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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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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. …

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 …

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… …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Hey JavaCupcakers!  Happy Snickerdoodle Week!  I’m here with the thing we do best … 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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Great news for cupcake lovers in the Pacific Northwest… Carrie Middlemiss of Bella Cupcake Cupcake is at it again with CupcakeCamp Seattle 2011!!!

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 …

Sutton Gourmet Paper is a designer Cupcake liner company that creates liners that do not lose color or design after they are baked.

Cupcakes Take the Cake is turning 6 and we are ready to CELEBRATE! Join blog intern, Betsy Eves of JavaCupcake.com, as she hosts the “Cupcakes Take the Cake 6th Birthday …

HOLY COW!!!  I’ve written a post for the blog, Cupcakes Take the Cake!!  If you haven’t heard of CTTC, well… let me tell you that it is the biggest, more …

My dad has been talking for years about the cake doughnuts that his mother would make for him growing up and how much he LOVES them.  Sometimes, when he’s lucky, …

Baseball season is in full swing and I am so excited!! I’ve already been to two games and I’ve got two more scheduled so far… with many more I’m sure …

If you missed it last night… you missed out on another great episode of the best show on television, GLEE! Here are some GLEE inspired Cupcakes (and one cake)  from …

As I entered Emily’s classroom this morning for another field trip, Penelope (they call her Penny too!) came up to me and gave me this adorable card!

I posted on Facebook this morning that I was making mini chocolate cupcakes with mint buttercream today… well, they’re a disaster.  It’s been a LONG time since I’ve had a …

Shopping at Wal-Mart the other day for my husbands Valentine’s Day goodies, my daughter spots this box of chocolate covered strawberries. 

Oh…. when I saw you, I knew we’d go together like a “Wink” and a smile!! Oh yes, little Wink cupcakes you were made for me and I was made …

I’ve been called a lot of things that have “queen” in it… “Queen of the Internet” and “cupcake Queen” to name a few.  And for Christmas, I got an apron …

WOW!! What a great year this has been!!! Jan. 10, 2009 was my very first blog post here on JavaCupcake and I wrote about a Mini cupcake Crawl my family …