What's New, Cupcake? book tour and TV dates

Authors Karen Tack and Alan Richardson are about to go on a big book tour for their latest, What's New, Cupcake? (click here for some photos and recipes from the book, and we'll have more soon). Visit their official site for cupcake decorating tips and tune in tomorrow to the Today Show for special April Fool's Day cupcakes.



New York City
TODAY Show, demo/interview, April 1, 4th Hour

New York City
Fox & Friends, demo/interview, April 2

Houston, TX
Central Market, Cooking Demo and Class, April 5, 6:30pm

Austin, TX
Central Market, Cooking Demo and Class, April 6, 6:30pm

Dallas, TX
Central Market, Cooking Demo and Class, April 7, 6:30pm

Ft. Worth, TX
Central Market, Cooking Demo and Class, April 8, 6:30pm

San Antonio, TX
Central Market, Cooking Demo and Class, April 9, 6:30pm

Palo Alto, CA
Sur la Table, Cooking Demo and Class. April 11, 12:00pm

San Francisco, CA
Sur la Table (Union Square), Cooking Demo and Class, April 12, 6:00pm

Fairfield, CA
Jelly Belly Factory, Cooking Demo, April 13, 1:00pm

Kansas City, MO
Webster House w/Rainy Day Books, Cooking Demo, April 15, 1:30pm

New York City
Barnes & Noble, 66th and Broadway, Cooking Demo, April 17, 2:00pm

Scottsdale, AZ
Sur La Table, Cooking Demo and Class, April 19, 6:00pm

Denver, CO
Tattered Cover (Colfax/Uptown), Cooking Demo, April 20, 7:30pm

Apex, NC
A.C. Moore, Cooking Demo and Class, April 24, 12:00pm

Cary, NC
A.C. Moore, Cooking Demo and Class, April 25, 12:00pm

St. Louis, MO
Left-Bank Books, Cooking Demo, April 27, 7:00pm

St. Louis, MO
L'Ecole Culinaire, Cooking Demo and Class, April 28, 10:00am

Toronto, Canada
Media Day, May 5

Paramus, NJ and Hartsdale, NY
Chef Central, book signing, May 8, 11:00am and 2:00pm

Manhasset, Long Island
Sur La Table, Cooking Demo and Class, May 11, 6:00pm

Toms River, NJ
Ocean County Library, book signing and demo, May 13, 7:00pm

Philadelphia
Sur La Table, Cooking Demo and Class, May 14, 6:30pm

Marlton, NJ
Sur La Table, Cooking Demo and Class, May 15, 11:00am

Canton, CT
Sur La Table, Cooking Demo and Class, May 18

Chicago, IL
Sweet & Snacks (formerly All Candy Expo), May 23-27

Milwaukee, WI
Iron Cupcake: Earth / Hearts for Haiti Event, May 28-30

113 cupcake recipe online cupcake adventure

Blogger Abbi Z. Meadows over at Z as in Zebra is taking a page from Julie Powell's Julie & Julia blogging project and making all 113 recipes in the cupcake cookbook Cupcakes Galore by Gail Wagman.

She writes:

There are 113 recipes in the entire book. Even the author admits some of the recipes do not fit the classic definition of a ‘cupcake’ (i.e. the gelatin/fruit cups that use cupcake tins as a mold), but nevertheless my goal is to complete each and every recipe in the book. Rather than give myself a time limit, I am setting my sights on 1 to 2 batches a week. At that rate, it will take me about a year or two to get through everything.

As I work my way through the book, I will be posting my creations here on the blog. I will also be tweeting on my baking days, looking for people to take my creations off my hands (I do NOT want to eat 113 batches of cupcakes and end up weighing 400 pounds!) To help offset expenses and buy ingredients for the next recipe, I will be charging a small fee for the cupcakes and dividing them based on need (you want 4? 8? 10?), rather than on ‘typical bakery’ numbers.

Here's a sampling of what she's made so far (click on cupcake name for the post, all photos from Z as in Zebra):

Banana split cupcakes





Cookies 'n cream cupcakes



After Eight cupcakes