Back in 1980′s one of my first store treats I can remember was the Hostess Twinkie. I soon found that the Twinkie would take a backseat to the Ding Dong and the Cupcake. I remember begging my mom to put a Ding Dong wrapped in the aluminum foil or chocolate cupcake in my lunch. I think I would get a special treat on Friday’s and remember enjoying every bite. Well, now Hostess has introduced a strawberry cupcake to the mix. Do you remember your favorite Hostess treat?

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I found these cute cupcake baby shoes on Amazon and just have to order them. I typically look for Robeez or baby shoe’s at Ross or Marshall’s, but these are just so darn cute. In case you’ve wondered why my posting has slowed down a bit on my blog….well my little 8 month old has been keeping me busy. I love everything cupcake and it’s been hard for me not to buy every cupcake outfit, shirt, and hat in sight. I think these shoe’s will have to be ordered soon though. What do you think?

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Do you like green eggs and ham? Dollhouse bake shop created some amazing Dr. Seuss cupcake tutorials. Be sure to visit Lindsay Morton’s aka Dessert Doll and see more of her cute designs. I think my favorite is the Cat in the Hat marshmallow pop.

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Milys Cupcakes made these super cute Hello Kitty cupcakes. I really love that HK not only has her cute face, but lower body included too. Very unique!

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There is nothing I love more than those gorgeous little cartoons that entertain kiddies for hours!  One such cartoon is the delightful Peppa Pig!  So today as a great idea for a toddler’s birthday I thought I would feature these way too cute 2D Peppa Pig cupcakes!  They look great and creating two dimensional images (ie flat) is a great way to build confidence in cupcake decorating.

This great example is from Angelina Cupcake.

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These are both fantastic cupcake ideas and are brought to you courtesy of Arpeggio Rush on Flickr.  Now I am not sure if they created them or took photos of them when they saw them while they were out, but either way, they are simply fantastic and I had to share!

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Because of my technical issues I wasn’t able to post for a few days, so I missed my ‘E’ animal post, so here it is!  Don’t forget, you can click on any of the images to see more cupcakes from the creators of these designs!

These are the four main E animals I can find!  And best of all there is a cupcake for every one!

E is for Eagle

First up we have eagle cupcakes from LadybugLuggage and as you can see these are very patriotic cupcakes!

E is for Echdna

Next we travel all the way down under for a little Echidna Cupcake from Mid Craft Crisis!

E is for Elephant

This cupcake is truly amazing!! You can find out how Sandra (SoCake) went about creating this fantastic cupcake by clicking on this picture.

E is for Emu

Last in today's group, but in now way least, is Eric the Valentines Day Emu! He is just way toooo adorable! This one is from one of my favorite creators, the Lone Baker

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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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Did you know that Chip n’ Dale are about 60 years old?  They look pretty amazing, huh!

For some random reason yesterday I was cruising the internet to find out cartoon characters from the 1950s.  Well the reason isn’t really random, I am getting married to my long term partner at the end of the year and it is as 50s wedding, so I wanted a cute 50s cartoon for our invites (work with me, I thought it would be cute), but most of the cartoons are men!  Think Snagglepuss (1959), Huckleberry Hound (1958), Yogi Bear, etc!

The best I could come up with were Fred and Wilma Flintstone! … As I said, it was an idea!

But in looking I did briefly consider Chip n’ Dale, but of course they are two boys.  Though one looks very feminine!  Did you know they originally both looked more alike, but then they changed the nose of Dale to red so that you could tell them apart?

So I learnt many things, one is that I need to think of a better idea for my wedding invite!  But I love these cute Chip n’ Dale cupcakes I found, created by Cupkeiks, they are so bright and funky.  Perfect for a kid’s birthday or for a colorful fifties wedding!

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