Iron Cupcake SF: March 2011

March's flavor theme for Iron Cupcake was breakfast. I chose to model my cupcakes after my absolute favorite thing to cook and eat for breakfast: French Toast. I used my mayo cake recipe with some added cinnamon, stuffed them with a cream cheese filling, and topped them with a pat of butter(cream). Once they had some maple glaze drizzled on top and a sprinkle of cinnamon, they tasted just like the real thing. My cupcakes took home the 3rd place in the Taste & Appearance category. Here they are:

Here is a breakdown of the winners:

Most Creative Cupcake
Kristen - Bagels and Lox

Taste & Appearance
1st Place: Rachel - Sweet Squealer
2nd Place: Blanca - Pass the Hot Sauce Please
3rd Place: ME!!! - Stuffed French Toast

Baker's Choice
The Boiled Egg (Didn't catch the baker's name)

Overall, the competition was very tough this time. There were 19 cupcake entrees (compared to last month's 11) and they were all delicious and very creative. Here are some pics of the different bakers' creations...

Here is a collage of the doughnut entrees. So cute and creative.

A tribute to a childhood favorite:

This one was my personal favorite. The cake was a cornbread base, baked with bacon drippings, filled with a blueberry compote, and topped with a bacon-filled buttercream. Does that not sound like the most amazing thing ever?? Well, it was! I went to sleep dreaming of these cupcakes and can't believe they didn't place. Boo!

Here's the Baker's Choice Winner, The Boiled Egg. It was a white chocolate cupcake with a lemon curd "yolk." I loved the display.

And the winner of Most Creative was Bagels and Lox. The cake flavor was a poppy seed topped with candied parsley and some sort of gummy candy for the lox. Definitely deserving of Most Creative.

This cupcake won 2nd place for Taste & Appearance. Pass the Hot Sauce Please combined jalapeno and avocado flavors for a tasty snack.

And the 1st place prize went to my 2nd favorite entry (behind the bacon cornbread one) - Sweet Squealer. The maple-flavored cupcake had a sausage filling and was topped with adorable mini-pancakes. Congrats to Rachel!

I've started brainstorming for next month's flavor: Citrus! Come along and join my tasting team :)