{Review} Sprinkles Cupcakes – Washington, DC
If you’re looking for a delicious cupcake in Washington DC, look no further than Sprinkles Cupcakes! It only took me two weeks of being back in the USA to start looking for my local cupcake...
Read MoreUncategorized
Holiday Baking Guide
Whether you’re looking for a basic sugar cookie and buttercream recipe or a unique dessert to wow your family, The JavaCupcake Holiday Baking Guide will help you discover recipes perfect for all occasions! Get inspired!...
Read More
Black Friday Favorites
As I sat down at my computer today to do my Black Friday shopping, I realized that I was buying from the same online retailers that I was last year and the year before and...
Read More5 Food Bloggers I Love
Today’s post is a special one… there’s no recipe. Instead, I’m sharing my friends. There are hundreds of food bloggers in the world. And realistically, that number is probably closer to thousands of food bloggers....
Read More{Deployment Care Package Program} Not Just a Mommy
This “Punny” care package from my friend Dawn at Not Just a Mommy is the final package of the Deployment Care Package Program. During my husbands deployment several of my blogging friends have joined me...
Read MoreCupcake Baking Essentials
Hello to all my fellow cupcake lovers! Throughout my baking journey, I’ve discovered some cupcake baking essentials that have become my go-to tools. These aren’t just random picks; they’re my tried-and-true favorites that have consistently...
Read More{Deployment Care Package Program} Crazy for Crust
Since September, bloggers from around the world have been putting together care packages to send to Afghanistan in support of one platoon of soldiers. But, not just any platoon of soldiers… my husband and his...
Read More40+ Layer Cakes – A Round-Up!
This week’s round up is all about deliciously, almost sinful, super tall, super yummy layer cakes! Each of the 40 layer cakes featured is either a recipe from JavaCupcake.com or from some of my favorite...
Read More100 Ways to Eat Cookie Dough
I’ve been on a cookie dough kick lately. This week, I’ve made cookies and a cake… both with cookie dough. So, I decided to put together a round up for you this week featuring 100...
Read MoreGuinness Cupcake Round Up
This week I’ve got a great Guinness Cupcake Round Up for you! This round up features 13 cupcake recipes (and one cake pop recipe!) from a dozen bloggers! Originally, I planned on doing an all...
Read MoreFruity Cupcake Round Up
This week’s Fruity Cupcake Round Up is a big one! 35 recipes featuring all kinds of fruit! We’ve got recipes featuring cherries, bananas and blood oranges… Raspberries and strawberries to lemons… and apples too! If...
Read MoreCoffee & Caramel Cupcake Round Up
It’s time for a Coffee & Caramel Cupcake Round Up! Week two of my new round-up series features 15 coffee & caramel cupcake recipes. Some of them have both coffee and caramel… some just coffee…...
Read MoreThe Best of 2012
WOW! I can’t believe it’s time to do another year in review post for my blog! I love doing these posts too! It’s so much fun to go back and remember all the fun I...
Read MoreHow Not to Make Pumpkin Spice Pudding Cupcakes
This weekend, amongst the madness of just-paid Army wives and Thanksgiving shoppers at the Commissary, I spotted a box of Jell-O Pumpkin Spice Pudding! *SQEEEEEEEEL* I immediately tossed it into my basket and continued on...
Read MorePolka Dots Cake
I had some extra cake batter last week and decided to make a cake to frost later. I also had a new cake ball pan I needed to try out. So… what did I make…...
Read MoreRainbow Pom Pom Cake
Last week I had my first adventure in making a real cake. Not just slapping on frosting and calling it a day… but really putting time, thought and effort into creating something beautiful. I researched...
Read MoreDesserts for the Deserving
I am Baker, Bakerella, Sweetopia, TidyMom, Family Fresh Cooking, My Kitchen Addiction, Add a Pinch, Bake at 350, The Urban Baker, Glorious Treats, Bakingdom, Cookies and Cups, Java Cupcake and Bakers Royale… What do all of these...
Read MoreTop 25 Cupcakes of 2011
2011… oh what a year you’ve been! We started together in Washington and ended together in Germany! Here are a few stats from 2011… Blog posts: 170 New Recipes: 129 cupcake Recipes: 61 Cookie Recipes:...
Read MoreVampire Diaries Cupcakes
A special client of mine ordered a dozen Chocolate M&M cupcakes for her nieces birthday… but had a special request. She wanted to use special liners and wanted them topped with Vampire Diaries edible transfers....
Read MoreHoliday Arts & Crafts Fair
Yesterday I participated in my first holiday fair. It was the VCSC Holiday Arts & Crafts Fair in Vilseck, Germany on the military base. I spent weeks preparing and the 4 days prior, I shopped...
Read MoreItty Bitty Bumblebee
I don’t mess around too much with classic Cupcake combos… like chocolate & vanilla. I have a fav chocolate cake recipe that I love and I’ve recently become attached to the most amazing, light &...
Read MoreSnickerdoodle Cupcakes
Hey JavaCupcakers! Happy Snickerdoodle Week! I’m here with the thing we do best … cupcakes! 🙂
Read MoreReese’s PB Cupcakes
Lots of big birthdays lately… last week was the little brother’s 13th birthday! 13 people, 13 years old! It’s bananas and sort of makes me want to cry on the inside (maybe on the outside...
Read MoreBirthday Trio
Hey folks 😉 sorry things have been a little quiet around here from me lately… life has kind of been super busy lately. Good busy, but still super busy. I haven’t had much time to...
Read MoreButtercream
I’m on a mission to perfect my buttercream recipe and I need your help! The current recipe I have now comes out thick and heavy and I’d really prefer a lighter, smoother consistency.
Read MoreFavorite People & Moments of 2010
I can not even begin to explain to you what an amazing year this has been for me. I have met so many amazing people in the Cupcake industry, it feels like a second family!
Read MoreTop 10 Recipes of 2010 (non-cupcake)
In 2009, I blogged mainly about cupcakes. But in 2010 I decided I would include all the fabulous recipes I’ve made… even a few that weren’t baked items like soup and ice cream!
Read MoreTop 10 Cupcake Recipes of 2010
2010 was an amazing year for cupcakes. I made so many cupcakes, it was hard to keep count!! This was my second year of blogging and my second year of trying new things, new recipes...
Read MoreCupcakeCamp Seattle 2011
Great news for cupcake lovers in the Pacific Northwest… Carrie Middlemiss of Bella Cupcake Cupcake is at it again with CupcakeCamp Seattle 2011!!!
Read MorePumpkin Cake Balls & Pops
I got the Bakerella “Cake Pops” book (signed of course!) and I was inspired to try her cake balls and pops again. I had tried them about 18 months ago and it was a complete...
Read More