VERO BEACH — Preheat your ovens and get your mixers ready for the Cupcake Challenge, Sunday, October 2 from at 3 to 5:30 pm at the Heritage Center in Vero Beach, Florida. The Jeane Graves Charity Cupcake Challenge, a bakeoff to raise money for charities including the Michael J. Fox Foundation, is looking for cupcake baking contestants.
Bakers will compete in three divisions; Professional Baker or Restaurant, Individual Baker and Corporate Team. The fee to enter is $10 for Individual Bakers and $20 for Professional Bakers or Restaurants.
Contestants are to bring 5-dozen cupcakes made with standard 2 ½” cupcake papers and all decorations must be edible. One dozen will be displayed and the rest of the cupcakes will be cut into bite sized pieces for tasting by attendees.
Tickets to the Cupcake Challenge are $10 and can be purchased at the door. Ticket holders will have ten votes to use for their favorite cupcake or they can vote for several of the ones they like. Cupcakes will be tasted by the ticketholders between 3 and 4:30 pm.
Audience votes will be counted after 4:30 pm and the cupcakes with the most audience votes will go to the judges for the prize categories.
Winners will be announced as the judge’s votes are tallied and there will be an award in each category for Best Taste, Best Frosting and Best Decoration. One cupcake will be awarded Best Overall Cupcake 2011.
Cupcake bakers are asked to submit a brief (75 words or less) paragraph about themselves, the Team or Company, Bakery or Restaurant that can be used for publicity purposes before and after the Cupcake Challenge.
Entry fee checks can be made out to Michael J. Fox Foundation. Deadline for completed entry form is Tuesday, October 5. The form, contestant information and entry fee can be dropped off at Law office of Julia Graves, 2205 14th Avenue in Vero Beach, FL or mailed to Cupcake Challenge, Care of HGX, P O Box 6190, Vero Beach, FL 32961. Interested bakers can also call 772 473 3410 to have an entry form e-mailed.
The Michael J. Fox Foundation is dedicated to finding a cure for Parkinson’s disease through an aggressively funded research agenda and to ensure the development of improved therapies for those living with Parkinson’s. Team Fox raises funds for the foundation through local fundraisers and participating in sporting events. For more information on Team Fox, visit TeamFox.org.
For more information on the Cupcake Challenge, contact Janie Graves Hoover at 772 473 3410 or janietv@yahoo.com.