When Sprinkles announced they were going to open up a "Cupcake Automat" (aka the infamous "Cupcake ATM") outside their flagship Beverly Hills store, they also revealed they were going into the ice cream biz. more ›

St. Patrick's Day not only serves as a day for booze, it's also a holiday for green sweets. Los Angeles is rife with bakeries - notably cupcakeries - and many have prepared special holiday sweets for those who prefer a sugar high to a Jameson buzz. Grab a napkin to dab up your drool and check out our gallery of some of L.A.'s most irresistible St. Paddy's Day cupcakes. more ›

Since the Sprinkles 24-hour cupcake automat opened for business on Tuesday, it has been insanely popular. At some points lines stretched halfway down the block, sometimes running 50 people deep—even when the bakery staffed by actual live humans was open. more ›

If you're craving a cupcake in the middle of the night, unless you planned ahead and have some on your counter, your only choice might be those nasty ones at your local all-night grocery store. That is, until Sprinkles, one of the L.A.-based bakeries deemed responsible for kicking off the international cupcake craze, launches their 24-hour cupcake access. more ›

Judgment Day? Murders and missing persons? The impending June Gloom? We all need a good laugh and to enjoy the small things in life - like mini cupcakes. Cupcakes & Comedy, a night of female comedians and sweets, hosts its second event of 2011 on Sunday, June 5, at Sweet E's "the mini bake shop" located in Pico-Robertson. more ›

Guess what? Women enjoy drinking great beers! Last night Deschutes Brewery from Bend, Oregon, teamed up with the Beer Chicks Christina Perozzi and Halle Beaune to throw an intimate beer and beauty party for local women bloggers as part of the brewery's Base Camp Week promotion. Food, lifestyle and drink bloggers were lured to the Benefit store in Santa Monica with the promise of beer cupcakes, beauty treatments, goody bags and Deschutes beer, which included the limited Jubel 2010. more ›

One of many favorite L.A. foodie hobbies is to wax poetic on the best cupcakes in Los Angeles. To celebrate National Cupcake Day, we're gazing at some delectable photos of the pint-sized treats and asking the time-honored question: right now, as of this very moment, who makes the best cupcakes in the city? more ›

Ever wonder what the best music is for making cupcakes? How about what music goes best with being a part of the cupcake craze? Sprinkles owner Candace Nelson trades her spatula for headphones as the next local name to take a spin in KCRW's Gust DJ Project. more ›

If you've got a relative or co-worker whose home-baked holiday goodies take the cake at every gathering, there's no need to be green with envy--or food coloring--any longer. Sweeten up your December Saturdays with classes at Bakelab, and learn how to decorate cupcakes, or make fun holiday treats. more ›

Saturday afternoon more than 50 professional and amateur bakers will present their dainty delectables at Los Angeles' first-ever Cupcake Camp. more ›

If you need to your soothe your sweet tooth with a cupcake while shopping at Downtown Disney, it'll cost you $4.95. The OC Register concludes that "$4.95 for any regular-sized cupcake seems a bit extreme." They also note that the provider of Disney's cupcakes, The Cupcake Store, sells their non-Disney version for only $3.95. Is a one-dollar mark-up the price of access to millions of tourists each year? Perhaps. Yet, there are plenty of pricey cupcakes all over Los Angeles and Angelenos keep shelling out to quell their cravings. more ›

After months of anticipation (and some revelatory chatter about the business of parking) New York's Magnolia Bakery is ready to open its doors today here in Los Angeles. more ›

Vegan food scored a big win last night on Food Network's Cupcake Wars, thanks to local chef Chloe Coscarelli. Battling round by round against bakers using animal-based ingredients (butter, eggs, and so on) Coscarelli managed to out-score everyone to take top honors in the episode. more ›

At long last, New York City's Magnolia Bakery (of SNL "Lazy Sunday" and Sex and the City fame) is poised to open up shop here in Los Angeles. But the arrival of the new sweet destination has brought to light just how many parking spaces our city doesn't have, according to the LA Times. more ›

When it comes to Laker pride, L.A. hopes we don't have to eat our words. But we can eat our Laker pride...in the form of cupcakes, that is. Crumbs is offering special Lakers cupcakes in their local Bake Shops from now until the end of the NBA finals. Get your dose of Purple and Gold while indulging your sweet tooth. Each signature-size cupcake is $4. Crumbs' cupcakes are pretty big, so a Lakers cupcake is definitely something you could share. But that NBA champ title? Heck no will we share that with Boston! Crumbs has locations in Beverly Hills, Glendale, Malibu, and on Larchmont. more ›

L.A.'s best cupcake shop--that's just, like, an opinion, man--recently introduced a line of cupcake mixes so you can rock out at home and impress your friends. The $13 mixes make 18 cupcakes and include the mix, liners, frosting and any toppings if necessary (like pink sugar crystals for the vanilla flavor). The flavors offered--Red Velvet, Strawberry, Vanilla, Chocolate, Black Tie (dark chocolate), pumpkin and others--are basically the same as what you can buy already-made at Famous Cupcake's Valley Village and Beverly Hills locations. more ›

Polkatots Cupcakes in Pasadena is a little girl's fairyland of pink walls and jars of rainbow-colored candies. We love their supermoist cupcakes, especially the adorable little mini cupcakes that satisfy that sweet tooth with minimum guilt. more ›

Chocolate mint chip, lemon, red velvet cupcakes at Frosted are dressed up and ready to celebrate Valentine's Day. These cupcakes and several other flavors can be decorated with toothpick messages: "Happy Valentine's Day", "XXOO", and the sure to be popular-- "Valentine's Day Sucks". more ›

Here's a alert for calorie-minded sensibilities. The Grilled Cheese Truck this afternoon will make an appearance at the Frosted Cupcakery in Hollywood today (would suggesting grilled cheese cupcakes be taking it too far). The brick and mortar sweets shop at Highland and Lexington has about six parking spots, making it a possible future location for regular truck appearances (it's the streets where trucks and police sometimes don't get along), according to owners. The truck will be there from noon to 2 p.m. today. Find out about all food trucks in LA here. more ›

After a taste test yesterday and comments from readers, it's safe to say that Long Beach's Frosted Cupcakery location in Hollywood will be a local staple, giving other popular cupcake shops some good competition. The extremely friendly staff serves up a variety of cupcakes flavors, including ice cream cupcakes (wow, just wow) and pupcakes for dogs (they are most popular than cats, you know?). So watch out, Los Angeles, this shop is here to stay. more ›

On Saturday, Frosted Cupcakery opened its second location in Hollywood. If the excitement in Long Beach over this shop is any indicator, Frosted may have a chance at giving Sprinkles, Crumbs, Famous and others a run for their money. Not only does the eatery offer a slew of daily cupcakes, they have pupcakes, which are meat filled cupcakes for dogs. Prices are $2.95 for each regular cupcake, $2.00 for a bag of three pupcakes and $4.95 for jumbo cupcakes. more ›

Although it soft opened last month, Sweet Surrender Cupcake and Candy Shop in Las Vegas' Palazzo officially announced its opening today, on National Cupcake Day, of course. Besides the more pedestrian cupcake flavors like red velvet, lemon strawberry and chocolate ganache, the superstar sweet treat is the "Decadence D’Or." Retail price: $750.00. more ›

Personally, Famous Cupcakes from Valley Village (now in Beverly Hills, too) takes the cake when it comes to best cupcakes in Los Angeles. It's not about buzz or the crazy themed flavors, it's the cake part. Everyone can do frosting, but the true test is the cake part. Is it moist? Full of flavor? Could you eat it without the frosting? That's just me, though. more ›

Believe it or not, cupcakes remain a beloved food trend that seems to keep steadily growing as more cupcake-centric bakeries keep opening up around town. Whether you're on the cupcake bandwagon or not, at this time of year many of us make plenty of room for sweet treats as we gather with friends, family, and co-workers to celebrate the season. But it's not just Hanukkah or Christmas we're celebrating: Tuesday December 15th is National Cupcake Day*! more ›

Tonight is the first night of Hanukkah, the Festival of Lights. But one happy fact is that while not everyone will participate in the dreidel spinning and menorah lighting, the food of Hanukkah is some of the best fare that transcends denominational boundaries, thanks to the universal appeal of fried food and sweet treats. more ›

ABC7 and Citysearch got together and made a top 7 cupcake shop list. Auntie Em's Kitchen in Eagle Rock took the top spot with Yummy Cupcakes in Burbank and Famous Cupcakes in Valley Village in spots 2 and 3. The list is rounded out by Susie Cakes, The Cobbler Lady, Violet's Cakes, French's Cupcake Bakery, Cupcakery and Dolcissimo. Who didn't make the list? Sprinkles and Crumbs. Oh, snap! more ›

For the first time ever, one of NASCAR's Chase for the Sprint Cup races will be hosted at Auto Club Speedway in Fontana this weekend with the Sprint Cup Pepsi 500 on Sunday. more ›

It's been almost a year since the popular alternative cupcakery opened its doors on West 3rd Street, TastingTableLA reminds us in an e-mail. Back then, LAist Contributor Caroline on Crack was happy with the bakery for three reasons: "1) they are available in teeny tiny cupcake-size bundts rather than not-so-cute bundt cake slices, 2) they aren't uber sweet, making them a perfect coffee complement and 3) the small bundts are pleasantly cheaper than most cupcakes out there." Come November, baker Chrysta Wilson will release a Kiss My Bundt cookbook featuring 50 flavors she has developed (chocolate-bacon, anyone?). TastingTable has an exclusive recipe if you're ready start baking--try out the Tequila-Lime Pound Cake With Vanilla Glaze (.pdf). If you're the more hands-on type, Wilson offers classes, too. more ›

Crumbs is constantly reinventing itself every month with new cupcakes matched with current events. When it was Elvis' birthday, the released a magical fried peanut butter cupcake. Now Harry Potter is out and the sweets are casting spells like Stupify, a vanilla cake with light green vanilla frosting, decorated with m&m's, chocolate chips, colored sprinkles, and toffee. This reminds us: awhile back, Harry Potter Jelly Beans hit the market. You know, with classic flavors like Earwax, Booger, Sausage, Black Pepper, Vomit, Dirt, Soap, Rotten Egg, Pickle and Earthworm. Yummmm... or not. We'll be sticking with cupcakes this time around. more ›

Growing up on the East Coast I recognized early in life that doughnut culture orbited around the sugary planet called “Dunkin Donuts.” Some of my earliest memories were commercials featuring a gentlemen (who resembled both Super Mario and Hitler) who would exclaim softly through a grin, “it’s time to make the donuts.” Los Angeles didn't seem to have an equivalent character, nor a universally agreed upon doughnut hub. I observed the undiscerning masses finding satisfaction in the city's numerous, tiny independent doughnut shops (whose wares looked to all have rolled off the same assembly line in Palmdale.) But it didn’t take long to figure out that the most prominent doughnut in LA was three stories tall and stale as hell (see picture above.) more ›