valentine's day Iron Cupcake SF January Challenge: Bakesale

Iron Cupcake SF January Challenge:
Monday, January 31, 2011 

This month's challenge is: Bakesale  
A new year and new cupcake challenges for 2011.
Everyone loves a bake sale! Either in school or in front of a store, get creative with this fun theme. Interpret your favorite bakesale item into a cupcake and bring it; Rice Krispie treats, lemon bars, snickerdoodles, you get our drift.

Tasters MUST RSVP and purchase a ticket through this Meetup. A paid ticket is required for entry for all tasters. Bring your ticket or receipt with you, we are expecting a large turnout and just as a reminder there will be NO admittance without a receipt sorry if this causes an inconvenience.

There will be first, second, and third place prizes for Taste and Appearance, a separate prize for Most Creative cupcake, and a Bakers Choice Award.

**TASTE TESTING BEGINS PROMPTLY AT 7PM**

CUPCAKE JUDGING/ATTENDEES:
Who: All friends, family and cupcake aficionados are welcome to attend, taste and judge each month's challenge.

Fee: $10 entry fee includes: cupcake tastings and a free house tea.
FREE for bakers submitting entries. Bakers confirm attendance by email: [masked] or calling Will at 415.346.4832.

Time:
Bakers: Arrive for setup promptly at 6:00pm.
Tasters: Arrive at 7:00 PM **TASTE TESTING WILL BEGIN PROMPTLY AT 7PM**

Location:
Leland Tea Company
1416 Bush St
San Francisco, CA 94109
(415) 346-4832

Twitter: IronCupcakeSF

Facebook: Iron Cupcake: San Francisco
Meetup: January Event

valentine's day Big Prizes for the Iron Cupcake SF Winner for December!

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The winner of the December Iron Cupcake SF Challenge received a custom made glass tray from E & R Glassworks. This tray was custom made to include the infamous Iron Cupcake logo. 

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Trays were also on display that had been designed for the host of the Iron Cupcake SF Challenges, the Leland Tea Company. E & R Glassworks completely outdid themselves with these!

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Congratulations to December's winner, Colleen, pictured here with the artists who created these gorgeous trays!

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The winning cupcake was "Chocolate Raspberry Rapture" - chocolate cake with a punchy raspberry filling, raspberry buttercream, and topped with a dark chocolate dipped raspberry - Colleen's "signature" cupcake, pictured right middle. 

Congratulations to all of the bakers in the December challenge and throughout 2010 - it was a great year for cupcakes! 

valentine's day Iron Cupcake SF Challenge: Signature Bakeoff

Don't miss the Iron Cupcake San Francisco final challenge of the year on Monday, December 20!

December's challenge is: Bakeoff
All past and new bakers are encouraged to attend. The challenge is to bake your signature cupcake. The cupcake friends and family know you by. This will be the ultimate cupcake bakeoff to wrap up the year. As such there will be special guests, prizes, and other fun surprises!

There will be first, second, and third place prizes for Taste and Appearance, a separate prize for Most Creative cupcake, and a Bakers Choice Award.

Side note from Will @ Leland Tea Company:
"BRING THE RAIN MY CUPCAKE ENGINEERS AND HAPPY CUPCAKING"

Twitter: IronCupcakeSF
Facebook: Iron Cupcake: San Francisco
Meetup Site: RSVP HERE

**TASTE TESTING BEGINS PROMPTLY AT 7PM**


CUPCAKE JUDGING/ATTENDEES:

Who: All friends, family and cupcake aficionados are welcome to attend, taste and judge each month's challenge.

Fee: $7 entry fee includes: cupcake tastings and a free house tea.
FREE for bakers submitting entries. Bakers confirm attendance by email: ironcupcakesf@gmail.com or calling Will at 415.346.4832.

Time:
Bakers: Arrive for setup promptly at 6:00pm.
Tasters: Arrive at 7:00 PM **TASTE TESTING WILL BEGIN PROMPTLY AT 7PM**

Location:
Leland Tea Company
1416 Bush St
San Francisco, CA 94109
(415) 346-4832

valentine's day Snowflake, Care Bear, wedding and Scooby Doo cupcakes plus a cupcake tree (!) from i Bake Cupcakes

These cupcakes are by blogger i Bake Cupcakes, who you can also follow on Facebook, and who is baking up all kinds of adorable cupcakes, for the holidays and just for fun. Via her Flickr account.


Not only are these glittery and beautiful, they're gluten-free and cranberry, with "vanilla buttercream icing dyed blue with sprinkled white sugar and crushed clear mints on top; the snowflakes were made of fondant, white sugar and meringue."

Look inside:




gluten-free Care Bear cupcakes (read about them here)


wedding cupcakes for her best friend's wedding (read about them here)


Scooby Doo cupcakes! Click here to read about them. My personal favorite is:

Daphne Blake: Peach buttercream, orange chocolate melting wafers (hair), black icing, green fruit chew (tie).

And then, because I just couldn't resist...a spicy apple tree cupcake! It was made for Iron Cupcake: Earth last year. Wow. Just wow.

valentine's day Reindeer cupcake and Iron Cupcake: Chicago holiday desserts December 13th

First, something for everyone:







Find out how to make this cute cupcake at FoodNetwork.com.



And then for those in Chicago, the next Iron Cupcake: Chicago will be December 13th:

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Challenge: Holiday Desserts

Let’s celebrate the season with cute and delicious holiday cupcakes.

Bakers will recreate their favorite Holiday desserts into cupcakes.

Are up for a challenge?

Date:

Monday December 13, 2010 @ 6:30pm

Location:

Mrs. Murphy & Son’s Irish Bistro

3905 N. Lincoln Ave

Chicago, IL 60613

Admission:

New, unwrapped toy!

Help bring smiles to children this holiday season by donating a new,




unwrapped toy.

Toys will be donated to Children’s Memorial Hospital.

See Wish list.





Bakers register: ironcupcakechicago@sbcglobal.net