Nichelle gets a shoutout as a judge in the recent Cupcake Cookoff 2008 in the Brooklyn Eagle
Brooklyn Kitchen owner Taylor Erkkinen had a very popular idea: hold a cupcake bake-off and invite the public to both submit entries and help judge. More that 100 people were drawn by a love of frosted confections to the 2nd Annual Cupcake Cookoff at Union Pool on May 12.
Erkkinen convened an enthusiastic panel of three official judges to help rate 30 cupcake recipes in four categories — simple flavor, simple decoration, exotic flavor and exotic decoration — and left it to the people to chose best in show. Crown Heights resident Kate Brown, a self-described “terrible, horrible cook” who began baking six months ago so as to have something to contribute to dinner parties, took first place for her Rogue Porter Chocolate Cake with Salted Caramel icing.
“I got addicted to the creative and experimental aspects of baking — it’s artistic as much as it’s about chemistry. Six months ago I didn’t know what cream of tartar was, and now I daydream about leaving my cubicle for pastry school. So winning the cook-off was a huge, encouraging surprise.”
See also:
The 2nd annual cupcake cookoff recap
Cathy's recipe for Mint Chocolate Chip Happy Cone Cupcakes
Our video interviews from the Cupcake Cookoff on our YouTube channel
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