Golden Girls Cupcakes

The dynamic duo that is Brownie and Blondie is up to it again, whipping up people-inspired cupcakes. This time, they're channeling their inner ladies-of-a-certain-age to celebrate Mother's Day with these Golden Girls cupcakes:

Photo via Brownie and Blondie

Your eyes do NOT deceive you: these are indeed Sophia Patrillo and Dorothy Zbornak cupcakes. I think they capture their likeness quite well, don't you?

Yep, spitting image. "Thank you for being a snaaaaaaaack!"

Get A Load of Her Cupcakes

For those of you not familiar with Bridget Marquardt, she was one of Hugh Hefner's blonde trio of girlfriends, jettisoned to fame for her association with the world's oldest bachelor on E!'s wildly popular sitcom "Girls Next Door". Yes, I just called it a sitcom. It was 30 minutes, had a theme song, and made me laugh. DONE.

I think Bridget had to be my favorite character out of the three, and yes, mostly because we share a love of cupcakes. I heard about Sprinkles for the first time from her, 'cus, ya know, she told me personally.

Like me, she also looks for any excuse to revolve a social gathering around cupcakes, a la Kendra and Hank Baskett's homecoming to L.A. (sadly, I can't find that video).

Also like me, she's turned her entire website into an ode to the cupcake:

Is this a bakery? A cupcake blog? A porn site?! Who knows, who cares? There's cupcakes greeting me, taking me down a jelly bean path into what could be either the defining moment of my life or the end of my hard drive as we know it. 

Johnny Cupcakes Meets Georgetown Cupcake: Hipsters, Prepsters Have Apathetic-off

Johnny Cupcakes is to hipsters as Georgetown Cupcake is to prepsters. Two demographics, one mission. One vegan, one that doesn't need to know how to spell vegan because "daddy will pay someway to do it for me."

Based out of Boston, Johnny Cupcakes is probably the only place you'll find bakery cases, oven mits, and aprons and nary a morsel of food in sight, explaining why those hipster kids are so damn skinny.

Even toddlers can get in on the action

Yes, Johnny Cupcakes is his real name (FACT: I do not know his real name). He's basically the pioneer among cupcake-paraphernalia designed by dudes. And by "pioneer", I mean, the only one. Johnny got his start like any self-respecting hipster: selling t-shirts out of his suitcase as a band roadie.What started as a part-time gig in a silk screen shop with a few tired nicknames has turned into a multi-million dollar retail brand.Why couldn't MY name be Johnny?!?!?!

So, here we are, a decade since his first Cupcakes and Cross-bone t-shirt and where has it gotten anyone?! Oh, right, three locations, millions of dollars, and a legion of cupcake-wearing fans, both hipster and prepster alike. That, and a Johnny Cupcakes Suitcase Tour. As an homage to his humble beginnings, Johnny is touring this great land to do what he does best: sell t-shirts to hipsters.

This Friday May 7th, DC-area hipsters and cupcake fans alike--or worst, the toxic hybrid of the two!--can brush up against (or at least, adjacent-to) greatness and see Johnny at Georgetown Cupcakes original Georgetown location. He'll be there at 8 PM. So will I. So will these people.*Rolls eyes*

Oh, and since he's been on "tour", he's been making rad videos, like this one featuring the cupcake cannon, which may or  may not make an appearance on Friday. One thing hipsters and prepsters can agree on? Icing can be a real bitch to get out of your headband:

Mommy, Where Do Cupcakes Come From? Part I

I'm working on putting together a historical timeline of the cupcake for all of you. In fact, "when did cupcakes become so popular" is one of the most common questions I hear. I'm half illiterate, so to make a long story short, here's why: