By ‘new’ I mean new to their teenage years, as opposed to a brand new cupcake idea!  This idea though is pretty fantastic and would suit any tweenage girl or early teenage girl.

Dolphin cupcakes or other such animal are perfect.  They present the middle ground between cute, cuddly animal that they used to love when they were little and the more grown up ideas.  Why does the dolphin fit into this category?

Well any animal that is endangered or persecuted in any way is likely to be known and in many cases adored by this age group.  They are old enough to understand the issues and young enough to not be jaded.

I love this age group, it is the age of hope, change and growth, and I adore these cupcakes from Cakes Mary Makes. The concept should be obvious, create ripply waves to enhance the theme, but I hadn’t really thought about it.  I admit, I did make dolphin cupcakes once, but they were on plain blue cupcakes and didn’t look half as good as these!

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Firstly an apology for the lack of messages over the past two days , some computer issue took me out of action completely, but I am back, and today I thought I would feature Cupcakes n Candy who have an absolutely amazing gallery of cupcake ideas on Flickr.

Below is one of Cupcakes n Candy’s gorgeous flower cupcakes, but this is not the only one, there are loads of flower ideas, from stems and flowers, to flower clusters and red roses, perfect for valentines day or for a special event, such as a wedding or birthday.

But my favorite of the moment in her gallery is this totally cute little love bug cupcake.  First she cut out fondant hearts and then I image piped the little rose details on each one.  To finish it off she added the little ladybug in the center.  Very cute!

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For little kids, one of the most important factors with a birthday cake is for it to be bright and colorful!  Something really engaging for their little eyes, and all their friends will love the bright colors too.  So what to do? how to mix many different colors into one design?

With cupcakes of course!  this cupcake creation shows a bright colorful scene that would be at home in a story book.  But it is perfect created in cupcakes!

This one was created by Anajwood, but you could create any outdoor scene or indoor one, create a fish tank of colorful fish, or a cupcake house with round windows!  To create the backing, it is best to use a piece of thick polystyrene, then you can either cover with paper that you have painted or calico that has been printed.  Use toothpicks to hold your cupcakes in place and presto!

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Now most people will make cute little heart cupcakes or strawberry cupcakes for their loved one this week, but one idea you may want to consider if all that love stuff makes you feel a bit ‘whatever’!  Trash can Valentines Day cupcakes!

This strange cupcake idea is from 3 Brothers Bakery and I would love to know the story behind why they were created.  I am not sure I’ll be making trash cans for my fiance this year, but I love the idea of trash can cupcakes for other events, like a trash and treasure sale! or to create oscar the grouch cupcakes!

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Not so long ago we had a whole heap of soccer cupcake action with the world cup, but since then it has died down somewhat.  Today however I found these amazing soccer cupcakes created by Fleury Douce and just had to feature them.  They would be perfect for any sporting boy’s birthday party!

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If you have a little boy and are wondering what the perfect cupcake could be, then why not consider the car cupcake?  These are universally popular and well received by most boys around!  So today I thought I would share five of recent car cupcakes for inspiration!

Simply click on the image to go to the Flickr site of the photos below.

Three car cupcakes, complete with ladybird for a 3 year old boy's birthday. These are from Tracy Loux.

These car cupcakes are perfect for the baker at any skill level, they feature chocolate cars on top of grey frosted cupcakes. These are from Special Cakes/Tracey.

Who didn't love the movie Cars? These are some of the best 'Cars' cupcakes I have seen. Little fondant recreations of each of the characters. These are from Peanuts112.

Or you could go little mini racing cars like these cool ones from Kylie Lambert (Le Cupcake).

All of the cakes above would be great for a go cart party, but this one with the grass and the race track is sensational! This is by RATU kek

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We have all been there, a friend is injured, upset or down and you just want to show that you are there and that you care.  The question that comes to mind is, cupcakes or flowers?  Some may ask about chocolates as well, and that is fair enough too!

The answer is all three of course!  Chocolate cupcakes with yellow roses (the friendship colour) fondant roses on top.  The yummy treat of chocolate and cupcakes, along with the sentimental message of the yellow rose. Liz’s Cakes who created these great cupcakes agrees.

Many worry roses will not last, but the key is they are enjoyed while they do, and just think how much enjoyment your friends will get out of your cupcakes!

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If so you will love these cupcakes from Blue Cupcake.

Julie who runs Blue Cupcake, continually creatively out-does herself with her clever creations, and this time is no exception.  Presented with a challenge to come up with cupcakes for one of the actors of the CBS Show NCIS, she set to work researching all the other equipment and details.

These cupcakes have added a smile to my face, two of the photos are here but you can see the others on Julie’s blog.

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Today I thought I would take a break from the Christmas Cupcake Collection that I am constructing and show instead some piping hot cupcakes from Jelly Cake.  These cupcakes would be perfect for a boy’s birthday party and feature everything to do with fire and fire brigades, from boots, hoses, ladders, axes and flames, I reckon most boys would delight in these!

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The use of autumn colors of oranges and yellows are featured in these gorgeous cupcakes for a little 1 year old.  A cupcake topper has a beautiful little fondant girl sitting on the edge of the cake and underneath a mix of color co-ordinated cupcakes in at least three different flavors.  There are little birds on a chocolate cupcake, yellow stars on a red velvet and drums, drum sticks and ’1′ discs on the other vanilla(?) cupcakes.

These cupcakes were designed and created by the brilliant Blue Cupcake and you can see all the photos including one of the happy birthday girl enjoying her cupcake treat on the blog.

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