Winning Weekend

It was a "sweet" weekend with our library community room filled with more than 800 cupcakes when the judges, Tim Kiedrowski and Maggie Notley Gross, came to judge our first ever Amherst Cupcake Wars.The grand prize winner was Angela Bak, who took the first golden spatula with her recipe for Coconut Almond Cupcakes. Angela also won a patriotic cupcake cookie jar, free donuts from Kiedrowski's and some free cupcakes from Sweets By Maggie.

Two other golden spatulas went to Michelle Kissane for her Treasure Chest Cupcakes and Renee Bennett for her Banana Split Cupcakes.

Honorable mentions were awarded to
Susan Sailer's Panda Cupcakes and the baking duo of
Mackenzie Tyson and Marley Biczykowski  for their Thin Mint Cupcakes.

Terri Belush won a free birthday cake from Kiedrowski's when her name was drawn from all the raffle entries.  Mackenzie Tyson and Marley Biczykowski had their ticket drawn and won a free party for six at Sweets By Maggie.

Thirty five people entered our cupcake contest.  When the crumbs cleared on Saturday after the bake sale we had raised just over $400 for the Amherst Food Pantry. Nancy Burls, Coordinator for the Amherst Food Pantry, congratulated everyone on their fundraising efforts. 

"The library really goes all out to help support the work of our local food pantry", said Nancy.  "This cash donation allows us to buy gift cards that can be used for produce and fresh items like eggs, milk and fresh vegetables."  

Every single cupcake found a home last Saturday and thanks to the baking, and eating efforts of our library community, we all came together for a great cause, and had a lot of fun at the same time.  Thanks to our judges who spent more than two hours deliberating over which cupcakes deserved the top honors.  It was a very, very hard job.  Congratulations to everyone who helped make the day extra special.