Super delicious birthday cookies

As Tweeted by @TheMarthaShow (The Martha Stewart Show), made by Katherine Kallinis and Sophie LaMontagne, owners of Washington, DC bakery Georgetown Cupcake and stars of TLC's reality show DC Cupcakes.

A heads up: The Cupcake Diaries: Stories, Memories, and Recipes from the Sisters of Georgetown Cupcake by the stars of TLC reality show DC Cupcakes and sisters Katherine Kallinis and Sophie LaMontagne, will be out in November from HarperOne (via Amazon). That's all we know for now but we'll keep you posted!


puzzle image via TLC, where you can do online cupcake puzzles

We can tell you that a little sooner than that, in May, a totally unrelated series of kids' books under the series name The Cupcake Diaries by Coco Simon will be out. According to publisher Simon & Schuster, the first one is called Katie and the Cupcake Cure and is about:

This first book in The Cupcake Diaries is told through the perspective of Katie Brown. We find Katie miserable on the first day of middle school. Her best friend Callie came back from camp boy-crazy and part of a whole new group of friends. When it's made clear that Callie is in the PGC (Popular Girls Club) and Katie is not invited to join, Katie suddenly feels incredibly alone. Katie realizes if she's going to survive middle school she needs to seriously regroup and find some new friends. But how? She bites into the cupcake her mother packed her for lunch and for a second closes her eyes. The sweet treat makes her happy—finally something goes right! Looking around her table, Katie notices the other students seeming a bit lost, as well. Which gives her an idea...With three new friends Katie forms a club as a way to spread the cupcake love and earn some cupcake cash.



Other titles in the series include Mia in the Mix and Emma on Thin Icing.

Last year, TLC ran the reality show DC Cupcakes about the two sisters who run the bakery Georgetown Cupcake, with locations in Washington, DC (Georgetown) and Bethesda, Maryland. Now you can buy the episodes on DVD as well as lots of merchandise; all of it can be found right here. Season 2 is "coming soon" and you can follow @KatherineSophie on Twitter for news such as the fact that they're writing a cookbook:



You can also follow the bakery Georgetown Cupcake on Facebook and @GTownCupcake on Twitter for daily free cupcake specials, 100 per location (today's freebie was chocolate chip).









And via their website (last link), a Valentine's themed cupcake decorating class:

Sunday, February 6; 2 to 4 p.m.; $65 per person, ages 4 and older

Join sisters Sophie and Katherine from Georgetown Cupcake and TLC's DC Cupcakes for a Valentine's cupcake decorating workshop. Each participant will frost, decorate, and gift-wrap their own Valentine's Dozen to take home — with flavors including Red Velvet, Strawberry, Lava Fudge, White Chocolate Raspberry, Chocolate³, Strawberry Lava Fudge, Vanilla & Buttercream, Chocolate & Buttercream, Chocolate Chip, Strawberry Champagne, Vanilla & Milk Chocolate, and Chocolate². Enjoy Valentine's-themed beverages while frosting and decorating cupcakes with hand-made fondant decorations. For children and adults age 4 and older. Please call the Ritz-Carlton Georgetown at (202) 912-4110 to make a reservation.