We’re celebrating 10 years of the Annual Ithaca Cupcake Baking Contest! Here’s a slideshow from the latest edition held in the Ithaca Commons on October 18, 2025.
Registration Team for 10th Annual Ithaca Cupcake Baking Contest
Madelyne entering her “Pumpkin Chai Cupcakes”
Kirstan Brodie’s “Apple of My Pie Cupcakes”
Jonica LeRoux entering her “Bear Paw’s Smoky Sugar Shack Cupcakes”
Katy Holloway’s “The Pineapple Doesn’t Fall Far from the Tree Cupcakes”
Lucia entering her “Halloween Cupcakes”
Anayeli Newton’s “S’mores Cupcakes”
Bethanie Keem-Calhoun’s “Mimosa Cupcakes”
Rebecca DeGroat entering her “Happy 250th Birthday Marine Corps Cupcakes”
Sadie Hays’s “Mount Merapi Cupcakes”
Kyra O’Toole entering her “Fall Forest Cupcakes”
Hudson, Paxton, and Gamay’s “Harry Potter Cupcakes”
Lydia Mentzer’s “Mexican Hot Chocolate Cupcakes”
Megan Martinez’s “Pumpkin’ed Up Salted Caramel Cheesecake Cupcakes”
Alecia Sundsmo’s “Mexican Hot Chocolate Cupcakes”
Isaac Ortiz’s “Dubai Chocolate Cupcakes”
Tabitha Gray’s “Orange Chocolate Surprise Cupcakes”
Village at Ithaca’s Razzmatazz Rainbow Cupcakes”
Dawn Kracht’s “A Taste of Fall Cupcakes”
Cupcakes awaiting the judges
Juju B’s Sweets’s “Joy Cupcakes”
Travis Bohmer’s “Apple Pie, Oh My! Cupcakes”
Sophie Fund giveaways for the contestants
Sophie Fund volunteers
Event planner Cara Nichols and friends
Awards Ceremony Emcee Gabriella da Silva Carr and sidekick-in-lederhosen Ben Sandberg
Wegmans pastry chefs Savannah and Natalie conduct a cupcake decorating workshop
Mastering the art of piping floral decorations
Wegmans decorating workshop cupcakes ready to eat
Let the judging begin (with a Corgi named Gnocchi standing guard)
So many cupakes, so little time
Drum roll, please, for the final round of judging!
Molly receiving the Autumn Magic Award
Kate Bagnell receiving the 3rd Place Award for her “Cinnamon Roll Cupcakes”
Sadie Hays receiving the Honorable Mention Award for her “Mount Merapi Cupcakes”
Katy receiving the Honorable Mention Award for her “The Pineapple Doesn’t Fall Far from the Tree Cupcakes”
Marina Mahashin and Amin Lopez Luna receiving the Honorable Mention Award for their “Coco-Mango Sticky Rice Cupcakes”
The Sophie Fund Team
Be Kind Ithaca finding new ways to spread the message
And that’s a wrap: “Elvis has left the Pavilion“
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