Cupcake Camp Toronto Live: January 25, 2009

• 10:44 PM pollyprissypant - Be here at 2 pm this Sunday for live coverage of Toronto’s tastiest unconference.
• 1:37 PM pollyprissypant - Bakers are arriving…the cupcakes are looking delectable. There’s still time to make your way down here before the kick off at 2 pm!
• 1:39 PM pollyprissypant -
  
• 1:40 PM pollyprissypant - Along with showcasing all the different cupcakes…there will be prizes going to the best in several categories.
• 1:51 PM pollyprissypant - And the categories being judged are:
  * Most Creative & Complimentary Flavour Combination – this isn’t “Just Like Mom”, we know that ketchup & chocolate chips don’t go together!
  * Best Twist on the Classic Chocolate or Vanilla Cupcake – self explanatory, we think.
  * Best Dessert Turned Cupcake – i.e. apple pie, tiramisu, cheesecake, etc.
  * Best in Show – this is where our bakers get to be creative, but the cupcakes must also taste good!
• 1:52 PM pollyprissypant - And don’t forget proceeds from today (once basic costs are covered…i.e. water!) go to the Toronto Humane Society!
• 1:54 PM pollyprissypant - The first baker presents her cupcakes at 2:15 pm…the countdown begins!
• 1:54 PM CupcakeCampTO - Lotsa ppl so far http://twitpic.com/174ts
• 1:55 PM pollyprissypant -
  
• 1:56 PM pollyprissypant - I’m thinking we’re going to hit capacity in here! There is a ton of people and it hasn’t officially kicked off yet!
• 2:00 PM Jonathan Keebler - Where are you taking these photos from? You look precariously high.
• 2:01 PM pollyprissypant - I’m perched above the event…in the kitchen! There’s a nice ledge that lends itself to blogging :)
• 2:02 PM pollyprissypant - The event co-creators, Michelle Villagracia and Monica FitzPatrick, are being interviewed as we speak.
• 2:03 PM pollyprissypant - We’ve got 39 bakers presenting cupcakes to a ravenous public today…and I can tell you each and every cupcake looks delicious!
• 2:05 PM pollyprissypant - We’re close to max capacity of 300 people, so if you want to join us…get here soon!
• 2:06 PM pollyprissypant - Opening remarks from Michelle and Monica…welcoming everyone to Canada’s first Cupcake Camp.
• 2:06 PM pollyprissypant - In about 15 – the first 7 or 8 dozen cupcakes will be brought out. The baker will get to say a few words and then the tasting begins!
• 2:06 PM Jonathan Keebler - How many bakers are there?
• 2:07 PM pollyprissypant - We have 39 registered bakers…but judging from this crowd, I think we might’ve had more show up!
• 2:08 PM CupcakeCampTO - Just checked the counter. Over 150 people so far :-0
• 2:13 PM CupcakeCampTO - Tastings are just about to start
• 2:15 PM pollyprissypant - Baker #1 – Lorraine Hawley. Creations? Chocolate cupcakes with raspberry frosting and Vanilla bean cupcakes with raspberry frosting.
• 2:16 PM pollyprissypant - Baker #2 – Amber Morden. Creation? Red velvet cupcakes with a vanilla buttercream frosting.
• 2:16 PM pollyprissypant - Baker #3 – Yvonne Gettins. Creation? S’more cupcakes!
• 2:19 PM pollyprissypant - Lorraine is up! She’s all about fresh and organic ingredients…she has a bakery in Roncesvalles!
• 2:20 PM CupcakeCampTO - First batches being announced
• 2:22 PM pollyprissypant - Yvonne is up!
• 2:24 PM pollyprissypant - People are salivating over her S’more cupcakes!|Not literally, of course..|
• 2:24 PM idiotbanter - http://twitpic.com/1759i http://twitpic.com/175ae
• 2:26 PM pollyprissypant - I cannot BELIEVE how many people are here…
• 2:29 PM pollyprissypant - We’re going to have to turn people away at this rate.
• 2:30 PM pollyprissypant - I think we imagined more people coming and going, like an open house, but people appear to be coming and STAYING. Can you blame them? With all these cupcakes in front of them?
• 2:30 PM idiotbanter - http://twitpic.com/175b1 http://twitpic.com/175bw http://twitpic.com/175cc http://twitpic.com/175cl http://twitpic.com/175cx
• 2:32 PM pollyprissypant - Check out the pics from our “photo correspondent”, idiotbanter…too much deliciousness in one place!
• 2:32 PM idiotbanter - http://twitpic.com/175e8 http://twitpic.com/175ev
• 2:35 PM pollyprissypant - Baker #5 – Madalina Paul – she has a blog (duhlicious.com). Creations? Lemon Meringue cuppies, Blackberry Pie cuppies, Vanilla cuppies, chocolate fudge cuppies!
• 2:40 PM pollyprissypant - Baker #6 – Janet Burnup. Creations? Key Lime Pie cuppies and Hungarian Doboush Torte cuppies.
• 2:41 PM pollyprissypant - Baker #7 – Paula Carreiro. Creation? Black Forest cuppies!
• 2:45 PM pollyprissypant - There are now over 225 people here now…impressive!
• 2:45 PM CupcakeCampTO - We need front door help
• 2:46 PM idiotbanter - http://twitpic.com/175m0 http://twitpic.com/175m2 http://twitpic.com/175m5 http://twitpic.com/175m9
• 2:48 PM pollyprissypant - Baker #8 – Rina Matsumura. Creation? Neopolitan cupcakes!
• 2:53 PM CupcakeCampTO - Working the door
• 2:53 PM pollyprissypant - Baker #9 – Christine Troung. Creation? Caffe Latte cupcakes. You should see these ones, people…seriously amazing:
• 2:53 PM CupcakeCampTO - http://twitpic.com/175py
• 2:59 PM pollyprissypant - You have to be ruthless to get a taste of these cupcakes. People are literally shoving people out of the way to get a taste…it’s all about if you want it badly enough, people!
• 3:03 PM pollyprissypant - The lovely Michelle just brought me a cupcake so I don’t miss out completely. Yum…it was one of Krista Arndt’s fantastic creations.
• 3:05 PM pollyprissypant - Baker #10 – Mona Mousa. Creations? Carrot cuppies, Vanilla Kiss cuppies, Vegan Chocolate, and Chocolate Cinnamon
• 3:06 PM pollyprissypant - Baker #11 – Krista Arndt. Creations? Lemon Meringue, Chocolate Malt and Hazelnut filled with Pear and Vidal Icewine Compote cuppies (that’s the one I had…tasty!)
• 3:10 PM pollyprissypant - A little more room to move now…I think some people finally got their fill and moved away from the serving tables.
• 3:10 PM pollyprissypant - Monica is being interviewed by The Canadian Press behind me…how awesome is all this press?
• 3:11 PM pollyprissypant - Baker #12 – Team Delisio. Creation? White Chocolate/Raspberry cuppies.
• 3:12 PM Jonathan Keebler - There will be a bunch of jones-ing cupcake addicts hitting up the convenience stores in the area
• 3:12 PM pollyprissypant - Baker #13 – Kristi McLellan. Creation? Snow White (cherry vanilla).
• 3:13 PM pollyprissypant - Baker #14 – Bonita Mok. Creation? Chocolate cinnamon cuppies with caramel cream cheese frosting
• 3:13 PM idiotbanter - Monica is famous (interview by CP)
  : http://twitpic.com/1761c
• 3:14 PM pollyprissypant - Baker #15 – Kim Earles. Creation? Peanut Butter and Banana. Yum.
• 3:17 PM pollyprissypant - It’s pretty much a madhouse…a MADHOUSE!
• 3:18 PM pollyprissypant - All volunteers taking cupcakes around the floor are reporting being mobbed by cupcake fans. Who knew they could be so violent?
• 3:19 PM pollyprissypant - I’m guessing it might be the sugar influencing their minds…but the “eaters” look like Gollum with the ring when they get ahold of a cuppy!
• 3:21 PM annamazon - Yummmm. http://twitpic.com/1765g. And http://twitpic.com/1765n and http://twitpic.com/1765r
• 3:21 PM sixthandelm - In case one sign wasn’t clear enough. #cupcakecampto http://twitpic.com/1765sc
• 3:27 PM pollyprissypant - Baker #16 – Michelle Bodner. Creations? All vegan and gluten-free…chocolate creme, vanilla bean with macadamia and white chocolate, and lemon coconut cuppies!
• 3:31 PM pollyprissypant - Baker #17 – Connie Positano. Creations? All vegan and allergen-free…double chocolate, strawberry vanilla, orange chocolate and lemon-lime cuppies!
• 3:32 PM pollyprissypant - Michelle is up here prepping her cupcakes for the showcase…tempted to snort the icing sugar…but I think that’s the diabetic coma setting in.
• 3:33 PM pollyprissypant - Baker #18 – Alison Jennings (aka PartyOfOne). Creation? Vegan banana split!
• 3:34 PM pollyprissypant - Baker #19 – Michelle Villagracia (one of the organizers…aka miVi3k and SweetMeUp). Creations? Vegan Margarita, choco-moca and chocolate raspberry jalapeno cuppies! Yum. I’ve had that last one and it’s AMAZING.
• 3:36 PM pollyprissypant - We have children who can’t get to the cupcakes. People, let the young ‘uns through!
• 3:37 PM pollyprissypant - Courtesy of bruceadam: Live blogging c3to!
• 3:38 PM Jonathan Keebler - FoodTV is there too
• 3:40 PM foodtvdotca - http://twitpic.com/176gq – #cupcakecampTO amazingly decorated monkey!
• 3:44 PM pollyprissypant - Baker #20 – Heather Williams. Creations? Vanilla cheesecake crunch and sticky pecan cuppies.
• 3:45 PM pollyprissypant - Baker #21 – Ivy Lovell. Creation? Banana chocolate with strawberry frosting.
• 3:45 PM pollyprissypant - Baker #22 – Andrea. Creation? Black sesame with matcha icing.
• 3:46 PM pollyprissypant - Baker #23 – Stephanie Brown (with an awesome cupcake t-shirt). Creations? Boston creme and chocolate chip cupcookies!
• 3:47 PM pollyprissypant - Baker #24 – Valerie Foster. Creation? Fig Walnut and Caramel cuppies!
• 3:47 PM pollyprissypant - Baker #25 – Adjoa Duncan. Creation? Chocolate Monkeys (peanut butter and banana). They look amazing.
• 3:52 PM foodtvdotca - http://twitpic.com/176nt – #cupcakecampTO – the judging continues…
• 3:52 PM pollyprissypant - Torontoist twitter: Lots of folks making their way to #cupcakecamp. Sounds delicious! We hope, however, it doesn’t inspire #muffintopcamp. Ha!
• 3:55 PM pollyprissypant - Torontoist’s Urban Planner for January 25, 2009
• 3:55 PM Jonathan Keebler - Are the monkey and latte cupcakes the front-runners?
• 3:56 PM pollyprissypant - @Jonathan – I think so! For presentation for sure…nobody wanted to eat them because they looked too nice to destroy!
• 3:57 PM CupcakeCampTO - Over 380+ people so far!
• 3:58 PM pollyprissypant - Wow…380+ have attended so far and we have another hour to go!
• 4:00 PM pollyprissypant - Baker #26 – Monica Fitzpatrick (one of the co-creators, aka sweetmonimons). Creations? All vegan…rum raisin and cookies n’ cream cuppies!
• 4:08 PM foodtvdotca - http://twitpic.com/176xg – #cupcakecampTO maple tummies
• 4:08 PM foodtvdotca - http://twitpic.com/176xv – #cupcakecampTO gorgeous fig and chocolate
• 4:10 PM pollyprissypant - Lots more tiny cupcake fans here now…and by that I mean toddlers.
• 4:11 PM pollyprissypant - One toddler has an AWESOME t-shirt that says “I heart cupcakes” on the front and on the back has this:
• 4:12 PM pollyprissypant -
  
• 4:12 PM foodtvdotca - http://twitpic.com/176zz – #cupcakecampTO – more MONKEYS
• 4:14 PM pollyprissypant - The monkey cupcakes are amazing…each monkey has a different facial expression. Happy monkey, skeptical monkey…and possibly monkey avec rage.
• 4:17 PM pollyprissypant - Baker #27 – Cat Chen (who got a big cheer from her fans…she’s got a blog, people…Sugarbaker!) Creations? Ferrero Rocher, Raspberry Rapture, and Pina Colada cuppies!
• 4:18 PM pollyprissypant - Cat Chen’s site: Sugar-baking.com
• 4:19 PM foodtvdotca - http://twitpic.com/17742 – #cupcakecampTO – banana, chocolate, strawberry!
• 4:20 PM foodtvdotca - http://twitpic.com/1774s – #cupcakecampTO And they keep on colin’
• 4:24 PM foodtvdotca - http://twitpic.com/1776q – #cupcakecampTO festive!
• 4:27 PM pollyprissypant - Baker #28 – Julie Stolberg. Creation? Green Eggs and Ham cupcakes…seriously! Made with cornbread and cheese and ham…and the egg ones are pineapple. So cool.
• 4:28 PM foodtvdotca - http://twitpic.com/17791 – #cupcakecampTO – green eggs and ham
• 4:30 PM pollyprissypant - Baker #29 – Joanna Bandziorowski. Creations?chocolate raspberry, chocolate pumpkin and cheesecake, vanilla fudge with caramel, and vanilla coconut and fennel!
• 4:31 PM pollyprissypant - That’s all the bakers we have today (some people did not appear) – if I missed any, I apologize and will try to fill in later. It’s chaos here!
• 4:32 PM pollyprissypant - The co-creators are thanking everyone for coming to Canada’s very first Cupcake Camp! Followed by a thank you to all the bakers and tasters!
• 4:34 PM pollyprissypant - Check back at Cupcakecamp.ca for the award winners later today…
• 4:35 PM foodtvdotca - http://twitpic.com/177c1 – #cupcakexmcampTO — more minus
• 4:36 PM foodtvdotca - http://twitpic.com/177de – #cupcakecampTO — more judging aftermath
• 4:39 PM pollyprissypant - Total Cupcake Camp attendees? 400+
• 4:40 PM pollyprissypant - Thanks to everyone (media, bakers, tasters, etc) for making this event such a huge success!
• 4:41 PM pollyprissypant - That’s it from the Camp. Catch you next year!

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