Once I had the forms in, I knew I couldn't back out. I had to figure out something. Thanks to the help of some very willing neighbors, I got my Chocolate Cinnamon cupcake recipe down, and had narrowed it down to either a Vanilla Cream Cheese frosting, or a Cinnamon frosting. I decided to use both. One for the recipe entry, and one for the decorative entry.
After much deliberation, I went with a light blue frosting with an oriental-inspired branch with a few blossoms on it. Unique, but still something trendy. The blossoms were made out of a gumpaste/ fondant mix, and the branches were formed out of a chocolate fondant. I liquified pink dusting powder and painted the middles of the flowers with it. Over-all, I was very happy with my entries.
Kitchen Collections had us submit one dozen cupcakes. We were to pick one cupcake out of each entry for the judges to view and sample. Each cupcake was judged on appearance, creativity, uniqueness, and recipe.
I apparently did a better job than I thought. I was doing this to try to get myself out there a little, and try something new. I received 1st place in the decorative competition. I won a $100 gift certificate to Kitchen Collections and a cake decorating caddy and supplies.
