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Cupcake Mondays: News of the week – Cupcake spoilers inside

by Sprinkles on August 9, 2010

This is what is making cupcake news this week!

Monday 2nd August -It seems we all love DC Cupcakes, and even though the store might be a bit too far away, the Washington Post has confirmed that TLC will run a second season. The show stars sisters Sophie and Katherine from Georgetown Cupcakes shown here.

Wednesday 4th August – Congratulations to Katie Rousonelos of Madison, WI who has been named the Grand Champion in the first ever Duncan Hines Red Carpet Cupcake Challenge for the 62nd Primetime Emmy Awards. The story and the recipe are on Baking Buyer.

Wednesday 4th August – A Cupcake a Day to Fight SMA is all about helping others, especially 2 year old Alexa Felix who suffers from Spinal Muscular Atrophy. This small store ‘The Coffee Shop‘ in Gilbert, is baking a new flavor of cupcake a day to help raise funds for Alexa and others like her reports AZ Central.

Friday 6th – August – Apparently Katie Holmes has introduced Suri to the love of a cupcake says the Star, and because of this love, particularly of Red Velvet cupcakes, they have been proclaimed as back in fashion. My question is, were they ever out?

Friday 6th August – Ever think you have made the dumbest mistake in the world and that it is going to be the ruin of you forever more? Well Jeff Martin of SmallCakes, did just that back in July on Food Network’s Cupcake Wars when he forgot to include the key ingredient. He was promptly eliminated. Is he hiding in some dark shadowy corner now? NO, he appeared on Whoopi Goldberg’s show as part of her ‘Whoopi’s Favorite Desserts” segment says Kansas City.

Friday 6th August – NBC Washington reports that the new cupcake trend is to stuff one in your handbag, well lots actually with a handbag that is lined with the strawberry frosted little delights!

Phew, what a cupcake week! See ya next week for more Cupcake News!

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Cupcake Mondays: News of the Week – Who is cupcake about Hockey?

by Sprinkles on July 19, 2010

This week’s news has been dominated by the premier of DC Cupcakes, but still we managed to find a few other cupcake news stories, including where Jennifer Aniston buys her favorite cupcakes from!

Wednesday 14th July - Edmond will have to wait longer for Sara Sara Cupcakes to open a store. This is their second attempt to find a location, but council members have delayed the new site because of parking and trash! News OK have the full story.

Thursday 15th July – The Islanders have gone down in history, as the first pro hockey team with an official team cupcake. Amy Brady, owner of the Cupcake Gourmet in Huntington Village will commence selling the orange and blue tie-dye frosted cupcakes at all Islanders home games next season.

Friday 16th July – It is hard to find any news other than the premier of DC Cupcakes!! But we scoured the world and found that we should be thankful for the cupcake craze. In New York City the labor market shrunk in June led by layoffs in financial services, but “one segment of the industry that seems to be adding the most outlets is cupcake cafes.” says Barbara Bryne in the Wall Street Journal article.

Saturday 17th July – Who’d have though another celebrity has come out and admitted their addiction, this time it is Jennifer Aniston who cannot get enough of the Good Guy Cupcake from Crumbs Bake Shop in West Hollywood says ShowBizSpy. Busted!

Sunday 18th July - According to The Sun in the UK the housemates on Big Brother get to celebrate the 10 year anniversary of the TV series. Why is this cupcake news? Because they will be split into three teams and wear a giant cupcake, in which they need to run around a course trying of course not to let their birthday candle blow out. What else would you expect people to do with a cupcake?

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TLC Launches Summer Series DC Cupcakes Fri July 16th 10 P.M. EST

by Abigail on July 13, 2010

Get ready for more cupcake fun and reality TV show antics with TLC’s latest show! DC Cupcakes begins this Friday, July 16th at 10 p.m. EST. It is a six-part series that follows sisters who are also business partners that own Georgetown Cupcake. Georgetown Cupcake is a small cupcakery that according to TLC’s site has become a “sweeping success.”

Sisters and partners Sophie LaMontagne and Katherine Kallinis own Georgetown Cupcake. This series will take us through their days as cupcakery owners. Watching them make pretty and yummy treats for parties, celebrations or even those who walk in craving something sweet. We imagine that owning a cupcakery must be so much fun! It will be great to watch this series and see all that goes on at Georgetown Cupcake.

According to the TLC site, the sisters began baking with their grandmother as toddlers. They first baked a cake for their grandfather’s birthday, a vanilla cake with chocolate frosting! Grandma taught them how to bake the very best way, by letting them imitate what she did in the kitchen. The sisters do not have formal training and credit their grandmother with teaching them about cooking and baking. They opened Georgetown Cupcake together on Valentine’s Day 2008. At the time, the cupcakery was the city’s only cupcakery – and it grew to great popularity. Today they bake more than 5,000 cupcakes daily and send cupcakes across the country.

How exciting to watch the growth and development of a cupcakery in this fun TLC reality show. Especially for cupcake lovers and “foodies” a show like this is truly one-of-a-kind. You can count on DC Cupcakes to give you lots of behind the scenes tips for what it is like to own a cupcakery or even a bakery – and perhaps some cool cupcake baking tips. Reality show fans will likely tune in for the (hopeful) drama and antics these shows are known for.