The Sophie Fund

Enjoy a photo gallery from the 3rd Annual Ithaca Cupcake Baking Contest organized by The Sophie Fund in the Ithaca Commons on October 13, 2018.

Tough competition, true temptation!

 

The Grand Prize Winner: “Strawberry Surprise Cupcakes” with a cored whole strawberry filled with salted butterscotch, topped by a brown sugar cream cheese frosting, decorated with a chocolate fan, sliced strawberry, mint leaves, and a mini chocolate strawberry macaron.

 

Grand Prize Winner Zoe Dubrow enters her cupcakes at the registration desk

 

Zoe Dubrow receives the Grand Prize Award from Debbie Lazinski of GreenStar Natural Foods Market ($250 GreenStar gift certificate)

 

Natalie McCaskill-Myers’s pumpkin apple spice cupcakes with black cat decorations

 

Rhonda Williamsee’s mint chocolate “cocoa coma” cupcakes

 

Ella Kain’s lemon cupcakes with buttercream frosting

 

Mary Sever-Schoonmaker “If You Like Pina Colada” cupcakes

 

Kyra O’Toole’s Youth Award-winning chocolate cheesecake cupcakes with an Oreo crust

 

Aušra Milano’s amaretto chocolate cupcakes decorated with a flower arrangement

 

Contest producer Mickie Quinn confers with student volunteer from Cornell University

 

All in the family

 

Handle with care!

 

Let the judging begin!

 

Drum roll, please! The Finalists!

 

VIP Judge: Yuko Jingu of Akemi Food

 

VIP Judge: Melissa Kenny of Sweet Melissa’s Ice Cream Shop

 

VIP Judge: Daleila Norman of GreenStar Natural Foods Market

 

VIP Judge: Kathleen Sherman Morrow of Felicia’s Atomic Brewhouse and Bakery

 

Kitana Scofflaw of The House of Merlot

 

Sgt. Cupcake Rob Natoli

 

SingTrece & Kenneth McLaurin sing their Ithaca rendition of “New York, New York”

 

Nellia Mattson performs with her ukulele

 

Volunteers from the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention Central New York Chapter

 

Volunteers from Cornell University’s Alpha Phi Omega Gamma Chapter

 

Volunteers from Cornell Minds Matter

 

Matthew Jirsa, co-president of Cornell Minds Matter

 

Winnie Ho, president of Cornell University’s Alpha Phi Omega Gamma Chapter

 

Charles Niven of the Mental Health Association in Tompkins County