Thank you! You all rock!!!

Before the sugar coma takes over, we’d like to thank the following people for making today such an incredible day!

The Bakers – we (obviously) could not have done this without you. Your cupcakes were delicious and insanely creative.

The Eaters – thank you for gorging on such fine treats!

The Judges – Duarte DaSilva, Suresh Doss & Vijaya Selvaraju – you had the hardest jobs imaginable, but were amazing! :)

The Sponsors – Chang’e Studio, Debakery.com, The Grand Bakery, The Masterbaker, Gladycakes, Doll Factory by Damzels, Rock’n'Roar Fitness, Toronto Roller Derby, Passage Tattoo, Thomas Allen & Sons, Cupcakes & Sundry, The Lime Shop, Duhlicious, and Yelp! Thank you!

The Venue – 52McCaul – an incredible gallery run by incredible people. Thank you!

And finally…our volunteers! You made today run so smoothly – we could not have survived without you. Special thanks to: Yvonne, Bonita, Jon, Michelle, Suzie, Mo, Mandy, Rochelle, Christine, Lisa & Emma.

While the final amount is not confirmed, we do know that we will be making a pretty sizeable donation to The Daily Bread Food Bank, including non-perishable food items! Yay!

Thanks again for another fantastic CupcakeCampTO!

So long, farewell…

With about 3400 cupcakes, almost 100 bakers, 30 volunteers, and nearly 500 tasters we reached our goal of $2000 for Woman Alive!!

We are pretty tired after 7 weeks of prep work and a long day of Cupcake Camp chaos but we think there is a chance you’ll see us again next year! Please send any feedback for this event to CapitalCupcakeCamp@gmail.com! We’ll hold on to all of it so we can make improvements to the process!

If you’d like to get in touch with any of us feel free to find us on Twitter!

Thanks again to everyone for everything! See you at Capital CupcakeCamp 2.0!

Nicole (@I_Want_Cupcakes)
Ian (@IanCapstick)
Tanya (@Sobbee)
Andrew (@snobiwan)

VOLUNTEERS ROCK!!!

Dear Amazing Incredible Awesome Volunteers,

Our many front room and behind the scenes volunteers were unbelievably helpful!  The organizing committee were astounded by your willingness to help and your ability to step in everywhere we needed you!!  You were all so generous donating your time and dealing with our insanity!

From talking to the tasters waiting in line or running through the rain for laptops, to working with the bakers and even mopping the floors!

We just can’t possibly thank you enough!!

THANK YOU!!!!!!!

Tanya, Ian, Andrew, & Nicole

Drum roll please!

The winners of the first ever Capital Cupake Camp are………

Best in Show ~ “Red Velvet Purse” by Michelle Morrison!!

Best Chocolate ~ “Before 9 Minipops” by L’Oven!!

Best Decorated ~ The “Oreo Sunrise” by Kristen LaFrance!!

Most Unique ~ “Irish Car Bomb” by Anne Patenaude!!

The judges added one last item that they felt was deserving of the attention:

Honourable Mention for tastiness ~ “Lemony Lemon” by Colleen Forer!!

Thanks so much to all of our wonderful bakers!! Your cupcakes were divine and there was barely a crumb left at the end of the event!

Thanks as well to our FABULOUS judging team! Gay Cook, China Doll, Giacomo Panico, & Michael Bhardwaj!!! You made it through a large number of cupcakes and chose fantastic winners!!

Kathryn & the Jack Purcell Community Centre, thank you for absolutely everything you did to help us!

Big Thanks also go out to:

• The Woman Alive team who kept watch on the main floor and raised some extra funds for the charity by selling some lovely cupcakes!
• Starbucks Elgin for the coffee!
• The members of the community who showed up to eat cupcakes!! You were considerate and hungry for cupcakes! YOU made this event a great success!!

Cupcake Photoshoot

Your cupcakes will be looking their very best when they arrive at cupcake camp!  Our wonderful photographer will be taking shots of your lovely creations before they are served to the hungry tasters.

Aram Faghfouri was born in Tehran, Iran.  She migrated to Greece with her family where they stayed for several years before finally relocating to Canada.   Aram studied Web and graphic design, as well as digital photography.
She is presently working with Canadian-based ambient jazz band, Iceberg, as their photographer and graphic designer.  Her work can be found in the US and Europe and you can view her photos on Flickr.