Flourless Passover cupcakes, Easter basket cupcakes, and chocolate ganache-dipped red velvet at Swirlz Cupcakes in Chicago

Swirlz Cupcakes in Chicago has a host of holiday cupcakes and special fun flavors. All photos and descriptions are via their Facebook page. They can be reached at happy at swirlzcupcakes.com or 773-404-CAKE (2253) for orders, and their official site is swirlzcupcakes.com (tell them you heard about them through Cupcakes Take the Cake!).


Passover cupcakes: Flourless chocolate cake, chocolate ganache and topped with a cream cheese buttercream swirl



Coconut and chocolate coconut Easter cupcakes



Chocolate Ganache Dipped Red Velvet



Chocolate Raspberry Cream Cheese cupcake

Butter Lane Park Slope, Brooklyn popup shop and cupcake classes

New York City cupcake bakery Butter Lane has just opened, as of today, a popup shop in Park Slope, Brooklyn! It's at 240 7th Avenue between 4th and 5th Streets. They'll be open 11-8 Monday-Thursday and Sunday and 11-midnight Friday and Saturday.



They also have a lot of cupcake classes coming up; click here for schedule and to sign up.

> EASTER CUPCAKE CLASS ($40)

Instead of decorating eggs this year, make and decorate your own cupcakes!

- Sunday, April 24 at 7pm

> CINCO DE MAYO ($45)

Margarita Cupcakes... yes please!

-Thursday, May 5 at 7pm

> CUPCAKES FOR MOM ($40)

Don't forget your Mom this year! We offer this Saturday class for all those procrastinators - make your own creations to take to Mom on Sunday.

- Saturday, May 7 at 1pm

Champagne and Cupcakes May 21 8-10pm

Can you think of a better combo? We can't! Join us for our first Champagne tasting -- choose your favorite bubbly, then learn how to incorporate it into our famous Butter Lane frosting.

Easter cupcake truffles, Cadbury creme egg cupcakes at Little Pearl Cupcake

These festive Easter cupcake truffles, Easter cupcakes and flower cupcakes are by Little Pearl Cupcake in Grand Rapids, Michigan (5260 Northland Drive), via their Facebook page. You can find out more by calling 616-363-2700 or at their official site, littlepearlcupcake.com.


Cadbury creme egg cupcake!


Easter cupcake truffles


Lily's cupcake: marshmallow creme and raspberry buttercream

Easter egg cupcake by The Angel Bakery in the UK

These Easter egg cupcakes are by The Angel Bakery in the UK (near Tetbury), via Flickr.

Easter bird's nest cupcakes and filled chocolate chip cookie dough cupcakes from Bake at 350

 The cookie/cupcake combination is one I always find fascinating, since it's like the best of both worlds. And these bird's nest cupcakes by blogger Bake at 350 are like the best of the best of both worlds. Click through to find out how to make them. So fun. Via Cafe Zupas.



And while chocolate chip cookie dough filled cupcakes are less seasonal, while I was at Bake at 350 I noticed them and was totally charmed, especially by the photo of the inside of the cupcake, with all its high points illuminated. Once again, find out how to make this at Bake at 350, who got the idea from this post by Tidy Mom.