Denman had only been open for a few months before the Diva cupcake took center stage. In those early days, Cupcakes was just starting to form a following of committed cupcake customers. It was a hot summer day when our favorite group of local men came bounding in through the front door with their pack leader announcing emphatically —“I HAVE to speak to one of the owners!” He was one of our best customers, largest fans and very persistent with us naming a cupcake after himself. Without dropping a beat I asked him what his name was and with very little hesitation he responded “DIVA, darling!” Not really all that shocked I responded with “of course it is.” He then leaned in to tell me that the cupcake HAD to be a chocolate cupcake topped with pink vanilla buttercream and covered in sparkly pink crystals. “Diva” then turned and while waltzing out the front door announced to his friends, “Now that’s a cupcake!”

To this day the Diva cupcake has been one of our top selling cupcakes. If you haven’t tried one yet, be sure to stop by any one of our five locations and find out for yourself why “diva” is loved by so many.

The Cupcake Girls

On April 12th, Cupcakes will be celebrating its 7th year anniversary. Since opening the doors on Denman St. back in 2002, Cupcakes has filled the neighborhoods of Vancouver with the sweet aroma of fresh baked cupcakes and cakes.

This year, we are hoping you could help us celebrate the past 7 years by adding your favorite cupcake pictures to our facebook photo page. It can be a picture of you eating one of our cupcakes, a birthday party you had our cupcakes at, our whimsical window displays, our old Denman location, or even a fancy picture you have taken of our yummy cakes. We will let you be the judge. Search through your archives and send us what you have been holding onto for the past 7 years.

Please visit our Cupcakes facebook page and simply add your photo to our wall or, email them to izabela@originalcupakes.com. At the end of April, we’ll collect all the pictures and place them in our “Happy 7th Birthday Cupcakes” photo album.

Thank you for your continued support and love for Cupcakes.

“because everyday is a celebration!”

Team Bubblicious at Cupcakes have created their very own cupcake which will be sold throughout the month of April at all five of our locations.

We are proud to introduce “gumdrop” to the cupcake family. A burst of colorful confetti sprinkles are baked into our classic vanilla sponge cake and then topped with a creamy orange vanilla buttercream, lastly finished with three chewy, colorful gumballs. Perfect for the young at heart, upcoming birthday parties, or for anyone that loves our classic “sweet 16″ or “confetti” cupcakes!

This cupcake, will only be around for this month, so please make sure to stop by our stores and try a “gumdrop” today!

“Put the bubble back in your life!”

Team Bubblicious

Come by our store and pick up a copy of our coloring/word search contest and return completed to any one of our locations for your chance to win one of our special Easter bunny cakes. You can also download the contest sheet here:

Deadline for this contest is April 10th, so make sure to pick up your copy of the contest today!

See you soon, and good luck!

The Cupcake Girls

Cupcakes is excited to partner with Make-A-Wish BC & Yukon Chapter for the month of April.    Make-A-Wish ® Foundation is the largest wish granting organization in the world.  Since inception in 1980, Make-A-Wish has helped make more than 187,000 wishes come true for children who are of the ages 3 – 17 with life-threatening medical conditions.  Make-A-Wish BC & Yukon was the first Canadian chapter established in 1983 has granted over 1100 wishes.
The sole purpose of Make-A-Wish is to grant wishes to children with lifethreatening medical conditions to enrich the human experience with hope, strength, and joy.
For the month of April, Cupcakes is proudly donating a portion of the proceeds from every “lucky star” cause cupcake sold to grant the wishes of children across British Columbia and the Yukon chapter. “Lucky star” is a vanilla cupcake finished with blue vanilla buttercream and topped with a yellow edible fondant star.
Please visit the Make-A-Wish® website for more information at www.makeawishbc.ca.
Help make the hopes and dreams of children with life-threatening medical conditions a reality!
The cupcakes girls,
Heather & Lori