Baker Profile: Yvonne Gettins

In the days leading up to CupcakeCampTO, we thought we’d introduce you to our bakers by posting baker profiles…
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Yvonne Gettins, Ms. Adventures in Baking

Ever since being taught how to make pastizzi by her great grandmother as a child, Yvonne has loved to bake. It was only in recent years since she began studying part time at George Brown College that it turned from a hobby to an obsession. Yvonne loves to bake so much, that in March 2010, she baked one cookie recipe every day to raise money for the Daily Bread Food Bank!

Every month or so, Yvonne issues herself a challenge to further her baking skills, and blogs these adventures. Of course, being an amateur means that there are lots of misadventures, and Yvonne welcomes the fallen cakes, soggy muffins, and hard-as-rock cookies as opportunities to learn to be a better baker.

Yvonne will be bringing Lemon Luxury cupcakes to this year’s CupCake Camp, an amazing fusion of white chocolate and lemon that is sure to convert you lemon-haters in to lemon-lovers!

Baker Profile: Tamarah Smith

In the days leading up to CupcakeCampTO, we thought it’d be fun to introduce you to our bakers by posting baker profiles...
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Tamarah Smith

I’ve been baking since I was a little girl. I used to bake chocolate chip cookies with my mom, and the first thing I ever baked alone was oatmeal cookies. I love baking everything and will use any excuse to bake! I’m going to George Brown in September for Baking and Pastry Arts and then I want to take the Master Cake Decorating course at McCall’s. The cupcakes I’m making for CupcakeCampTO will be chocolate chip cookie dough cupcakes, which are a brown sugar cupcake with cookie dough in the center, streusel cupcakes, lavender iced brownie cupcakes, and cookies and cream cupcakes, which are a vanilla cupcake with crushed Oreos.

Baker Profile: Janet Burnup

In the days leading up to CupcakeCampTO, we thought it’d be fun to introduce you to our bakers by posting baker profiles…
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Janet Burnup

I went to Humber college for the two year culinary management program, graduated with honours, and won the Canadian cutlery leadership award in the first year of college.
Credentials: Red Seal, Food handlers certificate, Master Cake Decorator Certificate McCauls School of Cake Decoration.
Currently the Executive Chef at Churchill Place in Oakville. Won the soup portion of the Revera Company recipe contest
http://www.campbellshealthcare.ca/pdfs/Fall%2009E.pdf

I have my own personal chef business
http://www.janetburnup-personalchef.webs.com/

I can also be seen on Facebook at Janet Burnup Personal Chef

I will be baking something that I have been dying to try (and fiddle with!) It will be a strawberry daiquiri cupcake. A moist vanilla bean cupcake filled with a freshly made strawberry daiquiri filling (yes it will contain rum) and topped with a fluffy strawberry buttercream.

Baker Profile: Leanne Elnicki (The Masterbaker)

In the days leading up to CupcakeCampTO, we thought it’d be fun to introduce you to our bakers by posting baker profile…
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Leanne Elnicki, The Masterbaker

Leanne Davis Elnicki calls herself the Masterbaker , and why? Well, because cake IS pleasure!

She describes herself as equal parts pastry chef, dog-mother, best auntie ever, stand-up comic, scooter mama and journalist.

People attending CupcakeCampTO Part Deux can expect a little piece of rock’n'roll heaven from Leanne’s cuppies — a bit of a homage perhaps to the 10 years she spent as a radio DJ.
But don’t get “All Shook Up”… there should be enough to go ’round for everyone.

Baker Profile: Logan Peever (Debakery.com)

In the days leading up to CupcakeCampTO, we thought it’d be fun to introduce you to our bakers by posting baker profiles…
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Logan Peever, Debakery.com

Logan started off early helping out in his grandmothers kitchen making cookies and date squares for church events, so it was only natural that once he started in professional kitchens that he made his way to the pastry line. Now Logan has started Debakery, an excessive indulgence in baked goods. Providing people with products to indulge anytime and anywhere, so customers can create lasting and meaningful memories with friends and families is the goal. Debakery encourages people to indulge, excessively in well made products produced with local, and seasonal (with in reason) ingredients. Check it out on line at Debakery.com, and don’t forget sharing is sexy, so tell a friend.
Debakery will be featuring a Lemon Red Rhubarb Velvet cake, a lemony icing on top of a moist red cake filled with Ontario Rhubarb preserves!