CUPCAKE MANIA

Cupcakes have started arriving at the Amherst Public Library where Amherst Cupcake Wars is well underway.  Everyone who enters fills out a registration form which acts as your entry into a drawing for a free birthday cake from Kiedrowski's Simply Delicious Bakery or a party at Sweets By Maggie.


If you're not baking cupcakes then plan on eating them.  Saturday at 10 a.m. our Bake Sale opens where you can see the winners of the coveted Golden Spatula awards as well as purchase cupcakes to take home, or just eat.


All the proceeds go to the Amherst Food Pantry.  Tim Kiedrowski and Maggie Notley Gross will be our judges this evening! Let the competition begin....where's my fork?

Countdown to Cupcake Wars

Everyone who attended the Cupcake Demo last week with Chef Maggie Notley from Sweets By Maggie got some great ideas for Cupcake Wars.  Maggie demonstrated how to make a fondant rose just using your hands, no special tools.  Buttercream roses are a thing of the past now that we can all fashion flowers in bright vibrant colors. 

Even the cupcakes were special as Maggie got into the whole retro historical theme and brought in 60 tie dyed cupcakes, all red, and blue.  We also learned how to make ganache and home made caramel.  Did you know that when Hershey first started his candy empire, caramel was one of the first candies he produced way before chocolate was even in the picture?

Once the pastry bags full of buttercream came out it got pretty quiet in the room as everyone concentrated on the perfect swirl.  Each participant took home a recipe for Amherst Bicentennial Caramel and hopefully some great ideas for Cupcake Wars.

Have a minimum of two dozen cupcakes at the library before 5 p.m. this Friday, July 8.  Judging takes place after closing and winners will be announced during the bake sale on Saturday, July 9.  Remember all the proceeds benefit the local Amherst Food Pantry.