I like big butts and I cannot lie

The Big Booty Bread Co on W.23rd Street in New York has been confounding me - I've tried to find its website (have you tried putting Big Booty in Google!?) but although I can't find its official site (I'm still working on it) I have found a zillion reviews claiming that they make the best red velvet and Dulce de leche (drool) cupcakes in NY.

I simply MUST visit it -and buy one of those fantastic shirts for Manny - luckily he does indeed "heart big booty" as you could park a bus in the shadow of mine ;) And this is probably because since I read about Dulce de leche booty buns I've been practically licking the pic on my screen!

The thin girl can keep screaming - she is NEVER getting out!

New Yorks top cupcakery?

So last time we went to New York we only got round to going to Buttercup, and we loved it so much we just kinda stuck with it - in truth it was sooooo hot there we barely ate, drinking more Vitamin Water than much else.

However when we go next year, its going to be cold, perfect weather for stocking up on cupcakes to keep us warm so I've been searching where to go - there are so many to choose from and the Zagat list of New Yorks best cupcakes suggests...

1. Sugar Sweet Sunshine
2. Amy’s Bread
3. Baked BKLYN*
3. Billy’s Bakery*
3. Make My Cake*
*– indicates a tie for 3rd place

I've been spending a LOT of time online researching my planned birthday cupcake tour so expect more New York cupcake posts over the next few months :)

More Argos cupcake goodies

Can you tell I picked up a copy of the HUGE new Argos catalogue and have scoured it for cupcake goodness?

The cupcake body jewellery costs £4.99, the prints £24.99, the cake studs £14.99, the set of 3 notebooks, which includes a 2009 diary is £9.99. If I don't find any other cupcake diary I think I shall be buying the notebooks :)

Rise of the frosting machines....

Tipped in the States to be one of the top Xmas toys for Girls this year (and boys with taste I'd say!) the Girl Gourmet Cupcake Maker has arrived at Argos! And if you buy it now you get half price refill kits. Not sure how these cupcakes taste (microwave cupcakes from a packet?..hmmm) but they look like fun and following my rather sticky attempt to frost using one of those piping bags I might be better off with the rather fancy looking cupcake froster machine! Certainly have less chance of ending up standing in the kitchen covered in frosting if I used it!

By the way, if the earth were to be invaded by giant frosting machines how cool would that be...yummmmm frosting :)

Cupcake Shoes

Another pair of cupcake shoes I have no hope of walking in, this time from Irregular Choice.

Although these are called the Ice Cream shoe, they in fact feature little cupcakes, like the one above from their vest, as well as cute ice cream cones, you just can't see them very well in the picture!

Aren't they cute - pity I fall over in high heels :(

Holy cupcakes, fat anne

It's amazing what you find while browsing your Google alerts for cupcake news! According to Design Week some rather tasty cupcakes can be found in this former methodist church, now art gallery Project 176!

I shall have to make a pilgrimage up to Chalk Farm to check them out! (hint Manny, hint)

Btw if you wanted to make holy cupcakes, you can buy some holy cupcake crap here

Bake a cupcake, help an animal

What better reason to eat a cupcake than to help the RSPCA with their cupcake day- unfortunately its in Austrlia but maybe I should send it to the RSPCA here and suggest it. It looks ever so much fun

Grab your cupcake ingredients, dust off your chef's hat and get your mixer ready for Cupcake Day for the RSPCA, a new RSPCA fundraising initiative.

On Monday 18 August, RSPCA Cupcake Cooks across Australia will descend on their schools, workplaces and social groups with batches of yummy homemade cupcakes to sell. 100% of the proceeds will go to the RSPCA.

Whether you want to be an RSPCA Cupcake Cook or simply an RSPCA Cupcake eater — you will be supporting the thousands of animals we care for everyday.

There's a competition for those who take part and send a pic of their cupcakes and even a recipe for pupcakes! You can even buy cupcake day merchandise like the tea towels above.

How cute :)

**Thanks to the ever wonderful Cupcakes Take the Cake for alerting me to Cupcake Day!