There are some offers in life you just can’t refuse- getting to be a judge at a cupcake challenge, is
one of them!
And so it was, on June 29, I took it to task at The Outlet
Market’s Cupcake challenge, that was held at the Chinese Association.
Other judges on the panel were: Joel Villafana, TV6 Sport Anchor and co-founder of
TriniCooks.com, Tricia Corbin Oliveire from The Brown Box and Michelle Sohan from
Bakery Treatz. We were an animated bunch but have no fear, we took the tastings
seriously.
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| From left: Simone, Tricia and Joel |
Competitors had to present us with their cupcakes, tell us a little about themselves/their baking history and present us with recipes for each cupcake.
Popular contenders for the “win,” were pina colada, chocolate
and red velvet flavoured. However, the
plate of cupcakes that floored us and indeed demolished all the competition, was
submitted by the youngest competitor, 16-year old Shennaih Moore.
She gave us a trio of curry-lime, tiramisu and maple-bacon
cupcakes.
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| Curry-Lime Cupcake (bottom middle) Top: Tiramisu Right: Maple-Bacon Photo by: TrinidadWeddings.com |
The best tasting out of the lot and surely the most novel, was the “curry-lime” cupcake.
The cake itself was infused with curry powder,
with a gooey shredded coconut filling, topped off with a flourish of lime
buttercream.
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| Michelle from Bakery Treatz (right) congratulates Shennaih |
I had a chance to chat with Shennaih afterwards, so of
course I had to ask,
"What’s your favourite cupcake flavour?"
You won’t believe
her answer but I’m going to tell you anyway -
“I don’t eat cupcakes. My favourite dessert
is yogurt!”
Good luck in the future Shennaih – you’ve truly shown others that age has no power over
talent!
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| Andrea Coutain, Founder of The Outlet Market presents Shennaih with her prize. |
