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" Whether you&amp;#039;re at a wedding or an art gallery opening, it&amp;#039;s hard not to notice that cupcakes are the new &amp;quot;it&amp;quot; dessert. Even the Food Network is so enamored with cupcakes that they&amp;#039;ve devoted an entire television show (Cupcake Wars) to the treat. But the creativity level for these baked goods goes way beyond cake and icing flavors. From a golf-inspired cupcake tower to tiers featuring Hello Kitty&amp;#039;s smiling face, check out eight clever cupcake displays.  A Bug&amp;#039;s Life   For her daughter&amp;#039;s second birthday party, Renee Lea of Mandurah, Australia&amp;#039;s Strawberry Jam Cakes bakery set out to create cupcakes for the kids and a cake for the adults\u2014all in a matching motif. The large ladybug on top was made from rich chocolate cake with chocolate ganache and fondant, while the cupcakes were a mix of white chocolate and chocolate &amp;quot;mud&amp;quot; cake. The tower was the centerpiece of a ladybug-themed dessert table filled with red and black licorice, lollipops, jelly beans and rock candy. Photo: Courtesy of StrawberryJamCakes.com All Tangled Up  Since she doesn&amp;#039;t consider herself much of a baker, Bettijo Hirschi of the parenting blog Supermom Moments turned to Disney&amp;#039;s website to get inspiration for her daughter&amp;#039;s Tangled-themed birthday party. After a late-night trip to a local store, Hirschi made a few tweaks to the instructions and assembled Rapunzel&amp;#039;s tower using vanilla cupcakes topped with green frosting and silk flowers on the bottom level, pecan rolls for the base and a muffin with a frosted ice cream cone for the top. The whole assembly process took about two hours, but it was well worth it because the birthday girl loved it! Photo: Courtesy of SupermomMoments.com To a Tee   Shereen van Ballegooyen of Shereen&amp;#039;s Cakes &amp;amp;amp; Bakes in Hertfordshire, United Kingdom, made this tower for a golf-obsessed coworker whose 60th birthday party took place at a local golf club. The cake was vanilla Madeira filled with vanilla buttercream, while the cupcakes were vanilla topped with green-tinted vanilla buttercream frosting. The golf balls and decorations were made from fondant. The entire edible creation took five hours to make. Photo: Courtesy of ShereensCakesandBakes.co.uk.  Cherry on Top   Maureen Jaret of Stuffed Cupcakes bakery in Nutley, New Jersey, created this masterpiece for a wedding. The couple wanted a traditional yet contemporary dessert, so Jaret used cupcake wrappers for a unique touch. The cupcakes were all different flavors, including &amp;quot;A Clockwork Orange&amp;quot; (orange cupcake filled with orange and cream mousse and topped with vanilla icing and orange nonpareils), &amp;quot;Bada Bing&amp;quot; (chocolate cupcake filled with mascarpone-espresso custard and topped with amaretto whipped cream and a cherry) and &amp;quot;Scenes from an Italian Restaurant&amp;quot; (espresso cupcake filled with tiramisu and topped with cream cheese\u2013mascarpone icing and cocoa). Photo: Courtesy of StuffedCupcakes.com  Hello Kitty   Birmingham, Alabama, native Shena Setzer of Everything Else is Cake, a custom cake business, created this Hello Kitty masterpiece for a client who loves all things girly, pink and purple. The cake was strawberry, while the cupcakes were half strawberry, half vanilla and topped with buttercream frosting. The adorable toppers were made from gum paste. Setzer spent about four hours baking and assembling the desserts, then a couple of hours erecting the tower. Photo: Courtesy of EverythingElseisCake.com.  Under the Sea  Baker Kati Angelini of Kati&amp;#039;s Kupcakes bakery in Moorestown, New Jersey, made this sea life\u2013themed tower for a birthday party held at a local aquarium. Vanilla and chocolate cupcakes were topped with blue frosting and sprinkles, then garnished with aquatic-inspired decorations made from fondant. Paper mesh, purchased at a local drugstore, was used to resemble seaweed. Baking and construction took about two days. Photo: Courtesy of KatisKupcakes.com  Monkeyin&amp;#039; Around   Owner and baker Erica Tucker of Sweet E&amp;#039;s Bake Shop in Los Angeles put together this adorable monkey tower for a client&amp;#039;s baby shower. Tucker chose the colors and carefully matched the monkey faces to the shower invitation. The pumpkin, chocolate, vanilla and red velvet cupcakes were topped with vanilla frosting, sprinkles and monkeys made of fondant. Photo: Courtesy of SweetEsBakeShop.com In Bloom  Sam of Norfolk, United Kingdom&amp;#039;s Scrumptious Buns bakery began preparation for this wedding tower two weeks in advance, designing the flowers and planning her strategy. The cupcake and cake flavors included both Bourbon Vanilla and Lemon Infusion\u2014all made the day before her client&amp;#039;s big country hotel wedding to ensure freshness. Photo: Courtesy of ScrumptiousBuns.co.uk "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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