Festive pina colada cupcakes with cream cheese frosting and filling, topped with a pineapple chunk and a cherry

Food blogger Beantown Baker made these pina colada cupcakes back in March, but they stood out to me and are festive so I thought I'd post them now, click above for the recipe for the coconut cake and cream cheese frosting and filling. And if you want her new go-to chocolate cupcake recipe, click here.



From the post:

I used festive cupcake liners and topped each with a pineapple chunk and cherry. The toasted coconut on the outside added some great nuttiness and texture to the cupcake overall.

Chocolate chip cookie filled cupcakes and recipe link!

Brandy of Brandy's Baking, in a guest post at the blog Alli N Son posted these chocolate chip cookie filled cupcakes, along with the recipe! She writes:

Can’t decide between a chocolate cupcake and a chocolate chip cookie? I don’t know about you, but I find myself in this predicament quite frequently. This little cupcake is the solution–have both! It’s a very tasty chocolate cupcake topped with vanilla buttercream, mini-chocolate chips and an itty-bitty chocolate chip cookie. That’s not all though! There’s a delicious bit of chocolate chip cookie dough baked in the center of the cupcake.

Magnolia Bakery selling peanut butter and grape jelly cupcake; will set up icing bar in Bloomingdale's in LA

Wow! For the peanut butter cupcake lovers, here's some good news from Magnolia Bakery, via Facebook:

Introducing our new Peanut Butter Cupcake: Rich peanut butter cake topped with peanut butter buttercream and filled with a smidgen of grape jelly.



We'll have more cupcake and Fashion's Night Out coverage soon, but here's a little teaser from Magnolia Bakery in Los Angeles, from the Los Angeles Times food blog Daily Dish:

Couture + Cupcakes: Fashion's Night Out is happening Thursday at the Beverly Center. Magnolia Bakery will set up shop -- an icing bar -- at Bloomingdale's where guests can choose from their rainbow of iced offerings. For every cupcake sold at Fashion's Night Out, Magnolia will donate 50 cents to the Children's Hospital of Los Angeles. 8522 Beverly Blvd., L.A., beverlyFacebook, filled cupcakes, inside the cupcake, peanut butter and jelly, peanut butter and jelly cupcakes, Bloomingdale's, cupcakes in the news, Magnolia Bakery, Los Angeles, icing, Fashion's Night Out, center.com.

Cookie dough cupcakes with cookie dough buttercream frosting, and recipe link

For the cookie dough fans out there (I'm one - I love raw cookie dough, though haven't had any in years, must fix that), check out Chef in Training for the recipe for these doubly cookie dough goodness cupcakes!

Yes, that's a chocolate peanut butter hi-hat cupcake (and here's the recipe link)

Get the recipe for what sounds like my ideal cupcake over at Cupcake Project.

Chocolate chip cherry cupcakes

This top cupcake has cherry chocolate chip cake, plus cherry frosting and Heath bar frosting! Whoa...By bakery Dollop in Penfield, New York, via their Facebook page.

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!

Strawberry Fig Newton in a cupcake!

Blogger Bake It in a Cake baked a strawberry Fig Newton in a vanilla bean cupcake with strawberry cream cheese frosting! Get the recipe here.

Fun chocolate ice cream cone cupcakes and recipe link

These ice cream cone cupcakes by blogger Goddess of Baking look, to my eyes, more like ice cream than your average ice cream cone cupcake. Visit her blog for the recipe and some instructions. Via Flickr.

Earthquake cupcakes plus recipe link

Some of us in the U.S. felt an earthquake yesterday, so here's a link to a recipe for earthquake cupcakes by blogger Tasty Triumphs, who says these are kindof like German chocolate cake!

Peach cobbler and lemon meringue filled cupcakes at Molly's Cupcakes = yum yum yum!

I visited the new New York version of Molly's Cupcakes (see Nichelle's post about their opening, which is one of the most spacious cupcake bakeries in New York City and has what looks like the same flavors and much of the same design (sprinkle bar, swings) as the Chicago branch. Full writeup coming soon, but I loved the peach cobbler cupcake best (on top) and also the lemon meringue! $3.75 a cupcake is high for New York, and definitely adds up, plus these are sweet and big generally, so I recommend sharing with a friend or two!













peach cobbler cupcake, with an extra closeup of all the peach cobbler goodness - this had the best elements of everything, with fresh peach on top and it was chilled and the crumbly part was my favorite!









lemon meringue cupcake, outside and inside

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:

Strawberry cheesecake cupcakes times two, plus recipe links!

Blogger The Girl Who Ate Everything made the strawberry cheesecake cupcakes in the first two photos for National Cheesecake Day (July 30th). "The cupcakes have a graham cracker crust, with a strawberry cupcake, and cream cheese frosting."











She got her recipe from blogger Joylicious, who made the strawberry cheesecake cupcakes in the photo below!

Gooey salted caramel cupcakes plus recipe link

Blogger Sweet Tooth Lulu made these salted caramel cupcakes from the cookbook Martha Stewart's Cupcakes. Visit her blog to get the recipe and read about her journey (including a mishap) making these!

Chocolate Oreo peanut butter cupcakes!

These chocolate Oreo peanut butter cupcakes (!!) are by Bella's Bakery in Devon, UK, via Twitpic, who can be reached at maidindevon at live.co.uk.

Ben & Holly's Little Kingdom cartoon character cupcakes and strawberry tea filled cupcakes

These are Ben & Holly's Little Kingdom cupcakes, by Victorious Cupcakes via Flickr. It's a Nick, Jr. UK show (no, I didn't know that, I Googled!)These aren't for sale, but there are tutorials online; check out their Facebook page.



These filled strawberry tea cupcakes for breast cancer awareness also caught my eye - so colorful! Ge the recipe here.

What's inside these chocolate peanut butter cupcakes?

More chocolate peanut butter in the form of a mini dark chocolate Reese's Peanut Butter cup baked inside! Get the recipe and instructions for filled candy cupcake yummines from blogger Curry and Comfort.

Pink lemonade and filled lemon cream cupcakes, plus recipe link

Get the recipes for these pink lemonade and filled lemon cream cupcakes at the blog The Happy Life of 4 Swirled Peas!.