Cupcake Project #16: Beach Ready Cupcakes

A few months back I saw this YouTube clip from www.SweetWise.com and I instantly fell in love!  The clip seemed so easy that even a Critic could do it. Everything from the crushed wafers to replicate sand, to the blue color mist for an ocean scene, I'm digging this project. Here's your supply list:

• 12 Vanilla Cupcakes
• Vanilla Frosting 
• Crushed Vanilla Wafers or graham crackers
• Wilton Color Mist in blue
• Small plastic palm tree 
• Candy mold flip-flops
• Gold sanding sugar (optional)

Okay Cupcake Lovers...Go forth and make me proud! And if you have pics or videos of your cupcake creations, feel free to share by sending them to DCCupcakeCritic@gmail.com. Have a great weekend!

Finger-Lickin’ Good: Cupcake Nails

Photo courtesy of Celeste Hampton

I know what you're saying, “Critic, this is a blog about cupcakes….why are you featuring nail art?” Well folks, as I’ve said before: "Cupcakes aren’t a fad…they’re a lifestyle," and with that lifestyle comes the culture. Enter nail tech, Celeste Hampton of Celeste Hampton Designs.

Photo courtesy of Celeste Hampton

Celeste is serving up nail styles as unique as the flavor menu at Georgetown Cupcake! For $8o a pop, she can provide you with perfectly sculpted, coiffed and cupcake-ed nails with an eye-catching 3D effect. Celeste began doing nails immediately after high school; attending cosmetology school in Atlanta, GA. Upon moving to DC five years ago, she saw the need for extra income and has been creating tempting designs such as this one ever since.  

Photo courtesy of Celeste Hampton

“I’m really passionate about nail art and design! As an artist the nail bed is just another palate. I want to be original and unique so I never re-create a design.”  And unique is only the half of it. Her designs range from blow pop art, 3D cupcakes, and stiletto nails (very pointed nail tips reminiscent of stiletto heels) with ice cream cones atop.

For your own cupcake crazed nail creation or simply a manicure, contact Celeste on Twitter @Celestenails or visit her website. 

Cupcakes @ Barracks Row Taste of the 8th

The Sweet Lobby  (Copyright of The Cupcake Critic)

Penny Karas, Owner of Hello Cupcake 

When: Saturday April 28th, 2012

Where: Barracks Row (Metro accessible by Eastern Market Metro)

Time: 1-4 PM

Hello Cupcake and The Sweet Lobby will be some of the featured participants in Barracks Row Taste of the 8th. In addition 20 of Barracks Row's finest restaurants and shops will be featured with ticket sales benefiting Barracks Row Main Street; an organization committed to revitalizing and maintaining Barracks Row. Tickets are $5 for a single ticket and $20 for 5 tickets. To learn more or to buy tickets visit http://www.barracksrow.org/.

DC Food Bloggers Bake Sale - 4/26/2012

Photo courtesy of Bon AppetitFoodie.com 

                    

Join over 30 DC Food Bloggers as they support the Share Our Strength Great American Bake Sale No Kid Hungry campaign. Stop  help in, buy some baked goods and help fight hunger.


When: Thursday, April 26, 201
Time: 2-6 PM
Where: Washington Post Building
1150 15th St NW, 1st Floor


To learn more, visit here

Cool Cupcake Stuff: Babycakes Cupcake Maker

Photo courtesy of TheBabyCakesShops.com

Nothing delights The Critic more than learning new ways to make cupcakes with the least amount of effort on my part. So, I'm sure the people at The Baby Cakes Shop had folks like myself in mind when they created the Baby Cakes Cupcake Maker. This cupcake maker creates 8 warm cupcakes in only 5 minutes! Available in your choice of pink, yellow, purple or red pick up one for  $29.99. Or get the deluxe version which comes with a decorating set for $59.99.

Food Network Launches Cupcake App

Photo Courtesy of The Food Network

Are you a Cupcake Wars fanatic? Do wish you had Bobby Flay's secret to his rum raisin cupcakes? Download Food Network's new app chocked full of decorating how-to-videos, 100's of recipes from the chefs you love and video clips from all of your favorite Food Network shows. Download the app for $2.99 here.

Cupcake Project #15: How to make perfect swirls!

This video is really great at showing you how to perfect your swirl! I think that it's safe to say that I'm learning the ropes on making my homemade cupcakes. Therefore I lust after Wilton's website and my latest obsession is getting the swirls just right. Not only do they have a cool decorating pen set, I've also discovered a practice board for $29.99. 


Tell me Cupcake Lovers, what's your favorite frosting technique?


Enjoy your weekend Cupcake Lovers!


 

Say Word? Paula Deen's Food-Flavored Lip Balm

Photo courtesy of Paula Deen Online

Paula Deen, America's favorite southerner (and a fellow Georgia peach), is in the news again causing quit a stir with her food-flavored lip balms. Lip balm flavors include: apple pie, peach cobbler, strawberry shortcake, banana pudding, gooey butter cake, maple bacon and butter? Yep! Despite her controversy for peddling fatty and high caloric foods, Paula wants to also plump up your lips.

No matter how you feel about Mrs. Deen you gotta love her hustle. After all- she fried a cake! Did you hear me? SHE FRIED AN ENTIRE CAKE! And for that I will always love her. Pick up one or one hundred of the $1.99 lip balms from her store in Savannah. Can't make it to Savannah? Call in your order and they will ship'em to yah!

What's your take Cupcake Lovers? Would you buy Paul Deen lip balm? Or is it like butter...just leave it alone? The Critic is listening...Happy Eating!

Cool Cupcake Stuff: Cupcake Toothpaste

Photo courtesy of Archie McPhee

As if keeping your calorie and cavity count down wasn't hard enough novelty product maker, Archie McPhee, presents Cupcake Lovers with a viable option- cupcake toothpaste. Get all the taste of cupcake goodness while keeping those pearlie whites gleaming. Pick up a tube from from Archie McPhee for $4.50 (plus S&H). 

The Cherry Blossom Showdown!

Spring is in the air and so are the cherry blossoms! Between now and the end of April DC will be flooded with tourists who have an incurable case of cherry blossom fever. To celebrate bakers are rolling out cherry blossom cupcakes; with each bakery adding their own interpretation of the famed Japanese tree's cupcake-likeness. If you must indulge in the epidemic check out my cupcake critique of the cherry blossom cupcakes to find out who won and whose done in the war of cherry blossom cupcakes! 

Name: Georgetown Cupcakes

Description: Classic Madagascar bourbon vanilla cupcake baked with fresh cherries and topped with a vanilla cream cheese frosting and a fondant cherry blossom

Cost: $2.75

Georgetown Cupcake Cherry Blossom cupcake
Photo copyright TheCupcakeCritic.com

Review: Recently I read an article that encouraged food bloggers not to use the word 'addictive' to describe food. Clearly they haven't tasted Georgetown Cupcake’s cherry blossom cupcakes! These cupcakes were lathered in luscious cream cheese frosting and supported by soft clouds of bourbon vanilla bliss. Each bite provided a chunk of fresh cherry; and each cherry felt like a kiss on my tongue’s taste buds. Even the almond-fondant flower was fresh and utterly craveworthy. By the end of my undertaking I had a Jerry MacGuire moment: “Georgetown Cupcake...you complete me”

Score: 5

Name: Sticky Fingers Bakery

Description: Vanilla cupcake with tart cherry filling, almond creme frosting and toasted almonds.

Cost: $4.00

Sticky Fingers Bakery Cherry Blossom cupcake
Photo copyright TheCupcakeCritic.com

Tart cherry filling
Photo copyright TheCupcakeCritic.com

Review: Sticky Fingers Bakery is awesome and just when I think that they can’t get any more awesome, they surprise me. Enter Kamber: the specialty cake decorator at Sticky Fingers Bakery who personally made the sampled cupcake for me. The cake was smooth and the frosting light and fluffy. When I bit into this cloud of cupcake, a tart cherry filling came out which rounded-out the sweet almond crème frosting. Even my hand painted fondant flower tasted like a fresh lemon fortune cookie. Sticky Fingers I *heart* you!

Score: 4.8

Name: Sprinkles

Description: Cherry cake with maraschino cherry frosting

Cost: $3.50

Photo copyright TheCupcakeCritic.com

Review: Aaaah Sprinkles…my beloved Sprinkles whom I repeatedly boast about and dream of. Although the cake was good my spidey senses were telling me that they’ve fallen off a bit. Not like Whitney (Houston-R.I.P.) back on the pipe fell off but more like J-Lo after she broke up with Marc Anthony fell off. It can stand on its own but would be better together. Overall the cake was a bit dense and the frosting tart. A tad too sweet for me but I gobbled it down nonetheless. Sprinkles I still love you...but please come back home!

Score: 4

Name: Baked & Wired

Description: Vanilla cake with maraschino cherries mixed in the batter and     topped with a cherry-flavored buttercream. 

Cost: $3.85

Baked and Wired Cherry Blossom cupcake
Photo copyright TheCupcakeCritic.com

Baked and Wired Cherry Blossom cupcake
Photo copyright TheCupcakeCritic.com

Review: In an e-mail exchange with Teresa Velasquez, head baker and owner, Velasquez noted that the recipe used for her cherry blossom cupcakes was handed down to her by her grandmother. Although I have a tender spot for familial recipes, I can’t help but wonder if the recipe was developed during war time when butter, milk, and sugar were sparse? It pains The Critic to give a bakery on the level of Baked and Wired such a low score. Although I was happy to see that the line forming out the door was being taken care of quickly and attentively (unlike in previous visits denoted here), ultimately the cupcakes had no flavor and were the consistency of gummy dough. I think that they were having a bad day...

Score: 2.0

Finally, I would like to give a huge "Thank you!" to the staffs of Baked and Wired and Sprinkles. When I arrived to pick up my cupcakes I saw lines wrapped around the corner. Ordinarily I would have waited until my turn in line, but this was an emergency and I needed to get in and out. Both staff's honored me pulling rank as The Critic and had me in and out in a jiff...much obliged folks!

*All cupcakes in this review were gifted but did not affect the opinion of The Cupcake Critic or the outcome of the scores. 

Cupcake Project #14: Peach Tea Cupcakes

Photo courtesy of Annie-Eats.com

Today is National Peach Cobbler day!! 

Aside from cupcakes (and cake in general), I would have to say that peach cobbler is The Critic's favorite dessert. I've scoured the net looking for an awesome peach cobbler cupcake recipe however, to be honest, the thought of a peach cobbler cupcake sounds slightly abusive to cupcakes. I've successfully eaten peach cobbler ice cream with bits of pie crust and even an awesome peach cobbler milk shake from- God's gift to The Critic- Chik-Fil-A. But a peach cobbler cupcake? Not sure how I feel about that....


Anyway, what I did find was a yummy peach tea cupcake with lemon cream cheese frosting....now we're talking! 
Enjoy!

Photo Courtesy of Paula Deen.com

Peach Tea Cupcakes

Yield: 18 cupcakes

Tea-Infused Butter Ingredients:
1 cup unsalted butter
32 grams (about 1/3 cup) whole leaf Earl Grey tea

Directions:
In a small saucepan, melt the butter on medium-high heat until just melted.
Add the tea leaves.
Continue heating the mixture for about 5 minutes on low heat.
Remove from the heat and allow to stand for another 5 minutes.
Pour the mixture through a fine sieve, pressing hard on the tea leaves to squeeze out as much butter as possible.
Let the butter come to room temperature and refrigerate until it is no longer liquid or until ready to use.

Cupcake Ingredients:
1 ½ cup sugar
Zest of 1 medium-sized lemon
2/3 cup tea-infused butter
3 eggs
½ tsp ground ginger
1 ½ cup all-purpose flour
½ cup milk
1 cup finely chopped overripe peaches

Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 F.
In a small bowl, mix sugar and lemon zest.  Allow to sit for at least thirty minutes.
In a large bowl, cream tea-infused butter and lemon sugar.
Beat in eggs, one at a time.
Beat in ginger.
Beat in flour, one cup at a time, alternating with milk.
Fold in peaches.
Fill cupcake liners 2/3 full.
Bake for 20 minutes or until cupcakes bounce back when lightly touched.

Lemon Cream Cheese Frosting Ingredients:
12 oz cream cheese, room temperature
¾ cup unsalted butter, room temperature
3 cups powdered sugar, sifted
¾ tsp lemon extract
Fresh mint leaves for garnish

Directions:
In a large bowl, mix cream cheese and butter until light and fluffy.
Mix in powdered sugar one cup at a time until well integrated.
Mix in lemon extract.
Spread or pipe onto cupcakes.
Top with mint leaves.

*Original Recipe courtesy of PaulaDeen.com can be found here

Georgetown Cupcake: The Easter Egg Dozen

Photo Courtesy of Georgetown Cupcake

Location:Georgetown Cupcake (3301 M Street in Georgetown)

Flavors: Valrhona Chocolate and Caramel

Cost: $29 per dozen

Score: 5

Easter is my favorite time of year! Everything from the elaborate family dinners to the pastel dresses and wide-brimmed church lady hats, Easter is the season to shine! 

Georgetown Cupcake box and bag 

This year I would be blessed with a special treat: The Easter Egg Dozen from Georgetown Cupcake. This box was filled with two flavors of cupcakes: Valrhona chocolate with a fudge center and caramel cupcakes with a caramel center. Each cupcake was adorned with rich buttercream frosting in assorted pastel colors and topped with a fresh Easter egg shaped fondant.

Georgetown Cupcake Bag

The Easter Egg Dozen from Georgetown Cupcake was delivered by Jessica who was more than kind to trek out to suburban Maryland. She not only delivered the box but personally checked each box and made sure that the cupcakes were not damaged in the process of transporting them. 

Beautiful Georgetown Cupcake Packaging 

Perfectly coiffed and puffed in Georgetown Cupcake regalia, I almost didn’t want to open up the packaging because it was so beautiful. But I did and in doing so I got the same feeling that I did as a child tearing into my Easter egg baskets eager to see what treats my little heart would receive. Much like the cornucopia of Zeus and the prosperity of Easter, these cupcakes were overflowing with goodness.

The Easter Egg Dozen

They were all so beautiful that I didn't know which one to eat first. My sister and I agreed that I should try a purple cupcake first which happened to be a caramel cupcake with caramel filling. The cupcake was ridiculously fresh and oozed the perfect amount of caramel center. As the yummy caramel slid down my tongue, washed in buttercream, I stopped and did a happy dance. 

Can you see the fudge-y center...yum!

Traditionally I'm not  a fan of chocolate but the Valrhona chocolate cupcake became my favorite in the box! The cupcake was the perfect amount of chocolate balanced with the sweetness of buttercream. The ooze of the lava fudge center made the overall experience that much sweeter.


As I nom-med on my fresh pink fondant egg, surely coming down from a sugar high, I reluctantly shared one of my cupcakes with my mother who- incidentally- doesn't care for cupcakes. The cupcake church had spoken and there was a new convert in the congregation. She couldn't get enough of these cupcakes and spent the majority of Easter weekend talking specifically about Georgetown Cupcakes. She swore they were made with crack but let's hope not...Georgetown is too far. 

Wrappers, Tattoos, Guns and Bling: It's Cupcake Fashion!

 

Photo courtesy of Ralph Lauren/ Fashion Week 2012

Decorating your cupcakes shouldn't stop at fondant and sprinkles. There are several cupcake fashions that will make your cupcakes go from hot to haute!

Photo courtesy of DuffGoldman.com

Cupcake Tattoos, made famous by Mr. Ace of Cakes and Charm City Baker, Duff Goldman, are now on the shelves of stores like Michael's. These sticker like tats can be applied to the tops of cupcakes giving them a bit of edge, pop and color! Pick up a set of cake tattoos from Michael's for $11.99.

Candy Jewels from Candied Cakes

Cupcake Bling: Adorn your cupcakes with edible gems like these from Candied Cakes. What's cool about them is that they are eye-catching and edible with flavors like lemon, watermelon and strawberry. Pick up a cluster of 200 for $19.99 from CandiedCakes.com. 

Photo courtesy of Get Sassie

Sugar Glue Guns: The sugar glue gun from Get Sassie is literally hooking up your cupcakes! This sugar baby heats up isomalt sticks for sugar decorating and bonding. It's so popular that orders are sold out until May of 2012. Pick up for your sugar glue gun (and accessories) for only $59.99 from Get Sassie.

Photo courtesy of Cheaper Cupcake Wrappers

Cupcake Wrappers: Even the most dreadful of outfits can be redeemed with proper accessories or a nice overcoat. Enter cupcake wrappers. Wrap your cupcakes in these fashion forward dig to transform your cupcake from geek to chic! Pick up a set of 12 wrappers  like this for $8.95 from Cheaper Cupcake Wrappers.

Photo courtesy of Cheaper Cupcake Wrappers

Cupcake Cases: No longer are you confined to the standard pastel or white cupcake cases. Cupcake liners have evolved and now include damask, animal prints, and elaborate golds and silver. Pick up a set of cool cupcake liners and cases like this for $3.99 from Cheaper Cupcake Wrappers.

Happy Easter Cupcake Lovers!

I hope everyone is enjoying their Easter meal and time of celebration! Check out contributing blogger, Chef J. Jackson of Entree Metropolitan Catering and Foodies and Fatties blog as he discusses his secrets to an awesome and southern Easter dinner! Enjoy!

Cupcake Project #13: Cherry Blossom Cupcakes

Photo courtesy of Sweetapolita.com

One of my fondest childhood memories was being nine years old and deciding to save enough of my money to buy my mother her favorite cherry sour ball candies from Fannie Mae candies. I remember the joy on her face; how much she enjoyed eating them and sharing them with me. I still love cherries and anything cherry flavored. I pinch the cherries off of my friends drinks; I ask for a splash of grenadine in my cokes and now, there are cherry cupcakes inspired by Cherry Blossoms. Check out this recipe by Sweetapolita.com to make your own cherry cupcakes. Enjoy and have a great weekend!

Recipe for Cherry Cupcakes : *Makes 2 dozen cupcakes

(Photo courtesy of Sweetapolita.com)                               

Ingredients:
1 cup unsalted butter, softened
4 eggs, separated
2 cups sugar
1 cup whole milk
¼ teaspoon almond extract
4 cups all-purpose flour
3 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
4 tablespoons maraschino cherry juice
1 cup maraschino cherry halves (optional, but I choose not to include)
Few drops red/pink gel food colouring (optional)











Method:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Cream the butter and sugar until very fluffy, about 5 minutes. Sift dry ingredients together and set aside. Set egg whites aside to be beaten. Add the egg yolks to the creamed mixture, one at a time, mixing well after each addition. Mix in extract. Add dry ingredients and milk, by alternating (beginning and ending with dry) until just combined. Fold in stiffly beaten egg whites, and the cherries/juice. For pinker cupcakes, add a few drops of pink gel food coloring to the batter.


Using ice cream/cookie scoop, fill white cupcake liners (if doing my decorated version, otherwise any liner of your choice) about 2/3 full. Bake until inserted toothpick comes just clean, about 18-20 minutes, but take care to not over-bake. As soon as you have removed cupcakes from oven, carefully and cautiously (at the risk of stating the obvious, they’re super hot!) remove each of them from pan and place on wire rack.


*Critic's Tip: Frost with a basic buttercream (butter, confectionary sugar and vanilla flavoring) and add maraschino cherries to the mix for a cherry flavoring.


**Original recipe can be found here.

Book Signing with Doron Petersan and Vegan Brunch at Muse (April 15th)

Photo courtesy of Sticky Fingers Bakery

Doron Petersan joins Chef Todd Gray for a vegan brunch at Muse in the Corcoran Gallery of Art. In addition to sharing bakery treats with guests, Doron will be onsite selling and signing her first cookbook, Sticky Fingers' Sweets: 100 Super-Secret Vegan Recipes.

Chef Gray will offer a special buffet of delicious, seasonal vegan items, including bananas foster vegan pancakes with caramelized baby banana, roasted mushroom and black walnut pate with toasted baguette, and smoked tempeh and roasted garlic cassoulet.  

Art and Soul Mixologist, Ronald Flores, will be shaking up brunch with his Artini 2012 cocktail, Zeitgeist, and The Bumper Jacksons will provide live folk and traditional jazz music. 

WHEN: Sunday, April 15

Seatings at 11:00 am and 1:15 pm

WHERE: Corcoran Gallery of Art 

500 Seventeenth Street NW

Washington, DC

RESERVATIONS: reservations@toddgraysmuse.com

Cost: $35 for adults, $12 for children 12 and under (exclusive of tax and gratuity)

Cupcakes Aren't A Fad...It's A Lifestyle!

Courtesy of: Chef2Chef.net

Sweet Tooth Bakery

Sweet Tooth Bakery in Capital Heights, MD

Location: Sweet Tooth Bakery (56 Ritchie Rd Capital Heights, MD)
Flavors: Strawberry and Banana Pudding
Cost:$2.75 each

Score: 3.99 


Sweet Tooth Bakery is a close knit and family owned bakery located in the industrial warehouse section of Capital Heights, MD. It's bus accessible with the nearest metro station being Addison Road Metro. I decided to drive and found plenty of parking upon my arrival. 

Cakes, Pies, Parfaits, Cupcakes and Cookies at Sweet Tooth Bakery

Walking into Sweet Tooth Bakery I saw smiling faces. One of which was a couple picking out their wedding cake. The other was a mother gushing over her daughter's strawberry-filled birthday cake which was decorated pink and purple and shaped like the number 12. 

Yummy Cupcakes at Sweet Tooth Bakery

While I scoped out the treasure trove of goodies, I saw that there were two separate cases filled with cupcakes. One case had traditional fare such as chocolate, vanilla, coconut, lemon and German chocolate cupcakes. The other had more specialty cakes like banana pudding, strawberry shortcake, toffee crunch and several others. While drooling, I spotted a display cake shaped like a Louis Vuitton purse. I've been looking for such a creation for some time and knew that these folks were skilled. 

Banana Pudding Cupcakes at Sweet Tooth Bakery

The sweet faced woman behind the counter saw my keen interest (and slobber) and asked, "Baby, whatchu want?" I replied, "One strawberry and one banana pudding cupcake please". She was so sweet; and she handed me my change in a jiff while she packaged up my goodies.

Strawberry Cupcakes (Photo courtesy of Cupcake Critic)

Arriving home, I immediately tore into the strawberry cupcake. Although the frosting was great, not too sweet but moist and flavorful, I was disappointed that the cake tasted really industrial as if it were from a commercial cake mix. I put that memory aside and moved on to the banana pudding cupcake; hanging all my hopes on it. I wrapped my lips around its sweet curves and found it's pudding like flavor and super soft texture delectable. However, it also reeked of commercial flavorings. 

Banana Pudding Cupcake (Photo Courtesy of Cupcake Critic)

Sweet Tooth Bakery is a good bakery and although I understand that times are hard and bakeries are making cut backs, the purpose of going to a bakery is to get the freshly baked experience. Granted a full service bakery usually reserves their highest quality ingredients for their special ordered products (wedding, baby shower and birthday cakes) but the retail products should act as commercials not one-hit wonders. Overall I enjoyed Sweet Tooth bakery, their customer service, variety and prices. I will be back!

 

It's Cherry Blossom (Cupcakes) Season!

Photos courtesy of The Nat'l Cherry Blossom Festival

                         
It's Cherry Blossom season here in DC and everyone is a buzz! This year commemorates the 100 year anniversary of the cherry blossoms and their placement near the tidal basin. To celebrate, cupcakeries are debuting their own cherry blossom inspired cupcakes. 


Baked and Wired: Vanilla cake with maraschino cherries mixed in the batter and topped with a cherry-flavored buttercream ($3.50).

Cherry Blossom Cupcake on the Left (Photo Courtesy of Jess Harper)

Buzz Bakery: ($3.75) Lemon chiffon cake with a sour cherry curd filling. Green tea Italian butter cream frosting with fondant cherry blossom decoration.

Photo Courtesy of Buzz Bakery

Crumbs: ($4.50) Vanilla cake filled with cherry preserves, topped with our signature vanilla cream cheese frosting mixed with cherries and a candied cherry.

Georgetown Cupcakes:  Classic madagascar bourbon vanilla cupcake baked with fresh cherries and topped with a vanilla cream cheese frosting and a fondant cherry blossom. (Price $2.75)

  (Photo courtesy of Georgetown Cupcake)

Hello Cupcake: Meyer lemon cake with a filling of French cherry preserves topped with vanilla cream cheese frosting and a handmade fondant cherry blossom. (Price $3.50)

Cherry Blossom Cupcake (Photo courtesy of Hello Cupcake)

Sprinkles: Made with loads of sweet, pureed cherries in both the cake and frosting. (Price $3.50)

Sprinkles Cherry Blossom Cupcake (Photo Courtesy of Sprinkles)
  

Sticky Fingers Bakery: ($4.00) Vanilla cupcake with tart cherry filling, almond creme frosting and toasted almonds

Photo courtesy of Sticky Fingers Bakery

Looking for more things to do? Cherry Blossom events will be going on between now and April 27th. Visit www.NationalCherryBlossomFestival.org for more info and events!