Tuesday
Dec212010
Holiday Cupcake Giveway
Dear friends,
Let us ship 1 dozen cupcakes directly to a person of your choice (yourself or a loved one!) this thursday for a Christmas Eve delivery. All you have to do is comment on this post with a cupcake flavor idea. We'll randomly select a "winner" tomorrow, 12/22, at 5:00pm PST. Make sure you include your email address in your comment so we can contact you for a shipping address.
XXOO,
The Vander Vliets.
Photo by Shannon Moore Photography
Tuesday, December 21, 2010 at 12:00PM
Reader Comments (127)
Coffee/mocha flavored with chocolate and salt
My favorite pie of all time is strawberry ruhbarb--I think it would be a great flavor cupcake.
How about a banana split? Chocolate cake, banana filling with strawberry icing and a cherry on top!
You know I HAVE to enter your giveaway!! I love the carmel brule lattes at Starbucks right now. Wouldn't that be a yummy cupcake flavor? Or have you already done something like that? How about something with a berry inside? I love gooey berry stuff! What a fun little surprise to find some kind of wine soaked berry inside a cupcake! And one last flavor inspiration I have for you has to do with my favorite ice cream flavor from Dreyer's. It was called Swiss orange: orange sherbet with dark chocolate chips. Mmmm. So sad that I can't find it anymore :(
Something inspired by Irish Coffee! mmm... :)
I saw a recipe recently for Caramelized Plantain cupcakes with Chocolate Hazelnut frosting that sounded delicious. An island-type treat would be the perfect mini-vacation for chilly winter months.
I have wanted to badly to taste your wonderful cupcakes...was even planning to drive up this week to get some, but the weather put a quick end to that....so sad.
The flavor I think would be the best for Christmas would be an Egg Nog cake with rum soaked cream cheese frosting.
I would love to share some of your wonderful cup cakes with my family.
Thank You, Merry Christmas
Jacquie Prouty Santa Barbara
I would try a Hawaii themed cupcake... my favorite ice cream when I go to maui is pineapple and coconut ice cream.. I be that wold make an amazing cupcake! or a banana macadamia nut crisp... Aloha!! xox
I was thinking "KoolAid Man" cupcake
Vanilla Cupcake, Koolaid flavored filling (curd of sorts i'm sure) and a yummy simple butter cream...
i also liked the suggestion someone else had to do an amaretto cupcake.... LOVE amaretto
I was also wondering if it was possible to order some of those Irish Carbomb Cupcakes... i also LOVE Baileys and that sounded AMAZING!
Chocolate, Graham cracker, coconut, sweetened- condensed milk...yum!
cotton candy kisses Carmel apple
fingers crossed!!!
Hi....I love all your cupcakes and the many family and friends I have brought a long the way love your cupcakes also. One of my favorite desserts from living overseas
is Bienenstich, a german dessert w/a vaniila custard filling an almonds and honey glazed topping. Yummy!!!
Something to do with coffee. Maybe a chocolate cupcake with a coffee bean icing.
Lemon Rasberry with an orange banana rasberry cream frosting. That would be AWESOME. although everything I ever have tried of yours has been perfection!
Erica
My family would LOVE a dozen of your fantastic cupcakes!
The idea---which you may have already done--- Honey ginger cupcake with a pomegranate frosting mmmm
Starfruit upside-down cakes!
Oh how I love the holidays! I'd love to send my twin sister who has a crazy sweet tooth some of you darling cupcakes. We both love anything festive especially anything with cinnamon, cloves, pumpkin, or eggnog. How about eggnog cupcakes?!! Nummy to my tummy...tis the season for indulging. I'm crossing my fingers and toes : )
Oh my goodness! This is the most amazing giveaway I have ever heard of. I am from Utah and I have been dreaming of the day when I can come visit you guys in person. I love everything about your cupcakes and I haven’t even had one :) PLUS Christmas Eve is my birthday so it would be amazing for my family and me to finally try the tastiness that you create. For my cupcake idea, I think something with Ferrero Rocher chocolates would be delicious! I was going to say root beer float cause I make those at home and my friends and family love them, but of course you’ve already made that kind. You guys are awesome and such an inspiration. Good luck to you, hope to see you one day and happy holidays. Thanks!
I would love eat a cupcake inspired by one of the most amazing desserts I've ever eaten. It was a pink peppecorn ice cream served with a fudge-like bittersweet dark chocolate cake. It was savory and sweet, yet amazing light. I ate this dessert 9 years ago and it's still with me. Heaven.
I'd like to see a cupcake based on the Jaffa cake. Sponge cupcake (perhaps with a mild orange flavor), perhaps a smooth orange marmalade filling or drizzle, dark chocolate frosting, and a wedge of a Jaffa cake for garnish.
Love your cupcakes!
I think a red velvet cheesecake cupcake or chocolate peanutbutter pretzel.
Dark Belgian chocolate cupcake with cherry mousse filling, covered by dark chocolate ganache, chopped dried cherried and toasted slivered almonds (Just like the chocolate covered cherries my gramma always got for Christmas). Too many entries for my humble offering to have a chance, but just in case, call me -- I won't be back at my computer til the new year!
mmmmm :) how about grashopper cupcakes? and i'd send them to my partner rosie who is about as far away from me as she can be this christmas :(
shes canadian and can only stay with me in CA for 6 months at a time. so we live our life in 6 month increments... then we have to be apart again until we
have the money to be together again. this time, because of work- we have to be apart for 7 months. its excruciating. i'd send her the cupcakes because i miss her
more than i could ever explain. and nothing says merry christmas like your cupcakes <3
Thank you everyone so much for you interest, sweet comments and AMAZING flavor ideas. I have been looking and will continue to look over ALL of them! CONGRATS TO MELISSA!!!!!! We will contact you for shipping information. Have a holiday season and New Year! Comments are now closed:) XXOO
I'm thinking a "candy cane swirl" cupcake with marshmallow frosting. Would love to take some cupcakes to the Bridgehouse homeless shelter in Lompoc for Christmas dinner.