Contest: "I Love You More than Cake" Boxed Set from Tabibi Designs

Photo courtesy of Tabibi Designs

Hey Cupcake Lovers! Tina Tabibi of Tabibi Design (a full-service graphic design studio located in Arlington, Virginia), has created a new line of cards sold on their Etsy shop! The shop features letterpress boxed sets of cards for the special occasions in your life. The cards are printed on 118 lb. savoy brilliant white cotton and includes white envelopes. 

Photo courtesy of Tabibi Designs

To celebrate I'm giving two lucky subscribers a 6-pack of Tabibi Design's "I Love You More Than Cake" Letterpress Boxed Set. To sweeten the deal Tabibi Designs has partnered with Simply Cakes by Alison, LLC, to give readers a half dozen cupcakes for each box of cards!! Sweet! 

Maryland Crab Cupcakes by Simply Cakes by Alison, LLC

Princess Cupcakes by Simply Cakes by Alison, LLC

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Pete Cashmore of Mashable a Cupcake Lover?

Pete Cashmore caressing a chocolate cupcake/ Photo courtesy of Gawker

I've been in geek-love with Pete Cashmore since I first laid eyes on his baby blues; couple that with the overall geek factor that he created the uber-successful blog, Mashable, and you have my dream man. This tell-tell photo provided by Gawker reveals not only Cashmore's love for chocolate but a budding romance as a Cupcake-Lover. Way to go Pete!



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Cupcake Project #40: White House Holiday Honey Cupcakes

Photo courtesy of Obama Foodorama

First, I have to congratulate President Barack Obama on his second term! Keeping up with the FLOTUS's initiative on healthier eating, the White House Executive Pastry Chef Bill Yosses created a healthier holiday honey cupcake to help satisfy the sweet-tooth(s) at the White House (although the POTUS has made it clear that he's a pie man himself with the exception of Sweet Mandy B's cupcakes in Chicago). This recipe reduces processed sugar and replaces it with honey from the White House's own beehive. Sweet!

White House Holiday Honey Cupcakes by Chef Bill Yosses

Photo courtesy of Obama Foodorama

Ingredients
1/4 cup softened butter

1/4 cup sugar

3/4 cup honey

2 eggs

1/2 cup buttermilk

1/2 tsp. vanilla

2 cups all-purpose flour

1 Tbsp. baking powder

1/4 tsp. salt

For the Icing
2 cups powdered sugar

1/2 cup honey

3 Tbsp. lemon juice

Method
1. Preheat the oven to 350°. Line a 12-cup muffin tin with cupcake papers.

2. In a stand mixer, cream the butter and sugar until light and fluffy, on high speed. Mix in honey, eggs, buttermilk and vanilla until blended, on medium speed.

3. Sift together the flour, baking powder and salt, then mix into the batter until just blended. Scoop the batter into the cupcake cups evenly.

4. Bake for about 20 minutes; cupcakes are done when tops spring back lightly to the touch.

To prepare icing
In a small sauce pan, whisk ingredients over medium heat until sugars dissolve together; keep whisking to avoid clumps. Using a spoon, drizzle over the tops of cupcakes, or carefully pour over cupcakes.
Makes one dozen cupcakes.

Original recipe found here

                                    

Sprinkles Opens in Kuwait (Winter 2013)

Photo provided by Sprinkles Facebook Page

In July I reported that Sprinkles will be opening 34 new locations in the Middle East after striking a lucrative deal with M.H. Alshaya Co. Their first Middle Eastern store will open in Kuwait in February 2013 (a few months shy of their original December 2012 date). The store will be located in The Avenues Mall and there is already a Facebook page for it. Congrats to Candace Nelson and the team at Sprinkles!

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Sprinkles & The American Red Cross

American Red Cross Red Velvet Cupcake
Photo courtesy of Sprinkles

Victims of Hurricane Sandy can expect some sweet relief in the form of donations from Sprinkles Cupcakes. On Monday, November 12, 2012, Sprinkles will donate 100% of the proceeds from the purchase of their Red Cross Red Velvet cupcakes to the American Red Cross. My heart and hugs go out to all of those affected. 

CakeLove and Hurricakes Raise Money for Hurricane Relief

Toffee Crunch Cupcakes from CakeLove
 Photo courtesy of Cake Love

DC-based bakery Cakelove and the Louisiana-based charity,Hurricakes,are teaming up to raise money for Hurricane Sandy relief efforts. For the month of November a portion of the sales from every toffee crunch cupcake purchased at Cakelove's Shirlington location will be donated to Hurricane Sandy relief efforts. 

Make your very own Hurricake/ Photo courtesy of Hurricakes

Hurricakes is a non-profit organization that partners with bakeries across the country to raise money for Hurricane relief efforts. They also sell mixes, paraphernalia, and their own signature Hurricakes (a hurricane shaped pastry similar to funnel cake) to support relief efforts.

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