Michelle Obama vegetable garden cupcake, subway cupcake, DC statehood and lo mein cupcakes in Hello Cupcake contest

Hello Cupcake (the bakery, not the cookbook) in Washington, DC had a "Design Your D.C." cupcake contest to show DC pride and give someone the chance to win a Kitchenaid mixer. Via Greater Greater Washington. And from Amanda of the blog Metrocurean , who was one of the judges, here are some of the photos (click for more):







And the winner, inspired by Chinatown - frosting noodles to represent lo mein:



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