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Do you think your The Next Cupcake Hero?
Well, let’s see your skills! Each month a theme ingredient will be named. The theme ingredient must be used in either the cupcake, the frosting, the filling or all of the above if you choose. Simple enough? I think so.
Cupcake Hero is now 1 YEAR OLD! To celebrate we have given CH its own space to grow. Please visit CupcakeHero.com!
Thanks! Much love,
Laurie
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What a great event! I hope I can get it together in time…LOVE limes.
Comment by Aimee September 4, 2007 @ 1:51 pmThanks Aimee, I think its going to be wicked fun!
Comment by slush September 4, 2007 @ 4:52 pmHow about…..
No Crumb Left Behind or
Bite Me or
Yum Me or
Saving the World One Bite at a Time…
Can you tell I’m tired?
Comment by you know who September 8, 2007 @ 9:54 pmReally good idea! If I have time, I know just the cupcake for this event…
Comment by Kristen September 26, 2007 @ 10:52 amThanks Kristin! I hope you have the time to fit it in.
And you know who.. I like them all. Im still mulling it over! No Crumb Left Behind is hilarious!
Comment by slush September 28, 2007 @ 11:25 amI am surely not knowing this event is happening!! I love baking cupcakes, but I don’t know if I can organize myself to take part… sigh.
Comment by arfi October 22, 2007 @ 12:48 amThis sounds really neat. Do you know when you will post the ingredient for January?
Comment by BakingDiva January 5, 2008 @ 8:09 pmAh coffee. I’m smiling!
Comment by prissycook January 6, 2008 @ 10:41 pmoh wow!! thi would have been perfect had I seen this announcement before:( the deadline’s tomorrow and I can’t bake it tonight!!:(
well, will be interesting to feast my eyes on all the coffee goodies:)
Comment by Mansi January 24, 2008 @ 6:57 pm[...] currently participate in Cupcake Hero, Frugal Foodie Challenge and Daring Bakers and I’ve met so many people! I also enter contests [...]
Pingback by 5 Tips to 5000 hits! « I♥CUPPYCAKES! January 24, 2008 @ 7:56 pmI dunno why I never did this before. It sounds so fun. I’m so late in the game. Oh well. I can’t wait til next month!
Comment by How To Eat A Cupcake January 28, 2008 @ 7:19 pmHow to Eat a Cupcake- I hope you join in next month too!
Comment by slush January 28, 2008 @ 7:25 pmCount me in for next month too! I tried to get in this month but… ahem… let’s just say my attempted coffee cupcakes were not presentable to anybody outside my own front door.
Comment by lemontartlet January 28, 2008 @ 9:21 pmOMG!!! I have an AMAZING cupcake hero story for you. My husband and his friends were at a local resturant and they were talking about how much they loved my frapuccinno cupcakes and the owner of the resturant over heard them and started talking to my husband. Well, it just so happend that he had in his car some cupcakes that he was taking to work, and gave 1 to the owner. The guy LOVED them!!! Totally flipped out! Husband told him that I also do wedding & special ocassion cakes….. just bragging not thinking anything of it. Next thing you know this guy tells my husband that he also has a catering company and is constantly getting requests for cakes and baked goods and that he does not want to deal with them; and wanted to know if I would partner up. Well, I never heard anything back after that day…. till just now. I have officially taken my first order!!! I am SO happy, can you imagine getting paid to do something that you love??? And I owe it all to you – Cupcake Hero! Maybe, one of these months my cupcake will actually get picked ;-D
Comment by luki February 5, 2008 @ 3:57 pmluki- That is so totally better than winning my lame tshirt!!! Thats seriously awesome. I am so happy for you. I hope you will remember the little people now that you made the big time.
Best of luck babe! xo
Comment by slush February 5, 2008 @ 4:22 pm[...] January’s Winner for Cupcake Hero was Molly, of Batter Splattered with Coffee Mocha Cupcakes…mmmm. You will bite the computer screen. O.k..maybe not..I almost did. If you want to enter that the theme this month is hooch. Yep, booze. It must be part of the cake, filling, or frosting. [...]
Pingback by While We Were Away.. February 7, 2008 @ 7:31 pmI just devised my recipe. I’m so excited to make these “liquor cupcakes” for V-day!
Comment by howtoeatacupcake February 8, 2008 @ 5:11 pm[...] month’s Cupcake Hero theme, inspired by love, cupid, the colors pink and red, and all things heart shaped and chocolate [...]
Pingback by Hello, Lover. at JoyTheBaker February 9, 2008 @ 2:37 pmBy liquor do you mean any alcoholic beverage? Would wine be appropriate?
Comment by Liz February 10, 2008 @ 5:08 pmLiz- Any kind of booze is acceptable. Beer, wine, vodka, schnapps, you name it, we will take it.
Comment by slush February 10, 2008 @ 5:27 pm[...] of Quirky Cupcake(you might know her from Cupcake Hero) departed from cupcakes to bring us these lovely star shaped Chocolate cake [...]
Pingback by Culinary Concoctions by Peabody » Time to Make the Doughnuts…. February 15, 2008 @ 7:17 am[...] I set out to make my CH cuppys I knew exactly what I wanted to do from day one. I wanted to make Slow Comfortable Screw [...]
Pingback by Cupcake Hero: Liquor edition - Strawberries and Champagne « Crazy Delicious February 17, 2008 @ 1:26 pm[...] with a different theme ingredient each month. When I saw that the theme for this month’s Cupcake Hero event was liquor, I immediately thought of my favorite drink, the strawberry margarita. After [...]
Pingback by The Picky Apple » Strawberry Margarita Cupcakes February 23, 2008 @ 1:07 am[...] is actually a Rev. Horton Heat album; one of the best mind you! But when I thought of this months Cupcake Hero ingredient that is what my mind immediately raced too. I have to admit that when the announcement [...]
Pingback by Liquor In The Front — So Sinful It’s Sweet February 25, 2008 @ 11:28 pm[...] was hard to narrow it down to seven. It might have been a fluke primarily due to this month’s Cupcake Hero contest but I wasn’t [...]
Pingback by Weekly Cupcake Collection | All Things Cupcake - The #1 Cupcake Site February 29, 2008 @ 1:59 pmI can’t wait to join in this month.
Comment by Ma Baker March 4, 2008 @ 1:19 amOhhhh now I get it (I am a bit slow at this) GREAT!
Comment by Daniela March 7, 2008 @ 11:05 amI find it cool that I found out March’s ingredient was Marshmallow not from this blog, but from the Pittsburgh City Paper! Congratulations on such a nice write up! I had no idea you were right in my own backyard!
Comment by Jennie March 8, 2008 @ 1:16 amMa Baker- I hope you do participate this month!
Daniela- Sorry, your comments ended up in spam for some reason. Im glad you figured it out.
Jennie- I know! How cool was that?!? It totally made my week.
Comment by slush March 8, 2008 @ 9:55 am[...] Cupcake Hero [...]
Pingback by Do you wanna be in The Crew? « quirky cupcake March 9, 2008 @ 8:58 pmHow insane! I dreamt all lastnight about a marshmallow themed cupcake and now I come across this site??? I am SOOOOO in! Thank you so much!
Carrie
Comment by Carrie March 10, 2008 @ 12:39 pm[...] Cupcake Hero [...]
Pingback by Wicked Cupcake Hero News!!! « quirky cupcake March 10, 2008 @ 6:03 pmI’m confused… the theme for March is the Stay-Puft Marshmallow man? Liquour?
Comment by Grommie March 15, 2008 @ 10:46 amI may be too dense for this challenge.
I’m excited about the PBDDL challenge next month – hopefully, I won a jar and can participate. Where have I been and why didn’t I know about this before?!?!
Comment by hornedfroggy March 17, 2008 @ 10:32 pm[...] now (since December) cupcake-iter CB has been forcibly kindly urging me to enter Slush’s Cupcake Hero monthly blog event. I’ve always thought it looked like fun, but we all know, my cupcakes [...]
Pingback by Cupcake Hero Entry! « Love-Sweet-Love March 20, 2008 @ 3:17 pm[...] were lingering St. Patrick’s day cupcakes, a wide variety of marshmallow cupcakes for the Cupcake Hero deadline (March 28th!) and cupcakes celebrating the upcoming Easter holiday. It was hard to narrow [...]
Pingback by Weekly Cupcake Collection | All Things Cupcake - The #1 Cupcake Site March 21, 2008 @ 12:01 pm[...] the past 2 months the ingredient for Cupcake Hero has been of the adult nature and my darling daughter has been left out in the cold not able to [...]
Pingback by This One Is For The Kids — So Sinful It’s Sweet March 27, 2008 @ 4:32 pm[...] Cupcake Hero theme for March was Marshmallow. Last month, for the liquor theme, I made Strawberry Margarita [...]
Pingback by The Picky Apple » S’murtle Cupcakes March 27, 2008 @ 9:54 pm[...] I really wanted to enter Cupcake Hero and this month’s ingredient is marshmallow. I love marshmallow. I sat and thought long and [...]
Pingback by Pigs In Pajamas » Cow Tale Cupcakes March 28, 2008 @ 4:52 am[...] lingering Easter cupcakes, just-for-fun cupcakes, a wide variety of marshmallow cupcakes for the Cupcake Hero challenge (Deadline: tonight by 12mid EST. Don’t miss out!) and Easter candy cupcakes for the [...]
Pingback by Weekly Cupcake Collection | All Things Cupcake - The #1 Cupcake Site March 28, 2008 @ 12:11 pm[...] month’s ingredient theme for Cupcake Hero was marshmallow. The very first thing that came to my mind was smores, and I’m pretty sure [...]
Pingback by Cupcake Hero: Ambrosia Cupcakes « Sugar & Spice March 28, 2008 @ 2:39 pm[...] easy in comparison to baking with Easter Candy (we won’t even talk about how much CH kicked my butt this month, now there’s a challenge!) What to do when a cake ain’t [...]
Pingback by DB : The Small Party « Lemon Tartlet And The Dust Bunnies March 30, 2008 @ 10:21 pm[...] was thinking of possibly entering these in the latest Cupcake Hero contest. The ingredient of the month is coffee, coincedentally. It has to be used in either the [...]
Pingback by CUPCAKE REHAB DOT COM | Sugar, spice and everything... nice? March 31, 2008 @ 9:42 pm[...] A CUPCAKE HERO Posted on April 9, 2008 by Chelle This was my first month entering the Cupcake Hero event over at quirky cupcake because, well, truth be told, I don’t ever consider myself very [...]
Pingback by I am a Hero… A CUPCAKE HERO « Sugar & Spice April 9, 2008 @ 12:00 pmHey, I just wanted to say that I totally enjoy your blog and I am passing on an award that I received to you. Thanks for the challenges and good reads
http://fieldsofcake.blogspot.com/2008/04/i-bestow-upon-theemy-ten-awardees.html
Comment by Carrie April 15, 2008 @ 9:24 am[...] a similar simplistic vein, for Laurie’s Cupcake Hero event, I adapted the Orange and Poppyseed Bars recipe from The Crabapple Bakery cookbook to tie in [...]
Pingback by LEMONPI :: blog.lemonpi.net » subLIME April 19, 2008 @ 11:58 pm[...] at previous creations, this is my Banana Fluffernutter Cupcake. This was my March entry into the Cupcake Hero challenge, the theme being [...]
Pingback by Banana Fluffernutter Cupcake « Take The Cannoli April 28, 2008 @ 12:43 pm[...] April’s Cupcake Hero contest there wasn’t a specific ingredient. Instead, in honor of Earth Day the theme was [...]
Pingback by Organic Vegan Green Granny Smith Cupcakes — So Sinful It’s Sweet April 29, 2008 @ 2:24 amI sent in my first Hero last nite via email but haven’t gotten a response…let me know if I need to resend?? Thanks!!
Comment by Mara April 30, 2008 @ 2:21 pmThis looks like a great blog – I didn’t get a chance to do the Earth Day entry but am very eager to see what May’s cupcake will be.
Comment by Heather Peskin May 6, 2008 @ 9:05 pmMe too-I just might enter for May (*might*-’s a very busy month).
Comment by Mox. May 8, 2008 @ 8:04 am[...] theme ingredient for this month’s Cupcake Hero challenge was cocoa powder. I almost passed this month because I seriously hate cocoa powder. Hate [...]
Pingback by Cupcake Hero for May: Cocoa Powder « Take The Cannoli May 13, 2008 @ 10:43 am[...] cupcakes. I am a bit concerned as the guest judge is Jao (Laurie’s Husband – Laurie runs the Cupcake Hero). Laurie wrote that her husband is a no frills kinda guy. Likes his cupcakes plain and simple. [...]
Pingback by This Ain’t Yo’ Mama’s Coffee Cake! | So Sinful It's Sweet May 20, 2008 @ 11:46 am[...] years I have had an obsession with cupcakes. Until now, I thought I was all alone. Then I found the Quirky Cupcake and discovered that I was not alone. Every month the “Quirky Cupcake” has a “Cupcake Hero” [...]
Pingback by Could I Be The Next Cupcake Hero? | So Sinful It's Sweet May 20, 2008 @ 11:50 amI would love to enter! I see i’ve got a few more days…..I will have something up by saturday! =D
Comment by Eunice May 21, 2008 @ 12:59 pmMy first cupcake hero! You can’t beat cocoa!
Comment by Janna Morgan May 23, 2008 @ 5:49 pm[...] recently found out about the Cupcake Hero and guess what, their latest challenge’s ingredient is: [...]
Pingback by Dolce: A Girl, Some Cupcakes & Other Delicious Distractions » Blog Archive » Red Velvet Marshmallow Cupcakes…not! May 23, 2008 @ 11:59 pm[...] my little guy anyway once he gets those chompers. There is a blog called quirky cupcake that has a cupcake contest every month based on a theme ingredient – May’s ingredient was cocoa powder. I absolutely had to [...]
Pingback by cupcake hero brought me back « The Urban Nutritionist May 30, 2008 @ 5:04 pm[...] Laurie of Quirky Cupcake. Laurie is an incredibly ambitious and inspiring food blogger! Not only is she another one of our fearless TWD leaders, she also hosts the monthly Cupcake Hero! [...]
Pingback by Blogging With a Purpose Award « Carrie’s Kitchen Creations June 6, 2008 @ 11:06 am[...] lot of these weekly/monthly food challenges on the Internet (see especially: Tuesdays With Dorie, Cupcake Hero, Vindicate the Vegetable). If I had to fall flat on my face coming up with a title as clever as [...]
Pingback by Inspiration | Ugly Food for an Ugly Dude June 10, 2008 @ 7:37 amwow! this sounds so awseome I wish i would have heard of it before!
Comment by Tori June 10, 2008 @ 9:00 pmI can’t wait till June’s theme!
::eagerly awaiting June’s theme!::
Comment by Maria June 11, 2008 @ 8:52 amI can’t wait for the results!
Comment by Mox. June 19, 2008 @ 7:55 pmI’m having a tough time perfecting my June entry.
Does anyone know if the results for May’s Cocoa have been posted? I am dying to see the roundup!
Comment by Mara July 1, 2008 @ 11:12 amMara- We are working on the round-up right now. We had some issues picking a winner this month.
Comment by slush July 1, 2008 @ 11:29 amooooh…that makes for lots of good recipes methinks! can’t wait to see.
Comment by Mara July 1, 2008 @ 2:17 pm[...] was my first month entering the Cupcake Hero event over at quirky cupcake because, well, truth be told, I don’t consider myself very good [...]
Pingback by I am a Hero… A CUPCAKE HERO : Brown Eyed Baker July 12, 2008 @ 10:34 am[...] month’s ingredient theme for Cupcake Hero was marshmallow. The very first thing that came to my mind was smores, and I’m pretty sure [...]
Pingback by Cupcake Hero: Ambrosia Cupcakes : Brown Eyed Baker July 12, 2008 @ 2:40 pm[...] Shawn Askinosie also sponsored Cupcake Hero in May. You can click here and here to read more! Share and [...]
Pingback by Cupcakes in the News! | All Things Cupcake - The #1 Cupcake Site July 18, 2008 @ 12:49 pmCan you tell me how to put the hero logo on my blog? Can’t find the link. I found it before but didn’t get to put it up. Please and thanks.
Comment by Tania July 18, 2008 @ 4:24 pmtania
just ran across this site,this is right up my alley!…im game,this hsould be fun!.
Comment by kukuthecook August 14, 2008 @ 10:53 amI saw some cupcakes on your site. The Chocolate Cheesecake Muffin Cupcakes with Coffee Filling by Marilla of Cupcake Rehab. They don’t have there site up anymore. Would you still have a copy of that recipe that you could email me? I would greatly appreciate it. Love you site!
Comment by Melissa November 11, 2008 @ 8:54 pm[...] Cupcakes are being served up for Cupcake Hero – Earth Day. Cupcake Hero was started by and is hosted by Laurie of Quirky Cupcake. April 24th, 2008 | Tags: cake, [...]
Pingback by Canela and Comino » Getting Down & Dirty January 7, 2009 @ 11:36 pm[...] end they are actually for her husband’s birthday…today…Feliz Cumpleaños!) for January’s Cupcake Hero! January 25th, 2008 | Tags: cake, chocolate, coffee, Dessert, event, food photography, recipes | [...]
Pingback by Canela and Comino » Colombian Coffee Memories January 8, 2009 @ 12:04 am[...] I read that the theme ingredient for October’s Cupcake Hero, hosted by Quirky Cupcake, is CLOVE, I wondered how I could get a clove-stuck ham into my muffin [...]
Pingback by Canela and Comino » Ham Cupcakes? January 8, 2009 @ 8:24 amPLEASE! could someone please let me know who i could contact to discuss using one of your photos in an AMAZING video we’re making* thanks!!!
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