Looking for Valentines Day Cupcake Decorating ideas? Treat your sweetie to a Valentines Cupcake that shows your love before first bite! These Valentines Day Cupcake Decorating 9 Must-Have Ideas will make your cupcakes simply adorable. Just bake or buy your cupcakes and decorate. Add any of the below cupcake decorations for a bit of Valentines festivity. Including Pink Cupcake Holders, Valentines Cupcake Toppers, and Pink Paper Straws..

The Valentine’s Day cupcake decorating collection includes Edible Cupcake Toppers decorated with hearts, pearls, crowns, love letters and black moustaches.

There’s no sweeter way to say Happy Valentine’s Day to someone you care about than through their stomaches (and eyes with all these sweet cupcake toppers and vibrant cupcake wraps). Baking cupcakes with your kids for all their friends and adding these Valentines Day Cupcake Decorating ideas is great fun as well. It’s a sweet way to create memories and share in the cuteness with them.

Here’s some fun facts about our Valentines Day Cupcake Toppers:

• Sets includes includes 12 Fondant Cupcake Toppers.
• Cupcake Toppers measure approx. 2.25” across, the perfect size for a standard cupcake.
• Cupcake Toppers are made of fondant which are 100% edible and perfect for cupcakes, cakes & cookies. Fondant is moldable sugar dough that is commonly used on cakes to give a smooth finish.
• Our Fondant is: Nut Free, Gluten Free, Dairy Free, & Fat Free

When you receive your cupcake toppers simply place them on your Cupcake when the frosting is still sticky. If you get a crust on your icing before you get them, simply place a small dab of fresh icing on your Topper and use that to stick it on.

Visit HERE for all the Valentines Day Cupcake Decorating Must-Haves. Now that you have the Valentines Day Cupcake Decorating Ideas, try out some fun cupcake recipes like this White Chocolate Sour Cream Cupcakes.

Welcome to our fun & festive Christmas Cupcake Favorites Giveaway! We have joined 19 other amazing food and dessert bloggers for a sweet-filled Blog Party with an amazing Scavenger Hunt, Recipes, Tips and a Grand Prize of a Kitchenaid Pro Mixer with each blogger giving away a prize of their favorite baking supply items at a value of $50-$75 each.
That’s nearly $2,000 worth of prizes!!!!! Holiday Collection of Cupcake Wrappers-
Cupcake Favorites Giveaway

Seeing as we adore cupcakes so much our blog post feature is about our favorite cupcake supplies. Our Cupcake Favorites Giveaway for this event includes a Holiday Collection of Cupcake Wrappers and a Set of 12 edible Christmas Fondant Cupcake Toppers. Retail Value of $70.

Christmas Fondant Cupcake Toppers-  Cupcake Favorites Giveaway

The winner will receive a collection of holiday cupcake wrappers in a variety of Christmas-y Colors and Designs including a set of 12 Christmas Fondant Cupcake Toppers with adorable Elves with Green and Red Hats, White Angels, Decorated Christmas Trees, Candy Canes and Poinsettas.  These edible cupcake toppers are a festive way to decorate your holiday cupcakes or cookies. Just bake or buy your cupcakes, frost and add these little adorable fondant cupcake toppers for a sweet addition for a holiday party or Christmas giving for the cupcake-lover in your family.

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The cupcakes favorites giveaway prize will also include our red and white striped cupcake wraps  which look little candy canes or peppermint candies, our Happy Holidays cupcake wrappers feature Christmas presents wrapped with bows, ornaments, snowflakes and other Christmasy decorations for this festive holiday.

Also pure white cupcake wrappers that make a simple and elegant decoration. This wrapper was featured in Martha Stewarts nutcracker dessert table last year and looks adorable with a snowflake cupcake topper or a little ballerina for the nutcracker theme.  This white cupcake wrapper is a beautiful accent for your holiday cupcakes or all year round.These cupcake wrappers (aka cupcake sleeves, cupcake holders and cupcake wraps) are easy to use and add a quick, festive decoration for your holiday cupcakes. a Rafflecopter giveaway

SCAVENGER HUNT

As a part of this Christmas Favorites Blog Party there is a Scavenger Hunt. One way to enter the giveaway is to visit all the blogs for a scavenger hunt to decode the Secret Holiday Message. Our secret word is YOU… Record the word YOU and head on over to Creative Juice for the next word in the scavenger hunt! When you visit all 19 blogs, you’ll have to put the words in order to decode the Secret Scavenger Hunt message and enter to WIN the KitchenAid Professional Mixer!

We also wanted to share this tasty cupcake recipe created by the Fearless Homemaker using our Happy Holiday Cupcake Wraps last year. It was a huge hit and will be a crowd-pleaser.

ingredients for the cupcakes:

8 tablespoons (1 stick) unsalted butter, cut into 4 pieces
2 ounces bittersweet chocolate, chopped
1/2 cup dutch-processed cocoa powder
3/4 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
3/4 teaspoon baking powder
2 eggs
3/4 cup granulated sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 teaspoon table salt
1/2 cup (4 ounces) sour cream

for the marshmallow buttercream:
1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, at room temperature
1/2 a (7-ounce) jar marshmallow creme
1 cup confectioners sugar
1/2 teaspoon vanilla

to garnish (optional):
12 mini marshmallows
1 oz. dark chocolate

For cupcake recipe instructions visit HERE. 

Bloggers around the World Supporting the Troops is a Deployment Care Package Program sponsored by Betsy Eves of JavaCupcake.com, the wife of SGT David Eves.  Each month, a blogger from the either the USA or Europe will create a care package with 2^nd Platoon in mind.  It will be decorated with a fun theme and will be filled with lots of goodies!

TRICK OR TREAT, SMELL MY FEET,
GIVE US SOMETHING GOOD TO EAT!
We choose one of our favorite times of the year to participate in this program; October. With Halloween almost here, our care package was designed with the childhood chant of “Trick or Treat, Smell my Feet, Give Us Something Good to Eat” in mind. Our theme was for soldiers with a sweet tooth, a love for cozy toes and for the kid in all of us who adores this Spook-tacular holiday. We enclosed goodie bags for each soldier filled with candy and toys, brand new white socks, popcorn balls (see popcorn ball recipe below) and more.

Take a peek inside the package:
-       Goodie Bags with candy, pencils and toys
(including glow in the dark spiders, parachuting skeletons and
vampire fangs for a little dress up fun).
–       Popcorn Balls
–       White Ankle Socks
– Peanut Butter Taffy (sealed in zip lock in case of allergies)

The package was easy to make with a trip to our local party supply store and Target. We picked up festive bags to fill with the goodies and a variety of candies that wouldn’t melt in transit. It can take approximately 3 weeks to get to the troops so we wanted to ensure we sent items that could sustain the journey. We found jolly ranchers, gummy lifesavers, laffy taffy, nerds, skittles and more.

We also thought some fun little toys would be good to add so we found some spooky glow in the dark spiders and vampire fangs. But our favorite were the little parachuting skeletons. Growing up I always remember how fun the little parachute men were so thought they would be good fun. We also wanted something useful and thought white socks for the soldiers would be handy out in the dessert and went nicely (and a bit tongue in cheek) with our “Trick or Treat, Smell our Feet” theme. We also added a pencil that was decorated with Halloween colors and themes. We rolled each pencil into the bag top and sealed it with tape so that none of the contents would fall out in transport.

Above is a photo of the 2nd Platoon, Fox Troop, 2/2 Cavalry Regiment before deployment when they were in Vilseck, Germany. Photo was courtesy of Javacupcake.com. We enjoyed putting this package for the troops and we hope the troop enjoys their Halloween Care Package. We thank them for all they do.

If you’d like the recipe for the popcorn balls we made using a Paula Deen recipe, check it out below.

Directions
In a medium saucepan, combine sugar, water, syrup, vinegar, and salt. Cook over high heat until mixture reaches 255 degrees F (hard-ball stage) on a candy thermometer. Stir in vanilla.

Pour over popped corn, tossing gently to coat. When mixture is cool enough to handle, press popcorn into 3-inch balls with lightly greased hands. Cool completely on waxed paper.

Visit us here for more cupcake fun with Bella Cupcake Couture:
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CAN BAKING CURE DEPRESSION?
FIND OUT AT THE DEPRESSED CAKE SHOP….

We’re only 6 sleeps away from the Depressed Cake Shop, the phenomenon sweeping England and major cities in the U.S., is now hitting Seattle.  Be part of this global movement that’s coming to Seattle for 1-day only on Sat 5th Oct.

The Depressed Cake Shop has taken place in various cities around the world – London, Oxford, Glasgow, KL Malaysia, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Houston, with Melbourne and India on their way.. This event has local bakers (including us from Bella Cupcake Couture) and famous pastry chefs taking up the challenge of making depressed cakes.  Come see (and eat) what all the bakers come up with – all in the name of charity!

One interesting feature of this event is that every dessert will be gray on the outside. Check out the Lemon Meringue Pie (Mi Tulips) and Macarons (Dainty Bakehouse) below.

Bella Cupcake Couture will be serving gray cupcakes in gray cupcake wrappers with cupcake toppers by Sweet Marmalade.

The Depressed Cake Shop event will have over 15 bakers and pastry chefs (from Seattle, SF and LA) donating their time, cakes and bakes for our cause.  They will be whipping up bespoke, deliciously (gray) sugar magic – Layer Cakes, Cookies, Brownies, Cake Pops, Cream Puffs, Chocolates, Marshmallows, Macarons and More!

They’ll also have Local Art, Gloomy Tunes, a Silent Auction, Depressed (pretty) Flower Bouquets, Coffee by Stumptown, Tea by Tetley and London’s famous Mardy Mabel, who has made 4 bespoke card designs for our Seattle event.

Sat 5th Oct
10am-4pm (or until we run out!)
Sole Repair Shop – 1001 E Pike
ALL PROCEEDS will be going to support N.A.M.I. –Greater Seattle.

Some of our supporters include:
·        Bake it in a Cake
·        Bella Cupcake Couture
·        Blue Cat Studio Design

·        Cake Lady – Mercer Island
·        Dolcetta Artisan Sweets
·        Eat Sleep Bake
·        Mardy Mabel
·        Miss Ali’s Cake Pops
·        Mrs Cakey
·        Nuflours – (gluten free goodies)
·        Quinn’s and Zoe’s Head Pastry Chef
·        Secret Marmalade
·        Stuffed Cakes
·        Saucy Pirate Catering
·        Stumptown Coffee
·        Wholefoods (SLU) Head Pastry Chef

There are 4 ways you can still support this Global Campaign that supports Local Causes:
1)      Pass this Event Poster onto your friends, family and colleagues.  Post it on your Facebook/ Twitter pages.  Print it out and hang it up in your office & communal spaces.
2)      LIKE the Facebook page HERE – so you can see how we’re stomping out the stigma of depression, one (gray) cake at a time.
3)      Come to the Event!  See what yummy depressed goodies our local cake masters have created for this one day, Pop Up Bakery.
4)      If you can’t make the event, you can still donate!  If your company has a Corporate Matching Program or a Just Giving Program, please consider donating:
a.      Charity Name:    N.A.M.I.– Greater Seattle  (National Alliance on Mental Illness)
b.      Tax ID #:              91-1043712
c.      Project Name:    The Depressed Cake Shop Seattle

Come by, pick up some treats, drinks some coffee, listen to tunes, have a chat about some sweet things in life!

We’re so excited to announce another Bella Cupcake Couture Blog Party this time the theme is “Back to School” and we’re getting the children involved! Do you know a child who is getting restless as the summer starts to come to an end? Well this creative project is sure to let their creative juices flow with a little fun baking and decorating back to school cupcake wrapper entertainment. PLUS you can get 12 new cupcake recipes AND enter to win $375+ worth of prizes from some fabulous sponsors.

For this blog party we asked our favorite bloggers to invite one (or more) children to decorate a set of Bella Cupcake Couture white cupcake wraps. We included a kit of 6 plain white back to school cupcake wrappers with a variety of paper straws that they could use to decorate their cupcakes with or to use for summer beverages while creating their masterpieces.

See below for  link to everyone’s blog to check out what each child created for their back to school cupcake wrapper project and for the cupcake recipes that each blogger created. You’ll find peanut butter & jelly, apple cupcakes, and even a “how to” for mini backpack toppers.

Make sure you  DON’T MISS our recipe, a discount offer for your next order and Luke (age 5) & Brooke’s (age 3) creations and interview at the bottom of this post too.

Bella Cupcake Couture
Chronicles of a Foodie
Crazy for Crust
Cupcakes Take the Cake
Diary of a Mad Hausfrau
Haniela’s
In Katrina’s Kitchen
Love From the Oven
Mesa de Vida
Not Just a Mommy
Sugar Swings! Serve Some
The Baked Equation
The Decorated Cookie

Thanks to our amazing Prize Pack sponsors for their generous donations! Please, visit their websites to see more of their fabulous products!

To enter to WIN this Prize Pack, simply fill out the entry form below. Contest opens August 27, 2013 at 7am PST and closes September 2, 2013 at Midngight PST. One winner will be chosen and announced within 48 hours of the contest ending. Winner will be contacted via email by betsy@javacupcake.com and will have 48 hours to claim their prize. If they do not respond within 48 hours, another winner will be chosen. This contest is open to residents worldwide.

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Meet Luke & Brooke! They are our closest friends little ones who just happened to be visiting in Seattle this last week from Austin, TX. We were excited to see them and had such fun baking cupcakes and decorating back to school cupcake wrappers with them.

They had great manners and excellent kitchen skills.
Of course they first washed their hands.

Then after making the frosting, they started to decorate their white cupcake liners (aka cupcake wrappers, cupcake wraps, cupcake sleeves and cupcake holders)

They proudly posed with their plate full of cupcakes and decorated cupcake wraps.

Then we began their interview.

1. What is your favorite cupcake flavor? 
Luke: Strawberry
Brooke: Orange

2. What has been your favorite moment from this summer?
Luke: Hanging out with Mom and Dad.
Brooke: Swimming in the pool.

3. What are you most looking forward to when you go back to school? 
Luke: Meeting my new teacher.
Brooke: Spending time with mom and dad. (note: Brooke is not going to school yet).

DISCOUNT OFFER & RECIPE

Now check out the cupcake recipe and cupcake frosting recipe below that we made. It was soooo delicious! And in honor of this cupcake-filled event we’re offering 20% off any order (except on cupcake stands) when you order at Bella Cupcake Couture with the coupon code of “BACKTOSCHOOL20″. Enter this code at checkout for your discount.

Spiced Apple Cupcakes with Cinnamon Cream Cheese Frosting
Cupcake adapted from Tracey’s Culinary Adventure’s , frosting adapted from Martha Stewart
Cupcakes
1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
3/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, at room temperature
1 cup sugar
2 large eggs plus 1 large egg yolk, at room temperature
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
3 1/2 tablespoons boiled cider
1/2 cup whole milk, at room temperature

Frosting
1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, at room temperature
6 oz cream cheese (reduced fat is fine), at room temperature
2 cups confectioners’ sugar, sifted
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

Preheat oven to 325 F. Line cupcake pan with paper liners.

In a medium bowl, whisk the flour, baking powder, cinnamon, and salt until combined. Add the butter and sugar to the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment. Beat on medium speed until very light and fluffy, about 5 minutes. Add the eggs and then the egg yolk, 1 at a time, and beat well after each addition. Mix in the vanilla extract. In a measuring cup, whisk the milk and boiled cider together. With the mixer on low, alternately add the dry ingredients in 3 additions and the milk/cider combo in 2, beginning and ending with the dry ingredients and beating just until the batter is combined.

Divide the batter among the liners, filling each about 2/3 to 3/4 full. Bake for about 25 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Transfer the pan to a wire rack and let the cupcakes cool for just a few minutes before removing them to the racks to cool completely.

To make the frosting: Add the butter and cream cheese to the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment. Beat on medium-high speed until light and fluffy, about 2-3 minutes. With the mixer on low, gradually add the confectioners’ sugar (stopping to scrape down the sides of the bowl once or twice) until completely incorporated. Add the cinnamon and vanilla and mix until combined.

To assemble the cupcakes: Transfer the frosting to a pastry bag fitted with a tip. Pipe frosting into a swirl on each cupcake. Drizzle with additional boiled cider and/or garnish with a caramel square, if desired.

Makes 12-14 cupcakes

Thank you again for joining today’s Bella Cupcake Couture blog party. We hope you enjoy visiting all the other fabulous bloggers and sponsors websites.

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We’re excited to showcase one of our favorite cupcake wrapper interview clients Lyndsey Fagerlund. Lyndsey started to use our product many years ago and is a truly creative woman. She also is a photographer who loves to bake. Learn a bit more about Lyndsey below and pick up some great tips on how to created a wedding photograph cupcake tower and a tasty cupcake frosting recipe.

1.     Tell us a little bit about your company and how you got your start? I started my photography business, Lyndsey Fagerlund Photography, in 2009. I started honing my skills by taking photos of the cupcakes I created. Now I love photographing cupcakes at weddings and children’s birthday parties! I am based in Salt Lake City, and often work in Seattle and Los Angeles. I specialize in authentic, happy images that show lots of emotion. I still love to create cupcakes for my kids. Making up fun frosting flavors and creating themed decorations are my favorite part!

2.      What’s the most memorable event you’ve done? This is a hard one, because I have a client in Los Angeles that has hired me to photograph the most amazing events! I would say it’s a tie between their Mermaid/Pirate and Candyland themed events. The Mermaid event had a live mermaid and 2 life-size mermaid cakes for their twins! They also had the Sprinkles Cupcakes truck on site handing out their delish cupcakes. The Candyland party was just amazing, with every single candy detail you could imagine. The kids played Candyland on a life-size board game with real characters, too. Their make-your-own cupcake stand was a hit!

3.     Knowing your love for cupcakes, what was your first childhood memory involving cupcakes? I don’t have a specific memory from when I was younger, but I do know I have always been a frosting person! My husband actually scrapes off some of his frosting (gasp!), but that just leaves more for me! My favorite memory involving cupcakes was a “cupcake par-tea” that my friend Kara Allen and I put together for our friends. We taught a little bit about frosting and decorating and everyone got to decorate their own cupcakes!

4.     What is your favorite cupcake flavor? Lemon, hands down!

5.     Any fun baking tips? I always encourage friends to play around a little bit! I know it’s said that you have to follow instructions exactly for baking, but as long as I make sure the basic ingredients are right, my creations have turned out pretty yummy! You can pick a vanilla cake mix if you are worried and just try adding something yourself! Frosting is the easiest to play around with. I love making lemon frosting from scratch.

Cupcake Tower Idea Created by Lyndsey for the Good Things Utah New Show
Check out the VIDEO HERE

6.     Just for fun; what is your favorite Bella Cupcake Couture cupcake wrapper design? Definitely the Damask cupcake wrappers! I use them all the time! They are perfect for wedding cupcakes.

7.     Anything else you’d like to add? Frosting Recipe :)

Lemon Buttercream Frosting
1/2 cup butter, softened (do not substitute)
1 teaspoon vanilla
1/3 cup milk
1/4 teaspoon salt
Zest from 1 lemon
powdered sugar (approximately 4 to 5 cups)

Cream butter in the bowl of an electric mixer. Add vanilla, milk, salt, and lemon zest. Add 2 cups powdered sugar and blend, adding more powdered sugar to get the consistency you want. (To pipe the frosting, you’ll want at least 4 cups total. Just keep adding a cup at a time until it is thick enough.)

Social Media Links for Lyndsey Fagerlund Photography :
Website: http://www.lyndseyfagerlund.com
FB: www.facebook.com/lyndseyfagerlundphotography
Twitter: www.twitter.com/lfagerlund
Pinterest: www.pinterest.com/lfagerlund
Instagram: www.instagram.com/lyndseyfagerlund

We hope you enjoyed today’s cupcake wrapper interview client, Lyndsey Fagerlund. Visit us here for more cupcake fun with Bella Cupcake Couture:
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Ready for another cupcake couture blog party filled with 4th of July Cupcake Wrappers? We’re super excited to announce we’ve partnered once again with Betsy of Javacupcake.com and 24 bloggers to bring you another cupcake fashion party. This event is called “Sprinkles will Fly” in honor of the upcoming 4th of July holiday festivities.

The post is filled with Patriotic cupcake recipes for the upcoming holiday, 4th of July Cupcake Wrappers, and a Big Giveaway you’ll want to enter to win. There is a lot of great details so make sure to read the whole post so you don’t miss a thing!!

If you joined us for our last Cupcake Couture Blog Party,   you’ll know we had a great response with 20+ cupcake bloggers, 20+ recipes shared, 7,000+ entries for the contest and lots of great cupcake fun with tips and creative ideas.

We had so much fun we’re doing it again!  This time we have 24 bloggers and the theme is a patriotic one to prepare our readers for the upcoming 4^th of July holiday.

Below you’ll find a link to all the bloggers involved in this cupcake-filled event and see just how easy it is to not only make a delicious cupcake… but how simple it is to create a Patriotic Cupcake for the upcoming occasion.

Bella Cupcake Couture

Chronicles of a Foodie

Creative Food

Cupcake Project

Cupcakes Take the Cake

Diary of a Mad Hausfrau

Haniela’s

Hoosier Homemade

Hungry Happenings

In Katrina’s Kitchen

Inside BruCrew Life

Java Cupcake

Kitchen Fun with My 3 Sons

Love From the Oven

Make Bake Celebrate

Not Just a Mommy

Not Your Mommas Cookie

Pint Sized Baker

Sugar Swings! Serve Some

The Baking Cup

The Decorated Cookie

Every blogger who participated was randomly sent a package of red, white, blue or stars & stripes cupcake wrappers and challenged to share a cupcake recipe for a 4^th of July party.   After the cupcake was created, the blogger styled their cupcakes in the wrappers and other props that they choose for this 4th of July theme.

Thanks to our amazing Prize Pack sponsors for their generous donations! Please, visit their websites to see more of their fabulous products!

Contest opens June 25, 2013 at 7:00 PST and closes July 1, 2013 at 23:59 PST. One winner will be chosen and announced within 48 hours of the contest ending. Winner will be contacted via email by betsy@javacupcake.com and will have 48 hours to claim their prize. If they do not respond within 48 hours, another winner will be chosen.

This contest is open to residents worldwide.

• Set of all 4th of July cupcake wrappers from Bella Cupcake Couture and a $25 store credit ($125 value)
• 5 Tier Cupcake Stand of their choice (either Round or Square – $69.95 value) and a $25 store credit for to http://www.thesmartbaker.com/
• A $50 store credit to Lucks Food Decorating Company
• Sprinkles Prize Package from India Tree
• Red & White Table Runner from Pretty Party Details ($25 value)
• Set of all 4th of July cupcake wrappers from Bella Cupcake Couture and a $25 store credit ($125 value)

For our recipe we chose to make an All American favorite Vanilla Cupcake with Vanilla frosting. It always seems to be a crowd-pleaser with it’s thick vanilla buttercream frosting. We used our Olivia Blue Cupcake Wrappers with a swirl of white and topped with red and blue sprinkles and a patriotic cupcake pick. It really stood out displayed on the all white wooden cupcake stand and table runner by Pretty Party Details.

In our display we added various red, white and blue props including popcorn boxes for peanuts, hotdog trays, red apples, sipping bottles with our red paper straws and blue paper straws, We also incorporated the Pretty Party Details ribbon skirt but used it as a hanging backdrop behind our 4th of July cupcake display. We love how festive they make the event!

We hope you enjoy this recipe and checking out all the other bloggers sites featuring recipes, cupcakes dressed in our Bella Cupcake Couture cupcake wrappers and other fun cupcake tip ideas. Wishing you all a wonderful 4th of July.

Vanilla Cupcakes (recipe from Joy of Baking):
Makes about 12 cupcakes
1/2 cup (113 grams) unsalted butter, room temperature
2/3 cup (130 grams) granulated white sugar
3 large eggs
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
Zest of 1 large lemon (outer yellow skin)
1 1/2 cups (195 grams) all purpose flour
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 cup (60 ml) milk

Confectioners (Buttercream) Frosting:
2 cups (230 grams) confectioners sugar (icing or powdered sugar), sifted
1/2 cup (113 grams) unsalted butter, room temperature
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
2 tablespoons milk or light cream
Assorted food colors (if desired)

 Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (177 degrees C) and line 12 muffin cups with paper liners.

In the bowl of your electric mixer, or with a hand mixer, beat the butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add the eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in the vanilla extract.

In a separate bowl whisk together the lemon zest, flour, baking powder, and salt.

With the mixer on low speed, alternately add the flour mixture and milk, in three additions, beginning and ending with the flour. Scrape down the sides of the bowl as needed.

Evenly fill the muffin cups with the batter and bake for about 17 – 20 minutes or just until set and a toothpick inserted into a cupcake comes out clean. (Always check a few minutes before the stated baking time. Do not over bake or the cupcakes will be dry.) Remove from oven and place on a wire rack to cool. Once the cupcakes have completely cooled, frost with icing. If you want flat topped cupcakes then slice off the dome of each cupcake, with a sharp knife, before frosting. If you want to pipe the frosting, I like to use a large Wilton 1M star decorating tip. Cupcakes are best eaten the same day they are made, but they can be covered and stored for a few days.

Confectioners (Buttercream) Frosting: In an electric mixer, or with a hand mixer, cream the butter until smooth and well blended. Add the vanilla extract. With the mixer on low speed, gradually beat in the sugar. Scrape down the sides of the bowl. Add the milk and beat on high speed until frosting is light and fluffy (about 3-4 minutes). Add a little more milk or sugar, if needed. Tint the frosting with desired food color (I use the paste food coloring that is available at cake decorating stores and party stores).

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We’re so excited for the Cupcake Couture Wrappers Blog Party starting today! There will be 20+ of the worlds top baking blogs filled with cupcake recipes and beautifully decorated cupcakes with Bella Cupcake Couture wrappers. How cool is that?

And not only that…you can ENTER to WIN a gift pack of cupcake couture wrappers, cake stands and more too. Read below for details.

Each blogger is featuring a recipe that they’ve baked and decorated with Bella Cupcake Couture cupcake wrappers. Each blogger received a different cupcake wrapper to create their own unique display using items they already have at home.  The possibilities are endless!

Photos of the all cupcakes with the recipe can be found at each blog below.

An American Cupcake in London

Bella Cupcake Couture

Chronicles of a Foodie

Crazy for Crust

Creative Food

Cupcakes Take the Cake

Diary of a Mad Hausfrau

Eat Your Heart Out

Haniela’s

Hoosier Homemade

In Katrina’s Kitchen

Inside BruCrew Life

Java Cupcake

Love From the Oven

Make Bake Celebrate

Not Just a Mommy

Sugar Daze

Sugar Swings! Serve Some

The Baked Equation

The Baking Cup

The Decorated Cookie

One lucky reader of the Blog Party will win a prize pack featuring:

• A set of every cupcake wrapper that was used in this party from Bella Cupcake Couture ($200 value)
• $200 store credit to Cupcake-Stand.com
• $50 store credit to Sweets & Treats Boutique
• Polish Pottery Cake Stand from Poland from JavaCupcake.com ($100 value)
• Cupcake Vinyl Decals for your stand mixer from Lil Punkin Creations

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To enter to WIN this Prize Pack, simply fill out the entry form below.

Contest opens May21, 2013 at 7am PST and closes May 27 2013 at 11:59pm PST. One winner will be chosen and announced within 24 hours of the contest ending. Winner will be contacted via email to claim their prize.

This contest is open to residents of the USA and Europe only.

We’re super excited about this Cupcake Couture Wrappers Blog Party and we will know you will enjoy perusing all the deliciously decorated cupcakes! See below for our Blueberry Lemon Cupcake with Lemon Zest Cream Cheese Frosting.

Blueberry Lemon Cupcake with Lemon Zest Cream Cheese Frosting

Cupcakes (makes 6):
1 cup Cake Flour
¼ teaspoon baking soda
¼ teaspoon sea salt
1 large egg
  1/4 cup sugar (or honey)
1/4 cup milk
2 teaspoons finely grated lemon zest
1/2 cup fresh blueberries

Preheat the oven to 350ºF. Line 6 cups of a muffin pan with baking liners. In a large bowl, whisk together the almond flour, baking soda, and salt. Separately whisk together the egg, honey, and lemon zest. Pour the wet ingredients into the flour mixture and stir to combine. Fold in the berries.

Divide the batter among the lined muffin cups. Bake for 15-18 minutes until golden brown and a toothpick inserted into a cupcake comes out clean. Cool completely. Note: I noticed the cupcake was a bit more dense like a muffin than I had hoped. Next time we make these we will add either butter/oil (was trying to be healthy on this recipe) or an additional egg. Both will help make them lighter and moister.

Ok now on to the Lemon Cream Cheese Frosting. It is to die for!! Love, love, love this recipe! We found this recipe on Naturebox.com and was meant for 30 cupcakes so we revised the recipe down for our 6 cupcakes we were making for our small dinner gathering.

Lemon Cream Cheese Frosting:
1/3 cup cold unsalted butter, cut into 1/2-inch pieces
1 cup powdered sugar
2 ounces cold low-fat cream cheese
1/2 teaspoons  lemon zest
1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract

In a large bowl or Kitchen Aid, mix together on low speed and gradually increasing to medium, beat butter and powdered sugar until butter is broken into pea-size pieces and incorporated with the sugar, scraping bowl occasionally, about 3 minutes. Reduce speed to medium-low. Add cream cheese until all cream cheese is incorporated, scraping bowl occasionally. Add lemon zest and vanilla; increase speed to medium-high and beat until frosting is smooth, about 30 seconds.

Using a piping bag fitted with a large star tip, top cupcakes with frosting. If frosting is too thick to pipe, let stand at room temperature 10 minutes before piping or we added a bit of lemon juice to the ingredients (why not?). Decorate each cupcake with one single blueberry, wrap with Bella Cupcake Couture wrappers and Pink Paper Straws.

Decoration:
Blueberries
Pink Paper Straws (cut in thirds)
Bella Cupcake Couture Wrappers- Olivia Purple Lavender cupcake wrappers

If you’d like to watch the making of this cupcake on video, check out the Youtube video’s: Lemon Blueberry Cupcakes and Lemon Cream Cheese Frosting.

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Get ready for a Cupcake Couture Blog Party. The event happens on Tuesday May 21, 2013 and will be filled with cupcake recipes from the top baking blogs in the US and even a few international cupcake / baking blogs. Not only will you get a great selection of recipes, view beautifully decorated cupcakes with cupcake couture wrappers but you’ll also have a chance to win an amazing prize package.   Check out all the details and participants below.

Each blogger will be featuring a recipe that they’ve baked and decorated with Bella Cupcake Couture cupcake wrappers. Each blogger will receive a different wrapper and create a display using items they already have at home.  The possibilities are endless!

Photos of the cupcakes and the scene along with the recipe and info about the Blog Partyw will go live on your blog Tuesday, May 21^st.

One lucky reader of the Blog Party will win a prize pack featuring:

• A set of every cupcake wrapper that was used in this party from Bella Cupcake Couture ($200 value)
• $200 store credit to Cupcake-Stand.com
• $50 store credit to Sweets & Treats Boutique
• Polish Pottery Cake Stand from Poland from JavaCupcake.com ($100 value)
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To qualify to win the prize pack – each person will have to “follow” the blogs Facebook/Pinterest/Instagram/Twitter, etc. More details coming soon.

We’re super excited about this Cupcake Couture Blog Party and we will know you will enjoy perusing all the deliciously decorated cupcakes!

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Cupcake flags make decorating cupcakes more fun! And with these cute little popular sayings it says it sweetly to the recipient how much you adore them.  You asked and we listened! We have several clients who’ve requested to have stylish cupcake flag picks that match our cupcake wrappers. So “HOORAY”, you’ll be seeing Bella Cupcake Couture offering our signature cupcake flags.

But first we need your feedback.

Looking for a fun and easy way to create an Under the Sea theme for your next kids party. It’s simple to create this Ocean theme with blue straws, sea blue cupcake wrappers , fish bowls, starfish cookies, itty bitty Fishy Banner, Blue Macarons, Sea Blue Rock Candy and more.

Under the Sea Party Theme by Dolce Designs

One of our clients Jesi of Dolce Designs created this theme for one of her recent clients. They used our blue straws for the adorable cakepops shown here.

 You can also see how perfect our sea blue cupcake wrappers or sky blue cupcake wraps would be for this theme.

Now, we want to share all the photo details of the event and a special interview with the designer, Jesi of Dolce Designs. You’ll learn about how she got started in this line of business, her tips to folks getting married and favorite cupcake flavors. Enjoy!

Tell us about the event, who was it for and how did the theme come together?

We hope you enjoyed today’s cupcake baker interview. Want to know more about Jesi? Visit her at the below sites:

Website: http://mydolcedesigns.com/
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Well this week we’ve partnered with Anders Ruff Design who is hosting this giveaway on their site. Visit HERE to enter to win the chance to have the best dressed cupcakes & party table around.

If you win, you probably want to know which cupcake wrappers and party supplies are our best sellers right now? So we thought we’d put a quick Top 5 cupcake wrapper list together for you:

1. “Lu Lu” Damask Black & White Cupcake Wrappers

This little French-Frilly little darling has been a crowd pleaser since we launched it. Every year it has been our top seller. It’s perfect for any occassion; wedding cupcakes, bridal showers, baby showers, birthday and more. What’s not to love?

2. Zebra Black & White Cupcake Wrappers

Everyone has a wild side, and these zebra cupcake wraps scream I want to be free. These cupcake wraps are most popular for bachelorette parties, teen birthdays or anyone who wants a fun time with their cupcake decor.

3. “Audrey” Pink & White Striped Cupcake Wrappers

Oooh La La! These pink striped cupcake wrappers will make all your cupcake “pretty in pink”. A versatile cupcake decoration that will make you blush with all the compliments you will receive from your party guests.

4. Olivia Silver & White Cupcake Wrappers

A Beautiful Wedding Cupcakes Display

Want something elegant and traditional for your wedding and bridal parties? Well this precious silver cupcake dressing gown has been featured at Martha Stewart Wedding events and at many galas.

5. Olivia Navy Blue Cupcake Wrapper

Navy blue seems to be the hot color of the season right now. this cupcake wrap has been ordered nearly every day by someone planning their wedding or birthday party. It’s also perfect for the upcoming 4th of July holiday or a boys birthday party.

Do you have a favorite Bella Cupcake Couture cupcake wrapper? Visit HERE and then comment below.

What do haute cupcakes and Zebra Cupcake Wrappers have in common? Jessie of Jessie’s Haute Cakes!! We’re excited to share our first cupcake baker interview with a baker who has there Cottage Foods License. She’s a total sweet heart! Hear about her journey into the Haute Cupcake world!

  1.    How long have you been baking cupcakes?
I have been baking for about 3 ½ years now. I had been on a mission to find a delicious cupcake and after trying several places that seemed to get great reviews, I wasn’t impressed with any of them. So I set out to make my own. It took a lot of trial and error, considering I was not a baker to begin with, but I soon realized that I had a real knack for it and truly enjoyed making them.

Website: www.JessiesHauteCakes.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/GourmetCupcakesbyJess
Email: JessiesHauteCakes(@)gmail.com

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We at Bella Cupcake Couture had the honor this weekend to visit one of our local cupcake shops in the area Wanna Cupcake? (yes please!)

This cute little shop can be found in Puyallup Washington and they sell a variety of cupcakes, cupcake supplies including our cupcake wrappers for baby showers, weddings birthdays and more.

When you walk in you see beautiful black candle opera chandeliers hanging over the cupcakes beautifully presented on pink pedestals.

A variety of flavors were on display and I drooled over almost every one.

The flavors of the day included S’mores, Lemon Raspberry, Caramel apple filled, Butterfinger, Strawberry with Italian Meringue and more.

From the front counter you can take a peek inside their giant kitchen to see all the work and passion that goes into making these cupcakes.

There were racks and racks of cupcakes ready to fill the spot as the cupcakes were sold. During this day part of their team was just coming in from the local farmers market. How great is that? Picking up freshly made cupcakes with your veggies  down at your local market.  The owners Karie & Jim Romano were there as well. They are super sweet couple and take a lot of care in what they do. They’re very passionate about their business and want to share the cupcake love with everyone.

Here is a selection of some of their cupcakes:

Here’s a selection of our Bella Cupcake Couture cupcake wrappers they have on display for clients to order or pick up that day.

That day they sent us home with a dozen cupcakes to sample. They also had a few other treats and I couldn’t resist including one of their lemon bars. It was one of the best I’ve ever had in my life. It had a nice crispy crust and tasty tangy lemon curd filling a nice light topping. Wanna Cupcake? And a Lemon Bar? And a Cookie? Yes, yes and yes!

I was able to take the cupcakes to a local restaurant where I was meeting with friends that night. As you can tell we  devoured them. We cut each one to small pieces so we each could try a little of everything. The crowd favorites were the Strawberry Italian Meringue and the Big Birthday cupcake which was topped with fun sprinkles.
To learn more about Wanna Cupcake? Visit their website HERE.

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Today’s cupcake shops interview is with Dani of the Cupcake Pilots. They have a wonderful mother-daughter story including how they created this company for the love of all of their military families, being on Cupcake Wars  and the love of a Chocolate Bourbon Cupcake (yes please!).

Cupcake Pilots

Tell us a little bit about your bakery and how you got your start? Cupcake Pilots is a military family owned and operated cupcakery. We got our start by doing what we love, baking and supporting our military. My daughters and I began bringing cupcakes to different military family events and sending in free cupcakes to the men and women serving our country. From there, word of mouth spread and our company took flight!

What was your first childhood memory involving cupcakes? My first childhood memory involving cupcakes didn’t start out with cupcakes at all. My mother was a culinary artist growing up and made all sorts of cakes. I was always jealous of the people who were receiving the cakes my mother baked and wished I could have one of her beautiful and delicious creations. As an adult it is excited to know that my cupcakes allows everyone to have their own little beautiful and delicious creation.

What is your top 3 best selling cupcakes? Cupcake Pilots’ top 3 selling cupcakes are our Cookies N’ Cream made with a whole sandwich cookie at the bottom, our S’more which is topped with a homemade marshmallow frosting and then toasted, and our Banana Cream Pie that has a Nilla Waffer crust.

What is your favorite cupcake flavor?My favorite cupcake flavor is our Chocolate Bourbon cupcake. It has to be the most moist chocolate cake I’ve ever tasted or baked. The bourbon and chocolate really play off each other’s flavors. The cupcake is topped with a salted bourbon caramel and fudge frosting. What’s not to like about that!

Is there an innovation you’d like to see made to the cupcake that would improve it for you?The innovation we would like to see made to the cupcake that would improve it for us would be not on the cake itself but its ability to not be so delicate in the shipping process…We’d love to be able to send cupcakes to our troops overseas but the shipping process is so complex and expensive!

What’s the most memorable cupcake event you’ve done?The most memorable cupcake event Cupcake Pilots has done has got to be the Magnificent Mile Tree Lighting Ceremony in Chicago, IL. When we won Cupcake Wars during season 7, we had to bake and frost 1,000 cupcakes for display at the holiday event. Getting to experience it during the holidays as a family was very special!

Stars & Stripes Patriotic Cupcake Wrappers

Just for fun; what is your favorite Bella Cupcake Couture cupcake wrapper design? Cupcake Pilots is a military family owned and operated business, so our favorite Bella Cupcake couture cupcake wrapper designs have got to be your Patriotic Stars & Stripes as well as your Camouflage. These designs are great for our cupcakes and we love that we can get them year round as well as in bulk!

Pink Camoflauge Cupcake Wrap

Dani Moulton
Cupcake Pilots

We hope you enjoyed today’s cupcake shops interview. We also found this great video from Cupcake Pilots submission to Cupcake Wars as well. HERE

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Here’s a very fun pizza birthday party event idea for your child’s upcoming event.  This party was designed by our friends at Anders Ruff Design.

This party is full of DIY crafts for dramatic decorations that make a big impact.

The decorations included red cupcake wrappers, gingham & striped party banners, gingham tablecloths, chocolate mustaches, cupcake picks, wooden spoons and more.  Also matching printable invitations, pizza boxes, the dessert table even included candy and desserts that looked like pizza ingredients and Italian appetizers.

This party has every element needed for the perfect pizza birthday party. We also recommend adding some of our paper straws in red & white striped and green & white striped.

To view the entire party photos and collection visit the Anders Ruff Design site HERE.

VENDOR CREDITS & RESOURCES:

– Complete Event Styling and Concept:  Anders Ruff
– Photography: Becca Bond Photography
– Party Printables and Activity Printables: Anders Ruff
– Custom Pizza Party T-Shirts: Great Stitch
– Custom Girls and Boys Hats & Aprons: Sookee Designs
– Candy: CandyWarehouse.com
– Cake: Got What It Cakes
– Custom Cake Pops: Pop-A-Razzi
– Custom Cookies: Firefly Confections
– Gingham Chocolate Covered Oreos & Chocolate Lollipops: Sweeties by Kim
– Chocolate Mustache Lollipops: Nicole’s Treats
– Cupcake Wrappers: Bella Cupcake Couture
– Glass Drink Bottles: Shop Sweet Lulu
– Gumball Tubes, Paper Plates: Smash Cake Studio
– Polka Dot Paper Straws, Paper Sacks: Hey Yo Yo
– Wooden Utensils: Sucre Shop
– Cotton Bags, Paper Shred, Clear Containers: Nashville Wraps
– Cotton Baker’s Twine: The Twinery
– Opaque Iron On Transfers & Label Material: OnlineLabels.com

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Today’s cupcake baker interview is with one of our favorite clients, Nancy Schaub of LoveN Spoonful. Nancy has been using our cupcake wrappers to decorate her cupcakes for a couple years now and we always adore how they turn out. We were so pleased to ask her to be one of our cupcake baker interviews today.

1. Tell us a little bit about you and how you got your start?
   My business is home based “hobby” as I am employed full time and began about 2 1/2 years ago. I read an article in the newspaper about a woman who made chocolate chip cookies and gave all her proceeds to charity. I had recently visited my best friend in Dallas and we had gone to Sprinkles Cupcakes. I loved the concept of a cupcakery but knew it would not be feasible in my small community. I decided to try my hand at making some cupcakes at home with the intent that I would do some for profit and that would allow me to donate to various charities. I have always had an interest in music and my favorite holiday is Valentine’s Day. One day the inspiration came to name each cupcake with a song that had the word “love” in the title and the name LoveN Spoonful was chosen. I now keep very busy making cupcakes for baby and bridal showers, birthdays, weddings, corporate events and other special occasions and, in turn, can regularly contribute to events for breast cancer awareness, St. Jude Children’s Research hospital, and local fundraisers.
2. What was your first childhood memory involving cupcakes?
   One of my favorite toys as a child was my Easy Bake Oven. I loved using the little mixes to make cakes and cupcakes.
   
3. What is your top 3 best selling cupcakes?
   Chocolate peanut butter, red velvet and lemon.
4. What is your favorite cupcake flavor?
   Some see this as boring, I see it as a classic. It’s vanilla cake with vanilla frosting. And to go with it, my favorite ice cream-vanilla.
   
5. Is there an innovation you’d like to see made to the cupcake that would improve it for you?
   I think cupcakes are darn perfect just the way they are.
6. What’s the most memorable cupcake event you’ve done?
   This past fall, LoveN Spoonful organized a quarter auction here in my community with all of the proceeds going to St. Jude. Using my business and personal contacts, I was able to get 50 unique donations to be auctioned off, including several boxes of my cupcakes. I had told the woman in charge of fundraising for St. Jude that I thought we could raise $500. I was shocked at the end of the night when the total was $1,406! THey were thrilled and so was I. Everyone had a great time supporting such a worthy cause.
   
7. Just for fun; what is your favorite Bella Cupcake Couture cupcake wrapper design?
   My favorite wrappers are the Hannah and Lulu citrus wrappers. I love the hot pink and orange combo. It just screams outdoor summer party.
   
8. Anything else you’d like to add?
   I have purchased several new muffin tins and ended up not using them. I just didn’t like the way they baked the cupcakes. I continue to use the old tins that belonged to my mom. There’s alot of love in those tins, and that’s why my cupcakes are so good.Also as far as a favorite frosting recipe, people love my chocolate buttercream. My secret ingredient is Hershey’s special dark chocolate ice cream topping. Makes it very fudgey and creamy. I often add a bit of cinnamon and a touch of cayenne to the frosting as well. As for a recipe, I’d be glad to share but I don’t measure anything. I just go by when it looks right.

Thanks again for your great products and for inviting me to be a guest on your blog!
Nancy Schaub
LoveN Spoonful Cupcakes

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We have a great cupcake baker interview to share with you today. Here name is Rose of Rose Bakes. She has a fun story of how she got her start, her very fun decorating style and more. We hope you enjoy!

Tell us a little bit about your bakery and how you got your start?
I have had a love for baking for as long as I can remember.  At the age of 13, I asked for a cake decorating kit for Christmas and from then on, I did cakes for family.  However, it wasn’t until 2010 when my brother asked me to do his wedding cake that my business really took off!  I initially refused – having never done a wedding cake I was terrified.  But after lots of begging (and warning him!), I agreed.  After posting those pictures on Facebook…. my orders started rolling in and multiplying and I never looked back!

What was your first childhood memory involving cupcakes?
I honestly can’t drum up a single childhood memory regarding cupcakes!  My Mama was not ever a baker and I don’t ever remember eating cupcakes!  However, I do remember the first cake I ever baked and decorated after getting my decorating kit.  Looking back on it now, it was pitiful, but I knew from that day on that I wanted to bake cakes for people!

What is your top 3 best selling cupcakes?
My most popular sellers for decorations would have to be my crawfish cupcakes and my farm animal cupcakes.  My most popular flavors would be Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough cupcakes or Italian Cream Cheese Cupcakes.  Oops… that’s four!

What is your favorite cupcake flavor?
My favorite is the Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Cupcakes!!   It’s the best of both worlds with cookie dough and frosting!

Is there an innovation you’d like to see made to the cupcake that would improve it for you?
I’m not sure if this is an improvement on a cupcake so much as an improvement on a way to package them!  I have tried so many different types of boxes/inserts and I’ve yet to find any that I just love!  OH – and a way to safely ship them… that would be a dream invention!!

What’s the most memorable cupcake event you’ve done?
That would have to be my first cake/cupcake wedding tower display.  I was skeptical that a cupcake display could be as appealing as a wedding cake, but after getting it all finished and set up, I was in love with the look and I often try to “sell” that look to customers these days!

Just for fun; what is your favorite Bella Cupcake Couture cupcake wrapper design?
I guess it’s because I’m sort of a sucker for anything pink, I love your pink striped cupcake wrappers (they remind me of my site design) and the Lu-Lu Pink and Black ones!!

Anything else you’d like to add?
When I first started my business, I was all about cake, cake, cake.  Then last year I was interviewed for a local magazine and they wanted to talk cupcakes.  I did some Easter designs for their article and I really started to rethink cupcakes and decided to make the an important part of my business as well.   As cupcakes have become more and more popular, I’ve really grown to love a great cupcake design and display!  They’re so much fun and there are so many possibilities out there!

Thank you for this opportunity to share via this cupcake baker interview.  I have a few cake/cupcake displays here on my blog if you’d like to scroll through them and in my gallery you can see all of my cupcakes in one spot.

Best, Rose

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We hope you enjoyed today’s Cupcake Baker Interview with Rose Bakes. We also suggest reading her “About” section on her site. She has 101 things more you can learn about her. Fun read!

Thanks again Rose for participating in our Cupcake Baker Interview!

If you are a cupcake baker and you have a story to share, please feel free to contact us at info@bellacupcakecouture.com and we would love to do a cupcake baker interview with you.

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