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The first annual Cupcake Challenge on May 18th will put the lip-smacking in a foodie smackdown. In this event sponsored by CozmoDeck, Fiji Water, and K and L Wine Merchants, 13 of the best local cupcake bakeries--cupcakeries, if you will--are putting on their oven mitts and throwing down the best they have to offer in the hopes of determining whose cupcake is the tops in town.
The event is open to the public, because you will be the judges! Sample tastes of all the cupcakes you can handle, along with a dozen varietals of wine, and have your say in determining whose cupcakes truly take the cake. A portion of the proceeds will go to the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation. The Cupcake Challenge kicks off a summer-long series of local foodie events.
You'll be tasting cupcakes from: Yummy Cupcakes, Vanilla Bake Shop, Milk, Famous Cupcakes, Hotcakes, Lucky Devils, The Oinkster, Violet's Cakes, Babycakes, My Little Cupcake, Lark, Essential Chocolate Desserts, and Mrs. Beasley's.
Cupcake Challenge
Sunday May 18th, 1-4 p.m.
Montmartre Lounge | 6757 Hollywood Boulevard | (310) 709-3969
$60/person [tickets]
Photo by Hello Darlin via Flickr
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Elise and I have collectively eaten way over $60 worth of cupcakes and I continue my "independent testing" when I can. The only problem with that many at once is your tongue just gets numb from all the sugar and you can't tell the difference!
i had the best time there! but i did eat my weight in cupcakes. and still, two days later, cannot face one. i posted a couple of pics to my blog. the mandarin orange one with pistachio frosting was the most exotic, i'd say, and the root beer float one was a lot of fun, with a straw stuck into the frosting for decor. there was one with chocolate cake, chocolate peanut butter frosting, and banana filling...omg.
now back to eating my cucumbers and carrots...
I begged about 3 giant bakery boxes of cupcakes to take to the BBQ - especially red velvet for a certain someone who shall go unnamed, but her initials are D.L.
Photos are forthcoming.