CupcakeCamp was originated in San Francisco. Its mission is to bring together cupcake lovers, bakers, and eaters from in and around the community to celebrate and embrace their love for cupcakes. It became so successful there that CupcakeCamp was brought over to Toronto for the first time last year at LabSpace Studios. This year, CupcakeCamp TO was held on May 2nd at Prime Gallery on 52 McCaul Street. What is also neat about all this is (yes theres more to it than just cupcakes) is that net proceeds from the ticket sales goes to the Daily Bread Food Bank. So, not only are the bakers having fun baking, and the eaters having fun eating (ME!), it is also for a good cause. Bonus!!! =) Here are some stats for this year's event:
- 38 bakers
- >50 flavors
- >180 eaters
- 2,000 cupcakes
Crazy, huh? Bakers can also enter into a voluntary cupcake competition. Sugar overload for the judges! Can you imagine having to taste 50 cupcakes in a span of 3 hours?! I can't, and I love sweets!
Here are a few pictures for you to enjoy. I didn't bring my SLR though because I was lazy. Good thing too because it was quite crowded in there and HOT! Knowing me, I probably wouldn't have the patience to take good pictures anyway.
Don't they all look so lovely and delicious? I hope I can make cupcakes like these some day. I think everyone there was in cupcake heaven.
Cindy and I stood here the entire time - this is the entrance where the bakers come through with trays full of cupcakes. Great spot to grab whatever cupcake we wanted to try.
If I remember correctly, I only got to try around 6 or 7 mini cupcakes (I purposely avoided the big ones because I was scared of being too full afterwards). This is because the 38 bakers were separated into small groups and scheduled to showcase their cupcakes every 15-20 minutes (the whole event lasted from 2pm - 5pm). I couldn't stay for the whole time and had to leave around 3:30pm.
Since the event took place in an art gallery, here are two pictures I took randomly of the art inside.
