Try to top this back to school cupcake: peanut butter and jelly heart sandwich on top of a peanut butter cupcake!

Okay, blogger and custom cupcake seller Amanda Cupcake has officially made me wish I would win the lottery and could have her cupcakes every day. Look at this!



There's more details on her blog, where she's got the recipe. Photos via Flickr. It's:

"A Peanut Butter Cupcake. Peanut Butter Frosting. Swirled with Strawberry Jelly. And a Sandwich. Lunch & Dessert all in one."



If you're in Wisconsin, you can order your own! Email msamandacupcake at gmail.com for ordering information.

The Cat in the Hat cupcakes, featuring marshmallow birthday cakes, edible blue glitter hair and peanut butter and jelly, by Amanda Cupcake!

Wow! Blogger and custom cupcake baker Amanda Cupcake has done it again with her The Cat in The Hat Dr. Seuss inspired cupcakes! See more on her fabulous blog and find out how she used marshmallows, frosting on sticks and peanut butter and jelly to make these, and see more photos in this Facebook set and on Flickr. Happy 5th birthday, Brady! If you are in Wisconsin and would like to place a custom Amanda Cupcake order, you can email her at msamandacupcake at gmail.com - I always look forward to seeing more of her work!





Cat in a tall marshmallow hat!







cat closeup







hat closeup







Thing 1 and Thing 2 (and an extra Thing)







The edible blue glitter hair deserves a closeup, don't you think?







peanut butter and jelly inside the Thing cupcakes!













a marshmallow on top of a cupcake, designed to look like a birthday cake - so meta, and giving the birthday boy the best of all worlds!

11 S'mores Cupcakes To Wish You A Happy S'mores Day!

Happy National S'mores Day! Yes, there is a National S'mores Day amongst all the food holidays out there and since s'mores are one of my favorite cupcake flavors I wanted to share some s'mores cupcake photos and recipe links. And yes, some of these have been blogged before, but I wanted to share my favorites! I love all things s'mores, the gooey-er (spelling?) the better. So happy happy happy!

My personal three favorite s'mores cupcakes I've eaten come from:


Seattle's Trophy Cupcakes - get owner Jennifer Shea's recipe at Martha Stewart and visit trophycupcakes.com for more information


Cupcake in Minneapolis - I go there specifically for their s'mores cupcake! Photo by Aaron Landry via Flickr.


Sweet E's Cupcakes on Martha's Vineyard - this photo doesn't do it justice, but it's so good!

The wonderful custom cupcake seller/blogger Amanda Cupcake s'mores cupcakes that blew my mind; click here for the recipe!



Blogger Stuff Your Face writes of the recipe for these cupcakes below:

I really wanted that graham cracker flavor but the texture of melted chocolate and gooey marshmallow – to stay true to S’mores. So I decided to go with a graham cracker flavored cake, replacing some of the flour with ground graham crackers. Then topping the cake with Nutella (the texture is just like melted chocolate and it tastes so good) and using my favorite Meringue frosting and torching it – which is a good reason on its own to make these cupcakes!



Blogger Glorious Treats serves up a recipe for these cupcakes:



From their post: What could be a more perfect cupcake flavor for summer than s'mores? I first gave this recipe combo a try several years ago, and have since made them several times. They are always such a hit for summer parties! A delicious chocolate cupcake (using my go-to chocolate cupcake recipe) is paired with light and fluffy mashmallowy frosting and topped with the traditional elements of s'mores... graham crackers and chocolate.

Blogger The Snappy Gourmet has gone over the top (ha!) with these "chunky s'mores dipped cupcakes," aka hi hat cupcakes that look amazing! Go there for the recipe.





Beloved blogger Bakerella made these dripping chocolate s'mores cupcakes and gives you the recipe:



Blogger Pretty Tasty Things has the recipe for these s'mores cupcakes below:



This photo is by Cupcakes and Sundry in Toronto, via Flickr.



Vegan Amaranth Graham Cupcake with Ganache and Ricemallow Buttercream by QuintanaRoo on Flickr:

Fishing pole s'mores and lemon love note cupcakes! And bingo!

Yes, that's a pretzel fishing pole sticking out of these wondrous s'mores cupcakes cooked up by blogger and custom cupcake maker Amanda Cupcake, who you can also find on Facebook and who does custom cupcakes (and is based in Wisconsin). Want to order from her? Contact Amanda at msamandacupcake at gmail.com or 920-915-3409.



Plus there's more! She turned her love of cupcakes into love note lemon cupcakes, which you can read about at that link.



The business-minded among you will appreciate that these cupcakes sprang from her working on her business plan:

I was writing my business plan tonight.

I was on the first page where I had to state my mission. One of the my missions in my journey to start a bakery is to share joy and love with the world through my cupcakes. Another vision of mine is to bring community together to just forget about everything on the outside world, and perhaps for even a moment there would be "peace" in the realm of cupcakes.



They each have inspiration words baked inside:



And last but not least - I am a HUGE bingo fan and I love this bingo cupcake cake, with a special N-70 for the birthday girl (Amanda's grandmother). Love these! See more images on Flickr and Facebook.



Bingo ball with funfetti dots!



I'm truly in awe - what will she think of next?

Jelly bean cupcakes (and a huge cupcake cake with edible jelly bean liner) gone wild by the one and only Amanda Cupcake!

No offense to the other entrants in the Jelly Belly Cupcake Challenge (I haven't seen any other entries), but I would vote for food blogger Amanda Cupcake, who made not just one but three outrageous cupcake jelly bean entries! Wow. I'm in awe. And I want the s'mores one! Do check out her post for more on these spectacular entries. Photos via Flickr, captions in italics by Amanda Cupcake. The 5 finalists will be announced July 18th!


Giant Cupcake with an Edible Jelly Belly Liner. This whole thing is a cupcake. But the Liner is made out of Edible Candy Melts. (I molded it using a giant cupcake pan) Then I "glued" each Jelly Belly to the Cupcake liner using melted chocolate.


Jelly Belly s'mores cupcake with toasted marshmallow jelly beans


Amanda's description: I made a "blue velvet" cupcake that tastes like a blueberry jelly belly. The cupcake itself is blue. The frosting is blue. Decorated with a delicious carmelized candy bridge, some blueberry Jelly Belly beans..and topped with a fresh blueberry!