Wednesday 3 March 2010

Iron Cupcake London March Challenge - The Perfect Pair

This month's theme for the Iron Cupcake London challenge was the perfect pair ie no more than 2 flavours in the sponge and frosting. I have to admit I started thinking of ideas very late- a few days before the challenge. I had quite a few ideas but decided on chocolate and beetroot cupcakes and pecan and orange marmalade cupcakes in the end. I wanted to do something slightly different but not too wild. My other ideas were peanut butter and jam (there were quite a few of these at the challenge so it was a good thing I decided not to), apple and cinnamon, lemon and blueberry, ginger and honey(not sure why as I don't like ginger), chocolate and avocado (got strange looks with this one). The more I thought about it, the more ideas I had but there is a limit to how many cakes I can make or carry! I can't physically carry more than 36 cupcakes on the day so 2 entries is my limit especially since the minimum requirement has changed from 12 cupcakes to 18.
As usual, we had a good time sampling all the delicious cakes. I was so busy eating this time, I didnt take photos of all the cakes on our table! I met some fellow bakers/food bloggers and we shared a table hence got a larger variety of cakes to try. I enjoyed so many of them, it was really hard to pick a favourite (or 2 or 3!)
I think the pictures speak for themselves. Do check out the caked crusader for further details and information on each entry.
My 2 entries Love the caterpillar - it's so cute! The orange flower is really beautiful as well.

  We voted for the vanilla and strawberry which was the runner up.

6 comments:

  1. Best of luck, they look delicious! What a great event! :)

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  2. This sounds like such a great challenge and the best part is you actually get to taste the different flavors!

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  3. Well done on your two delicious entries - glad you picked one of the winners on the night!
    I'm so pleased you enjoyed yourself and can't wait to see what cupcakes you dazzle us with next tiem!

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  4. I"m not a great fan of making cupcakes as they are just so time consuming as compared to a cake. Your cupcakes look just fantastic and although almost 10pm now, I wish I could reach into the screen and grab a couple or more!!

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  5. This looks like a fabulous event. I will come along myself one day...just need to find the time to get to London. All your cake combinations sound delicious!

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  6. What a great place! Those cupcakes look lovely! I would not know which one to choose, there are so many...

    Cheers,

    Rosa

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