BabyCakes NYC Launches Cupcake Cake Art of the World contest

From the latest BabyCakesNYC newsletter and their blog:

It’s real easy: Make a cake using the BabyCakes mixes and frosting and decorate it with whatever Spring-inspired splendor you can imagine—there are no rules limiting your creative hankerings. Then, by April 19th, send a picture of this masterpiece to contest@babycakesnyc.com, along with your name, city and state, and what you are calling your cake. You can then consider yourself entered in the inaugural BabyCakes Cake Art Contest of the World! (If you want to send a photo of yourself as well, cool!)

We’ll set up an online gallery where your friends and loved ones can vote your cake into prize territory. The first place winner will receive a $100 BabyCakes gift certificate, both BabyCakes cookbooks, and an official BabyCakes apron exactly like those that the bakery bakers wear. There are also prizes for 2nd and 3rd place winners, because that seems fair.

BabyCakes has locations in New York City's Lower East Side, Los Angeles and Downtown Disney® Marketplace at the Walt Disney World® Resort in Orlando, Florida. Visit babycakesnyc.com for more information, and visit their online store where you can buy gluten free cake mix, frosting and more. And from their blog, a baby and cupcake photo I couldn't resist:




cake mix, $36, official description:

Here you go, the magical foundation of the cakes we make at the bakery, consisting of garbanzo-fava bean flour, rice flour, potato starch, arrowroot, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and xanthan gum. All you need to have in the cupboard is: vanilla, oil, agave nectar, and applesauce (preferably unsweetened).

Oreo inside a cupcake, owls, Starry Night cupcake cake and flavors like energy drink poppyseed at Starry Night Cafe

Fun! An Oreo cookie inside a cupcake, available at Cupcake Wars competitors (August 2011) Starry Night Bakery in Westminster, Maryland, via their Facebook page. Visit starrynightbakery.com for more information. Other cupcake flavors include sugar free luscious lemon, salted caramel apple, VooDoo and more. These were their special Cupcake Wars flavors that were available in the bakery last year: Kona Coffee, Canned Ham Taro Root Slider, Energy Drink Ginger Poppy Seed and Pineapple Coconut. Vegan, gluten free and other custom cupcakes are also available; contact them at 410-871-9131. You can also follow them @starrynightcafe on Twitter. They're debuting new cupcake flavors today so keep up with their social media to find out what they are!

A special alert for those in their area looking for wedding cakes (or cupcakes): this Sunday, March 4th from 11-4 they are hosting a wedding cake tasting. Via their blog.





Here are a few more of their cupcakes:


owls!


custom cupcakes that say "Family is Always First" for Carroll Hospital Center


wedding cake and cupcakes


last but not least, Van Gogh's Starry Night as a pull-apart cupcake cake

Giveaway: Win A Jumbo Die-Cut Cupcake!

Jenny Holiday from Everyday Is A Holiday  and her friends came to one our first ever cupcake meetups way back in 2007, and she has been making art for years.  We are excited to do this giveaway of one of her jumbo die-cut cupcakes. These "JUMBO Chocolate frosted cupcake diecut" are inspired by vintage signage and advertisements you would've seen in old time diners and sweetshops. These are retro roomakers for sure. Each board is 1/2" thick and comes signed, dated, sealed for protection, and ready to hang. Totally heirloom quality! It measures 13" x 12". The cupcakes retail for $68, but you can win one for FREE.  Enter by Monday, February 20 at 6PM. U.S. Residents Only.  Use this form to enter.

Check out Jenny Holiday's shop and blog

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