Cupcake news by the dozen: April 2026 A roundup of 12 news reports from the previous month, packaged into a newsletter published on or about the 12th of the month.

When your 🧁 match your 📚. #writerslife #writingcommunity #amwriting #writer #author #books #booksky #writesky #cupcakes #baking #bakingsky #foodsky andreaadleman.substack.com/p/cupcake-ne...

Cupcake news by the dozen: March 2026 A roundup of 12 news reports from the previous month, packaged into a newsletter published on or about the 12th of the month.

Sprinkles cupcakes are back in NorCal! Cupcakes get cinematic. Help yourself to monthly news. #writerslife #writingcommunity #amwriting #writer #author #books #booksky #writesky #cupcakes #baking #bakingsky #foodsky andreaadleman.substack.com/p/cupcake-ne...

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In 1987, @nymag.com contrasted the “stodgy little cupcake” to the “thoroughly modern muffin.” Full quote here: www.instagram.com/andreaadlema... #nationalmuffinday #flashbackfriday

Today is Mardi Gras, Pączki Day, **and** Lunar New Year. With Purim two weeks way, some bakeries also introduced hamantashen today. What's a sweet tooth to do⁉️ Find the #cupcakes. 📷: Billy's Bakery NYC #baking #bakingsky #foodsky www.instagram.com/p/DU32I5Iktr...

Cupcake news by the dozen: February 2026 A roundup of 12 news reports from the previous month, packaged into a newsletter published on or about the 12th of the month.

Friday the 13th is not unlucky when it brings #cupcakes. Have some news, then hasten to your favorite bakery for ♥️ly holiday 🧁. #writerslife #writingcommunity #amwriting #writer #author #books #booksky #writesky #baking #bakingsky #foodsky andreaadleman.substack.com/p/cupcake-ne...

There were at three ways to overcome yesterday's Sunday Scaries. Relief came in the knowledge that (1.) love won the Benito Bowl, (2.) today is National Pizza Day, and (3.) today is also National Bagel and Lox Day. Plus, Team USA is winning at the Olympics. 🇺🇸🇵🇷🏈🍕🥯🥇

Ay, caramba. I found something else. That time the Post's NYC newsroom celebrated cupcakes and “democracy dies in darkness.” x.com/TeamWashPost...

In my teens and 40s, the Washington Post was a beacon of hope to me. I have hazy memories of visiting the 15th Street location for high school field trips. When the building was demolished in 2016, I felt unnerving loss. The wrecking ball strikes again. 😢

Carrot Cake with Seed Brittle & Tahini Cream Cheese Frosting Everyone has their own idea of what a carrot cake should be. Some prefer mix-ins for added texture like walnuts and raisins, others opt for pineapple for added moisture-- all of this is to say, there'...

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National Carrot Cake Day is an excuse to read Seed + Mill's charming cookbook, SESAME. It includes the 🥕🎂 with tahini cream cheese frosting pictured here, baked and 📷 by Seed + Mill. 📙 is best, but a version of the recipe is also online. 1/2

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Cupcake shops are responding to Minneapolis by participating in last Friday's general strike, announcing plans to close for tomorrow's strike, and/or donating to immigrant rights organizations. Bestselling author Abby Jimenez commented on her Mpls bakeries in www.instagram.com/andreaadlema...

When Sprinkles opened, there were those who lamented that Gino's was gone. Now Sprinkles is gone. I wish I ate more Sprinkles 🧁 and took more 📷. 2016, it was a (bygone) time. #writerslife #writingcommunity #amwriting #writer #author #books #booksky #writesky #cupcakes #baking #bakingsky #foodsky 4/4

If walls could talk ... The walls that most recently housed Sprinkles display a symbolic remnant of the previous tenant. The zebra wallpaper was iconic to Gino's, a storied, red-sauce restaurant whose regulars included Marilyn Monroe, Ed Sullivan, and Frank Sinatra, plus other stars and locals. 3/4

Sprinkles founder Candace Nelson launched her cookbook in New York in 2016. This 📷 is a bittersweet fusion of two closed businesses, each legendary in its time. Nelson is signing books in the former Sprinkles on New York's Upper East Side. But that's not all that's happening. 2/4

In cupcakelandia in 2016, Magnolia Bakery observed its 20th anniversary. It offered cupcakes at the original 1996 price of $1.25. 1/4

Welp, looks like the public accountability did its trick. I guess I have a baking project now. What a pity ... says the expert procrastibaker. OK, will report back.

My #nationalbagelday celebration is a scheme/pledge to make the 🥯 recipe in this glorious book:
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Cupcake news by the dozen: January 2026 A roundup of 12 news reports from the previous month, packaged into a newsletter published on or about the 12th of the month.

Cupcakes are the little engines that can. Like the phoenix, they've been known to rise from the ashes. Don't conclude the story of Sprinkles is over, despite the dramatic plot twist of its Dec. 31 closure. andreaadleman.substack.com/p/cupcake-ne...

The history of Sprinkles Cupcakes Longform history of Sprinkles Cupcakes on the occasion of the cupcakery’s sudden closure in December 2025.

Cupcakes are perishable, stores can close, and businesses can dissolve, but books endure. Longform history of Sprinkles, which abruptly closed. andreaadleman.com/2026/01/02/t... #writerslife #writingcommunity #amwriting #writer #author #books #booksky #writesky #cupcakes #baking #bakingsky #foodsky

#MondayMotivation looks like #Hanukkah 🧁 baked and 📷 by Kara Kakes. They are "most beautiful and sparkly," for sure. Second 📷 by Garfield. Cattitude for the win. #writerslife #writingcommunity #amwriting #writer #author #books #booksky #writesky #cupcakes #baking #bakingsky #foodsky

Cupcake anniversaries of 2025 Three pivotal moments in modern cupcake history are marking anniversaries in 2025. Sprinkles Cupcakes turns 20, the “Sex and the City” cupcake scene turns 25, and the “Lazy Sunday…

A #throwbackthursday #tbt review of 2025 🧁 history. #writerslife #writingcommunity #amwriting #writer #author #books #booksky #writesky #cupcakes #baking #bakingsky #foodsky andreaadleman.com/2025/12/11/c...

Cupcake news by the dozen: December 2025 A roundup of 12 news reports from the previous month, packaged into a newsletter published on or about the 12th of the month.

#writerslife #writingcommunity #amwriting #writer #author #books #booksky #writesky #cupcakes #baking #bakingsky #foodsky 2/2 andreaadleman.substack.com/p/cupcake-ne...

Happy #NationalCupcakeDay! You bring a box of cupcakes. I'll bring a dozen pieces of cupcake news. Deal? If you need a supplier, inquire with the Cupcake Dealer. That's the nickname of KK Sweets Boutique, a subject covered in my Dec. newsletter. 1/2

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Rules are meant to be broken. That applies to everything from unjust public policy to @nytimes.com Cookie Week guidance. I turned cheesecake into cookies because why not? Happy {nonconformist} National Cookie Day! Explanation here: www.instagram.com/p/DR2svMhEt4...

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As Alan Dean Foster said, “The thing all writers do best is find ways to avoid writing.” Amen to this glorious source of procrastibaking. 2/2 #writerslife #writingcommunity #amwriting #writer #author #books #booksky #writesky #cupcakes #baking #bakingsky #foodsky www.nytimes.com/newsletters/...

I'm obsessed with Bake Time, a new @nytimes.com Cooking newsletter. Our monthly bakes have included cranberry-cookie butter cheesecake (!!!) and boozy apple crunch cake. I shrunk both down to personal size because less is more. Posting today for National Cake Day. 1/2