Tuesday, April 3, 2012

It's Cherry Blossom (Cupcakes) Season!

Washington Monument
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!

2 comments:

Delmy said...

What a wonderful job displaying and explaining about the yummy opportunities while visiting the Cherry Blossom Festival! They are perfect for coffee breaks while at the festival. One for each day . . . not a bad idea . . umm good! Great job, and fun tempting post!!

The Cupcake Critic said...

Hi Delmy!
Thank you so much! I never thought about there being one for every day of the week :)So tempting...Great idea! Are you going to the Cherry Blossom festival? My sister and I will probably take a trip there soon. Thank you for posting!! :-)

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