Ice Cream Cupcake Roundup Voting Update

I'm not going to tell you who is in the lead, but I will tell you that we've already had over 600 people vote in the 2010 Ice Cream Cupcake Roundup and the top two cupcakes are only 12 votes apart!  Voting ends June 30 at 11:59 PM CDT, so if you haven't voted yet, do it now.  Don't forget that your vote enters you for a chance to win an OXO prize pack!

Vote For This Year's Best Ice Cream Cupcake - Voters Can Win an OXO Prize Pack

Update: Voting is now over and the winners have been posted.

The first round of voting in the 2010 Ice Cream Cupcake Roundup is complete and we are now down to three ice cream cupcake finalists.  Your vote (in the form at the bottom of this post) will determine the grand prize winner who will receive a Cuisinart ICE-30BC Pure Indulgence 2-Quart Automatic Frozen Yogurt, Sorbet, and Ice Cream Maker!

Each of the finalists have won an OXO Prize pack containing an OXO Good Grips Solid Stainless Steel Ice Cream Scoop, Oxo Good Grips 2-Cup Angled Measuring Cup, OXO Good Grips 1169600 3-Piece Mixing Bowl Set, Blue/Green/Yellow, Oxo Good Grips Bent Icing Knife, and an Oxo Good Grips PRO Grater!  And if you vote, you can, too!! Two randomly chosen voters will receive the same OXO pack that our finalists have won! (Sorry, prizes can only be shipped to U.S. mailing addresses.)

And, the finalists are (in no particular order)...

2010 Ice Cream Cupcake Roundup - Win a Cuisinart Ice Cream Maker and an OXO Prize Pack

UPDATE: The entry period is over. Check out all of the incredible entries!

It's time again for the Cupcake Project and Scoopalicious Ice Cream Cupcake Roundup - your opportunity to showcase your amazing ice cream cupcake creations just in time for Summer! For a brief tutorial to get you started, check out my post on ice cream cupcakes. For tons of inspiration, check out the drool-worthy entries from 2008 and 2009.

This year, we've raised the stakes with some AMAZING prizes! Check this out, people:

One grand prize winner will win a Cuisinart ICE-30BC Pure Indulgence 2-Quart Automatic Frozen Yogurt, Sorbet, and Ice Cream Maker

AND an incredible prize pack from OXO including OXO Good Grips Solid Stainless Steel Ice Cream Scoop, Oxo Good Grips 2-Cup Angled Measuring Cup, OXO Good Grips 1169600 3-Piece Mixing Bowl Set, Blue/Green/Yellow, Oxo Good Grips Bent Icing Knife, and Oxo Good Grips PRO Grater!!

Two semifinalists and two voters will also win the OXO prize pack shown above.  Read below for the complete rules. You'll be surprised to find out who is judging this year's contest.

Official Rules:

• Dates: You can enter any time through May 31, 2010.
• How to Enter:  

1. Write a post on your blog during the month of May and include a link to both this post and to the post at Scoopalicious. (If you don't have a blog, you can still enter, but why not start one?)  Sorry, we are allowing just one entry per person this year - so make it count!  International readers are welcome to enter, but prizes can not be shipped internationally.  You will win bragging rights and you will have the opportunity to gift your prizes to any person or organization in the United States.
2. Upload a photo of your cupcake to our Flickr group.  Please upload as large a photo as possible so that we can be sure to best showcase it in the roundup.
3. Then, complete the entry form. 

• Entrant Voting: All ice cream cupcake roundup entrants are required to vote for their favorite ice cream cupcake some time during the second week of June.  Entrants must pick their first, second, and third favorite ice cream cupcakes and they are not allowed to vote for their own cupcakes.  Entrants that do not vote will become ineligible to win.  (To summarize - you are being judged by your cupcake creating peers - no pressure!)  The top three cupcakes as chosen by the entrants will go on to the public vote.  All three entrant-voted winners will win OXO prize packs, but the public will determine who wins the Cuisinart Ice Cream Maker.  In the event of a tie, the cupcake that received the most second place votes will win.  If there is still a tie, we will look at third place votes.  If there is still a tie, we will have a quick - one day only - vote between the two tied cupcakes.
• Public Voting:  Public voting will take place during the second half of June.  Anyone with a valid email address will have an opportunity to choose their favorite of the top three cupcakes.  You'll want to vote because two voters will win the same prize pack as the semi-finalists!  In the event of a tie, we will have a quick - one day only - vote between the two tied cupcakes.

Special thanks to Cuisinart and OXO for offering our incredible prizes!

Good luck!!

Ice Cream Cupcake Roundup Results

Thanks so much to everyone who participated in the ice cream cupcake roundup. For anyone considering making an ice cream cupcake, here are 17 unique ice cream cupcake ideas. Go visit all of these great blogs to read more about their ice cream cupcake creations! Also, be sure to visit my fabulous ice cream loving co-hosts Bethany and Tina over at Scoopalicious!

Click through to see all the ice cream cupcake roundup entries.

Note: Jonathan (who is not only this blog's photographer, but also its artistic director) was not around when I captioned the photos. You'll notice the ice cream cupcake captions are all different sizes and are highlighted in blue which does not match the colors of my logo. For shame. He is not pleased with this, but I'm guessing you guys just want to see the cupcakes and don't care all that much about my design imperfections. You've seen my non-perfect cupcakes and have been OK with it. I hope I'm right.

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1. Of Monkeys and Cupcakes: Caramel Apple Pie a La Mode


These ice cream cupcakes were Kate's (Of Monkeys and Cupcakes) first entry into a blog event. Go stop by her blog and show her some love. You'd never know she was an event virgin. I love how she turned a favorite pie into a drool-worthy ice cream cupcake.

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2. Confessions of a City Eater: Chocolate Strawberry Bliss Cupcakes

This is a perfect summer cupcake. Fresh strawberries, ice cream, and cupcake - what more could you want? I love how it's overlooking the city. It's thinking, "Aww yeah, you all want me!"

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3. Flour Arrangements: Dairy Free Sticky Toffee Pudding Cupcakes

Sophie (Flour Arangements) made this entirely dairy-free ice cream cupcake! I'm so impressed! I'm sure all the dairy-free folks out there will be very thankful for this entry. There is no reason they should be left out of the ice cream cupcake fun.

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4. Couture Cupcakes: Chocolate Raspberry Cupcakes


The last cupcake was dairy-free and this one is gluten-free. Yes, we've got all of our bases covered in this roundup! Let's also notice that Minko (Couture Cupcakes) used two different ice creams, both of which she made from scratch!! The other neat thing is that she served her ice cream cupcakes in a cup. If you read her blog entry, you'll see that she packaged each cup up with a little plastic spoon for easy eating. Very creative!

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5. Little Ivy Cakes: Miss Scarlett

Ivy made her ice cream cupcakes sandwich style. This has to be one of the best looking ice cream sandwiches I've ever seen. She even made her own crème brûlée to make into crème brûlée ice cream. Wow! She also mastered the meringue frosting during this whole process. She's my new go-to meringue expert!

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6. Coconut and Lime: Root Beer Float Cupcakes

So many of the roundup entries were extremely complex. Rachel's (Coconut and Lime) root beer float cupcakes look like something you could quickly whip up to become an instant household hero.

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7. Jesse Morris: S'mores Ice Cream Cupcakes

You'll notice a distinct lack of my caption bubbles on Jesse's photo. It turns out that one of Jesse's readers, Masui, already captioned his photo for him and it was too good not to share. His cupcakes are Christopher Kimball's almost fallen chocolate cake with cinnamon graham cracker crunch ice cream, and marshmallow meringue frosting. In the post, he talks about how he bought his ice cream maker partially because he loved that flavor and it's hard to find. Sounds unbelievable to me!

Update: This cupcake won a prize for best frosting at Cupcake Camp! Jesse suspects that they counted the ice cream as the frosting!

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8. Cooking in Cleveland: Strawberry-Rhubarb Ice Cream Cupcakes

Ohio Mom (Cooking in Cleveland) made her ice cream without an ice cream maker! Don't let not having an ice cream maker stop you from trying your hand at making your own ice cream for ice cream cupcakes! I love the chocolate shavings and the coordinated red wrappers and red strawberries!

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9. Simple Food: Cherry Vanilla Ice Cream Cupcakes


I love the title of Kamaile's (Simple Food) post: "Ice Cream + Cupcakes = Yum-O!" I have to agree! This cupcake looks like cherry vanilla nirvana.

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10. Red Kitchenaid : Strawberries and Chocolate

Elizabeth (Red Kitchenaid) made her cupcakes in a star shaped pan. She clearly realized that they would be the star of whatever party she brought them to! Don't you just want to lick the dripping hot fudge?

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11. My Own Sweet Thyme: Chocolate Fire Ice Cream Cupcakes

Lisa (My Own Sweet Thyme) got inspiration for this cupcake from her childhood. "For my cupcake recipe I turned to my vintage 'Betty Crocker's Cookbook for Boys and Girls.' It no longer has a cover or pages 1 through 8 but the rest is still spiral bound and sitting on my cookbook shelf. I remember its recipes so fondly from my childhood that I can still see its illustrations in my mind when I think of easy and fun recipes." I love that she was able to take something she loved as a kid and spice it up to make this amazing treat for all ages.

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12. Küchenatein: Oreo Ice Cream Cone Cupcakes

Ice cream cupcakes in an ice cream cone - how perfect is that? I love edible wrappers. What a great idea! If you check out Küchenatein, there is a picture of the cupcakes minus the cone that is also worth seeing.

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13. Tempered Woman: Chocolate Cherry Amaretto Ice Cream Cupcakes

Tempered Woman did a series of ice cream posts leading up to this unbelievable ice cream creation. With each one, I questioned whether she was going to use any of that homemade ice cream in an ice cream cupcake. At the last minute, she did. It was worth the wait!

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14. Big Black Dogs: Burnt Sugar Lilac Cupcakes


I have never eaten anything with lilac. The concept of a lilac ice cream sounds so luxurious and the blossoms on top make for a great presentation.

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15. Lick the Spatula: Kahlua Chocolate Crunch Ice Cream Cupcakes

Mara (Lick the Spatula) baked these cupcakes in an oven-safe espresso cup from Crate and Barrel. I've never even heard of an oven-safe espresso cup. She said that they tasted like an ice cream sundae. Mmmmm.

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16. Beantown Baker: Cookie Dough Chocolate Ice Cream Cupcakes


Jen (Beantown Baker) admits on her blog that she suffered through lactose intolerance just to be able to eat these cupcakes. She combined her love of chocolate cupcakes with her husband's love of cookie dough ice cream and came up with the perfect dessert for them both. Also of note is that she was the only one to create a mush layer - a layer of mixed ice cream and cupcake.

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17. I Heart Cuppycakes: Choco-Caramel Fudge Ice Cream Cupcakes

It's fun how Clara's (I Heart Cuppycakes) cupcakes spread out to fill the whole waffle bowl. It looks like you could make each bite contain the cake and bowl and all of the fixins. Like Jen, she hearts cupcakes and her husband hearts ice cream so this was an ideal treat for them both!

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The End for now!

I'm sure all of these cupcakes will inspire even more creations. If you make some more, leave a link to your ice cream cupcakes in the comments so we can all see them!

Update:

Late But With a Good Excuse: I got the following email from Just Jenn after this post was written:

Hi,I know I TOTALLY missed your deadline, but I was having major computer issues (where I couldn't even run my business!) so I...missed it. Phooey. But I still
wanted to send you the link to show you that I did in fact, make ice cream
cupcakes for your challenge.

I totally hate computer problems. I felt her pain. Jenn made Chocolate & Green Tea ice cream cupcakes which are definitely worth checking out, late or not. While you're at it, check out her cute stationary (lots of it is cupcake themed).