My Favorite Cupcake Cake Wreck

One of my favorite blogs is Cake Wrecks.  It is hard to believe professional cakes & cupcakes can go so horribly wrong, but that blog is proof that it happens....and happens a lot!  Visit the Cake Wrecks blog or buy their books.  You won't be disappointed and won't stop laughing for a long, long time.

Here is my favorite cupcake cake wreck of all time.  This cupcake cake was requested for Shara's birthday and it was supposed to be a cupcake cake of Curious George (the cartoon monkey).  But that is not exactly what Shara got.  Which character does the cupcake cake look like most??

Curious George

Shara's cupcake cake

Michael J. Fox in Teen Wolf

Thank you Cake Wrecks!

Candy Cane Cupcakes

Candy canes are a staple of the Christmas holiday...add

some to your cupcakes!

Wilton cupcake cake instructions

Jeneva's candy cane cupcakes

Through Joanne's eyes via Flickr

Candy cane cupcake cake from About.com

Candy cane cupcake from Kitchen Goddess

Cupcake Decorating Ideas

Cupcake Cakes

Last week I posted a picture of a Thanksgiving turkey cupcake cake and in Las Vegas I visited cupcake bakeries offering cupcake cakes. 

What is a cupcake cake?  It is a bunch of cupcakes frosted so that they look like one cake. 

Spiderman

hjshewmaker via Flickr

Mardi Gras

charley and the chocolate factory via Flickr

Tie-Dyed

how sweet it is via Flickr

Happy Birthday Gabi

freakgirl via Flickr

Elmo

okrocksteady via Flickr

Cupcake Lane Bakery (Las Vegas)

The second stop on my cupcake tour of Las Vegas was the Cupcake Lane Bakery.  I had been following them on other cupcake blogs and the reviews were good so I wanted to taste for myself. 

I Googled the directions so I didn't have as much trouble navigating as the day before.  The bakery is nicely decorated and practically begs you to stay and eat a cupcake.  I bought two cupcakes:  Savannah Street (red velvet) and Michigan Ave (lemon).  Both cakes were moist and delicious.  The frostings were delicious too....but you already know what I am going to say about the cream cheese frosting on the red velvet cupcake (needs more cream cheese).  Thank you for using real buttercream and not those meringue-based buttercreams.  Let's hear it for the sugar! 

They also offer cupcake cakes...which are cupcakes frosted as one cake and shaped into whatever you can come up with.  Very unique idea that you don't see available very often.  I will definitely be visiting this bakery again. 

Savannah Street

red velvet cupcake

Michigan Ave

lemon cake with buttercream

Cupcake Cakes...all shapes & sizes