40 Cupcakes - 20 Bakers - Only 1 Winner!!
Our Goal: To sample all 40 Cupcakes!
Since this is not our first go around at this event...We had an idea of how to make sure we did a great job at scoring all the cupcakes. The key is to take small bites of the mini cupcakes!
There was all kinds of cupcakes this year; Key Lime, Lavender Vanilla, Rose Pedal, Car Boom, Pig on Top (Bacon cupcake), Pretty Women, etc...
We went around and collected about 10-12 cupcakes at a time. Our plan was to take home one full set of cupcakes and only sample one set at the venue. So, we would both collect the same cupcakes...Pack one in a bag and test the other. We cut the mini in half and then just took a bite of that piece. After 38 cupcakes - we were good!
Note: The reason we didn't try the other 2 was because they were BIG size cupcakes and we just didn't have it in us to try the BIG cupcakes.
Nancy and I with Naught and Nice Cupcakes...Nancy said they were given out correct! I had Naught and she had Nice. I let her believe that...lol.
Us with the Bunny!Our Pick for Best Traditional: Big Man Bakes - Red Velvet.
Big Man Bakes was by far the BEST of the traditional cakes...and we tasted a lot! The cakes was moist and the frosting complimented the cake, it never over powered the cake.
Big Man himself!!Our Pick for Best Original: Fairy Cakes - Pumpkin White Chocolate
Fairy Cakes really did a GREAT job with this one. I love pumpkin - not a big fan of white chocolate, but it wasn't anything that took away from the pumpkin...It was great together.
Our pick for Best Overall: Polkatots - Lucky Charm
Once again Polkatots is my favorite! I still remember last years Dulce de Latch and was excited to see them on the list again this year. When I first saw "Lucky Charm" I thought...Hmmm...What did they do with cereal? It wasn't until I tasted this cupcake that I realized it was pistachio! It was amazing! There was a few that were close to touching it, but in the end...Nothing compared to Lucky Charm!
Once again Polkatots is my favorite! I still remember last years Dulce de Latch and was excited to see them on the list again this year. When I first saw "Lucky Charm" I thought...Hmmm...What did they do with cereal? It wasn't until I tasted this cupcake that I realized it was pistachio! It was amazing! There was a few that were close to touching it, but in the end...Nothing compared to Lucky Charm!
Little Penguin was good too!!
Here is our left overs - PLUS we took home 4 dozen to share!The new thing this year must be Bacon Cupcakes! Three companies put in Bacon cupcakes...here they are below. I was not impressed with the Bacon cupcakes, but Ron said the one with the flag was alright. It was actually a pancake flavor cupcake, maple frosting and bacon...Kinda like breakfast!
I can't wait until next year to see what will they come up with next!!
3 comments:
OMG, this is right up my alley!! I am so jealous!! I bet it was so much fun. I was laughing so hard because you had a plan of action and you don't like white choc and I'm the same way. Thanks so much for sharing! Now I'm drooling all over my keyboard. haha.
It was so good!! You should really look at the Cupcake Club in Austin. I joined the one in LA and it is so much fun! You only meet like once a month - not bad!!
That's not bad at all! I'll have to definitely check it out. Yum!
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