Crazy for Cupcakes

Cupcakes have become a national pastime, thanks in part to the now famous Magnolia Bakery. Everyone just can’t get enough of this sweet goodness! On our Crazy for Cupcakes episode, (c0ming soon) I will teach you how to make some fabulous cupcakes at home as well as exploring some of the best places to get cupcakes in the DC area.


Jenni Collins recognized DC's love of cupcakes and she is hosting DC's 1st Annual Cupcake Contest today.

THURSDAY, September 25
6:30pm- 8:30pm
DC’s 1st Annual Cupcake Contest!
$5, cash bar

The Washington Club
15 Dupont Circle, DC

FIVE cupcakeries competing to determine who is the best in the DC area:

• Nostalgia Cupcakes
• MallowDrama
• 52 Cupcakes
• When Cup Meets Cake Bakery
• The Baltimore Cupcake Company
  

EIGHT on the verge of greatness...

• Juli-Anne Whitney
• Erin Murtha
• Sarah Bruton
• Tiffany Rose Goodyear & Marla Hersthkowitz
  
• Melissa Westervelt
• Mollie Ohlhaut
• Liz Kurtz
  

Esteemed judges are:

• Sarah Meyer Walsh aka the District Domestic
• Stephanie Aspinwall, Wedding Planner & Owner, Ayr Hill Events
• Amy Cavanaugh, Food Blogger & Washington Blade Contributing Writer
• Danielle Buckley aka Delleicious
• Tracey Schroeder, Professional Cupcake Taster & Founder of Uncorked DC

Sounds like lots of fun! You should check it out...