What is a Cupcake Camp?

Inquiring minds want to know…what exactly is a Cupcake Camp? Well, for the bakers it’s a place to showcase your cupcake talents, and for the eaters it’s a place to sample some dee-licious treats!

Cupcake Camp is the greatest un-conference of them all! It originated in San Francisco and is based on a BarCamp / DemoCamp, which is a participant generated social web event for designers, developers, etc. The participants sign up to demo software they’ve been working on, or give awe-inspiring presentations. As exciting as this is, remove the software demos / inspiring presentations and replace them with cupcakes and you’ve got sheer brilliance! Thanks Ariel ;)

In true DemoCamp style, there will be a presentation – the baker will have a chance to say a few words & introduce the cupcakes before they are presented to the eaters. Cupcake Camp is not a bake sale, it’s a place to taste, so eaters are first come, first served (note: 11 of every dozen cupcakes will be available for tasting)!

Some frequently asked questions…

Do we bake our cupcakes at Cupcake Camp?
No! While bake-a-thons are fun, cupcakes are to be made in your own kitchen and brought to Labspace Studio on January 25th.

Do I have to bake cupcakes or can I buy them?
Either – just remember to register your cupcakes by January 23rd and let us know if you are baking or bringing!

Why do I have to register my cupcakes?
We need to know how many tastings to schedule the day of Cupcake Camp, as we are aiming to have tastings every 20 minutes.

How can I help?
CupcakeCampTO is looking for sponsors & volunteers; if you’re interested, please contact us!

Our goal is to showcase some great cupcake talent, as well as to have a social afternoon with new & old friends!

Making Lots of New Friends

As you may have noticed, us CupcakeCampTO-ers have started to put things into full gear over this past weekend.  We’ve officially locked in our venue at Labspace Studio, we’ve printed out over 600 flyers to hand out tomorrow night at the first annual #HOHOTO holiday party, and we’ve  made quite a few friends in a very short time.

It’s very encouraging to see the excitement and positive response to our first event.  Word of mouth and link-love seem to be doing a pretty good job so far, and we love all the help.  If you have friends, family, co-workers who love cupcakes please make sure you tell them about our afternoon of unconference fun. If they ask you what a CupcakeCamp is, just tell them its a modern version of an old fashion cupcake social – just way more fun.

The more the merry and remember – for every dozen cupcakes we need 11 eaters.

We still have a lot more work to do, but we promise to keep you all up to date as new information becomes available.  Feel free to contact us if you want to get involved.