Cup-A-Cake Carriers at Hello Cupcake

Hello Cupcake's Cup-A-Cake Carriers made the paper yesterday. They're perfect for picnics this summer, so get yours at Hello Cupcake or at one of the many USA retailers, like Williams Sonoma, Sur La Table, and Crate & Barrel!

Williams Sonoma Perfect Endings Easter Cupcakes

Keeping up with their holiday cupcakes from Napa Valley bakery Perfect Endings, Williams Sonoma has these cutesy cupcakes available from now through Easter.

They come in a set of 9, 3 of each flavor - Chocolate Devil’s Food Cake frosted with Chocolate Ganache and scattered with chocolate sprinkles; Vanilla Poundcake swirled with Vanilla Buttercream and sprinkled with white jimmies; and Vanilla Cake slathered with Lemon Icing and topped with pastel yellow jimmies.

I think they are rather (okay, extremely) expensive ($69 plus shipping), but hey, had to share!

Williams Sonoma Perfect Ending Valentines Cupcakes

Williams Sonoma is back with their holiday-themed cupcakes, this time for Valentine’s Day of course. As with their Christmas cupcakes, they are using Perfect Endings, the Napa Valley boutique, as their supplier. The three flavors they’re offering up this Valentine’s Day are Red Velvet topped with vanilla icing and white sprinkles, Chocolate cake frosted with chocolate ganache and dark chocolate sprinkles, and Chocolate Caramel which is a chocolate cake topped with Chocolate Caramel buttercream and milk chocolate sprinkles.

The cupcakes are sold in a set of 9 (3 of each flavor) via the internet/catalog only, and go for $69.00. To ensure freshness, they are shipped overnight from the supplier. The website says that for Valentine’s Day delivery, order by 5pm Monday, February 9, 2009.

Also available at Williams Sonoma this Valentine’s Day is their Crown Heart Cupcake Pan and Special Set. The pan produces six large cupcakes crowned with heart shaped tops. The Special Set includes the cupcake pan and their Valentine Fondant & Cutters Kit, for decorating the cupcakes with words and/or numbers.

The pan alone sells for $24, while the Special Set sells for $49.95. Take a look at the pan though…the cupcake still bakes in normal cupcake shape so you can use normal cupcake liners, which is smart, since I have never actually seen a heart shaped cupcake liner…but then again, you’d have to be super careful about baking so you don’t burn that thin heart shaped top. Wouldn’t it still be pretty fragile though, even if you didn’t burn it? Has anyone ever used this pan before?

Williams Sonoma Holiday Cupcakes

Did anyone see that Williams Sonoma is now selling cupcakes? Yup - a set of 9 made fresh to be delivered to your door...for $59.95. After an additional $28 for overnight shipping, that's a little over $9.75 per cupcake!!! Talk about expensive!

The Perfect Endings Holiday Cupcakes are a set of three different flavors - rich chocolate, frosted with classic chocolate icing and scattered with dark chocolate sprinkles; red velvet, generously swirled with old-fashioned white icing and sprinkled with red velvet cake crumbs; and vanilla, slathered with vanilla icing and topped with shredded coconut. There are 3 of each per order.

Perfect Endings, a Napa Valley bakery, makes these cupcakes for William Sonoma from scratch. From reading the product reviews, they're really good. Oprah listed them as one of her "favorite things" for those of your familiar with "Oprah's Favorite Things!"

Click here to check em out!