Bake Me a Cake
August 14, 2007 at 7:56 am | In Crochet | 83 CommentsI’ve certainly knit my fair share of cupcakes since the start of my crafty adventures, but when time is short and I get orders for a half dozen yarn-based miniature cakes, pronto, the last things I would look for are my knitting needles. My blog is now becoming dominated by crocheted objects, but don’t get me wrong, I still love knitting- It just takes much more time in general, and who has any time these days? Why not just bust out that crochet hook and be able to finish off a full dozen in a day’s time?
This rendition is nothing new, special, or unique, but it’s getting harder and harder to follow ready-made patterns, as my hands tend to deviate so rebelliously that I usually end up with something entirely different by the time I cut the last thread. Instead, I figured it would be safer to start from scratch and write my own pattern, simply for my own convenience. You’ve got about a million other cupcake patterns to choose from on the wonderful web so be sure to check out all of your options, but here’s how I do them…
Cake:
With brown worsted weight yarn and an F hook, sc6 in a circle
Sc twice into each st (12 sts)
Sc1, sc twice into next st* around (18 sts)
Sc2, sc twice into next st* around (24 sts)
Sc into back loops of each st
Sc around
Sc11, sc twice into next st* around (26)
Sc6, sc twice into next st, sc12, sc twice into next st, sc6 (28)
Sc13, sc twice into next st* around (30)
Sc around
Break yarn
Frosting:
Sc6 in a circle
Sc twice into each st (12 sts)
Sc1, sc twice into next st* around (18 sts)
Sc2, sc twice into next st* around (24 sts)
Sc around
Sc3, sc twice into next st* around (30 sts)
Sc around for 3 rounds
Skip one st, 5 dc into next st, skip one st, sl st* around
Break yarn, leaving a long tail to sew with
To assemble, simply sew bugle beads or embroider multicolored “sprinkles” on top of the frosting as desired, stuff, and sew the cake to the edge of the frosting just inside of the scalloped edge. Now wasn’t that easy? Go ahead and make a baker’s dozen; You undoubtedly have enough time!
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oooo, so cute! Thank you for the pattern, very generous of you!
The photos are great! Love the lighting, they look like they should be in Martha Stewart! Hope you take that as a compliment :)
Jill
Comment by Knitterella — August 14, 2007 #
These are adorable. I love the brightly colored frosting!
I have seen other patterns out there for cupcakes, but this one seems so much easier to understand. I can’t wait to try some of these. I have a lot of birthdays coming up, and these would be perfect presents.
Thanks for sharing! I love that you keep sharing crochet patterns :)
Comment by crafty carolinagirl — August 14, 2007 #
those look great! the edging around the frosting really makes them different from a lot of the other patterns for cupcakes that i’ve seen. : )
Comment by Ren — August 14, 2007 #
Another great no-fat dessert! LOL. I love these! Thanks for sharing the “recipe.” ;)
Comment by teeni — August 14, 2007 #
That is so cute! What a neat idea!
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Comment by JennDZ - The Leftover Queen — August 14, 2007 #
Those are soooo cute! Wish I could knit, because it would be cool to have them sitting on the kitchen bench. I would feel happy to see them and know that they weren’t going to make me fat!! LOL ;-)
Comment by Hannah — August 14, 2007 #
I love these little cupcakes – so colorful!! Since I love crocheting (it’s the only crafting technique I have down), this would be a fun pattern to make – thanks for posting it :0)
Comment by VeggieGirl — August 14, 2007 #
I LOVE these. I could make these for My 13 yr old, she doesn’t like cake. I love the presentation of these. Very cute especially for photos of her for her birthday…Yeah!! and they are no calories, and no fat., no sugar. LOVE EM!!!…
Oh and thank you for sharing with us :)
Kim
Comment by Kim — August 14, 2007 #
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Comment by merrimerri — August 14, 2007 #
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Comment by teeni — August 14, 2007 #
Hi there!
I’ve been such a big fan of your blog for a while, just wanted to let you know how much I love your crochet patterns! Not to mention the cupcake recipes. I know what you mean about crochet being faster than knitting for these kinds of things, I couldn’t immagine making amigurumi by knitting!
^_^ Chase.
Comment by Chase — August 14, 2007 #
These are great! I really like the scalloped edge. And the colors you used are wonderful, I always tend to see crocheted baked goods in pastel and muted colors. It’s just so nice to see some in such bright, cheerful colors. Well done!
Comment by ugliducklyn — August 14, 2007 #
These are so cute, sweetie! I love how you’ve made them in different colors.
Comment by Patricia Scarpin — August 15, 2007 #
Wow, they look yummy! Thanks for sharing the pattern. I can’t wait to make me some cupcakes!
Comment by jennybeam — August 15, 2007 #
GOSH! For a second I thought it was a real cupcake and start wondering and imaging how the icing was added to. I do say the look so adorable and so real. Well done. Hope you could explore our website also.
Comment by Big Boys Oven — August 15, 2007 #
Wow, your crocheted cupcakes are so pretty. I stumbled upon your blog from ovenhaven. I lover your photography. Nice lighting and composition. May I know what camera are you using?
Comment by didally — August 16, 2007 #
These are FABULOUS! I only wish I knew how to crochet!
Comment by melisser — August 16, 2007 #
I love them and the colors are so cute together.
Comment by jenny — August 16, 2007 #
Oh gosh, these are so adorable! <3
Comment by Nicole — August 17, 2007 #
By the way, Aidan wanted to know if you could knit her a cupcake. She loooooves the one you knit me for my birthday :D. How much do you charge?
Comment by Aly — August 17, 2007 #
Those are fantastic! Time to dust off the crochet hooks.
Who says crochet isn’t as versatile as knitting? :)
Giulia
KnitFree
Comment by Giulia — August 17, 2007 #
very cute!!!!
Comment by johanna3 — August 22, 2007 #
I love this so much! Thank you!!!!
Comment by Erin — August 22, 2007 #
killing my lunch hour in a bookstore yesterday, I saw a crocheted cupcake in a patternbook. Too hard to wrap my brain around! Thanks for an easy pattern. Can’t wait to try this. Thanks!
Comment by Tracy — August 29, 2007 #
I love, love, love, love, LOVE those cupcakes!!!
Comment by Rainy — September 3, 2007 #
So absolutely adorable! I’m willing to put away the knitting needles and dig out my crochet hook … it’s been quit awhile but you’ve motivated me to give crochet another go!! :D
Comment by DeAnne — September 11, 2007 #
These look so yummy! I can’t wait to make some up for presents!
Comment by Amy — October 3, 2007 #
Thank you for this pattern! My sister is a quilter and I think I will make this for her birthday, as a pin cushion possibly.
Comment by Anita — October 5, 2007 #
Just finished my 1/2 dozen for my sister’s b’day! Thank you soo much for this pattern!
Comment by Anita — October 12, 2007 #
Nice. Once I learn how to chrchet, I’d like to try to make these!
Comment by Nancy Hey — October 15, 2007 #
First the birds, now this. I really need to pay more attention to your blog. Very cute! Thanks for sharing the pattern. :)
Comment by Kelly — December 6, 2007 #
I LOVE THEM!!!!! soooo cute!!!! cant wait to make some!
Comment by Aleanna — December 14, 2007 #
These are sooo cute. I also saw your Hippo pattern and can’t wait to try it for a birthday gift for a friend. Thanks for sharing your patterns! :)
Comment by Julie — January 3, 2008 #
Hi, browsing though looking for some new projects. I love your work. You have really inspired me. Thank you so much for sharing your patterns and work with us.
Comment by Arlene — January 7, 2008 #
Oh these look awesome! Just perfect for my Love’s 1st b-day party with a cupcake theme! I have 1 question though maybe someone can tell me. Do you stuff these? If so what is recommended to use for the stuffing? Everytime I make something with crochet and I stuff it will poly fill it comes out the holes. Any advice and where I can get something liek wool stuffing?
Thanks A lot!
Comment by Kristie — January 12, 2008 #
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Pingback by Not a lotta cupcakes « Eater’s Regret — January 19, 2008 #
These are so cute but for the life of me I cannot figure out how to make the icing. I can do the cake part but when it comes to making the icing, when it comes to the 6th round of sc3 then sc2 each for 30 stitches, my circle gets all curvy and it never ends up making the domed icing part. Any idea what could be going wrong. Thank you so much for your help!!
Comment by Cupcake lover — February 18, 2008 #
Just wanted to say these are awesome and I can’t wait to make them! They are going to make a wonderful addition to my burgeoning pattern collection! :)
Comment by Biz — February 20, 2008 #
For the icing part, there are like left over two stitches so it doesn’t equal out.
Comment by Feng — February 23, 2008 #
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Pingback by Fiber food « — March 7, 2008 #
Thank you so much for sharing this pattern. I found it so much easier than some of the others I looked at!
Comment by anne — April 2, 2008 #
How cute, love it
Comment by Penny — April 4, 2008 #
These are adorable, I am new to crocheting and have a question, Do you connect each round by using a slip stitch? also do you chain one before starting each row? I would so appreciate your help. Thank you.
Comment by Melissa — April 6, 2008 #
this is so cool! Is there any way you can make a video making it?
Comment by crochetfanatic — April 9, 2008 #
hi- i love this pattern and just made 2 of them! what i’ve been doing to have enough room for all 8 shells on the icing is on the sc around row after all the instructions to sc 15, 2sc in next stitch around to have 32 stitches on both the top and bottom. Do this so its even when you sew it together.
Comment by crochetingperson — April 21, 2008 #
hi
l love the cupcakes they are so cute l’m going to try to make one .
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Pingback by BitterSweet Cupcakes « k2sc1 — June 13, 2008 #
Thank you so much for this pattern! They turned out just adorable, and as a bonus, they fit perfectly into standard muffin tins, which my kids love!
Comment by dana — June 22, 2008 #
I have been crocheting for many, many years, but I’m stuck here. My questions is, what does it mean when you say “sc6 in a circle”? I know that sc means single crochet and I know how to do a single crochet. But don’t you have crochet a chain and join the ends to form a ring before you have someplace to put your single crochets?
This is the cutest crocheted cupcake pattern I’ve seen anywhere, and I really want to make some. So if you could help this foggy-brained women figure this out, I’d surely appreciate it. Thanks.
–Susan C.
Comment by Susan Ramey Cleveland — June 25, 2008 #
Thanks for the pattern!
Susan, you can also do a magic ring-here’s a video on how to do that:
Comment by Donna — July 10, 2008 #
thanks forthe patterns….
ur works look wonderful…
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Comment by rashmi — July 15, 2008 #
Thank you for the pattern it is so cute.
Comment by Linda Frank — August 18, 2008 #
My cupcakes came out so great! Thank you for so many awesome patterns that are quick crochets—easy for a rainy night….
Comment by julie — October 2, 2008 #
Thanks so much for the pattern. I had to make this in a hurry as my knitting class was having a birthday surprise party for our instructor. We were invited to bring a gift from the heart so I made a cupcake pincushion. It turned out so great even though I haven’t done much crocheting in the last 5 years. I added irridescent bead sprinkles and the colored pearl headed pins. Also, put a steel wool pad inside the top for pins to have a better anchor than fiberfill. Also added a cherry on top. Then I found a spice jar lid that fit in the bottom and anchored a stone to it for weight. My dc’s around the frosting didn’t come out even, but I didn’t have time to fix. She loved it and said she had started a pincushion collection-perfect!
Comment by candiced — October 24, 2008 #
omg! this is awesome I just made on just now and it is so cute!!
Comment by lily — November 2, 2008 #
Thanks fot this lovely pattern.
Comment by Comtesse — November 4, 2008 #
I tried making this but it didn’t turn out quite right. any tips?
Comment by lily27 — November 11, 2008 #
Thank you for this great pattern!
I made one just now for my baby boy with blue frosting and a crocheted cherry on top. It’s just the right size for him to hug and teethe on. :-)
Comment by Jennifer — December 16, 2008 #
Looks yummy! Im definitely going to make these.
Comment by Chels — January 7, 2009 #
i adore them, they are really cute that i want to make them right away. thank you for the pattern.
Comment by JANET — January 25, 2009 #
They’re so cute!! I bouhgt a book at Hobby Lobby where they show you how to do them1 I need to get some yarn though :]
Comment by Klarissa — February 4, 2009 #
I love these. I wanted mine a littel bigger so the bottom would fit in the bottom of a water bottle (maybe I just crochet too tight), so I added a few stitches here and there to make the bottom bigger. These are really cute. It’s good to get back into crocheting. I tried to make the knitted ones (because I knit too), but for the life of me, I could not handle double sided needles with so few beginning stitches, so this is just right! Thanks again.
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Hello!
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PS: Sorry for my bad english, I’v just started to learn this language ;)
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I just found your patterns and they are wonderful. I love the cupcakes and have a cake holder just like your picture that I am going to fill with crocheted cupcakes. Just the perfect diet helper.
Comment by Carolyn — May 25, 2009 #
these are sooo cute! ive been looking for some cupcake patterns but they all look so complicated and have a fp or bp stitch which i cant stand! deff gonna make these like, tomorrow and maybe itd be cute to crochet a little birthday candle too!
Comment by missy — June 28, 2009 #
Thank you for this pattern! I am making my daughter a set of playfood for her upcoming bday and these will be such a fun sweet treat!
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I can’t wait to try this…thank you so much!
Comment by Jen — July 27, 2009 #
Gorgeus cupcakes! Do you mind if i sell some that i make from this pattern?
Comment by Amber — August 12, 2009 #
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Hi, My daughter – pixeltash (on Ravelry) – has found your lovely quick cupcake crochet design and I am writing to ask if I may make some to sell for charity? I sell greeting cards and the company which publishes these cards is currently supporting Children’s Hospices UK’s ‘Butterfly Tea Party’ Appeal. In support of this charity I shall be selling a special collection of our cards featuring fairies, butterflies and cakes at coffee mornings etc where I would like to display (and hopefully sell) ‘cupcakes’ made to your lovely design. I would of course credit your copyright and provide a link to the pattern on this site if you give permission. I am not allowed to publicise the card company I work for on an open website but you may look up the details of the Hospice Charity’s appeal on http://www.childhospice.org.uk and click on the butterfly on the righthand side. Many thanks, Sylvan
Comment by sylvan agass — September 6, 2009 #
You’ve got wonderful patterns !
I would like to know if it’s posible to me to translate its in French ? with a link to you (to your site)
Do you agree ? ohhh ! I’m so sorry my english is so bad !
thank you very much
Comment by stef et sa belette — September 7, 2009 #
I would like to print the CUPCAKE pattern but…don’t want to print all 21 pages (comments). Will you tell me how to print just the Cupcakes? PLEASE…Thank you, Mimi :)
Comment by Mimi — September 14, 2009 #
I agree with Mimi….. I would like to
print but not all 23 pages…. help !!!
Comment by Barb — September 21, 2009 #
Mimi…. Today I went to “file” on my computer. “Print Preview” and then “Print” and I was able to select pages 1-3 to be printed.
And it worked !! good luck !!
Comment by Barb — September 22, 2009 #
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Yummy fantastic can’t wait to try this out for christmas thanks again wonderful
Comment by Frazer Goodman — November 3, 2009 #
I made one for my daughter and she loves it! Thanks for the pattern.
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