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'Washington Post' Staffers Ate 31 Pounds of Cupcakes
Photograph from georgetowncupcake.com After eight weeks, a team of four brave Washington Post souls completed a little thing called Cupcake Wars, where week-by-week they sampled any cupcake they could get their paws on inside the Beltway. The winner: the chocolate ganache cupcake from Georgetown Cupcake, a spot that's only nine months old but already sells cupcakes to cultish proportions (4,000 on Saturdays). Editor Joe Yonan—who I saw recently and miraculously looked exactly the same size—came up with a Ten Commandments of Cupcakes. Notable laws include: 1. Learn to walk before you run. Perfect the classic vanilla and chocolate cakes with complementary frostings before you step up to other simple combinations, and long before you try something like Summer Peach Meringue...Photo of the Day: President-Elect Barack Obama in 1,240 Cupcakes
Photograph from shastio on Flickr There are a lot of Barack Obama–themed baked goods out there, but a picture of Obama made from 1,240 cupcakes is a whole other level of Obama food art. Zilly Rosen of Zillycakes in Buffalo, New York, made this cupcake mosaic yesterday to show her support; I hope that it was eaten today in honor of our next president. [via Cupcake Takes the Cake]...How to Make Edible Googly Eyes for Cupcakes, Cookies, Etc.
Evil Mad Scientist has a detailed guide on making edible googly eyes for cupcakes, cookies, and other baked goods. The trick lies in using edible gelatin capsules cut down into eye domes, with jumbo round sprinkles as pupils. Sprinkles go in the cut-down capsules, and capsules are affixed to an appropriate substrate: It "needs to be sturdy, so that it can support the rest of the eyes, light in color, and completely dry and free of oil. At the same time, it needs to be soft enough that we can press the gelatin capsules into it." Whoppers cut in half seem to make an ideal substrate. For the complete how-to, step into the EMS laboratory....Cooking with Kids: Edible Cats for Halloween
Editor's Note: To continue our Halloween coverage, Matthew Amster-Burton shares this holiday cupcake idea for the kids: black cat cupcakes. "My corporate overlords at Serious Eats have demanded a Halloween post," I told my daughter, Iris, 4. "What's something we could make together to eat for Halloween?" "How about an edible cat?" she replied. "That sounds hard." "We could use cupcakes." This is her solution to everything. We wanted them to be black cats, of course, but my wife Laurie reminded me that black food coloring tastes terrible, so we decided on dark chocolate frosting. (Chocolate is my solution to everything.) For tails and whiskers, we'd use black licorice whips. For the ears, wedges of York peppermint patties. And for...'Cupcakes' Trump 'Financial Crisis' in Google Searches
We all love cupcakes, but this is a bit ridiculous. Mother Jones reports that more people searched Google for cupcakes this month than the financial crisis. The global economy is facing disaster, but according to Google Trends, what we're really interested in is wizards, cupcakes, and sex toys. [via Valleywag]...iPhone-Themed Cupcakes Win Cupcake Decorating Championship
Nick Bilton and Danielle Bilton won the Cupcake Decorating Championship at last night's Ignite NYC II event. More pix here. [via Laughing Squid]...Photo of the Day: Domokun Cupcakes
Designer and food blogger Jenn made these cute cupcakes modeled after beloved Japanese TV mascot Domokun using red and white fondant for the giant mouths. What does their expressions say? Are they happy to see you or screeching in terror in response to their impending dooms? The possibilities are endless! [via Craftzine] Related Photo of the Day: Poodle Cupcakes Yo Gabba Gabba! Cupcakes Photo of the Day: 80s Cartoon Birthday Cupcakes...Bacon Peanut Butter Chocolate Cupcake
We can never get enough bacon. A bacon cupcake? Bring it. This organic bacon peanut butter chocolate cupcake gets whipped up by Michelle Garcia at the Bleeding Heart Bakery in Chicago. She's dear to my heart: I've seen her episode of Food Network Challenge: Extreme Cakes way too many times. In a perfect world, this would count as breakfast. [via Chicagoist] Related Photo of the Day: Meatloaf Cupcake Wake N' Bacon Alarm Clock Bacon+Chocolate+Sugar= Heaven...Little Cupcake Learns About the Birds and the Bees
Turns out that baked goods also need "the talk." Illustrator of all things cute and cupcake-related Jessie Oleson portrays a little cupcake's first brush with a recipe book. Scandalous! You can buy a print of the comic at Jessie's Etsy shop and see more of her illustrations and bakery adventures at Cakespy. Related Photo of the Day: Luxem-Bourgers Meet a Real Burger Photo of the Day: Cupcake vs. Muffin...Hot Topics: Technique of the Week | The Food Lab
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8 Delicious Chocolate Cakes and Pies for Valentine's Day
Some might say that chocolate on Valentine's Day is about as unoriginal as you can get. We all remember the first heart-shaped box of overly sweet chocolate bonbons from grade school Valentines. But chocolate gift-giving needn't be a cliché. This year, let's bake our sweethearts chocolate cakes and pies instead! Here are 8 delicious recipes perfect for celebrating your love (of chocolate.)
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