Cupcake Blog
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June Cupcake of the Month: Strawberry & Strawberry Balsamic
Although it may seem disconcerting to see something black on top of a cupcake, we SWEAR that balsamic reduction is the perfect complement to our strawberry cupcakes!
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Our New Kitchen!
On June 1, we moved from West Oakland to West Berkeley! We are now sharing kitchen space with the fabulous ladies of Indie Cakes (pastries and French macarons) and Carolyn Wong Cakes (high-end, sculpted wedding cakes). We LOVE the new location—it’s bigger, has more equpiment, and has the added bonus of being closer to my house! The move came just in time too, now that wedding season is in full swing and we really needed the extra space.
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May Cupcake of the Month: Black Forest Cake
Black Forest Cake is really something I grew up with, with my Midwestern German heritage. Its German name is Schwarzwälder Kirschtorte or Schwarzwäldertorte. It’s relatively simple to make - Black Forest Cake CupcakesBlack Forest Cake CupcakesBlack Forest Cake Cupcakesa chocolate cake soaked in cherry liquor (kirsch), topped with whipped cream, chocolate shavings, and cherries.
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Give Tea & Cake for Mother’s Day
This Mother’s Day, we are partnering with Andrea at Tea Here Now to offer a cute tea & cake sampler for the most important ladies out there - moms!
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April Cupcake of the Month: Key Lime
The morning of every Cupcake of the Month delivery, I have a mini photo shoot in my home kitchen with a few of the extra cupcakes. The light is better and it’s a fun ritual for starting the day. Today’s delivery is Key Lime!
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March Cupcake of the Month: Coconut
March’s Cupcake of the Month was Coconut! We love making variations on the theme, so subscribers received coconut, chocolate coconut, and for the non-vegans, chocolate coconut caramel cupcakes.
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Fall Wedding: Nupur & Virali
We LOVE it when people send us wedding photos!
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February Cupcake of the Month: Salted Chocolate!
Our February Cupcake of the Month flavor was salted chocolate - our simple chocolate cake with a little bit extra helping of sea salt. I remember when we were first experimenting with this flavor a few years ago, and my friends will tell you - it’s definitely easy to have too much salt! It took us a few rounds of testing to find the perfect addition. Now we have a few devoted customers who order this flavor all the time - even for their wedding! We usually top this flavor with a vanilla buttercream, colored a delicate pink this month for Valentine’s Day.
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Valentine’s Special Offer!
Do you love someone in the Bay Area? Send them cupcakes on Valentine’s Day!
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January’s Cupcake of the Month: Green Tea
Yesterday’s Green Tea cupcake was a big success! We’ve been getting rave reviews all day - and since last January’s Cupcake of the Month was Chai, it’s starting to look like tea-inspired cupcakes are going to be a mid-winter regular on the schdule!