All cupcakes, all the time

 I got some troubles but they won't last
I'm gonna lay right down here in the grass
And pretty soon all my troubles will pass
'cause I'm in shoo-shoo-shoo, shoo-shoo-shoo
Shoo-shoo, shoo-shoo, shoo-shoo Sugar Town

Zooey Deschanel cover of Sugar Town

So, I had a bomb dropped on me today that made me quite upset.  I pulled myself together though, and am figuring out a plan of attack.

I was perusing one of my favorite blogs a little while after this happened, and I decided that I felt like posting about something that makes me happy: cupcakes.

I think my crush on cupcakes, or cuppycakes as I like to call them, really went into overdrive when I went to visit a friend in NYC in October.  We discovered that the Ritz was doing a high tea style serving Saturday afternoons through October.  Um, we were so there.  The experience was quite delightful, daaaahlings.  And as you can see, all evidence disappeared rather quickly.

 Before

Red Velvet, Coconut Cream, Valrhona Chocolate, 

Strawberry Shortcake, and Sicilian Pistachio and Almond

(Strawberry Shortcake was my fave)

After

Before I left for NYC, I looked up the Ritz here in Boston to see if they had the same event happening.  Lo and behold!  They did!  So what did I do?  Make plans with friends to go to another cuppycake tea, the weekend after my NYC trip.  Naturally.  The decor was more modern, and the cuppycakes served were different than the ones we had in NYC.  Win!

  The Great Pumpkin, Bewitched Boston Cream Pie, Vampire’s Blood Red Velvet
Chocolate BOO!, Caramel Apple Jack O’Lantern

(Boston Cream Pie was my fave)

 

Kristen, you're not supposed to put milk in your fruity, herbal tea.

Cuz then it, uh, looks like this.

My cuppycake (how many times have I used that word already?), uh, infatuation is well-known by most, as I've now started to receive themed gifts.

Exhibit A

A way to easily transport my tasty treats

Exhibit B

Cupcake pen anyone? It smells like one, too.

Exhibit C

 

This I gifted to myself, for hours of baking fun!

On my To Get List:

 A pretty stand

 To-go boxes

Cookie cutters 

 

(the stencils)

I don't have any of my own recipes yet (I'm not talented in that way), but I have been given some nummy frosting recipes.  I think I'll try to make some lemon raspberry delights this weekend, with a scrumptious filling!

So am I alone?  Do I have any other cuppycake aficionados/aficionadas out there?  Don't be shy.  We'll go into sugar shock together.  Oh!  And please share any yummy & fun recipes you have or know of!

P.S. Check out the fun ones I made for a party back on Halloween!

{Images courtesy Crate & Barrel, Sur la Table, Chronicle Books, Stubby Pencils Studio}