L.A. Cupcakes + Art: Vegan Cupcake Competition 2011

Urban Food Crawl's hosted its first annual vegan cupcake competition on Sunday, November 6, 2011 at Hold Up Art gallery in Los Angeles, CA and it was a success. I wasn't (and still am not) a vegan, but it was quite an experience for me.

Bake You Happy was also the winner of the L.A Auto Show on Food Network's Cupcake Wars. I vaguely recognize them, but I do remember watching the episode!

Best Overall Cupcake Winners (TIE):
Amanda’s Bakery & Cafe: Maple Crumble
Bake You Happy: Tahitian Vanilla Salted Caramel

Best Overall Cupcake Runner-Up
Clara’s Cakes: Neapolitan

Best Classic Flavor Winner
Jamaica’s Cakes: Red Velvet


Best Classic Flavor Runner-Up
Crushcakes & Cafe: Pumpkin Spice

Most Unique Flavor Winner
Courtesan Cupcakes: Raspberry Rose

Most Unique Flavor Runner-Up
Raw Bites: Lavender & Double Cacao with Strawberry Puree

The proceeds from the art sales with go to the Best Overall Cupcake Winners’ charity of choice! Amanda’s Bakery & Cafe will be donating to L.I.F.E. Animal Rescue. Bake You Happy will be donating to the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.

Amanda's Bakery & Cafe



Babycakes NYC - They have several locations including Los Angeles!



Bake You Happy - Winner on Cupcake Wars



Clara's Cakes



Courtesan Cupcakes



Crushcakes Bakery & Cafe



Jamaica's Cakes



No Udder Desserts



Raw Bites Happy Food

Sweet Alexis

Cupcake + Art: Vegan Cupcake Competition 2011

Do you have a sweet tooth? Do you love cupcakes? Why not have your cupcake and eat it too?! On Sunday, November 6, 2011, Urban Food Crawl is hosting Cupcakes + Art: Vegan Cupcake Competition! Ten bakers will present delicious vegan mini cupcakes. You eat. You vote. What's not to love? If you're a vegan, you'll love this event. If you're not a vegan, try the cupcakes out with an open mind!

The event will be held at Hold Up Art in Los Angeles, and we'll have cupcake-themed art to accompany the cupcakes. Proceeds of the art sales will go to the charity of the winning baker's choice!

Visit the Cupcakes + Art page on Urban Food Crawl's website for the full list of the awesome bakers who will be competing!

Tickets are $35 and can be purchased at http://www.urbanfoodcrawl.com. The ticket includes entrance to the event, and all of the mini cupcakes. There are a limited number of tickets available -- buy yours today!

Marceline's Confectionery

I was recently at Downtown Disney to take random photos of stuff. I usually don't buy food from any of the food places and vendors while there because I have no interest.

This time, I wanted something sweet and I found Marceline's Confectionery who also had cupcakes! I had wanted cupcakes for awhile, but could never find the motivation to go to a cupcake store.

The customer service was good and friendly. This place is a bit on the pricier side compared to other cupcakes stores located in regular shopping centers, after all, this place is located in Downtown Disney. Other than cupcakes, the store also had caramel apples, choclate covered items (strawberries, and rice krispies treats), cookies, truffles and lots of other sweet treats. Their baking area is also at the store front, so you can watch them make fresh cupcakes, cookies and chocolates.

I got the lemon cupcake, decorated with a white chocolate Mickey Mouse and rainbow sprinkles. At first, I was a bit worried that it would be loaded with sugar, but it definitely wasn't at all. It had lots of flavor and was very moist.