Pastry Chicago's Haunted Cupcake Challenge

Posted by Mary Luz Mejia Oct 14, 2008

If you're the kind of mom or baker who delights in the holiday flourishes of a well crafted cupcake, then the Pastry Chicago's Amateur Haunted Cupcakes Competition may be just the thing for you.

This Saturday, October 18th, cupcake bakers from around Chicago will converge on the Zagone Mask Studios to strut their stuff at 3pm.

The rules? They include:

• Contestants must submit (6) standard cupcakes (undecorated) for judging and (6) standard cupcakes for display-decoration and presentation.
• Cupcake recipes must be submitted with the cupcakes.
• Cupcakes are served cold. No baking is done on premises.
• All contestants must use but are not limited to the following ingredients: Nielsen Massey Vanilla, Plugrá European-Style Butter, King Arthur Flour.
• Each entry must be solely the work of the entrant.
• All cupcakes and decorations must be edible.

All sorts of terrific prizes (baking related of course) will be awarded to the winning entrants- the first thirty of which are eligible to compete. And for those who have never heard of Pastry Chicago- it's a group made up of volunteers, professional pastry chefs , students and people who love pastry in its many splendoured forms.

For more information on the upcoming contest and to see what else Pastry Chicago is baking up, click here and have a spooktacular time!