"cupcake" news and stories

Happy National Cupcake Day!

While cupcake fever is just barely starting to subside, it has brought to light a plethora of revered cupcake recipes -- most notably that of Magnolia Bakery's Vanilla Cupcakes, with a notoriously rich buttercream frosting, mainly consisting of piles of powdered sugar and a whopping two sticks of butter. But if your fascination with Magnolia has waned, try this vanilla cake recipe from Ace of Cakes' Duff Goldman or the famous cupcakes from Tarek Malouf of London's beloved Hummingbird Bakery. Heck, an enduring cupcake fascination may never go out of style and will put you in good company -- even celebrities like Kim Kardashian and Amy Sedaris are hopping on the cupcake bandwagon.

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Wow. Talk about decadence. Windy_Sydney posts this devil's-food-cake cupcake topped with vanilla frosting (tinted green) and garnished with a mint chocolate brownie and mint chocolate sauce. Refreshing!

Here's a picture for all of you frosting lovers out there. I've always been more of a cake girl than a frosting girl, but I know plenty of you out there will be positively salivating out there at the sight of this treat. It comes to us Marilyn of Simmer Till Done and along with the picture, she posted the recipe for that lovely buttercream so that you too can make a highly frosted cake of your own.

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Yep - 50,000. In honor of the holiday, University of Maryland bakery staff took two months to make the confections, which are being stored in various freezers all over the College Park campus.

UMD officials expect about 80,000 people to attend the event today, which is free to the public.

The numbers are unbelievable: the ingredients were $14,000, which were paid for in part by corporate sponsors, and the total calorie count for all 50,000 cakes is a staggering 12.6 million. Take that, Weight Watchers.

Oh - and the photo? Courtesy of rockin' Slashfood Flickr user Cupcakequeen.

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And now, to continue with the absinthe trend...

Coconut and Lime author Rachel Rappaport's recipe for her cupcakes caught my eye right away. They're really simple - flour, sugar, milk, butter, and the most important part - 1/4 cup of absinthe.

Rachel recommends Kübler Absinthe Superieure absinthe, which is what she chose for the cupcakes, but feel free to substitute another brand if you so choose.

She tops the cakes with her green fairy frosting, which also contains a drop of absinthe, as well as a few drops of green food coloring to give it that light, fresh look, and tops it off with - what else? - a sugar cube. Perfection.