Yesterday was the first annual cupcake Smackdown here in Austin. It was a day of competition for caterers, store fronts and average Joe’s/Jill’s and even their pups. Over 700 cupcakes flowed in and out of Austin’s One2One bar.
Over 700 cupcakes – no 2 the same!
I was lucky enough to be one of the judges for the amateur entry competition (thanks again Jenny!). We were deciding 1) the best chocolate cupcake 2) the best vanilla cupcake and 3) the best freestyle cupcake. In total, our group tasted about 30 cupcakes. That is a LOT of cupcakes. Jokes about not being able to finish were timidly thrown around more than once.
This was my first taste of cupcake.
There were SO many more to follow!
(picture from John of Austin)
We all survived our sugar-filled adventure and I was happy for all the contestants who worked so hard on their dishes. Seriously, great job folks.
A complete is of the winners can be found here.
I’m still recovering from an intense, and greatly enjoyed sugar hang over. The plan from today is grocery shopping, perhaps some dim sum, and creating 1 new recipe. I still need to post my Cucumber Avocado Gazpacho Recipe from last week. You’ll have to wait till tomorrow!
I’ve set a new goal for myself. Creating and/or trying 2 new recipes a week. It may seem modest but between school, working full time and events like these finding time for recipe creating is challenging to say the least. I’m excited to keep this one up, hope you like seeing them too!
Teddy
