About
Hi and welcome!
I decided to start this blog as family and friends keep asking me for the recipes when I share with them photos of my cupcakes and baked treats. Special thanks to a friend who suggested I start a blog and seeing as I have family and friends all over the world I thought this would be a great way to share it with them and with you too if you are interested.
So who is the Charmed Cupcake?
People call me Angela, Ange, Angie or Cupcake – whatever suits their personality.
I am a hobby baker. I bake for everyone and anyone who is willing to eat my baked treats.
I am a girl who loves all things cupcake, baked treats, vintage, arts and craft, good food, coffee, wine, travelling, the finer things in life and just about anything cute & pretty. And when I am not working, baking or day dreaming of owning a cupcake store you can find me travelling somewhere in this beautiful world.
I grew up in a family with my mother and aunty always baking. My mother would come across new recipes all the time and would be trying them out almost every weekend so needless to say my brother and I would always be her guinea pigs taste testing and indulging in her delicious baked goodies.
It has only been in the last couple of years or so that I have become obsessed with cupcakes – baking, decorating, icing, eating – all things cupcakes really. I guess this all came about when I started to crave for cupcakes.
You see I live in Linz, a beautiful small city in Austria situated on the Danube halfway between Vienna and Salzburg. In 2007 I moved from Perth, Western Australia and have been living in Linz since then. Linz has many things to offer but one thing they don’t sell is cupcakes!
*Shock* *horror* I know!
So one can’t just stop by a bakery and buy a selection of cupcakes as there is non, one has to bake if one wants to eat cupcakes. That’s where I step in.
UPDATE as of 25 February 2013: A cupcake store has now opened up in Linz.
My cupcake love story
My love for cupcakes all started when I was maybe 10 years old. I had bought a children’s baking book and the first thing I wanted to try was vanilla cupcakes – what else. The book was great, with step-by-step instructions and real life photos so I diligently followed each step to even creaming the butter and sugar by hand with a wooden spoon (my mother did tell me to use the mixer, but I was stubborn enough to not take her advice). The cupcakes turned out beautiful and delicious and it just so happened a family friend had stopped by so she took some home to her son – a teenage boy who I had a huge crush on. Needless to say he loved the cupcakes and that is how my love for cupcakes all started.
So welcome to my blog, feel free to browse around and leave me any questions or comments you might have, I would love to hear from you.
Email: thecharmedcupcake@gmail.com
Xoxo
Angela
Linz, Austria
Hey hey I’ve nominated you for the Liebster Award – check it out here http://austrianadaptation.com/2014/10/26/leibster-award-nomination/ and go nuts with your responses!
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Bloggerin aus Linz… ich freu mich. glg aus freistadt – juxi
Hi!!! Lovely to meet a baker in upper Austria 🙂
Italian with an Austrian grandfather. I am from Triest but I live in Colorado (us). Your website is great! Thank you! Any advice about where I can find authentic Austrian recipes? I love Austrian food!
Hi Giorgio,
Thanks for stopping by & for the lovely comment.
There are many blogs out there with authentic Austrian recipes but mostly in German. I’m sure you can find a few in English.
Hi, I nominated you for the Liebster award!
http://sapphirereviews.wordpress.com/2013/06/21/liebster-blog-award/
xoxo
Lisa
Why thank you soooo much Lisa 🙂 *big hugs*
welcome hon 😀 *big hugs*
Hi!! Also, nachdem du Deutsch lesen kannst schreib ich hier mal Deutsch 😉 Hab den Blog in unserer Foodblogger-Gruppe entdeckt (die ich mit Janneke zusammen gegründet hab) und find ihn toll!! Würde mich sehr freuen, wenn wir uns einmal auf einem Bloggertreffen oder so kennenlernen könnten, ich liebe Australien 😉 Schönen Sonntag! Ulli
Hi Ulli, vielen Danke für den netten Kommentar. Ich finde der Foodblogger Group ganz toll & Danke für die ‘Welcome’.
It would be lovely to meet up one day, if you ever head to Linz please do get in touch.
🙂
Hello lovely Ange! I can’t believe that it’s taken me this long to find your blog… it’s gorgeous, I absolutely adore cupcakes so this is kinda a ‘cupcake mecca’ for me!! Aw, I live in Perth so it’s kinda nice to meet another sandgroper, even though you’re living in Austria now. Little old Perth is pretty much the same as when you left it in 2007… there are a few more weird art pieces (a ‘green cactus’, a purple and yellow pineapple-type thing near the new Perth Arena, um… a bin shaped like a piece of cake) and small Melbourne-ish bars are popping up around the place (yay!). The premier and town planners are also planning another development called ‘Elizabeth Quay’. Google it, it’s a little controversial! Anyway, so lovely to find your little patch of the internet. Linz sounds like a lovely place… I think they’re lucky to have you there! Sending you a West Aussie hug. Following you from now on! xx
Hi Laura,
So sorry for the late reply as it’s been so hectic at my end lately I haven’t even had a chance to blog much.
I too can’t believe I never came across your blog as you site is wonderful, I love your photography!! The last time I was back in Perth was in 2011 and I seriously can not believe how much Perth has changed since I left. There are more people and yes definitely more small Melbourne-ish bars – I love it!
I bet Perth has changed even more since then and I can’t wait to see it when I am back later this year. Yes that’s right I will be back – FINALLY !! for a short visit 😀
It’s lovely to meet a fellow Aussie blogger and I always look forward to reading your posts.
xoxo
Ange
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What a delightfully delicious blog. Found you via GIG! My blog: Stilettos & Tequila -> http://www.stilettosandtequila.wordpress.com
Feel free to stop by! 🙂
Kisses, Ashley! xx
HI Ashley,
Thanks so much for the follow hun, have returned the favour 🙂
Cheers to cupcakes and fashion!! 😀
hi angela,
You had a great recipes within great photograph, Excellent blog!
good job for you….
thanks Dedy, Sorry for the Late reply but funny enough your comment went to spam & i only saw it now.
I have an image of me enjoying a summer garden picnic
delighted with a plate of Charmed cupcakes!
I love cupcakes too…Angela from Linz on the Danube. That sounds like a Fairy Tale.
Lucky for me, I do not bake.
Sindy
Hello Angela, I’ve nominated your blog for the Sunshine Award. Please find details at http://dinnerfornone.wordpress.com/2012/12/29/sunshine-award/
Thank you so much & congratulations to you too 😀
Hi, Angie. Thrilled to let you know that I’ve nominated you for the Blog of the Year 2012 award. All details within my post: http://feedthepiglet.wordpress.com/2012/12/26/blog-of-the-year-2012-award-02-03/
Happy New Year!
Oh WOW!!! Thank you so much 🙂 and congratulations to you too for receiving the award 😀
Wishing you a wonderful New Year!
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Hi Angela, I nominated you for the Very Inspiring Blogger Award.
http://unihomemaker.com/2012/12/05/very-inspiring-blogger-award/
All the best,
Anne
Thank you so much Anne & congrats to you too.
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I have nominated you for the “Family of Bloggers Award,” congratulations! My post will be going up later today if you want to know what to do.
Thanks Corinna and congrats to you too 😀
Thank you!
Hello! I have nominated you foe the So Sweet Blog Award…the badge has a little cupcake on it too! Hehe http://hannahackroyd.wordpress.com/2012/09/27/so-sweet-blog-award/
awww that’s so sweet of you Hannah.
OMG I really need to get my act together and do all my blog awards 🙂
Haha I know how you feel! You don’t have any for ages then loads come at once and you can’t keep on top of them all!
Forgot my manners, thank you so much & congrats to you too 🙂
Haha that’s ok, you’re very welcome!
Your blog is one of my favourites, and I’ve nominated it for the “One Lovely Blog Award.”
Awww that’s so sweet Corina, thank you so much. WOW!! Two awards in 1 day, I feel special 😉
You’re welcome and congratulations!
And congratulations to you too 🙂
Really nice blog!!!
Thank you 🙂
Hi Angie, it’s nice to meet a fellow aussie~ I love your blog! I just sit and stare at all the lovely treats and drool ^^ I’m always looking for baked goods to try out and your blog is just heaven for me. xoxo Lisa
Hi Lisa,
Aussie, Aussie, Aussie!!! Oi, Oi, Oi!!!
Thanks darl for the sweet comment, I hope you do give some of my recipes a try. They are all tried & tested, I just wish I had more time to bake & blog so I could bring my fellow readers more charmed treats. Thanks for following & stay tuned for more 😉
Hi Angie, I’ll definitely give your recipes a try! Never pass up a great baking recipe. And I’m definitely coming back for more treat ❤ *big hug*
You must be a big hit in Linz–baking up treats that are rare even in that delectable part of the world! You have a beautiful blog and your creations are fantastic. Your gravitar is wonderful, by the way!
And thank you for the follow–I’m grateful that it led me to you.
Hi Robin, thank u so much for the lovely comment. Ohh I have yet to be a big hit in Linz 😉
I just friended you on Foodbuzz, and must I say – I love your blog) It is like a an Austrian cuteness in the world of Cupcakes!
Thanks Kate, it’s lovely to meet another fellow baker and thanks for finding me through Foodbuzz 🙂
Hi Angie, lovely story and I especially look forward to reading more of this aussie’s adventures abroad. Linz sounds very ideal, the Danube being so famous of course. Your cupcakes are truly beautiful, a definite work of art. Cheers,
Thank you so much for the lovely comment coming from someone who has a wonderful blog 🙂 thanks for following.
Hi Angie,
I love your blog. I’m adding you on my bloglink and will definitely come back for more.
Ann
Thanks Ann 🙂 will link you too.
I think you’re very creative and have a lovely blog. Your mention of the children’s baking book reminded me of one that I used to have with very simple steps and illustrations, and I loved it.
Thanks so much Lorna 🙂
I love your blog too. When I was younger my family & I would always visit tea houses during our holidays. I remember there was 1 day during our holiday in Cairns, Australia where we just spent a whole day visiting tea rooms & looking at waterfalls in the state forest. We were Devonshire tea’d out at the end of the day 😉
Thank you, and how utterly delightful!