Vancouver Cupcake Challenge

That was seriously the motherload of cupcakes. it was Cupcake Christmas and I enjoyed every single bite and flavour… until sugar shock hit me and the room started to spin, I could harldy see straight, I felt flushed and I felt ill for the rest of the day… I must’ve had about 9 different flavours in 30 minutes. Would I do it again? In a heart beat, what a fun event!

Pretty cool idea, surprised it hadn’t already happened here in Vancouver. Kudos to the folks that put it on.
I got there at 2 and every booth but two were out of cupcakes (lots of vendors had packed up completely). One of the bakers I asked said they were told to expect 250 people. Over 1000 showed up (just by 2 pm, the thing was supposed to last until 3:30).
I don’t even really like cake OR frosting (still not sure why I went) but I am glad I did, the two samples that I did get were AMAZING (turned out to be the two winners as well). Will be visiting their shops soon. :)
An extra star since this was a first time thing and birthing pains are to be expected. Now that they know what to expect, hopefully they plan it for a bigger space and more cupcakes. MORE CUPCAKES! (Because I *so* needed a new food obsession).

* Conflict *
Fortunately the idea was a good one — to have all of the local cupcake bakers face-​off with a public competition.
Unfortunately based upon the crowds that showed up Vancouverites on a Sunday will do almost anything for free cupcakes.
Fortunately they had a lot of cupcakes ready to be sliced up and shared with the massive crowds.
Unfortunately they used a very small room in the Roundhouse Community Centre that couldn’t accommodate the crowds.
Fortunately since the room was one of the small side rooms only people who planned to come to this event showed up instead of random groups of people from the street.
Unfortunately those dedicated crowds were kind of pushy and shovey (is that a word?) just to get their little 8ths of cupcakes.
Fortunately I’m big enough to stand my own in a crowd.
Unfortunately even though I’m big enough to stand my own in a crowd I hate having to do so.
Fortunately I found a few openings and got my samples from several of the bakers on hand.
Unfortunately everything was just WAAAAAAAY too sweet for me.
Fortunately we escaped quickly and got some hot tea at a café to come down from the sugar high.
Unfortunately I’m left so conflicted.

I was expecting a lot more from this event. Maybe I’ve had high expectations since I went to a «Cupcake Camp» event in Seattle, where lots and lots of cupcakes were served there.
Here, the venue is quite small. We arrived at about 2pm, and many of the tables were empty already. We did manage to try some cupcakes, sliced into ¹⁄₈ of a cupcake. Really liked the passion fruit one from Frostings Cupcakes.
Heard that there was over 1000 people that turned out, and vendors were out of their cupcakes in the early afternoon.
Hopefully next year the venue will be bigger in order to accommodate more people. It is a great free event, and with the added bonus of cupcakes makes it even better!

Deliciously licious!
Arrived early enough that I got to try all the samples, which was good as I was voting as a food blogger. Like the other reviews mentioned, the room was a little too small. It probably made the event bigger when I heard them talking about it on two different radio stations on Friday.
I got to try some cupcakes in Beverly Hills last year that were as ethereal as a cupcake could get. None of these came that close, but there were three that were really really good! I loved the idea one vendor had of ‘mancakes’ with manly like flavours of Jack Daniels, maple bacon, and lime tequila…
Have more of these events Vancouver!