Hope Dailey of Sykesville, Md., wrote in on behalf of a friend about a recipe for coconut pound cake.

What would you do if your cupcakes wound up looking like this? Well, Tatem Haugen of Tate's Tortes took the "making lemonade out of lemons" mantra to cupcakes and came up with...cupcake pops! Very adorable ones at that.

Help us vote for the best cupcake in Washington. Published Tuesday, March 09, 2010 Happy Tuesday morning, everybody! Ready for some more Cupcake Cup matchups? We're getting close - by tomorrow we'll have the final Sweet Sixteen.

The infamous "Fake Steve Jobs" posted a "Jesus Cake" baked by Sugarcat Cakes on his blog in 2007, around the same time Apple released the original iPhone.

Sometimes plain cake is appropriate. More often not. First you have to ice the cake.

Hamburger cupcakes -- great for parties! If you're looking for a unique idea for a kid's party , here is something perfect and delicious! These are cupcakes with frosting so how can you go wrong? The assembly is the secret of this idea, so you can save time by using box cake mixes and canned frosting.

It's a theory set to confirm why humans are so fond of fatty foods such as chips and chocolate cake: in addition to the five tastes already identified lurks another detectable by the palate - fat.

"There's that crazy lady taking pictures of our cupcakes again..." we imagine the counter girl muttering to herself.

When it comes to design, Washington, D.C.-based Georgetown Cupcakes proves you can have your cake and eat it too.

This classic, French-inspired, signature cake has been in my repertoire for nearly 30 years.

Taj, an 8,500-pound African elephant tears into an elephant-friendly cake during her 70th birthday party Wednesday at Six Flags Discovery Kingdom in Vallejo.

I admit it. St. Patrick's Day doesn't rank as one of the top 5 holidays, unless you're into drinking green beer.

The 1947 Robin Hood Cookbook pays special attention to the creation of the perfect cake.

There's not much information on the history of this "holiday", but it sounds like a great reason to celebrate.

Help us vote for the best cupcake in Washington. Published Friday, March 05, 2010 Nostalgia Cupcakes must make some pretty powerful memories for people - they beat out the popular Penn Quarter Red Velvet Cupcakery .

Here's my interview with Jody Hall, owner of Seattle's Cupcake Royale , which has multiple locations.

The Desert Sun has a nice piece about cupcake bakery Sisters Cupcake by Design: Follow a cappuccino chocolate chip cupcake with a sweet port wine - or maybe wash down that chocolate orange cupcake with a sip of the Wilson Creek almond champagne.

Grease and flour a 10-inch tube or Bundt pan. In a large bowl, cream the butter; gradually add the sugar, beating with an electric mixer on medium speed until light and fluffy.

Mar 1st 2010 at 12:31PM Los Angeles, Ca.-based Sprinkles is the winner of the Readers' Choice Award for Best Cupcake.

Help us vote for the best cupcake in Washington. Published Thursday, March 04, 2010 You say goodbye, and I say hello: Hello Cupcakes walloped Caboose Cafe with nearly 90% of the vote in that particular matchup .