Hi everyone,

We wanted to let you know that if you're in NYC, we're having a cupcake party tonight, complete with cupcake bar and cupcake decorating demo from Karen Tack and Alan Richardson, authors of the fabulous new cupcake book Hello, Cupcake! You can read our interview with Karen and Alan here. And please mark May 8th on your calendars; that's our next NYC Cupcake Meetup after tonight and will be the Cupcake Social 2.



0, a convergence of cupcake and tech people, with free cupakes from Sugar Sweet Sunshine. For those outside NYC, visit our Meetup Alliance to find out about the next cupcake meetup in a city near you - Los Angeles, San Francisco, Denver, Peekskill, etc.


If you are interested in starting a cupcake meetup of your own, email us at cupcakestakethecake at yahoo. com for more information.







Also, were having a contest where you can win a box of Cakespy's cupcake CBGB's cards. Just post in the comments there with your email address (so we can contact you if you win) who you'd send a cupcake card to! This is just an example of the work of Jessie Oleson of Cakespy, which you can purchase on Etsy. com. And Click here to read our interview with cupcake artist and blogger Jessie Oleson. The contest deadline is April 30th.







Last but not least, check out our interview with mail order cupcake queen Nicole Mahler of Fat Daddy Bake Shop.



As always, if you have suggestions, questions, news or photos to share, do drop us a line.

best,
Cupcakes Take the Cake
cupcakestakethecake@yahoo.com