Popcorn, pretzels, Cheerios and chocolate chips = adorable lion cupcakes!

Not only did blogger The Angel Forever make these adorable and fun lion cupcakes, she also shows you step by step what you need and how to make your own and shares a Howdini video for further lion cupcake perfection. I love the list of ingredients involved here and that here are snacks you wouldn't expect to see on a cupcake, like pretzels and popcorn, to add to the lion's authenticness.

Sweet and salty pretzel caramel cupcakes!

Blogger Farrah at Farrah's Kitchen made these sweet and salty pretzel caramel cupcakes - visit her blog to find out how!

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?

Chocolate pretzel amazingness, Harry Potter butterbeer cupcakes and much more by The Confectioneress

These cupcakes are all by bakery The Confectioneress in Zionsville, Indiana, who you can find on Facebook and Flickr, both of which are the sources for these gorgeous cupcakes. Today's cupcakes are coffee & cream, chocolate covered cherry, red velvet, chocolate/choc, chocolate/van, vanilla/van, vanilla/choc, maple bacon, almond amaretto latte, chocolate pb, cookie dough, coconut snowball, hummingbird, & malted vanilla caramel. Also: "End of the week special! If you dine in, you can get a cupcake & a drink for only $4. That includes any of the flavors of homemade Italian cream sodas, hot or iced coffee, hot or iced loose leaf tea, or any of our gourmet sodas!"


B&W pretzel cupcake


that's a hand-dipped chocolate cherry on top




the birthday girl picked this cupcake out for herself!


flip flop cupcakes


keeping up with the summer theme - these are leotards, but I thought they were swimsuits!


this is technically a hamburger made with macarons but it could've been made with cupcakes and is super cute so I'm including it.


med school graduation cupcakes


Last but not least, these are from last weekend: Harry Potter butterbeer cupcakes!



Confectioneress
80 Brendon Way
Zionsville, IN 46077
317-873-0880
mica at confectioneiress.com