In early May, I told you about the ice cream cupcake roundup that I was co-hosting on Cupcake Project with Scoopalicious. The results from the roundup are in! There are 17 ice cream cupcake recipes to choose from. Everyone tackled the ice cream cupcakes in different ways. Some participants put the ice cream in the center of the cupcake and made essentially an ice cream cupcake sandwich, others put the ice cream on top and covered it with frosting, and some skipped the frosting altogether and just topped their cupcakes with a heaping scoop of ice cream.

It was also interesting to see the creativity surrounding the cupcake wrappers. While most used normal cupcake liners, some baked their ice cream cupcakes in ice cream cones, bakeable espresso cups, and waffle bowls.

We also had both dairy-free and gluten-free entries, so don't let your dietary restrictions stop you from getting in on the ice cream cupcake action.

Check out all the entires on Cupcake Project and Scoopalicious. If you try making your own, be sure to post a picture in our Slashfood flickr group so we can all see it!

[Photos clockwise from upper left: My Own Sweet Thyme, Little Ivy Cakes, Confessions of a City Eater, Tempered Woman]

Most of us have had ice cream cakes, but have you have had ice cream cupcakes? If you haven't had one yet, you probably will soon. Maggie Moos now sells them, as does Philly Swirl. However, they are really easy to make at home using any of your favorite cake and ice cream combinations.

On my blog, Cupcake Project, I've teamed up with Bethany and Tina from ice cream blog Scoopalicious to host an ice cream cupcake roundup in the month of May.

The idea is:

1. You make ice cream cupcakes. Check out Cupcake Project for a simple how to guide.
2. You tell us about it either on your blog or on email and include anything you learned along the way.
3. We compile all the entries in our roundup and you get to be a part of the ultimate guide for anyone wanting to make ice cream cupcakes!

I'll post again here with some of the highlights and lessons learned when the entries are all in! We can't wait to see what everyone comes up with!

To enter, visit Cupcake Project or Scoopalicious for the details. The deadline is May 30th.

If you enjoy cupcakes and have not yet seen the Cupcake Bakeshop blog, I strongly recommend that you take a look. Cheryl is an amazing baker and comes up with some of the most exotic sounding and beautiful looking cupcakes you'll ever see. Case in point, the delightful cupcake pictured above is made up of a layer of cake, two layers of ice cream and topped off with frosting, making it into a Green Tea, Lavender and Honey Cupcake Bombe - and giving it a name that is as much a mouthful as the cupcake itself. The ice cream layers are lavender and honey, both homemade, and the frosting and cake base are both flavored with matcha (green tea powder), so the whole treat is colorful as well as tasty. As you might imagine, an ice cream cake (with very little actual cake) topped with frosting is quite sweet - but that's how cupcakes are supposed to be, right? Even if you don't want to attempt the whole process of this multi-layered cake yourself, you might want to try one of the two ice cream recipes to add something different to your repertoire.