2022 year-end cupcake news: Sprinkles opens its first U.S. franchise, introduces packaged frosting, and closes its NYC Brookfield Place store. The Original Crumbs Bakeshop cookies debut at Westside Markets in New York.

In praise of black and white cookies on National Cookie Day. Sampling traditional and innovative styles that speak to a New York state of mind.

The Kelly Clarkson Show recirculates Anne Hathaway’s cupcake sandwich technique on the occasion of the actress’ November 12 birthday. When the episode first aired in March, L.A. entertainment reporter Sam Rubin cried foul and claimed to have pioneered the technique.

Crumbs, a once dominant cupcake chain, rises from two bankruptcies to resume business. Its return affirms the endurance of cupcakes as the little engines that can, says journalist and cupcakologist Andrea Adleman.

Reporting on Special Sweets and other Long Island, NY, cupcakeries for National Bakery Day 2022.

A cupcakology field report from Burlington and Boston.

Researching cupcakes and cannoli in Hoboken, NJ.

While coastal trendsetters are fixated on the next big thing, plenty of communities are robustly devoted to cupcakes from neighborhood bakeries. Take Burlington, Vermont. When an 11-year-old cupcakery announced it was closing, the Facebook post generated 218 comments and 675 likes/reactions. Among them: “Legacy never closes or ends. My Little Cupcake will be loved and… Continue reading Microcosm of the delicious metropolis

Sprinkles, the pioneering cupcakery from the delicious metropolis of Los Angeles, is celebrating Women’s History Month and this is news in L.A. https://www.instagram.com/p/CanIvfrrYId/ The cupcakery was the focus of a TV news segment and other media coverage here and here. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1NAnxbrqWA More than 20 years into the modern cupcake moment, people are consuming cupcakes and… Continue reading Women’s history statement cupcakes

Let’s take the pulse of trendiness. Who’s identifying with cupcakes nowadays? Here are cupcakes in a picture by the executive chef of Eleven Madison Park. Voted the world’s best restaurant in 2017, it’s considered an ultra fashionable place to see and be seen. https://www.instagram.com/p/CaK4gYEOCtB/ Here’s a recommendation from Food & Wine magazine. https://twitter.com/foodandwine/status/1495178887348826114 These are… Continue reading Au courant

In this Year of Cupcakes in the Delicious Metropolis, the cupcakes are indeed populating the metropolis. Of the three cupcakeries I study in depth, two have opened stores this year. We’re now over two decades into the modern cupcake era and new bakeries continue to open in response to consumer demand. Magnolia Bakery opened in… Continue reading New cupcakeries in the delicious metropolis

A recent story about cookies began with a noteworthy reference to cupcakes. While cupcakes are still very much alive and well these days, we’ve seen a recent boom in cookies ...— The 9 best cookie delivery services in NYC That tone is a marked departure from the all-too-common media attitude of negativity and cynicism about… Continue reading Of metropolitan cupcakes