What an amazing, sweet-filled day we had for the 2nd Annual Cupcake Camp Seattle event. Bella Cupcake Couture (event organizer)  is so proud of the amazing outcome; we had nearly 800 people attend, 25+ vendors sharing their goods (sweet, stylish and sassy), 5,000 cupcakes to sample and the greatest success was raising $7,000 with proceeds going to the Hope Heart Institute.

We also felt soooo lucky with the weather we had. It was a beautiful sunshiny day at (which we know is rare in Seattle the past several months). Everyone enjoyed there cupcakes along the  water on the patio at The Canal.

There are so many folks to thank for helping to pull together this fabulous event. First is definitely The Canal, a Jewel Hospitality venue for providing the beautiful space for this fabulous event.

New York Cupcakes and Wink Cupcakes, our Champagne sponsors who provided over 800 cupcakes each!

New York Cupcakes created this awesome cake featuring our Cupcake Camp Seattle artwork by one of the sweetest artists ever; Cakespy. The artwork features cuppies in our Bella Cupcake Couture frolicking in the Ballard Locks all for the Hope Heart Institute.

Barbie Hull Photography, as always, captured ALL these amazing photographed moments on this entire blog.  Truly artistic!
To see more and ORDER Photos please visit  HERE
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Trophy Cupcakes for being our Cupcake Eating Competition sponsor. Video coming soon! In the meantime, here is a sneak peek of some of the photos from challenge.

Alan, Macky, Matt, Danielle, and Daniel.

The winner is Matt Ebert! Way to go!

Our fabulous judges (Robyn of Cake Central, Jessie of Cakespy, Rachel of Cupcakes Take the Cake, Keren Brown of Frantic Foodie and Melody Biringer of CRAVE) for making there way through the nearly 60 cupcakes submitted for the Cake Central sponsored cupcake competition.

All our fabulous cupcake vendors, for supplying our attendees with their tasty offerings. See links to the right under our list of sponsors for all the different companies who were showcased.

Middlefork Roasters for their amazing coffee and Smith Brothers Farms for all the tasty milk (if you don’t get it delivered, you should!)

Bamboo Beats for all the groovy music that kept us pumped to eat those 5,000 cupcakes!

Dantes Inferno Dogs for keeping us “Proteined” up amongst all the sweetness

Pedersen’s Rentals and Totally Tabletops for helping us with the linens and tableware.

Rockstar Volunteers: We couldn’t do it without Heather P, Bee T, Kerstin A, Mindy G, Cari, Madeline, Julie, Hope Heart team, Cake Central team and so many more.

Mindy, Kerstin and Carrie Middlemiss of Bella Cupcake Couture

The event wouldn’t be complete without our fabulous cupcake competition. This year, Cake Central helped to put together and execute the entire process of this most admired portion. Everyone loves to see the creativity of our professional, amateur and kid creations.

Check out all our 2011 Winners below!

Amateur- Most Unique Ingredients “1st Place”
Calvin Yee, Monte Cristo Cupcake with French Toast Cupcake, Raspberry Filling, Swiss Cheese Frosting and salty ham

Amateur- Most Unique Ingredients “2nd Place”:
Tracy Broyles, Nostalgia Pop with Fruity Pebbles and Nerds

Amateur- Healthiest Cupcake “1st Place”:
Tracy Broyles, Jack Rabbit Slim Carrot

Amateur- Healthiest Cupcake “2nd Place”:
Tracey Martin, Carrot Mango Bliss

Amateur- Best Seattle Themed Cupcake “1st Place”:
Jana Rosenlieb for ‘The Troll”

Jana Rosenlieb was as cute as a cupcake herself!

Amateur- Best Seattle Themed Cupcake “2nd Place”:
Jacqueline Amaya Cruz for Mr. S-Baked Noodle

Jacqueline Amaya Cruz and her proud family– how cute is her little girls tutu.

Professional- Most Unique Ingredients “1st Place”:
Heather Betts of New York Cupcakes, Thai Mango Sticky Rice

Professional- Most Unique Ingredients “2nd Place”:
Jennifer Shea of Trophy Cupcakes, Margarita with Tequila Butter

Professional- Healthiest Cupcake “1st Place”:
Dannielle Myxter of Jewel Hospitality, Whole Wheat Carrot Coconut Pineapple with honey cream cheese

Professional- Best Seattle Themed Cupcake “1st Place”:
Heather Betts of New York Cupcakes, “A Sweet View”

Professional- Best Seattle Themed Cupcake “2nd Place”:
Dannielle Myxter of Jewel Hospitality, Cafe Vita Chocolate Espresso

Youth- Best Tasting Cupcake “1st Place”: Autumn Broyles

Youth- Best Tasting Cupcake “2nd Place”: Hailey Mensson

Youth- Best Kid’s Design “1st Place”: Hailey Mensson

Youth- Best Kid’s Design “2nd Place”: Bailey Cauffman

Each winner received a certificate, Bella Cupcake Couture and prizes from companies like Lucks, Hello Hanna, Cakespy and more.

Here are some more photos of interesting and adorable cupcakes from the competition.

Love is in the air (perhaps this is a sweet side effect of cupcakes).

We love this artsy shot.

Besides cupcakes, there was also some fabulous shopping opportunities going on.

Cupcake with a bit of Bella Cupcake Couture cupcake wrappers

There was also a kids area where they could design their own Bella Cupcake Couture wrappers.

The whole day was amazing and we can’t wait to do it again next year! Thank you all for coming!