge Cupcake Murder by Joanne Finch

Heroes:

Clare Crespo, Betty Crocker, Peg Williams and Deb Weiner at sugar Sweet sunshine, Warren Brown, Lisa Loeb

My Blog

Cupcake party tonight in NYC; win a box of Cakespy cards

Hi everyone,We wanted to let you know that if you're in NYC, we're having a cupcake party tonight, complete with cupcake bar and cupcake decorating demo from Karen Tack and Alan Richardson, authors of...
Posted by Cupcakes Take the Cake on Wed, 23 Apr 2008 02:01:00 PST

Watch us on The Martha Stewart Show today!

Yes, it’s true...the Cupcakes Take the Cake bloggers are going to be on The Martha Stewart Show today, Monday, March 31st to kick off Cupcake Week!Click here to watch a preview of the show and v...
Posted by Cupcakes Take the Cake on Mon, 31 Mar 2008 03:15:00 PST

Cupcake Meetups across the country

Photo from Emma Rose Cakes, DenverJust a heads up about some upcoming Cupcake Meetups, including 3 this weekend (and Sunday is daylight savings time at 2 a.m., when we spring forward). Also, New Yorke...
Posted by Cupcakes Take the Cake on Fri, 07 Mar 2008 08:42:00 PST

Win a cupcake apron, Real Simple, and Saturday’s Brooklyn Cupcake Meetup!

We wanted to let you know about three exciting things:The first is that we're giving away a cupcake apron - just leave a comment on this Cupcakes Take the Cake post by Friday, February 22nd at 5 pm E...
Posted by Cupcakes Take the Cake on Fri, 15 Feb 2008 07:55:00 PST

Vote for us for Best Food Weblog in the 2008 Bloggies!

We're so excited to announce that Cupcakes Take the Cake is a finalist for BEST FOOD WEBLOG in the 2008 Bloggies.You have until 10 pm EST on Thursday, January 31st to vote. Please vote for us now! And...
Posted by Cupcakes Take the Cake on Thu, 24 Jan 2008 09:45:00 PST

CTTC in LA Times article on cupcakes

Photo of Mrs. Beasley's cupcakes from Flickr user jleighbThe L.A. Times ran a story today on cupcakes, largely focusing on Mrs. Beasley's, that has a few quotes from me as well:Few details of Paris Hi...
Posted by Cupcakes Take the Cake on Wed, 26 Dec 2007 07:39:00 PST

Win this cupcake necklace at Cupcakes Take the Cake!

From now through December 7th at 5 pm EST, you have the chance to win this necklace below, made by Rachel of Sugar Toppers over at our cupcake blog, Cupcakes Take the CakeEnter by clicking here and t...
Posted by Cupcakes Take the Cake on Mon, 26 Nov 2007 09:14:00 PST

LA and NYC cupcake meetups Saturday November 17th

Both branches of our cupcake Meetups are meeting tomorrow, Saturday, November 17th. Please RSVP at the links below!Los Angeles Cupcake Meetup, Noon (24 members have RSVPed yes so far!)at Hot Cakes Bak...
Posted by Cupcakes Take the Cake on Fri, 16 Nov 2007 03:23:00 PST

2008 Cupcake Calendars!

So far, we've uncovered 3 2008 cupcake calendars. Are there others? Post in comments or email us!From Allposters.com, $12.95Cupcake Daily boxed calendar, Amazon.com, $10.39Front:January:A Year in the ...
Posted by Cupcakes Take the Cake on Thu, 08 Nov 2007 01:41:00 PST

Cupcakes on The Daily Show!

Last night, The Daily Show did a segment on cupcakes! Pro and con, mostly focused on health and the school bans. They had contacted me a while back when The New York Times article ran and for the reco...
Posted by Cupcakes Take the Cake on Thu, 01 Nov 2007 08:02:00 PST