Fifth Annual Amateur Haunted Cupcake Competition Oct 22

Wicked treats will abound at the Fifth Annual Amateur Haunted Cupcake Competition. Do you think you’re a scary good baker and decorator? Come test your skills and celebrate this ghoulish time of year in Pastry Chicago’s fun-filled competition at Old Orchard Mall’s Harvest Fest. Along with great shopping, you’ll have a chance to sink your fangs into a delicious demonstration by a Chef Instructor from The French Pastry School.

1:30 - 2:00 pm
Contestants arrive, submit entries - by Banana Republic store
2:00 pm
French Pastry School Chef Demonstration

3:30 pm
Results announced (main stage)
Download the registration form

Rules and Regulations:
• Decoration theme: Haunted
• Taste component: Poundcake*
• Contestants must submit a total of 12 individual identical standalone cupcakes: six decorated cupcakes for judging and six decorated cupcakes for display. All cupcakes must be submitted
at the time of registration.
• No additional display items may accompany your cupcakes.
• Cupcake recipes must be submitted with the cupcakes (if no recipe is submitted your cupcakes will not be judged).
• Cupcakes will be served cold or at room temperature. No baking or decorating is done on premises.
• All contestants must use the following ingredients, but are not limited to only these ingredients: Nielsen-Massey Vanilla, Plugrà European-Style Butter and King Arthur Flour. All of these items can be found at your local Whole Foods store.
• Each entry must be the sole work of the entrant.
• All cupcakes and decorations must be edible.
• All entries must be submitted for judging by 2:00 pm (begin to arrive at 1:30 pm).
• Pastry Chicago and Westfield Old Orchard are not responsible for any lost or stolen items or any items left behind. No trays or containers will be returned.
• Only the first 40 entries will be accepted for the competition.
*The original definition of a pound cake was one pound each of: butter, flour, eggs, and sugar. Many of today’s pound cake recipes no longer follow that rule exactly but still maintain approximate equal quantities of those main ingredients, and can have a variety of flavors. The texture is dense, with a tight crumb.