Great News!  My Cherry Limeade cupcakes have been entered into the “Cupcake Crown” contest at Celebrations.com!

These cupcakes are a sweet lime cake infused with a tart lime syrup topped with cherry buttercream, a fresh lime wedge and cherry!

They are super sweet, super adorable and so yummy!

PLEASE… VOTE for my cupcake!  The GRAND PRIZE winner receives a great prize!

You can VOTE once a day, so go back EVERYDAY and MAKE ME THE WINNER !

THANK YOU!!!

CLICK HERE TO VOTE!

Jenn and I wanted to take a moment and thank all of our wonderful readers. You have welcome Jenn with open arms and helped make her feel welcome and at home here at JavaCupcake. So, to thank you for your loyalty and support, we have put together a giveaway! [Read more...]

Thanks to the dozens of you who participated in the Bakerella “Cake Pops” autographed and personalized book giveaway!

I am pleased to announce that we have a WINNER!

Congratulations to Kati of Kati’s Cupcakes!!

Kati is a cupcake baker too!  Make sure you check her out on her blog, Facebook and Twitter!

That’s right…. only a few days left of voting in KING5′s Best of Western Washington competition.  JavaCupcake has been nominated for BEST FOOD BLOG in Western Washington and we are so honored to be considered!

Contest ends SUNDAY, Oct. 10… so please don’t wait!! VOTE NOW!!  [Read more...]

UPDATE: WE HAVE A WINNER!!!

Congratulations to Tori!!

Please contact me at betsy@javacupcake.com with your address!

Thank you to everyone who participated!

Stay tuned for another giveaway in the very near future!

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Here’s what’s included…

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Wow!! What a great giveaway this has been!! Thank you to EVERYONE who has made this last year possible for me and THANK YOU to everyone who gave so generously to make this giveaway so amazing! [Read more...]

The First Annual JavaCupcake Blogerversary Giveaway is here! $300+ in prizes could be YOURS!!

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A HUGE thank you to everyone who participated in my spur of the moment Twitter giveaway!! For 10 minutes, I asked people to @reply me with their most creative cupcake flavors. At the end of the 10 minutes, I compiled a list and let my husband choose the winner…. all the way from Iraq!!

Dave chose the Eggnog Flavored Cupcake with Nutmeg Flavored Buttercream from @_Jodi. Jodi will win a Starbucks gift card as well as an original @Cakespy piece of art (the most adorable bookmark featuring Cuppie!)

Thank you again to everyone who participated!

Here are the cupcake submissions!

1. Hazelnut
2. Chocolate Cupcakes with Chai Tea and Almond flavored frosting
3. Bavarian crème filled vanilla bean cupcake with caramelish frosting
4. Vanilla cupcake with maple buttercream (kinda a play on waffles)
5. Vanilla bean cupcake with butterscotch frosting
6. Key lime and meringue
7. Cotton candy 
8. Lemon curd
9. Vanilla chai flavored cupcake with vanilla buttercream
10. Gingerbread cupcake with butterscotch frosting
11. Kahlua Chocolate Cupcake
12. A GLEE cupcake sweet n savory
13. Maple with cream cheese
14. Gingerbread
15. Chocolate covered Dr. Pepper cupcake
16. Pumpkin spice
17. Black forest cupcake
18. Butter Pecan cupcake with a light powdered sugar glaze frosting
19. Chocolate 
20. Pina Colada
21. Red Velvet
22. Pecan Pie
23. Peppermint, Snickers, Double Chocolate, Raspberry
24. Spaghetti n Meatball
25. Mint Chocolate Chip
26. Sweet Potato flavored cupcake with marshmallow flavored buttercream
27. Molasses cupcakes with buttercream frosting and shaved almonds on top
28. Molten Lava
29. Vanilla Bean cupcake with chocolate hazelnut frosting!
30. Tutti fruti (pineapple, cherry, oranges
31. Chocolate, vanilla, coffee, cream cheese, strawberry, m&ms, blueberry, mint, cherry, apple, lemon, banana crème, gum drop
32. French toast cupcake with cinnamon cream cheese frosting
33. Hot buttered rum cupcake with vanilla buttercream
34. Carmel popcorn
35. Banana spilt
36. Gingerbread-ish cupcake with minty chocolate frosting
37. Pina chic (pinapple & chocolate)
38. Hot apple Cider cupcake with nutmeg flavored buttercream
39. German Chocolate Cupcake
40. Eggnog Flavored Cupcake with Nutmeg Flavored Buttercream *winner*
    
41. Chocolate, vanilla, cookies n crème, mocha latte ,pb, coconut
42. Blue Velvet cupcake
43. Devil’s Food Cupcake
44. Turkey with stuffing n mashed potato frosting
45. Red Velvet Cupcake

Here are the Rules:

You must do BOTH of these to gain entry into the contest.

1) Follow us on Twitter.

@JavaCupcake
@avocadocreation
@OhSoSweetTreats
@FrostedTreats

2) Follow our blogs.

Java Cupcake
Avocado Creations
Frosted Treats

Leave ONE comment below with your Twitter ID and your Blog ID saying you followed all four of us on Twitter and three of our blogs. (REQUIRED FOR ENTRY)

DON’T HAVE A BLOG? Don’t worry!!! Subscribe to our RSS feeds OR simply include in your entry that you don’t have a blog. No worries!

To gain additional entries into the contest you can do any of the below. Upon completion of each, leave a comment. You must complete the Twitter/Blog entry before any of these entries will be qualified.

Each comment = one entry. The more you complete… the more chances you have to win!!

1) Visit all four shops & comment about at least one item from each shop.
Leave a comment for each shop you visit!!! FOUR entries possible!

Java Cupcake on Cafe Press
Avocado Creations on ETSY
Oh So Sweet Treats
Frosted Treats on ETSY

2) Add the Java Cupcake button to your blog. Leave one comment with a link to your blog after doing so.

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3) Tweet one of the following about this contest. Leave one comment here with the link to that tweet.

I just entered to WIN a Charm Bracelet, Cookies, Tote Bag, & Cupcakes, $60 in homemade delights! For your chance, goto http://bit.ly/KfLLQ

OR

I just entered a chance to WIN FOUR handmade prizes in the Spring JavaCupcake Collab. Giveaway! For details visit http://tinyurl.com/cj62uc

4) Write your own blog about this contest. Leave one comment here with the link to that blog entry.

I hosted a spontaneous giveaway this afternoon for a $5 Starbucks gift card. I said the first person to most creatively and enthusiastically tweet how much they love @JavaCupcake would win!!!! I loved ALL the responses so much that I thought it’d be fun to share them with you!!

1. GrandmaGriner: @JavaCupcake I got the tweet about the cupcakes & went & viewed your site ummmmmm makes me hungry for your cuppies

2. weeklyvolcano@JavaCupcake We 1 the Java Cupcake. We 2 the Java Cupcake. We 3 the Java Cupcake. … We 8 the Java Cupcake.

3. cappersonDo you know who has the most amazingly yummy cupcake recipes and who is the sweetest person in the world! I DO!! and now you do @JavaCupcake

4. SeviDesigns@Javacupcake I LOVE ME SOME JAVA CUPCAKE!!!!!!! You should too….shame on you if you don’t

5. LocalShoppers@JavaCupcake We love JavaCupcake just like we love sex! Can’t live without the delicious taste.

6. thesweetpetunia@JavaCupcake I love you like a kid loves cupcakes! Like Pooh Bear loves honey! Like I love Starbucks!

7. megan0705@JavaCupcake I love JavaCake and your twitter is not broken, I see tweets!

8. threedifferent@JavaCupcake All cupcakes are NOT Created equal – check out @JavaCupcake – no whipped lard icing here folks – just the best — love them!

9. FrugaliciousMomI LOVE looking at @JavaCupcake avatar. Bring it back! yum yum cupcakes (mouth drooling)
10. megan0705: @JavaCupcake Javacake is such a great place to find yummy, mouthwatering, succulent. put your mouth on cupcakes!!!!

    
    

11. avocadocreation: I love @JavaCupcake SO much that I sent her a reusable grocery bag with cupcakes AND java on it!(how’s that for sucking up/shameless promo?)
12. Mamabug: @JavaCupcake, I admire your creativity in coming up with so many different kinds of cupcakes! Can’t wait to hear you reached 1,000 followers

The winner was @threedifferent Thanks everyone!!!

@grshane

Congratulations Gregg for WINNING a 4-pack of JavaCupcake cupcakes and a $25 Starbucks gift card!!!!

Because of the huge success of this contest, I decided to give away TWO $5 Starbucks gift cards to runner ups. These winners are:

@Melena_Wept
@Cynsational

THANK YOU to EVERYONE who participated!!! Your support is so much appreciated!!!

Stay tuned for another giveaway at 1000 followers!!!!

This is a REPOST from Coffee Cup News!

Win an Espresso Machine or an iPod Shuffle!

5 Ways to Enter to Win:

1.) Follow @CoffeeCupNews on Twitter –> CLICK HERE

2.) Subscribe to my YouTube Channel —> CLICK HERE

3.) Tweet this as an update on twitter –> “@CoffeeCupNews I want an Espresso Machine and an iPod Shuffle! http://snipr.com/culz4 #coffeecupnews”

4.) Include #ccn in your tweets until March 6th – remember each tweet is a separate entry and there is no limit on entries. Check my Favorites —> CLICK HERE

5.) Leave a comment on THIS blog post telling me the different ways you entered to win. ****DO NOT POST ON JAVACUPCAKE…. goto COFFEECUPNEWS.ORG****

The Winners will be announced on Ustream.tv Live on Saturday March 7th —> CLICK HERE

As soon as I reach 500 followers on Twitter… YOU could win!!!

RIZES:
**4-Pack of freshly made cupcakes by JavaCupcake delivered to your doorstep
**$25 Starbucks gift card

Rules:
*Complete steps 1 & 2 below for ONE entry into the contest. (Required)
*Complete the BONUS steps for additional entries into the contest. Each completed bonus step gets you one additional entry into the contest. (Optional)

*Total of FIVE entries possible to win!
*Contest ends when @JavaCupcake reaches 500 followers.
*Winner will be announced within 48 hours of 500th follower.
*Contest open to US and Canada only. (Sorry, it’s too expensive to overnight ship overseas!)

REQUIRED FOR ENTRY
1) Follow me on Twitter!

2) Tweet out on Twitter the following: I just entered a chance to WIN Cupcakes & Starbucks! For your chance goto www.javacupcake.com #jccontest

BONUS FOR OPTIONAL ENTRIES
1) Follow me on this blog by clicking the “Follow this Blog” link to the right.

2) Join the JavaCupcake group on Facebook .

3) Grab my button and put it on your blog. Leave me a comment with a link to your blog.

4) Leave me a comment and tell me your favorite cupcake flavor and you favorite place to get coffee.

Good luck and THANK YOU for all your love and support!!!