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Aug 25

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Bananas Foster cupcake wraps up the WTF contest!

The final week’s flavor is inspired by Bananas Foster, a fresh banana cake with caramel buttercream and a caramel drizzle.  

The WTF (What’s the Flavor) Grand Winner will be announced from all our entries at 7pm September 13th at our Cupcake Wars Viewing Party. It’ll be held at ODU’s Webb Center in front of our newest location there.

To recap our finalist entries:

Week 1) Leyna Crocker created “Leyna’s Spa Day” a little lavender cupcake with clover-honey buttercream (yum)

Week 2) Hillary Bayne created “Hillary’s Oatmeal Butterscotch” an oatmeal cupcake with butterscotch buttercream

Week 3) Sarah Smart created “Apple Crisp” an apple-oatmeal cupcake with applesauce glaze and butterscotch buttercream

Week 4) Kim Parker created “Spicy Churro Cinnamon,” a cinnamon swirl cupcake with vanilla buttercream and a spicy-sweet cinnamon crunch topping  (26 votes)

Week 5) Kim Wadsworth created “Cherry Jubilee Flambe,” a pink vanilla cupcake with cherry-mandarin buttercream and flaming cherry optional 

Week 6) Kali Green created “Summer Love,” a fresh strawberry cupcake with lemon zest honey buttercream. 

Week 7) Rhet created Vanilla Coke, a cola-scented vanilla cake with cola buttercream

Week 8) Amber MacNeil created Midnight Pomegranate, a pomegranate-infused chocolate cake with a chocolate Pomegranate swirl

Week 9) Stephanie Burkett-Woodman created Blueberry Heaven, blueberry cake and white chocolate buttercream with a blueberry drizzle on top

Week 10) Michele Preiser’s Bananas foster-inspired cupcake, fresh banana cake with caramel buttercream and a caramel drizzle. 

Aug 25

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Lemon drop

Rumor has it that our Lemon Drop cupcake is helping overdue pregnant women deliver their babies. Of course we cannot confirm (no doctors in our bakery just yet!) but there does seem to be a pattern developing. Troy Snelling was born the daay after his Mom ate our Lemon Drop cupcakes. To test the theory we delivered a platter full of Lemon Drops to every Labor and Delivery Room in the area. Results are still coming in but, even if you aren’t pregnant, this is a very lemony cupcake baked every Friday!

Jul 27

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Brooke and Julie Dashiell could win free cupcakes for a year!

She created “Orleans Praline” a pecan/almond coconut cupcake with a light java buttercream. Buy $1 minis at Norfolk or Chesapeake betw 7/28-8/3 to help her win Free Cupcakes for a Year “. They won a dozen jumbo cupcakes of their creation, but you can help them win FREE cupcakes for a year by buying/voting at either store up until close of day. Ready, set go!

Break out your foodie skills to help us set a national record and you could win! Our new contest, “What’s The Flavor?” puts you in our kitchen for a week. Fill out an official entry form and bring your original cupcake idea (no recipes) to our store. Every Sunday we’ll select a winning suggestion to sell in our stores beginning Tuesdays ($1 mini =  1 vote). The person whose flavors sells the most will win Free Cupcakes for a Year, it’s that easy.

Week 1) Leyna Crocker created “Leyna’s Spa Day” a little lavender cupcake with clover-honey buttercream (yum)

Week 2) Hillary Bayne created “Hillary’s Oatmeal Butterscotch” an oatmeal cupcake with butterscotch buttercream

Week 3) Sarah Smart created “Apple Crisp” an apple-oatmeal cupcake with applesauce glaze and butterscotch buttercream

Week 4) Kim Parker created “Spicy Churro Cinnamon,” a cinnamon swirl cupcake with vanilla buttercream and a spicy-sweet cinnamon crunch topping  (26 votes)

Week 5) Kim Wadsworth created “Cherry Jubilee Flambe,” a pink vanilla cupcake with cherry-mandarin buttercream and flaming cherry optional 

Week 6) Kali Green created “Summer Love,” a fresh strawberry cupcake with lemon zest honey buttercream. 

Week 7) Brooke and Amber Dashiell created “Orleans Praline,” an Oatmeal Butterscotch
Oatmeal-molasses cake with butterscotch buttercream

Week 8) Amber MacNeil created Midnight Pomegranate, a pomegranate-infused chocolate cake with a chocolate Pomegranate swirl

Week 9) Stephanie Burkett-Woodman created Blueberry Heaven, blueberry cake and white chocolate buttercream with a blueberry drizzle on top

Week 10) Michele Preiser invented “Drive me bananas,” a Bananas foster-inspired cupcake, fresh banana cake with caramel buttercream and a caramel drizzle. 

Jul 15

Buttercream Bootcamp is back! Sundays in Chesapeake

Sea Creature Cupcakes • 1pm-2pm • Sunday July 17.  We are teaching friends basic buttercream and fondant tricks to decorate 4 cupcakes they can eat or take home.

Cost: $15 per person for adults and children 10 and up, or as noted.

Call us at 757 351-1548 to register. Advance payment is required in person or by phone.

Groups are welcome up to 15 people, no group discounts, but we can set up special time slots.

July 17th   Sea Creature Cupcakes

Crabs, sharks and starfish abound in this bootcamp for beach babes.

July 24th   Bugs and Butterflies

This time of year, we’re frosting green fields full of lady bugs, butterflies and bumble bees

July 31st   Fabulous Fantasy  Cupcakes (for adults)

This bootcamp is limited only by buttercream and glitter. A freestyle decorating class with no lesson plans.

Aug 7th   Shore Sandy Cupcakes

No jellyfish allowed on this beach! We’re serving up flipflops, umbrellas, seashells and fun.

Aug 14th   Wild Things Cupcakes

Bring in your craziest ingredients to build wild creature cupcakes with us, one day only!

Aug 21st    Game On!  Macho Cupcakes

Football season means parties and we’ve got man-ideas to wow your girl-friends

Aug 28th   Mocktails for Mom (Adults only, Summer finale)

No kids allowed, it’s been a long Summer and you need a … cupcake. Learn to make cupcakes that resemble mixed drinks.

Book your birthday parties with us, too.

Store hours are Chesapeake 12 – 5pm and in Ghent 10am – 6pm. 

Jul 4

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Contest extended to Sept 1

We Need Puppy Pictures! We need photos of your rescued or adopted dogs (Sorry kitties) and right now we are short on entries. Carolina Cupcakery will feature them, snacking on  pupcakes. Just email us a photo with information telling their rescue story. For more details, contact either Carolina Cupcakery location or the Norfolk SPCA, the area’s only No-Kill Humane Shelter

Important contest dates:

May 1 Photos accepted until September 1

Sept 15 Winners announced

* Help us promote the event!

Download an event flyer here Download an official entry form, here

Jun 15

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Announce your baby in a trendy new way…. Cigars are so last-century.

Pink and blue filled cupcakes are the hottest thing in baby showers. Let us bake a batch of cupcakes with a special filling that announces the sex of your baby!

Jun 9

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Happy Birthday To Us…. !

To celebrate three years in business we are offering cake pops for $1, all weekend. It hasn’t been easy setting the standard for an entirely new industry : ) but it must be working… there seem to be a lot of people jumping on the bandwagon!

May 16

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VH1 Wedding Wars Finale

Congratulations Valinda Carroll!

When Brandon (dj for local Country Station 106.1) and fiance Jessica got voted off the VH-1 reality show “Wedding Wars” we stepped in to provide with them with their dream cupcake tower. But, as usual, we took it one step farther and drew the name of lucky listener Valinda Carroll of Hampton who will receive a matching prize for her wedding too. Congratulations!!

Feb 16

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Flavor 200: Girl Scouts help create “Happy Heart”

Goji, orange, apple, cranberry, chocolate, whole wheat yum

At 4pm, Wednesday February 16, 2011, Carolina Cupcakery will reveal “Happy Heart”, their new heart-healthy cupcake that is trans fat-free and tastes amazing, having been inspired by the Girl Scout cookie, “Thank You Berry Munch”.

A percentage of profits from the evening’s sales at the bakery will be donated to the LifeNet Foundation. Cupcake samples and smiles will be given free at Carolina Cupcakery’s Ghent location on the corner of Colley and 21st Street in Norfolk, Virginia.

February 16, 2011 was chosen for the event because the date marks the anniversary of Andy Barnard’s heart donation seven years ago and he will be at the store, answering questions. Barnard is a well-known speaker for organ donation through LifeNet, and the brother of Carolina Cupcakery owner Dawn Eskins’.

Williams School Girl Scout Troop 1708 helped create the cupcakes last week with Miss Dawn in her Norfolk kitchen, while learning about antioxidants and probiotic ingredients. On Wednesday, Scouts will help hand out “Happy Heart” samples and take orders for cookies being delivered next week, too.

About LifeNet Foundation:
Formed in 2001, the LifeNet Donor Memorial Foundation is a non-profit organization whose mission is to perpetuate the honor and memory of organ and tissue donors by providing education, awareness and support to donor families and the community. It financially supports public and professional education programs geared to promote and raise awareness of organ and tissue donation. It also strives to support programs that serve the bereaved community, specifically families that have been involved in the donation process. For more detailed information about the Foundation, visit us at www.lifenet-foundation.org.


Jan 22

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Bling ’n Cupcakes for the HER Shelter

 On Saturday January 22, 2011, Carolina Cupcakery and Silpada Designs Sterling Silver Jewelry, will co-sponsor a fundraiser to benefit The H.E.R. (Help and Emergency Response) Shelter. The event will be held at Carolina Cupcakery’s Ghent location on the corner of Colley and 21st Street in Norfolk, Virginia.

From 2pm – 5pm, Jennifer Gresham of Silpada Designs will set up shop with actual “bling” (premium sterling silver jewelry) for sale, as Cupcakery promotes their new “Bling” cupcakes (Red velvet cupcakes stuffed with marshmallow cream and topped with rich dark chocolate ganache). At the end of the day both companies will donate proceeds from sales to the women’s emergency shelter.

A January 2011 Virginian-Pilot article detailing shelter challenges to manage a 71% surge in demand, is what inspired Gresham to seek out a fundraising partner and Carolina Cupcakery owner Dawn Eskins answered the call. Together, the two companies hope to make a significant donation to the shelter and, if successful on Saturday, to host a followup event on Saturday the 29th.

About The H.E.R. (Help and Emergency Response) Shelter:  Founded in 1985, The HER Shelter provides advocacy, support and education to those who have been affected by domestic abuse in the cities of Chesapeake and Portsmouth Va. Working under the belief that everyone is entitled to a violence-free life, HER provides emergency shelter to 42 women and children every night and provides comprehensive programs to help them become self-sufficient.
About Silpada Designs LLC: Silpada Designs is the original and fastest-growing .925 Sterling Silver Jewelry Home Party company in the United States. Silpada Designs celebrates only the highest standard in quality, style and craftsmanship. Their mission is to empower women in their personal quest for success and in their desire to look and feel their very best.

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