Check out some of the Queen Bee’s favorites
- CASANOVA: Cake and Sugar Artists of Northern Virginia
- ICES: International Cake Exploration Societe
Cake Decorating & Sugar Art
Cake Show (DC - Virginia)
- NCACS: National Capitol Area Cake Show
- NCACS Cupcake Challenge
Baking & cooking blogs I adore
- Bakerella- Queen of the cakepop
- CakeWrecks - When professional cakes go horribly, hilariously wrong
- Cannelle et Vanilla - Amazing photos and recipes with french flair in all the right places
- Chocolate & Zuccini - Savory and sweet inspirations
- Cooking for Engineers - An analytical approach to the kitchen
- Cupcake Bakeshop by Chockylit - Semi-closed blog, but lots of fun ideas and recipes in the archives
- Cupcake Project
- Cupcakes Take the Cake - Everything you ever wanted to know about cupcakes from true fans
- A Glass After Work - Because sometimes you need a perfect merlot to go with those brownies
- How to Eat a Cupcake - A fellow DCFoodie offering more than cupcakes
- Omnomicon - Love the attitude
- Picky Palatte - It’s what’s for dinner. Yum.
- Pioneer Woman Cooks - Deliciousness straight from the ranch
- Smitten Kitchen - Always a great resource and a favorite among friends
- Sweet Designs by Amy Atlas - Inspirational dessert tables and fun ideas for events and parties
- Tartelette - Queen of macarons
- Three Baking Sheets to the Wind - The intersection of baking and craft beer. No, really.
- YumSugar - Baking and cooking gossip blog. Yes, I said gossip blog.
- 101 Cookbooks - A healthy recipe journal focusing on whole foods and vegetarian cooking
