Celebrate St Patty's Day at SusieCakes all month long

St. Patrick's Day is coming up next week. I can't believe how fast this year is flying! I hear that happens when you get older.

SusieCakes is offering some special holiday goodies and deals this month in honor of St. Patrick's Day. First, let's start off with the goodies. Shamrock frosted sugar cookies, Whoopie Pies with green vanilla buttercream, sugar cookie sandwiches with mint buttercream, and select cupcakes decorated with shamrocks and green jimmies.

I've tried their mint chocolate cupcake before and it was delicious. It was actually the first cupcake I ever tasted at SusieCakes and I fell in love with their frosting-filled cupcakes. You will too!

Second, SusieCakes is offering a different deal for each day of the week:

Mini Mondays: 3 mini cupcakes for $5. I didn't even know they had minis. Great deal!
Two-For-Tuesdays: 2-for-1 cupcakes after 5:00pm. Bargain!
Whoopie Wednesdays: All Whoopie Pies 50% off. I've never tried their Whoopie Pies. If they are like everything else, then they are good.
Thirsty Thursdays: All milk, soda, and coffee just $1 with purchase.
Freaky Fridays: They will be mixing-up a regular feature. I wonder what this will be?!

Valentino Chocolatier Cafe

Friday night my husband and I went to one of our favorite places for dinner--Whole Foods. Before we went in the store I spotted Valentino Chocolatier Cafe. It was past closing time, but they let me come in anyway.


I love the smell of chocolate stores, and the possibilities....so much to choose from. Imagine my delight when I found out that they sell cupcakes! My choices were red velvet, chocolate, carrot cake, and lemon. You can't go wrong with red velvet, right?


The anticipation of getting home so I could enjoy my cupcake with milk was almost too much. But I'm happy to report that my cupcake was good!

The red velvet had a few surprises mixed in--chocolate chips. I loved the mix of chocolate chips with the moist cake. Next, the frosting was not cream cheese, but it was creamy milk chocolate. I've never had a frosting be so creamy yet so delicious. The frosting was topped with some sugar crystals, always a nice touch.


(In case you were wondering, this is Domo. I bought him to give to my nephew for his birthday. He was a great model for my cupcake pictures.)

Valentine Chocolatier Cafe is located at the Tustin District between Whole Foods and Home Goods. They are open until 7:00pm Sunday-Thursday and 8:00pm on weekends. My cupcake was $3.00, which seems to be the standard price for a cupcake in Orange County. I will be back to try out their other flavors.

UPDATE: Valentino Chocolatier Cafe closed in 2010.

Maggie Moo's Stylicious Cupcakes

Maggie Moo's Ice Cream & Treats announced the introduction of their Stylicious: Hip Cupcakes a la mode. Maggie Moo's is the first company to bring us ice cream cupcakes, even before Cold Stone Creamery. Maggie Moo's is expanding their existing ice cream cupcake line (that is featured on the Food network) to include new designs and flavors. You will also be able to customize with your favorite flavor, topping, and mix-in.


The flavors available in their new Stylicious ice cream cupcake line include:

• Cherry Chocolate: chocolate cake, chocolate ice cream, chocolate sprinkles, chocolate topping, cherry
  
• Cool Swirl: yellow cake, Better Batter ice cream, marshmallow creme, vanilla topping
  
• Carrot: yellow cake, carrot cake ice cream, vanilla topping
  
• Heart: chocolate or yellow cake, strawberry or Better Batter ice cream, marshmallow creme, pink sprinkles, vanilla topping
  
• Pink Flower: yellow, Better Batter ice cream, sprinkles, vanilla topping
  
• Snowcap Blush: yellow cake, strawberry ice cream, marshmallow creme, vanilla topping, Sno-Caps
  
• Sunflower: yellow cake, chocolate ice cream, vanilla topping, chocolate sprinkles
  
• Football: chocolate cake, vanilla ice cream, chocolate fudge topping, vanilla topping
  
• Basketball: chocolate cake, Better Batter ice cream, vanilla topping
  

I have actually never been to Maggie Moo's before. The closest location to me is probably Ladera Ranch or Chino Hills. These cupcakes look like they have more cake in them, something I hear that Cold Stone is lacking. Looks like it will be worth a test taste. Anyone tried one yet?

Cupcake Fail

Have you ever seen Fail Blog? See Exhibit A below.

I made some cupcakes for my nephew's first birthday party. Per the request of my sister, she wanted funfetti cupcakes with green and blue frosting. I decided to make a special big cupcake for my nephew. I had forgotten that the big cupcake wrappers I currently have are quitters. After piling on a ton of frosting and making a 20 minute drive over to the party, the cupcake was a blob. A tasty blob, but still a blob.

Diego (my nephew) didn't care. He shoved his little hand into the cupcake to show his appreciation.

Happy Birthday Diego!

Oreo Cupcake Genius

Milk is my choice of beverage to accompany cupcake indulgences. I came across a blog that incorporates milk drinking with the cupcake. Presenting: Cupcake Project's Oreo Cupcake!


What is this goodness pictured above? Well, it is an Oreo cookie cupcake with Oreo cream cheese frosting and topped with mini Oreos. Still wondering what's in the middle? Here's the answer: chocolate liqueur cup filled with milk!

You get to take the mini Oreos that are on top of the frosting and dunk them in the milk that is contained in the middle of the cupcake!


What could top this goodness? I love it! It reminds me of bread bowl soup where you finish off by eating the bread bowl that your soup is served in.