Valentine's Cupcakes!

Hi all. If, like me, you're more of a lover than a fighter, you might want to know that our Valentine's cupcakes are now available to order via the website (or over the phone should you so desire) for collection or delivery across London. It practically goes without saying that they make the perfect gift for a loved one or yet-to-be-loved one, so I, um, won't say it, but, y'know... they do.

Each box contains a beautifully fitting selection of vanilla, vanilla rose, red velvet and chocolate, and comes beautifully presented featuring a card bearing your message of love and/or mystery. Check out the Valentine's page for more information and if you'd like to order. For more specific requests or if you have something special in mind just let us know!

Special market offer this Thursday!

Hi all. Just a quickie to let you know that we're running a special offer for blog/twitter/facebook pals this and next Thursday at our Covent Garden stall. Just click on the pic above to get your mitts on a voucher that, when presented at C&D Covent Garden, will entitle you to a box of 12 sweet mini cupcakes for just £5! Either print it out or show us the pic on your phone and we'll hook you up!

Very Red cupcakes

Here's some cupcakes we did for Karen recently. "I need them to be red. Like, really, really red," she explained. "Icing, sprinkles, the lot." No problemo, we said. I think we pretty much fulfilled the brief on this one.

Check us out on Instagram!

Hey gang. Those of you lucky enough to be in possession of an iPhone might have heard of a fun little app called Instagram, which lets you take and share pictures with friends. Well, you may or may not be pleased to hear that the guys here at C&D are big fans! If you're on a computer you can take a look at our pics right here, or log in to Instagram on your iPhone and follow us ('crumbsanddoilies') to get our photos in your feed.

You can still find a whole host of lovely cupcake pics in our gallery and right here on my little blog, of course, as well as on our flickr and facebook pages, but we'll also be posting up quick snaps and behind-the-scenes pics via Instagram, so if that's your bag feel free to check it out!

Happy snapping!

Ken
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US-UK-Oz cupcakes

Here's a fun box of cupcakes featuring the UK, US and Australian flags for Fiona!

East Wing X cupcakes

Hi all. Here's a quick pic of some of the mini cupcakes we did for the guys from the Courtauld Institute for their East Wing X exhibition...

World War Z cupcakes!

Here's some cute Word War Z zombie cupcakes we did for Kate. Well - cute for zombies anyway...

Mexican Party cupcakes

Ariba! Here's some pics of the Mexican-themed cupcakes we did for the FourMarketing guys' party...

Little Miss birthday giant cupcake!

Here's a giant cupcake we did for Elisa's Birthday, complete with Little Miss Giggles!

Covent Garden & Kings Road return this week!

Good news for London-based cupcake aficionados - our Covent Garden and Kings Road stalls will both re-open for business this week! Catch us at Covent Garden on the East Piazza from 11am-6:30pm Thursday, and on Duke of York Square on the Kings Road from 10am-4pm Saturday!

Competition winner - December!

Congratulations to Paula, who won last month's Name the Cupcake competition with her suggestion, Firy Cake! Paula will be tucking into 3 dozen free mini cupcakes before she knows it. For everyone else there's plenty of time to enter this month's comp - we've extended the closing deadline for entries until February 29th, and we've upped the prize to an immense box of 8 dozen mini cupcakes! Just take a look at the little fella below and send us your entry - we'll pick a winner and announce it right here on my little blog at the end of Feb.

Bridal advice: Keep calm and have a cupcake

Getting married can be a stressful business so it's always nice to get a bit of advice from those who have been there before, especially when it's as beautifully presented and carefully thought out as the posts over at Rock My Wedding. Our cupcakes crop up from time to time and we were delighted to get to take a peek at the ones we did for Emily and Nick a while back. Check them out, along with a host of other lovely photos, here.

Baby boy Christening cupcakes

Here's some delightful cupcakes for baby Oscar's Christening.

Dubai cupcakes

Here's some cupcakes we did for the Dubai tourist board with the Palm Island on. I can only assume my complimentary tickets are in the post, right guys? Guys...?

Christmas logo cupcakes

Here's some logo'd cupcakes we did for the guys at Bladonmore to say Happy Christmas to some of their favourite clients...

Golden Christmas cupcakes

Hi all. Sorry for the lack of posts - Christmas is always a bit busy round C&D way... The guys are in full elf mode churning out the Chrimbo cupcake orders and I've been tied up with...well, you know...shopping and stuff. Anyway, here's some nice gold and white wintry cupcakes we did for my close personal friend Paul McCartney's O2 show a couple of weeks back. I'm sure my backstage passes got lost in the post what with the seasonal rush and all but it's no biggie - we can catch up next time.

Ken
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Ministry of Stories cupcakes

Here's some cupcakes we did for the good folk over at the Ministry of Stories.

Dry ice wonderland!

Hi all. Remember those great Wonderland cupcakes we did a while back for George's wedding? And the amazing stand he'd provided? George was kind enough to send through some pics of them, and it, in action, complete with dry ice and tea pots!

Many thanks to George Sharman for the wonderful pictures.

Pastel cupcake tower

Here's a delightful pastel cupcake tower we did for Kelly's wedding...

Competition cupcake - December!

Great news! December's competition cupcake is up and awaiting your suggestion. Just take a look at the festive fella above and send us your witty, clever and/or amusing name suggestion. If we like yours best we'll reward you with 3 dozen mini cupcakes. What could be simpler?

Happy naming!

Ken
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Competition winner - November!

Thanks to everyone who entered our Name the Cupcake Competition last month, and congratulations to Nick, who scooped top prize with his suggestion Pork Snackling! Nick will soon be making a pig of himself thanks to a delivery of 3 dozen free C&D mini cupcakes!

A new cupcake will be available over on the main site for naming this weekend - more news on that soon.

Magic toadtsool party cupcakes

Here's some fun toadstool cupcakes we did for Sorrel's enchanted woodland party...

Christmas cupcakes are go!

Hi all. Just a quickie to let you know that our special Christmas cupcakes are available to order from today over on the main site! Decorated this year in a festively fetching 'winter wonderland' kinda style all our gift boxes will contain a mix of some of our favourite flavours (Red Velvet, Vanilla, Chocolate and our special Christmas spiced flavour) and can be ordered direct from the website right now at a specially reduced price!

Snoopy Thanksgiving cupcakes!

Here's some cool Snoopy Thanksgiving cupcakes we did for Nancy...

Royal Exchange cupcakes

Hi all. Here's a whole lot of cupcakes we did for the guys at the Royal Exchange shopping centre - all logo'd and individually boxed, which I'm told took quite a while... Sadly I wasn't on hand to help as I had pressing sprinkle-related matters to attend to, but it looks like the guys managed admirably in my absence.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle cupcakes

Cowabunga! Here's some cool TMNT cupcakes we did for Ellie...

Covent Garden is now Thursday-Saturday! Plus 10% off this weekend!

Hi all. Exciting market news - our Covent Garden stall will be open every Thursday, Friday and Saturday from now until the 23rd December, so if you're in the area be sure to pop along and pick up a cupcake! Plus this weekend if you sign up to the Covent Garden newsletter via the link above you'll receive a voucher for 10% off a whole host of shops in and around Covent Garden, including our stall!

Canada Snowboarding Rolling Stones Cupcakes

Here's some cupcakes we did for Natalie's husband, who loves (in no particular order) The Stones, snowboarding and Canada (specifically Vancouver).

White wedding tower

Here's some pics of a lovely white wedding tower we did for Pippa and David...

Bogey-green cupcakes

Ok, ok, obviously we're talking colour rather than ingredients here, but here's some green cupcakes we did for the Bogey Bar at the launch of the new Hoxton Street Monster Supplies store. 'Snot quite our usual style but there you go. (Sorry).