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Whether I'm creating specialty cupcakes for a baby shower, making hundreds of mini desserts for a Yelp event, or simply baking some cookies for friends - I absoloutely adore desserts!  Sugar? Yes! Flour? Oh yeh! Chocolate? Gimme, gimme! 

Pastries Not Potatoes is not only a blog, but my tiny little dessert only catering company as well.  I've been in the food business for more than ten years and I can't think of anything better than to share my love of food with not only Chicago, but the world!


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Melissa Humphrey
Chef Owner, Pastries Not Potatoes

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    Tuesday
    13Oct2009

    The Cupcake Craze.

    DateTuesday, October 13, 2009 at 03:00PM

    For the last five months, I've been competing in Chicago's Iron Cupcake Challenge; and with the exception of the very first event - I've been a winner.

    July, Battle Tropical Fruits - Winner, Best Presentation for Chocolate Passionfruit Cupcakes
    August, Battle Savory - Winner, Best Presentation & Best Tasting for Pumpkin Sage Ravioli Cupcakes
    September, Battle Candy - Winner, Best Presentation for Candy Dot Cupcakes
    October, Battle Fall Flavors - Winner, Best Presentation for Apple Cider and Doughnut Cupcakes

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    Whew!

    The challenges are always fun to compete in, and really tests my skills in creating something new and unique; but not going so overboard with creativity that it freaks people out.  Next month, the challenge has been announced as "dessert-style" cupcakes - which means it's pretty much wide open!  Creme brulee, black forest cake, tiramisu, peach cobbler...pretty much anything that's a dessert that can be somehow transformed into a cupcake!

    I look forward to the challenge, and hopefully will come home with a sixth win!!!

     

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