Following their trendsetting quarantine cakes, Butter& has updated the message accordingly.
As pictured in this story, a Singaporean bakery has created vaccine-themed cupcakes and layer cakes.
In this year of their 25th anniversary, Magnolia Bakery opened a new store near Central Park.
And another in the train station.
The Biden administration is proving itself cupcake-friendly.
In February, the First Lady bought cupcakes and macarons at a Capitol Hill bakery. She ordered a dozen assorted cupcakes, according to Washingtonian magazine.
Then Vice President Harris visited a Chicago bakery. She chose a slice of German chocolate cake and the bakery staff gifted her caramel, lemon, and strawberry cupcakes, according to the local media.
I spy a Sprinkles Cupcakes box in this picture. Sure looks like it.
The Second Gentleman is proving to be a critical cake connoisseur. He’s gravitating towards quality D.C. bakeries.
A bakery sent the VP cookies bearing her likeness and some sort of tempest-in-a-teapot controversy ensued.
¡Viva trains and cupcakes! 🚆🧁 And viva symbolism — the message in the artist’s choice to depict cupcakes.
From the pop-culture files, Sprinkles and Magnolia factored into the birthday of model Gigi Hadid. This story includes the cupcake pictures.
When Magnolia appeared in Sex and the City, characters Carrie and Miranda were eating cupcakes while talking about Carrie’s new interest in a man named Aidan. Now comes news that the Aidan character is part of the And Just Like That sequel now in production. When the revival was first announced, I immediately wondered where older Carrie would get her cupcakes nowadays. Aidan’s return heightens my inquiry. Furthermore, Sarah Jessica Parker says Carrie Bradshaw would be baking during a pandemic — Choos be damned. OK, this is serious. I’m obligated to investigate the 2021 cupcake situation.
Internationally, Dubai has gotten a cupcake ATM. Sprinkles was the first to develop such a machine in 2012. As with cupcakes, Sprinkles introduced a product with worldwide appeal and the copycats have taken note.
Similarly, there was an “important announcement” out of Australia.
Back stateside, the cicadas are here. There’s a cupcake for that.
Andrea Adleman | Cupcakologist 