Iron Cupcake, it’s a fab cupcake competition held on the
second Sunday of each month at The Adelphi in Leeds centre.
This month I was invited along to take part by the lovely
Charlotte who has recently taken over from her cousin Zoe in organising the
competition. When she mentioned that the theme was Death By Chocolate I jumped
at the chance to take part. As you all know I have a mild obsession with salted
caramel so I decided to enter my chocolate salted caramel cupcakes (recipe to
follow later this week).
I had been wanting to take part in Iron Cupcake for ages but
between a mixture of being busy on the day it was held and feeling slightly
apprehensive about entering (yes I know I’ve entered baking competitions before
but with cupcakes being so small everything needs to be perfect) I never seemed
to get a chance to compete.
The Adelphi was buzzing on Sunday evening. Leeds University
Baking society were there as some of the Eaters Panel (they judge) and there was
a real excitable atmosphere.
There were 4 different categories Taste, Appearance, Theme
and Best in Show. Unfortunately I didn’t win but the standard was very high and
some people got very creative with their decorations. Best in Show was Jessica’s
Day of the Dead cupcakes and further details can be found on the Iron Cupcake website.
The next Iron Cupcake is on the 10th November and
the theme is Baked in the USA. Further details can be found here.
Disclaimer: I was given 2 free tickets to Iron Cupcake but
all thoughts and opinions are my own
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