Molly Muffin

Twanna Hines (www.funkybrownchick.com) samples and critiques a cupcake from Daiuto’s in midtown Manhattan, July 10, 2008. Shot by Rachel Kramer Bussel of Cupcakes Take the Cake (http

Jess of Sugadeux Cupcakes (www.sugadeaux.com.au) in Melbourne, Australia talks about her cupcake business and why she loves cupcakes, all while wearing her “my cupcakes bring all the boys to the yard” t-shirt, which you can buy at http Video and interview by Rachel Kramer Bussel of Cupcakes Take the Cake (cupcakestakethecake.blogspot.com), shot in Central Park, NYC, June 14, 2008.

www.chow.com Gabrielle Feuersinger, owner of San Francisco’s Cake Coquette, demonstrates the proper way to use a piping bag (also known as a pastry bag) to frost a cake or cupcake. You shouldn’t grab it from the middle, since that will just cause frosting to fall out of the back of the bag. Give the bag a twist for the most control.