1,300 ... YAY!!!

We made it to 1,300 CUPCAKE FRIENDS on Facebook so now we're having a GIVEAWAY. Enter below to WIN!!!


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GRASSHOPPER CUPCAKES

Grasshoppers aka Chocolate Mint. Yum!

Come On In!!!

We'd love to have you come in for a SWEET TREAT!!!

A Master at Work

Our head decorator, Lucy, started working on a special order. Check our FACEBOOK page to see the finished product.

Fiesta!!!

If you love tangy sweet treats but have not tried our MARGARITA LIME CUPCAKES you are missing out!

CONTEST: Saturday, February 25, 2012!!!

The Tri-Cities is the Subaru-iest place I've ever been. I suspect that these three cities - Kennewick, Pasco and Richland - single-handedly keep Subaru Motors in business.

When I'm in Arizona I count the license plates of snow birds, and I get particularly excited when I see a Washington license plate. Here I count Subarus when I'm driving. O_o Yes, I need to get a real hobby.

Well, I'd like to offer three (3) Subaru owners a FREE 4-pack of CUPCAKES today. Here are the instructions:

1. Take a picture of you or a family member with your Subaru and post it on our FACEBOOK page. 
2. In the description write something about your Subaru and CUPCAKES. Example, My Subaru gets me safely to CUPCAKES Bakery & Deli. 
3. Be the first, second or third to arrive to the bakery with your Subaru to claim your prize. 

DISCLAIMER: You're responsible to adhere to all traffic laws and safety rules. I'm going to take your picture with your CUPCAKES and car. :0)

CONTEST!!! WIN a FREE Sandwich and Side!!! 2/2/2012

My favorite sandwich to eat at the bakery is BBQ Pulled Pork with Milli's homemade potato salad on the side. She rubs the meat in seasoning and then slow roasts it until it falls apart perfectly. It's seasoned so well that it doesn't necessarily have to have more BBQ sauce on it to be delicious. Some customers have even opted to leave off additional BBQ sauce and eaten it as is. But, I admit that I do like to add quite a bit of sauce just so that it can drip down and I can lick it up. O_o

It's true. There's something about eating food that's dripping all over your hands that makes it so much more enjoyable. Why is that? In many cases such a scenario would make me cringe, but eating a big hunk of food, that takes both hands and tons of napkins is heaven for me. Mmm ...

Well, if you've never tried one of our BBQ Pulled Pork sandwiches, I'd like to offer two folks a chance to win a FREE sandwich and side. Now, we have cold sandwiches - ham, roast beef, turkey - so you don't have to choose BBQ, but it is my fave. To be eligible to win please complete the following instructions.

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It's Tricky

It's tricky to eat Milli's CUPCAKES. Deep down you want to eat them slowly, savoring each bite. But, on the other hand they're so delicious you just want wanna shove the entire CUPCAKE in your mouth the way babies eat and then lick your fingers, the plate and the wrapper to be absolutely certain you don't miss any edible crumb.

Have you tried any of the CHEESECAKE flavors? Which was your favorite?

CONTEST: Saturday, Januray 28, 2012!!!

We've made some cosmetic changes to the bakery, and that gives us the opportunity to play I SPY!!! I have  a FREE 4-pack of CUPCAKES for three (3) winners who comment below and tell me one (1) change to bakery from last week. If you've been in, you have the advantage. If you haven't, you can still guess ... or better yet just ask someone who has been in.

RULES:

1. Look at the pictures above and figure out something that wasn't in the bakery last week. 

2. Comment below with your answer using the phrase 'I SPY.'

3. Check back to see if your answer was correct and you're a WINNER.

4. Claim your FREE 4-pack of CUPCAKES!!!

First three (3) original answers are winners and your FREE 4-pack must be picked up by 5 p.m. today, Saturday, January 28, 2012!!!

Please Enjoy the Video While You Send Your Husband Down to the Bakery

Have you tried our orange creamcicle aka DREAMCICLE? It's heavenly. Light and delicious. 

OMGosh! What ... Is ... THAT???

Name this CUPCAKE for a chance to win a FREE one today! Saturday, January 21st, 2012. It must be picked up by 4 p.m. today!!! Comment below, first correct answer is the WINNER!!!

Scrum-diddly-umptious!

Like any business, owning a cupcake bakery has its pros and cons. One of the cons is ... bringing home cupcakes from work because they have to be eaten. One of the pros is ... bringing home cupcakes from work so that they can be eaten!!!

Well, today I called in a request for a variety pack to be brought home and I must say I'm pleased as punch to have these four scrum-diddly-umptious flavors to choose from. 

I now have a Pistachio in my possession so I can devour, I mean try, it without further hesitation. The Chocolate Overload is a given, and I'll eat the Vanilla Bean with joy and slip off into a right nice sugar sleep for the night. 

The Pumpkin Spice Latte I believe I'll save for breakfast. It should go down nicely with a cup of coffee. I can already picture it tasting divinely as I sit swaddled in my Snuggie, nice and warm with a book in hand, in my favorite chair. 

The score: Jack Frost with winter storm, 1. Zari with book, coffee and a Pumpkin Spice Latte cupcake, 1000!  

Oh, Oh, Pistachio!

I have to confess I'm a picky eater. I have a pretty short list of things that I eat out of all of the billions of delicacies available for man to devour. I even like my food separated on my plate - or better yet one thing on a plate and everything else in a bowl or on a saucer - so nothing intermingles. 

From my family's bakery, Cupcakes Bakery & Deli in Kennewick, Wash., I've basically only eaten chocolate cupcakes with cream cheese frosting since 2009. Chocolate. It's what I do, it's who I am. But, in October I ate some vanilla wedding cake because I was craving massive amounts of sugar one evening, and vanilla cake was all that was available. 

Let me tell you. It was phenomenal! No lie. When I eat vanilla cake - and, seriously, I try not to - I have to have Haagen Dasz vanilla ice cream at the ready. And, I need enough ice cream to match every bite of cake. O_O But, it was so moist and delicious I didn't need ice cream and I ate so much of it, I laid flat on my back in front of the fire place to digest and recover from sugar coma. 

Since then, through coercion, I've tried Strawberry Cheesecake and, willingly, Blueberry Cheesecake. And, now, these Pistachio cupcakes are beckoning me with a force I may not be able to withstand. 

Oh, oh, Pistachio! I wish you'd stop calling my name. 

Have you tried these? What did you think?