Happy National Cupcake Day!

Bloggers of the Day: Courtney & Colin at C&C Cakery

Comics, SciFi and Fantasy fans, this one's for you! Courtney and Colin specialize in supercreative cupcakes, cookies and cakes in wild flavors with far out themes from anime to zombies. Check out their posts and photos for World of Warcraft, Settlers of Catan, Game of Thrones, Harry Potter, Doctor Who, Sherlock, Star Wars and Star Trek treats...then check out their tumblr and facebook for all sorts of cosplay craziness!  ;)

Courtney is vegan but Colin isn't so the recipes are split but they're all worth a look. They do loads of charity bakes, fundraisers and special events...if you live in Vancouver, you can contact them for special orders or just hit them up at the next Comic Con.  ;)

Vanilla Sex Bob-Omb Cupcake (for Scott Pilgrim)

Lime in the Coconut Cupcakes

Gingerbread Cupcakes

The Dead Elvis (Banana Cupcakes with Peanut Butter Frosting & PB Cup Toppers)

Raspberry-Mocha Cupcakes with Raspberry Frosting

Trio of Vegan Christmas Cookies: Chocolate Mint Crinkles

Morning Oatmeal Cookies

Chocolate Chip Cookies Stuffed with Homemade Oreos

Brownies and PB & Banana Ice Cream

Dr. "Bones" McCoy's Space Supplements

Darth Vader Double Chocolate Cake

What wild cupcake theme would you order today?  :)

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Happy National Sundae Day!

Blogger of the Day: Lucy at Lucy's Friendly Foods

UK mum Lucy is an expertly trained chef and extratalented pastry specialist so her recipes are a stylish mix of flavor and flair and rainbowsprinkles too! Her Banana Sundae Cupcakes with Vanilla Buttercream and Chocolate Ganache are the special treat of the day...because I couldn't get enough cupcakes yesterday.  ;)

Banana Sundae Cupcakes

Mini Doughnuts

Lemon Melts

Sweet Corn and Sundried Tomato Savoury Muffins

Teriyaki Aubergine Skewers

Smoky Potato Tian

Mediterranean Salad

Moroccan Couscous

Slow Roast Tomato and Gnocchi Salad

Devil’s Food Cake AKA the Best Chocolate Cake in the World

S’mores Bars

Funfetti Cupcakes

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What's your perfect sundae recipe?  :)

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Happy National Vanilla Cupcake Day!

Blogger of the Day: Luca at the vegan kitchen of dr caligari

Some people are cupcake makers and some people are crazyamazing cupcake artistes! Much like the creators of the cutting edge film, Luca takes mainstream ideas and flips them, twists them and spins them about...in his kitchen they become marvelous munchable masterpieces! He has roamed from his home in Turin, Italy to Paris, Berlin and Krakow and at last word he was working his culinary magic in Lisbon as a personal chef...hopefully soon we'll have news of his next avant garde epicurean adventure!  :)

Vanilla Cream Cupcakes with Meringue and Strawberry Coulis

Double Chocolate Cupcakes with Avocado and Red Chilli Jam Frosting

Pan-fried Gyoza with Saffron Cream

Eggplant Parmigiana Cupcakes

Shepherd’s Cupcakes

Kimchi Fried Wild Rice with Tofu and Lotus Root

Maki Cupcakes

Burrito Cupcakes with Guacamole Frosting

Sesame Glutinous Rice Balls with Peanut Butter and Fleur de Sel

Azuki Beans Paste Filled Cupcakes with Green Tea and Caramel Frosting

Sacher Cupcakes with Bitter Orange Jam and Pistachios

Baba Ganoush Cupcakes with Pomegranate Reduction Topping

Which of Luca's delectable cupcakes would you choose if you could only have one?  ;)

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Happy National Chocolate Cupcake Day!

Bloggers of the Day: Eva, Leila & Sindha at Strawberry Pepper

Sisters Eva, Leila & Sindha grew up on Sindhi cuisine but they feature recipes from around the world including Swedish "Meat"balls, Super Spinach Spanakopita and Portugese Caldo Verde with Vegan Linguica Sausage...all yumful stuff! Their recipe romp includes a stop in Mexico for a cakeydelicious chocolate dessert...dig in!  :)

Mexican Chocolate Cupcakes

with Cinnamon Buttercream Frosting

Poffertjes or Yeasted Buckwheat Pancakes

Jalapeño Cheddar Bagels

Scallion Pancakes

Potato Chickpea Patties with Cilantro Mint Chutney

Panang Curry

Gnocchi alla Romana with Eggplant Tomato Sauce

Sai Bhaji

Japanese Fusion Fried Rice

Pumpkin Kibbeh

Florentine Cookies

Double Chocolate Cookie Dough Vanilla Cupcakes

with Cookies and Cream Frosting

What cuisine did you grow up on? What flavor frosting is your favorite on chocolate cupcakes?  :)

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Happy Cinnamon Day and Happy World Wildlife Day!

Blogger of the Day: Doron at Sticky Fingers Sweets & Eats
Pubs: Sticky Fingers' Sweets: 100 Super-Secret Vegan Recipes

Generous cheers for superstar vegan baker and animal activist Doron...I hope to be just like you when I grow up!  ;)

Top Washington D.C. Vegan Bakery Sticky Fingers

to Support Born Free USA on World Wildlife Day, March 3

"Sticky Fingers, the premiere vegan bakery in Washington D.C. and two-time “Cupcake Wars” winner, has created two special wildlife cupcake designs – a lion and a monkey – to support Born Free USA, a leader in animal welfare and wildlife conservation, in conjunction with World Wildlife Day on Monday, March 3, 2014.
The World Wildlife Day Born Free USA cupcakes will be sold Monday, March 3 at the Sticky Fingers shop (1370 Park Rd NW, Washington, D.C. 20010). The cupcakes are $4.00 each with $1.00 of each cupcake going to Born Free USA."

Born Free USA
Born Free USA on twitter
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If you live in DC, get there and get cupcakes!
If not, make Doron's sinfully cinnamony El Caliente Cupcakes, then go volunteer at your local wildlife rescue or donate something on their wishlist or just go hug your favorite moose!  ;)

“El Caliente” Chocolate Spice Cupcakes
with Mexican Chocolate Frosting

Pumpkin Whoopie Pies

Rolling Stones Brown Sugar Cupcake with Coconut Custard Filling,
Spiced Rum Frosting and Cracked Brown Sugar Brittle

"Man in Black" (aka "Johnny Cashew") Cupcakes with Toasted Cashews,
Black Chocolate Frosting, Spun Sugar Hay and Cashew Chocolate Boots

Chocolate Seltzer Cupcakes with Chocolate Ganache,
Banana Frosting and Caramelized Bananas

"Salt-N-Pepa" Smoked Black Pepper Chocolate Cupcakes
with Vanilla Bean Frosting and Smokey Salted Caramel

Chocolate Stout Cupcakes with Chocolate Ganache
and Bottoms Up Vanilla Bean Frosting

Gingerbread Whoopie Pies

Strawberry Lemonade Whoopie Pies

What's up with World Wildlife Day?
36% of all species on earth are at risk of extinction. Tens of thousands of elephants are being killed every year. One every 15 minutes. Wild rhinos have to be protected by armed guards day and night and we are still losing the battle.
Youth of today own the social media platform. We rule it with our individual and collective voices. This is powerful and we can make change!  Let's speak up about the illegal wildlife trade and reverse this crisis.
It's  World Wildlife Day. Let's do more than pledge, let's act.
Ian Somerhalder, UNEP Goodwill Ambassador

World Wildlife Day
WWD on twitter
WWD on facebook

What are you doing to celebrate WWD? Do you have a favorite animal charity? Which wild animals are most special to you?  :)

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