Hello fellow cupcake lovers.
I’ve decided to take a bit of a cupcake blogging vacation. I’ve scheduled some R&R, will be working on some site upgrades for Utah Loves Cupcakes, working on some exciting new projects (yes they are cupcake related), and overall just give myself a bit of a break. I haven’t given myself one since I started blogging well over two years ago.
I know sometimes when bloggers stop posting for a while some may assume they are having some crisis or something like that. I assure you I am not. I’ll still be eating cupcakes (had an awesome Red Velvet from Cupcake Chic yesterday), making cupcakes and posting a couple times a week on my personal baking blog, Project Domestication. I honestly just want to give myself a break to finish out the summer and come back making Utah Loves Cupcakes an even better place for cupcake enthusiasts.
If you are a Utah Cupcake Bakery or cupcake enthusiast that has urgent cupcake news please leave it as a comment of this post so everyone can see.
Thanks for reading Utah Loves Cupcakes. I’ve compiled a short list of 33 Utah cupcake things that I love to check out, buy, taste or make. It will give you plenty to do while I’m on my bloggy vacay.
1. Visit my favorite and the number one cupcake site: Cupcakes Take the Cake
2. Attend the grand opening of Cupcake Chic in Orem Utah on Friday, August 13.
3. Visit The Cupcake Activist’s site. Elise is fabulous.
4. Eat a vanilla cupcake from Cakes de Fleur. They are superb.
5. Visit one of my favorite local foodie sites, Vintage Mixer. You’ll find great places to eat substantial food before you load up on butter and sugar.
6. Eat an ice cream cupcake from Mini’s Cupcakes in Salt Lake City. I like the black and white with vanilla ice cream.
7. Visit the Cupcake Conference site. I was one of the organizers for this fun cupcakelicious event. You’ll love to read variouis bloggers recaps.
8. Grab some girl friends and go to The Chocolate for Ladies Night.
9. Buy a Sprinkles Cupcake Mix from Williams-Sonoma.
10. Visit Gygi for a huge selection of cupcake liners.
11. Buy a cupcake cookbook. I love Cupcakes by Shelly Kaldunski, Martha Stewart’s Cupcakes, Hello Cupcake, Vegan Cupcakes Take Over the World, 101 Gourmet Cupcakes and Magnolia Bakery.
12. Visit Amano Chocolate and try my favorite chocolate in all the world. They have a new bar too!
13. Keep up on Utah Food Columnists Kathy Stephenson and Valerie Phillip’s blogs and columns.
14. Make my go-to vanilla frosting with my favorite Mexican Vanilla made right here in Utah.
15. Try a cupcake and cake bite (Double Fudge of course) from The Sweet Tooth Fairy.
16. Have a lunch date at Mini’s Retro Cafe, get a box lunch that comes with a cupcake.
17. Buy local ingredients from your local farmers market and make a special seasonal cupcake.
18. Take a trip to St. George, visit 25 Main Cafe and Cake Parlor and try my favorite vanilla strawberry.
19. Go to Bear Lake, buy fresh raspberries and a raspberry shake then stop in Temptation Cupcake in Logan.
20. Buy more of my favorite local baking ingredients like Winder Farms Dairy and Lehi Roller Mills flour.
21. Buy an ice cream cone cupcake from Dippidee or my new favorite flavor from their store, The Butterscotch! It’s like an insanely good Dilly Bar in perfectly executed gourmet cupcake form.
22. Visit Les Madeleines for lunch, buy a cupcake and the best pastry in Utah the Kouing Aman.
23. Celebrate the 1 year anniversary of Cutsie Cakes in Layton.
24. Hangout at The Cocoa Bean Cupcake Cafe. Get a drink and a cupcake.
25. Buy a rockin’ t-shirt from Johnny Cupcakes. These are so cool, well made and comfy.
26. Get a frosting shot at The Sweet Tooth Fairy, So Cupcake, Mini’s or Dippidee.
27. Order custom cupcakes from a Utah Cupcake bakery that doesn’t have a storefront like Craving’s–Alisha’s Cupcakes or Sugared Magnolia.
28. Eat a vegan cupcake! Go to Cakewalk Baking company. Also try their Dillos!
29. Visit the Martha Stewart’s Cupcakes Club blog.
30. Watch Cupcake Wars or DC Cupcakes on TV.
31. Wish me a Happy Birthday on my other blog, Project Domestication on September 4. Tell me what cupcake you think I should celebrate with.
32. Attend a craft night at Vintage Cupcake.
33. Browse my flickr collections to see all the photos I’ve taken of Utah cupcakes.
And…don’t forget to continually visit each Utah cupcake bakery’s site, facebook page, flickr account and twitter page to get up-to-date info about what’s going on.
I wish you all a fabulous month. I can’t give you a definite date as to when fresh posts will be posted, but I’m thinking mid-September. Utah Loves Cupcakes will be up fresh, with some big news, new stuff and lots of Cupcake love.
I love Utah. I love Cupcakes.
Happy Cupcaking!
- Becky Olsen
Founder & Editor
Utah Loves Cupcakes






















































