Cupcakes for a Cure!

We are supporting and running in the Susan G Komen Race for the Cure this year.

So this month's Cupcake of the Month are our Light Sunny Lemon Cupcakes with Pink Buttercream frosting and a Pink handmade candy ribbon!

10% of all Cupcake sales during the month of May will go toward our donation goal of $500 for the race!

If you would like to donate without a purchase please click our donate button below!

Thanks for your support!

Take me out to the ball game...

Now that the Cupcakes have been delivered and are being consumed as we speak, I can let the surprise Cupcakes out of the bag!!

I know two Boston Red Sox lovers, and thought this would be the perfect way to celebrate their birthday's and general being awesome!

It was VERY hard for me to keep these a secret so long, and I am very glad that the secrets are over!!

The cupcakes were Vanilla, and Chocolate (gluten free!). Then I cut the socks and the B out of rolled fondant!

Enjoy, and of course...GO SOX!!

Sushi Cake?

What could be better than Sushi? Sushi Cake!!

I made this cake for a coworkers birthday. It's made out of our Vanilla cake, and dipped in white candy melts, we then rolled them in white sprinkles for the rice. Then wrapped it in black fondant.

I had a lot of fun making these cakes, hope you have as much fun viewing them!

xo Sarah

5 things I've decided

1. I'm glad they don't use subliminal messaging anymore, I think I am a sucker very receptive toward hidden messages to buy or consume things. Just today I thought of Butterscotch, and now I want to consume one or more of the following:
a) Butterscotch Pudding
b) Butterscotch Ice Cream
c) Butterscoth Cupcakes -HOW FREAKING AWESOME WOULD THAT BE?!?

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2. Vegans are crazy. I just learned that my cousin is a Vegan. She wasn't always a Vegan so imagine my surprise when all of a sudden I learn this. I made a comment asking her when she had turned Vegan, because I know I've seen her 'chow on cow'* before. She told me to Vegan up my statement because I was making her sick!**

In the word's of an SNL Celebrity Blogger "B*tch Pleeze"

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3. Seeing a little old lady in a beat up old Buick all hunched over who can barely see over the steering wheel, and has the license plate: WHATEVR might be the funniest thing I've seen all year.

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4. If my coworker doesn't stop tapping her foot on her chair I'm going to take it from her. (Chair or foot, you decide)

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5. Making some of the coolest cupcakes in a long time, and wanting badly not to ruin the surprise and ruin it at the same time, and having half of your family tell everyong that this could only mean one thing (That I'm pregnant -wtf?). Is the most annoying thing to happen and makes me despise FaceBook.

That is all!

*Coming up with "Chow on Cow" was the most hilarious and brilliant thing I've done all month.
**I don't mind if you are not into eating meat, but don't be an omnivore for over 75% of your life and just randomly decide to make a change and be all high and mighty about it.

Want to win some Cupcakes?

Cupcake Carousel is giving away 4 Easter Cupcakes!!

What do you have to do to win? Just leave a comment here telling us what your favourite Easter Memory with your Family is. We'll use a random number generator, and that person will receive 4 Easter Cupcakes in the Mail! (US residents only please)

The drawing will take place on Monday March 29 5:00 pm CST. The winner will be posted, and we will try to contact through email for address, if not check back here on Monday and Tuesday to email us your address!!

If you would like to sign up for our newsletter, and have your information kept for all future giveaways, click here.

Good Luck to Everyone!

Hey I'm Famous!!

Okay...so not really :)

However, we were just featured on one of our favourites CakeSpy.com!

Thanks goes out to CakeSpy owner Jessie, who took on the hardship of having cupcakes delivered right to her door and suffering through the consumption.

To take a peak at the featured blog, click here!

Beach Wedding!

Hey Everyone!

Well Cupcake Carousel was on a short hiatus, as we visited Marco Island Florida, just outside of Naples. Not only were we able to enjoy a little sun and relaxation, we were also able to witness my Mom and Step Dad say "I do" in a wonderful beach wedding.

So naturally I offered to bake the wedding cake and cupcakes. My brilliant idea popped into my head while visiting one of my favourite baking stores in Wisconsin called Vanilla Bean. While aimlessly walking down one of their aisles some gold sparkling sanding sugar caught my eye. I picked it up studying it thoughtfully when it hit me...Beach Cupcakes!! I quickly called my Mom and explained my idea, which she loved and thus, Beach Cupcakes were born!

We had our standard chocolate and Lemon cupcakes, then I used Buttercream icing in ivory to use as the background for the sand, applied the gold sanding sugar, then used bright blue Buttercream to pipe the waves on the beach. Lastly I added a starfish and clam shell to the "beach" made from rolled fondant.

Not only were the cupcakes delicious, (I think I ate 4!) but they looked great! Everyone loved how they tied in with the theme of the wedding.