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Andrea Adleman @aradleman.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

In 1987, @nymag.com contrasted the “stodgy little cupcake” to the “thoroughly modern muffin.” Full quote here: www.instagram.com/andreaadlema... #nationalmuffinday #flashbackfriday

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Andrea Adleman @aradleman.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

Today is Mardi Gras, Pączki Day, **and** Lunar New Year. With Purim two weeks way, some bakeries also introduced hamantashen today. What's a sweet tooth to do⁉️ Find the #cupcakes. 📷: Billy's Bakery NYC #baking #bakingsky #foodsky www.instagram.com/p/DU32I5Iktr...

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Andrea Adleman @aradleman.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

In my teens and 40s, the Washington Post was a beacon of hope to me. I have hazy memories of visiting the 15th Street location for high school field trips. When the building was demolished in 2016, I felt unnerving loss. The wrecking ball strikes again. 😢

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Andrea Adleman @aradleman.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

National Carrot Cake Day is an excuse to read Seed + Mill's charming cookbook, SESAME. It includes the 🥕🎂 with tahini cream cheese frosting pictured here, baked and 📷 by Seed + Mill. 📙 is best, but a version of the recipe is also online. 1/2

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Andrea Adleman @aradleman.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

Cupcake shops are responding to Minneapolis by participating in last Friday's general strike, announcing plans to close for tomorrow's strike, and/or donating to immigrant rights organizations. Bestselling author Abby Jimenez commented on her Mpls bakeries in www.instagram.com/andreaadlema...

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Andrea Adleman @aradleman.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

Sprinkles founder Candace Nelson launched her cookbook in New York in 2016. This 📷 is a bittersweet fusion of two closed businesses, each legendary in its time. Nelson is signing books in the former Sprinkles on New York's Upper East Side. But that's not all that's happening. 2/4

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Andrea Adleman @aradleman.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

In cupcakelandia in 2016, Magnolia Bakery observed its 20th anniversary. It offered cupcakes at the original 1996 price of $1.25. 1/4

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Andrea Adleman @aradleman.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

#MondayMotivation looks like #Hanukkah 🧁 baked and 📷 by Kara Kakes. They are "most beautiful and sparkly," for sure. Second 📷 by Garfield. Cattitude for the win. #writerslife #writingcommunity #amwriting #writer #author #books #booksky #writesky #cupcakes #baking #bakingsky #foodsky

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Andrea Adleman @aradleman.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

Rules are meant to be broken. That applies to everything from unjust public policy to @nytimes.com Cookie Week guidance. I turned cheesecake into cookies because why not? Happy {nonconformist} National Cookie Day! Explanation here: www.instagram.com/p/DR2svMhEt4...

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Andrea Adleman @aradleman.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

I'm obsessed with Bake Time, a new @nytimes.com Cooking newsletter. Our monthly bakes have included cranberry-cookie butter cheesecake (!!!) and boozy apple crunch cake. I shrunk both down to personal size because less is more. Posting today for National Cake Day. 1/2

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Andrea Adleman @aradleman.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

... and thrill over this spiced cranberry vanilla 🧁, created and 📷 by Sprinkles. 2/2 www.instagram.com/sprinklescup... #writerslife #writingcommunity #amwriting #writer #author #books #booksky #writesky #cupcakes #baking #bakingsky #foodsky

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Andrea Adleman @aradleman.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

In the Empire State (of mind), there exists Empire Cake (of Manhattan). There they bake a very vanilla cupcake that is very happy to be celebrated today. #writerslife #writingcommunity #amwriting #writer #author #books #booksky #writesky #cupcakes #baking #bakingsky #foodsky 3/3

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Andrea Adleman @aradleman.bsky.social · 18/10/2025

It's also #NationalChocolateCupcakeDay. I enjoyed a 🍫 caramel 🧁 from Magnolia Bakery. In my book, 🧁 are fuel for the storytellers and artists to save society. #writerslife #writingcommunity #amwriting #writer #author #books #booksky #writesky #cupcakes #baking #bakingsky #foodsky 2/2

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Andrea Adleman @aradleman.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

#TBT to the fluffernutter 🥪 of childhood. Given yesterday's #NationalFluffernutterDay, this calls for #cupcakes. Please enjoy this fluffernutter 🧁 created and 📷 by Allie's Cupcakery Cafe. www.facebook.com/share/1CDPsS... #ThrowbackThursday #baking #bakingsky #foodsky

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Andrea Adleman @aradleman.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

So many showgirl #cupcakes out today. While most are orangey and glittery, these bakeries center the 🧁 themselves. 📷: Cupprimo, Bloomfield Bakeshop www.instagram.com/p/DPWu4_VDb8... #writerslife #writingcommunity #amwriting #writer #author #books #booksky #writesky #baking #bakingsky #foodsky

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Andrea Adleman @aradleman.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

I, for one, ❤️ pumpkin spice everything, especially #cupcakes. This 🧁 represents #ThrowbackThursday and yesterday's #NationalPumpkinSpiceDay. 📷: Billy's Bakery www.facebook.com/share/p/17Dp... #baking #bakingsky #foodsky

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Andrea Adleman @aradleman.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

Make sure there's evoo in your dinner to honor today's National Extra Virgin Olive Oil Day. Then have your olive oil cake and eat it, too. I'm fondly remembering these rosemary orange olive oil #cupcakes. #baking #bakingsky #foodsky

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Andrea Adleman @aradleman.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

The 🌎 is 4.5b y/o and you somehow managed to exist at the same time as ☕🧁. This serving of #MondayMotivation = a most perky #NationalCoffeeDay. 📷: Designer Desserts Bakery #writerslife #writingcommunity #amwriting #writer #author #books #booksky #writesky #cupcakes #baking #bakingsky #foodsky

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Andrea Adleman @aradleman.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

A little PSA to swallow the unpalatable 📰: today is National Bakery Day. If you opt for 🎂🧁, you can realize this literary quote: 📷: Cupcake Concept www.facebook.com/share/1Rtb3t... 1/2

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Andrea Adleman @aradleman.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

If I were reading your 💭 ... Q: What should I eat for my next meal today? A: Simply follow the calendar and observe #nationalcheeseburgerday and #nationalredvelvetcakeday. #cupcakes #cake #baking #bakingsky #foodsky

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Andrea Adleman @aradleman.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

#MondayMotivation is red velvet flavored. Get ready for National Red Velvet Cake Day on Sept. 18. In other news, read about 🧁 packaged like cake pops, 🧁 made with candy bars, and 🧁 enlarged into 20-person affairs. 1/2

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Andrea Adleman @aradleman.bsky.social · 13/09/2025

#nationalpeanutday reminds me of my first time at a Sprinkles bakery. I ordered peanut butter chocolate chip and red velvet #cupcakes. I love that the former is made with natural peanut butter, as per the SPRINKLES BAKING BOOK recipe. 📸: Sprinkles www.facebook.com/share/1Gmpg3...

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Andrea Adleman @aradleman.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

This 🧁 isn't gratuitous, it's gratis. Edible Arrangements introduced #cupcakes in the spring. There's a one-day offer on 9/9, reportedly the most common birthday in the U.S. Birthday celebrants can show ID and say offer code CUPCAKE99 to receive a free cupcake. 📷: Edible Arrangements

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Andrea Adleman @aradleman.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

Happy National Cheese Pizza Day! 🍕 meets 🧁 in this frozen creation. Bostonians can celebrate IRL at Boston Pizza Cupcakes. As the meme goes, the world is 4.5 billion years old and you somehow managed to exist at the same time as pizza #cupcakes. 📷 : The Pizza Cupcake.

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Andrea Adleman @aradleman.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

Some levity amidst madness: today is National Eat an Extra Dessert Day. Have your 🧁🧁 and eat them, too -- by two. 🙃 #cupcakes

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Andrea Adleman @aradleman.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

#Cupcakes take National Skyscraper Day to a whole new level. 📷: Magnolia Bakery

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Andrea Adleman @aradleman.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

I didn't time travel, but I did visit The Cookie Odyssey. I got two versions of chocolate chip, plus friends to diversify the party. Such a charming little bakery that flaunts its good manners. 2/3

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Andrea Adleman @aradleman.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

Happy National Chocolate Chip Day! Permission to get nostalgic with 🧁🍪 -- or both combined. A pastry chef central to my cupcake studies crafted "Mrs. Fields-Inspired Chocolate Chip Cookie Cakes." Imagine that. 😋 See also www.instagram.com/sprinklescup... 📷: Little Miss Cupcape

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Andrea Adleman @aradleman.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

Bridging us into modern times is a 🧁 and 📷 by Sprinkles created for International Women's Day. Power to the poets and the #cupcakes and their fierce advocates. 3/3

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Andrea Adleman @aradleman.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

Behold a Shakespearean quote that aptly describes #cupcakes 2/3

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Andrea Adleman @aradleman.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

#MondayMotivation is the simple pleasure of a classic pairing for #NationalCoffeeCakeDay. Read about this 147yo bakery in my forthcoming CUPCAKE NATION 📘. 📷: Holtermann's #writerslife #writingcommunity #amwriting #writer #author #books #booksky #writesky #baking #bakingsky #foodsky #cupcakes

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Andrea Adleman @aradleman.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

If the food calendar says it's International Carrot Day, cupcakes naturally get excited. #writerslife #writingcommunity #amwriting #writer #author #books #booksky #writesky #baking #bakingsky #foodsky 🥕🧁❣️ 📸 : Sugar Shack Bakery www.instagram.com/p/C5V9KHHuhDB/

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Andrea Adleman @aradleman.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

Yesterday's #NationalPeanutButterAndJellyDay escaped me, but these #cupcakes are too clever not to post. 📷: Smallcakes of Fort Myers www.instagram.com/p/DFFqrTexWKS/ #NationalPBAndJDay

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Andrea Adleman @aradleman.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

#AprilFoolsDay dinner is all #cupcakes at Nadia Cakes. Have spaghetti & meatballs, orange chicken, or lo mein. Add dropped ice cream. But then there are after-dinner chores. You have to clean the kitty litter and unicorn poop. Heaven forbid you find chewed bubblegum under the table. 📷: Nadia Cakes

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Andrea Adleman @aradleman.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

Say👋 to the Carrie 🧁 and let it wish Sarah Jessica Parker a HBD. 🎉 for the cupcake-loving actress who's also a 📘 connoisseur turned publisher. 📷: Magnolia Bakery. #writerslife #writingcommunity #amwriting #writer #author #books #booksky #writesky #baking #bakingsky #foodsky #cupcakes

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Andrea Adleman @aradleman.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

The sweetest way to celebrate today's #SpringEquinox is to recognize it's also #NationalMacaronDay. Wouldn't you know, there are #cupcakes for that. In the #ThrowbackThursday spirit, I'm thinking back to Sweet Lobby, the cupcakery that created these "MacTop" 🧁 10+ years ago (📷 credit to same.)

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Andrea Adleman @aradleman.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

I went to Philadelphia for 📘 research. Lucky me, I visited the historic Termini Bros. Bakery, a 104-year-old community treasure that dressed its #cupcakes for #stpatricksday. #writerslife #writingcommunity #amwriting #writer #author #books #booksky #writesky #baking #bakingsky #foodsky

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Andrea Adleman @aradleman.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

For comfort, have a cupcake-sized mini pie for Pi Day on the 14th. And/or, fill your Purim, Ramadan, Spring Equinox, or just Hump Day with cupcakes. Magnolia Bakery has a matcha special, so go ahead and matcha your mood with your cupcake flavor.📷: Magnolia Bakery

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Andrea Adleman @aradleman.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

Cakesters say HBD on today's #NationalOreoDay. Oreos are proud New Yorkers, like the #cupcakes I study. See more here: andreaadleman.com/2025/03/06/n... #writerslife #writingcommunity #amwriting #writer #author #books #booksky #writesky #baking #bakingsky

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Andrea Adleman @aradleman.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

Getting over #HumpDay is more palatable when you consider it's also #NationalPistachioDay. 📷: Ava J's Cupcakes www.instagram.com/p/C3Qw_w_vmwj/ #writerslife #writingcommunity #amwriting #writer #author #books #booksky #writesky #baking #bakingsky #foodsky #cupcakes

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Andrea Adleman @aradleman.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

2/3 The "thoroughly modern muffin" is prized over the "stodgy little cupcake" in the 3/30/87 issue. Such dense 🧠 food requires 🧍 food. Say hi to my humbly satisfying apple walnut muffin.

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Andrea Adleman @aradleman.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

Let's time travel on this #NationalMuffinDay. Image from the Condé Nast store. Doing book research, I came across a 1987 New York magazine article with the opposite dynamic. 1/3 #writerslife #writingcommunity #amwriting #writer #author #books #booksky #writesky #baking #bakingsky #foodsky

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Andrea Adleman @aradleman.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

It's a merry Monday because the almighty food calendar indicates it's #NationalCarrotCakeDay. Baking is therapeutic escapism. I medicated over the weekend to create these homey carrot #cupcakes. #mondaymotivation #baking #bakingsky #foodsky

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Andrea Adleman @aradleman.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

Happy National Chocolate Cake Day! I studied a chocolate marshmallow cupcake from Sprinkles, plus some slices. Research consisted of a chocolate stout cake with rosemary cream cheese frosting at From Lucie bakery plus Brooklyn blackout cake from Hani’s. #cupcakes #cake #baking #bakingsky #foodsky

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Andrea Adleman @aradleman.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

Pres. Carter was an inspirational public servant and humanitarian. Nature is powerfully humbling. Returning to literature, I'm reminded of this quote from the novel LIFE EXPECTANCY by Dean Koontz: "Where there is cake, there is hope. And there is always cake." 3/3

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Andrea Adleman @aradleman.bsky.social · 06/01/2025

Snow day comfort food for #NationalShortbreadDay. These are an enchanting version of French shortbread called World Peace Cookies, created by Dorie Greenspan. #cookies #bakingsky #foodsky doriegreenspan.com/recipe/world...

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Andrea Adleman @aradleman.bsky.social · 15/12/2024

Today is #NationalCupcakeDay, resulting in a three-bakery crawl to conduct sweet New York fieldwork. My work here is done (for today at least). #cupcakes #writerslife #writingcommunity #amwriting #writer #author #books #booksky #writesky

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Andrea Adleman @aradleman.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

How is it that National Cake Day is right before Thanksgiving? Alas, one can only surrender to the gluttony. Enter the Thanksgiving cake, a "whole turkey dinner in one bite." #cake #cupcakes #NationalCakeDay #Thanksgiving www.instagram.com/p/DCrgLDKu8o...

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