Boy caught on fire from lighting cupcakes…
This is not the type of cupcake news I like to report. But according to ABC4 Utah a young boy caught fire when lighting some cupcakes. I’m hoping cupcakes is like a brand of firework or something but I don’t think so. I’d like more details…but this is all the article said.
Six year old Kevin Nunez is in critical condition Tuesday after being burned while playing with gasoline and a lighter.
The flames incinerated most of the boys red shirt and charred the tops of his jeans. A neighbor who witnessed the accident says, “At first it was just with the lighter, lighting cupcakes. they just got the idea of pulling out the gasoline to light a big fire.”
one flick of the lighter and Nunez was engulfed in flames. Witnesses say his father tried to reduce the burns, “they just stripped him of his clothes and put whipped cream on him.” he was likely trying to cool the boy down, but it’s not something doctors recommend doing.
Pretty bizarre.
BBQ – Cupcake Style
I’m digging these patriotic bbq cupcakes by flickr user lets bake some cake
She’s got some fun fondant action going on!
Tarabelle’s Cupcake Hair Clip WINNER!
The winner of last week’s Cupcake Hair Clip Giveaway is….
Alison, please email me your address information at utahlovescupcakes(at)gmail(dot)com! We’ll get that cute cuppy clip right over to ya! Thanks again, Tarabelles! I love your clips. In fact, I bought this non-cupcake one at the Bijou Market on Saturday. Everyone, be sure to check out Tarabelle’s Etsy Page!
Mini’s 2nd location in Sugarhouse OPEN!
Looks like Mini’s Cupcakes second location is open! Here’s what owner Leslie Fiet said on their Web site:
“Finally! I am going to open Monday at 11. Please come by and say hi and check out our new location. We are short staffed right now, because I am going to Hawaii with my honey for our anniversary, so we will open at 11 and close when the cuppies are gone. We need more people, so if you know someone who wants to work part time have them come in. We are located in Sugarhouse (what a great neighborhood) 1100 east 1751 south.
come say hi!”
Fourth of July Cupcake Flags
I’ve got Independence Day cupcakes on my mind! And I remembered these adorable flags that the peeps over at Your Heart Out designed last year! Aren’t they adorable! I love them. YHO has made them available for EVERYONE to download, right here! I think they would be the perfect addition to the red velvet cupcakes I’ll be making later this week. I wonder what YHO will be posting this year for the Fourth?
I’m also hoping all you flickr peeps will upload your patriotic cupcakes soon! I plan to do a roundup midweek and the days following the Fourth of July!
Oh…p.s. Your Heart Out is now on Twitter! Follow @yourheartoutslc
Review of Utah Valley Cupcakes
I get so excited when I discover that a local blogger has reviewed multiple cupcake locations in Utah! It just makes my heart happy! I just love when others get to know Utah cupcakes better! A few days ago, I was browsing the Cafe Zupas Blog and saw that one of their authors, Deborah had review various cupcake locations in Utah Valley. Read her review here.
Be sure to check out her personal Taste and Tell blog as well! She’s got some awesome cupcake posts, including recipes from the Martha Stewart Cupcakes book!
On the note of reviews. Please feel free to email, DM me or comment with links to your reviews! I’d be happy to feature your thoughts!
A Cupcake “Takes the Cake!”
I love this combo of cupcake and cake! See the rest of this Sesame Street-themed bday party by Lyndsey of Kitchen doughdough.
I’ll also use this as a plug for my favorite cupcake blog: Cupcakes Take the Cake, since they coined the term! (you should already know about it by now…cause it is zee best!
Best of the Beehive 2009
Many Utah Cupcakes made Salt Lake City Magazine’s Best of the Beehive 2009!
Check it out!
Best Oddball Cupcake
› Cotton Candy Cupcake from ABCupcake, 801-809-4678, abcupcakes.com (no storefront). Are you serious?
Best Icing
› Les Madeleines, 216 E. 500 South, SLC, 801-355-2294. French buttercream made by an expert.
Best All-around cupcake
› Cakes de Fleur, by order only, 3340 S. 300 West, 801-474-CAKE. When you’re very serious about your cupcakes.
Best Chocolate cupcake
› Chocoholic Cupcake from Mini’s, 14 E. 800 South, SLC, 801-363-0608. Thick fudgy frosting on brownie-like cake.
Mrs. Backer’s Bakery
Mrs. Baker’s Bakery was recently featured in the Intermountain Catholic News. Be sure to check out the article. You’ll learn a lot about this historic Utah Bakery that has been open since 1941!
Here’s a fun quote:
“The notion behind the wedding cake (can I insert cupcake too!!!) is that the first food you feed one another at your wedding should be sweet. The food should be sweet so that the promises which come out of your mouths may be sweet. The ceremony should be reflected in your vows: Why not promise to share life’s sweetness with one another?”
Be sure to drop by Mrs. Backer’s Bakery. Cupcakes and birthday cakes are their top sellers. Did I mention their cupcakes are gorgeous! (See here) Also know that they sell wonderful cupcake apparel and gifts! Last time I was there my girlfriend bought the most beautiful plate.
Mrs. Backer’s Bakery
(801) 532-2022
434 E South Temple
Salt Lake City, UT 84111
Purple Wedding Cupcake Tower
I love this wedding cupcake tower by Cupcake Chic. I am just in love with all the shades of purple!
Here’s a closer look at the cupcakes themselves. I love seeing the vanilla bean!
If you are looking for wedding cupcakes, I’d seriously consider Cupcake Chic. Her cupcakes are delicious and consistently uniform!
Cupcake Chic
Web site: http://www.cupcakechicutah.com/
Blog: http://cupcakechicutah.blogspot.com/
Twitter: http://twitter.com/cupcakechic
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Springville-Utah/Cupcake-Chic/58319532115
Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/cupcakechic/
Celebrate NieNie’s Birthday at The Sweet Tooth Fairy!
If you haven’t heard already, Stephanie Nielsen of NieNie Dialogues is a sucker for and probably the number one fan of the Vanilla Squared Cupcake at The Sweet Tooth Fairy. Well, after hearing about this, the Sweet Tooth Fairy herself decided to name the cupcake after NieNie. It is officially called Va-NIE-lla Squared. Isn’t that cute. I think it fits perfectly.
This Saturday The Sweet Tooth Fairy is hosting a cupcake charity event in honor of Stephanie’s Birthday. All proceeds from the sales of the “VaNIElla Squared” Cupcakes will go to the Nielsen Family and the Arizona Burn Center.
Here’s the deets. I hope to see you there. I’ll probably drop by early afternoon!
Saturday, June 27, 2009
Stop in anytime between 11 AM – 7 PM
Sweet Tooth Fairy Bake Shop
1227 S. University Ave.
Provo, UT 84601
http://www.thesweettoothfairy.com
http://www.thesweettoothfairy.blogspot.com
http://twitter.com/sweettoothfairy
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Giveaway: Tarabelles Cupcake Hair Clip
Sometimes you can just tell a product is going to be cute by it’s name. This is the case with TaraBelle’s Shop. And it get’s even better with the tag line: created by tara, inspired by belle…meaning the owner: Tara creates wonderful handmade and wearable crafts inspired by her beautiful daugher Belle…using felt! She designs everything from felt flowers to cupcakes that are perfect for you or your little ones! TaraBelle has offered to giveaway my favorite product her felt cupcake hair clip!
This is the description on TaraBelle’s Etsy page:
“a new favorite! inspired by my love for cupcakes. a vintage style white/chocolate cupcake made of sparkling felt with a bead trim and sweet pink rose. it sparkles and shimmers!
secured to an alligator clip (great for very fine hair). looks adorable alone or clipped onto one of our nylon headbands.”
I just have to say a few things before I give you the details of the giveaway! First, TaraBelle totally has a connection to Utah as she is Cupcake Chic’s sister. Awesome, right! What a talented family! And second,You must know that though these clips are absolutely adorable on children, they are 100% adult friendly! In fact, I’ve been wearing this clip around or using it in the following ways:
* attached to my headbands
* on my purse
* on my cardigan
* on top of a present
* next to a cupcake, as part of a display
Those are just a few ways, I know you could come up with more!
As I mentioned before this cupcake hair clip is perfect for your little one,and it is interchangeable for most elastic headbands!
1 lucky winner will receive an adorable TaraBelle Designs Cupcake Hair Clip! All you have to do is leave a comment on this post before next Tuesday, June 23 at midnight EST.
*Want to earn an extra entry to increase your chances? Blog and or tweet about this giveaway, make sure to include the link to this post!
Thanks TaraBelle Designs! You truly make a high-quality and adorable Cupcake Hair Clip! I hope to see more “flavors” in the works!
TaraBelle’s Shop
Etsy Page: http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=23152348
Twitter: @tarabelles
By the way: You can purchase TaraBelle’s adorable creations at the Bijou Market in Orem on June 27! (But cross your fingers you win this giveaway!)
CutsieCakes Location
Looks like CutsieCakes is getting closer and closer to their grand opening this summer! Follow them on Facebook, Twitter or their blog
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Baby Shower Cupcake like you’ve never seen before…
This all-too creative and “real” baby shower cupcake was made by Cakewalk Baking Company in Bountiful. I had to take a double look at it to make sure what I saw was what I thought I saw… 
Find more awesome cupcake pix from Cakewalk Baking Company on their MySpace page! Remember these are fabulous gourmet vegan cupcakes!
Lemon Meringue Birthday Cupcakes
Something Swanky UT made these for her hubs bday. I just love seeing candles on cupcakes, don’t you?
Aerial View of Wedding Cupcake Tower
This stunning wedding creation was made by Provo’s The Sweet Tooth Fairy. I just love the colors. I never would have paired brown chocolate frosting but it totally works.
here’s a closer view. look how yummy they look.
Get thee over to Cakewalk Baking Company!
I had the pleasure of visiting the Cakewalk Baking Company , Utah’s go-to gourmet and VEGAN cupcake shoppe, last weekend. Boy was it a delight! A pure 100-percent guilt-free delight! I was impressed beyond my expectations.
I have been meaning to go up to the Bountiful location since it’s opening in November and like a lame-o I had been putting it off. I have no idea why I thought it was so out of my way. I mean I’ll drive up to SLC in a snap. But for some reason I had a mental block that Bountiful was just so far away. Well peeps, I’m telling you…it is not! Especially this location in Bountiful.
Though I believe Utah’s cupcake scene is very far away from being complete, I do believe that the Cakewalk Baking Company is a huge piece to our puzzle. Why? The more diversity we can have in our cupcake scene the better, more universal and more competitive it will become… I love the idea of a vegan cupcakes. Afterall, some of my favorite cupcakes while living in NYC were vegan. I’m not quite sure what I was expecting…but boy did owner Kelly blow my head out of the water.
First of all. I was pleased that the location was easy to find and well identified. The Web site made it very clear of the location and hours. (Something that a lot of cupcakeries/bakeries, belive it or not, do not do). CBC is only open Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays. But that’s okay. I think it’s worth the planning.
At first walking in I was greeted by Pierce, a very pleasant employee at the front counter. Then I was able to meet Kelly, the owner. I tell ya, friends…she is a happy person. You know how you can just look at or talk to someone and know that they are happy and happy with what they are doing in life? Well she is one of those people. There was just a great vibe in the shoppe and I was so happy to be there. (Thanks for being such a good sport, Kelly…I totally just popped in at random!)
I ordered one of every kind of cupcake they had that day, including two of the mini chocolate vanillas.
CBC is not just a place for vegan cupcake lovers…it’s a place for ALL cupcake lovers. I don’t know what it was but I haven’t enjoyed a cupcake this much for a long time, maybe even EVER! I examined each cupcake and it appears (and tastes) like each little cupcake was given the time, attention and care it needed….and not only in baking and decorating….but in planning. You can tell a lot of thought has gone into each of these.
The cupcakes were all very moist. They each carried their own weight if that makes sense. You know…like if there is a lot of frosting on them…they dont’ topple over. And the frosting. Gosh,it was just so smooth and not too sweet at all.
Let’s break it down. Here’s what I tried:
Mini Chocolate Vanilla – not pictured because I completely scarfed mine down in the car before I even pulled out of the parking lot. Sorry–you’ll just have to get one for yourself.
S’mores
If I remember correctly this was the most popular and my second favorite next to the Chocolate Cake with Vanilla Frosting
Vanilla – sorry no photo. it’s the white one with multi-color sprinkles in the group shot
Plain and simple.
Chocolate Chocolate
Third Favorite
Blueberry Cheesecake
Dang cool flavor.
Coconut filled with Pineapple
Okay these was also a favorite
Lemon filled with Raspberry
Shoot I can’t remember the details of how I was feeling when I ate this…
Bavarian Creme.
Very fun and loved biting into the filling.
Carrot Cake
Loved how this was a different size. It was packed with cool mix-ins that were moist and delicious. Frosting was yum.
Though my main reason for dropping by was the cupcakes. You can also find many other treats at Cakewalk Baking Company. You know, like any food product, baked good or junk food that vegans crave! They’ve got everything from teese, sausage and suckers to dillos (faux twinkies), pucks(faux ding dongs) and marshmallows. Pretty cool, ey? I tried the baklava and the raspberry dillo. Man…so good!
Please go over and tell Cakewalk Baking Company hello! I’d love to see this place prosper. Heck, it seems like it already is doing fab, I arrived around 3/3:30 (they open at 2 p.m.) and it appeared a crowd had gobbled a lot of treats up! You can also mail order the dillos if you are interested!
I’m always amused at what a box of cupcakes looks like after my tastings and photo shoots. And please know, every last inch of those cupcakes is sitting in someone’s happy tummy!
Be sure to check out their site and MySpace page!
Cakewalk Baking Company
566 W 1350 S Woods Cross, UT 84010
Phone: 801-860-5473
Hours: Friday and Saturday 2-8 p.m. , Sunday 2-5 p.m.
Web site: http://cakewalkbakingcompany.com/
***all photos by me. if using, please cite source and link to my flickr page***
Cupcake Class at The Viking Cooking School
The Viking Cupcake School is…oops. Let’s start over: The Viking Cooking School is hosting a Cupcake and Cake Balls Workshop Class on Saturday, July 18, 10:00 am to 3:00 pm. (Gosh, I wish Utah had an actually Cupcake School!)
Here’s the description from their site:
Two of the hottest trends in pastry today are cupcakes that taste as good as they look and itty bitty cake balls. If you’re unfamiliar with cake balls, just imagine your choice of cake rolled into a bite-size ball and then coated with chocolate – much like a truffle. One bite of pure heaven! In our new 5-hour workshop, learn how to make, bake and decorate cupcakes with buttercream, cream cheese and fondant. Then learn to make cake balls in all your favorite flavors. Perfect for gifting – or for serving at your next cocktail party!
SKILLS AND TECHNIQUES Making and baking tender cupcakes; testing baked goods for doneness; preparing buttercream and cream cheese icing; rolled fondant; using a pastry bag; piping icing; making cake balls and coating in chocolate; making cake ball lollipops.
# Caramel Apple Cupcakes
# Caribbean Carrot Cake Cupcakes
# Decadent Chocolate Fudge Cupcakes
# Mint Chocolate Chip Cake Balls
# Red Velvet Cake Balls; Coconut Cake Balls
# Bonus Recipe: Ice Cream Cake Balls
Price: $135.00
Location:
Viking Cooking School at Kimball Distributing
2233 South 300 East
Salt Lake City, UT 84105
P 801-464-0113
F 801-466-8636
www.vikingcookingschool.com
**photo from Viking Cooking School Web site**
***Props to Maria of Two Peas and Their Pod for the tip!***
French Fry Cupcakes
Learn how to make these french fry cupcakes on Kitchen doughdough! Lyndsey posted a fabulous how-to and picture guide!
Juicy Couture Cupcakes
These Juicy Couture-themed cupcakes are incredibly well done!
Visit the blog Kara’s Cupcakes to find out how she made the adorable cupcake toppers!
Wedding Cupcake Tower by Cravings
A very bright a beautiful arrangement of (probably hundreds) of cupcakes by Cravings Cupcakes in Pleasant Grove, Utah!
SLC Foodie Reviews TwentyFive Main Cupcakes
SLC Foodie, Becky of Vintage Mixer recently visited Twenty Five Main in St. George. She posted a great review of their cupcakes on her blog. Please check it out, it is quite thorough. P.S> Twenty Five Main is on Twitter, follow@twentyfivemain and they special deals to their followers. (ex: wear flip flops and get a free cupcake! what…too cool!)
anyone else loving that owl plate?
Sumo Cupcakes
those saggy moobies seem all to real! nice work!
made by our st. george cupcake lover ellecupcake.
Here’s a little excerpt of her thoughts from her blog:
We used regular sized cupcakes pans and a recipe from Vegan Cupcakes Take Over the World. Although.. we hardly followed the directions and put different flavoring (Mexican Vanilla and Coconut) They tasted pretty good!
For the faces we used Vanilla Waffers and frosted the whole cupcake and waffer and just drew faces and bodies on them I think they turned out pretty cute and I heard the Birthday boy and his friends really liked them too!
About
hi. my name is becky.
i love utah and i love cupcakes.
it really is just that simple.
this blog is a place where utah and cupcakes come together.
i scope out all the latest cupcake news in utah. visit utah cupcakeries. review cupcake bakeries and cupcake-related items. i post cupcake recipes and ideas from other utah cupcake enthusiasts. i also travel to eat cupcakes and tell you about my adventures.
i hope you will join me in this journey. i can’t tell you how much i love to support local, how much i love eating quality cupcakes, meeting fun and interesting bakery owners and seeing their stores succeed and um…having fun!
cupcakes are here to stay! they are a tradition and not a trend!
join our flickr group, email me the latest on your cupcake baking and cupcake seeking adventures…we are bound to have a great time.
I also blog at Project Domestication — where you can see my personal baking adventures!
-becky
***For more about my story and love of cupcakes, read my guest blog post on Cupcakes Take The Cake!***
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