Today marks the first day of the Colossal Cake Smash Smackdown sponsored by Crumbs Bakeshop. Above are just three of the 99 contestants thus far. I actually kicked off the contest on Tuesday when I took Nina (the reader who won last week's giveaway) to a Crumbs Tasting Event in NYC.
At 10am, we sampled all their newest holiday cupcakes including Raspberry Chocolate Cheesecake, Red Velvet, Canoli and the ridiculously delicious White Hot Chocolate pictured left. TRUST ME.
After stuffing our faces with chocolate and sprinkles and cream cheese frosting, Crumbs sent us home with a goodie bag full of MORE CUPCAKES. "Ha!" I laughed, "As if I haven't had my fill of baked goods for the next month!"
Then I found myself digging in later that afternoon.
But enough about my issues with moderation and on to the SMACKDOWN.
There will be ten winners of the Colossal Cake Smash Smackdown (taking place every Friday for the next month) in categories such as Most Miserable, Biggest Mess and Least Likely to Come Out Of Their Sugar Induced Coma.
Winner of each category will win a Colossal Cupcake ($42 each and they can be delivered anywhere in the country) leading up to the Best Overall Smash on December 9th, Mazzy's birthday. Best Overall will pit the winners of each category against eachother plus a few wildcards. Grand Prize is an $100 Crumbs Bakeshop gift certificate. THAT'S A LOT OF CUPCAKES.
I will be accepting cake smash photo submissions up until the very end. Just post your entry on the wall of the Mommy Shorts Facebook Fanpage and make sure to include your kid's name.
In addition, each round I will be giving away an $18 Crumbs Bakeshop gift certificate in the comment section. You don't need to have a kid in the contest to win.
Make sense?
Alright. We're gonna start the festivities off with Best Shirtless Smash.
THE "BEST SHIRTLESS SMASH" NOMINEES
Edward in "I Hope The Ants Don't Find Me"
Cadell in "Smurf Village Massacre"
Jack in "There's Gold In This Here Frosting!"
Bella in "Salon Style Hair Without the Salon Style Price Tag"
Eddie in "Is There Something On My Face?"
Ryan in "What Cake?"
Keeley in "Keeley and The Technicolor Dreamcoat"
Lexi in "The 1%"
Derek in "I Will Now Eat The Rest Of The Kitchen"
and finally…
Saelac in "The First Rule of Cake Club Is That You DO NOT Talk About Cake Club"
Voting will continue through next Friday when the winner is announced at the opening of Round 2.
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GIVEAWAY:
Describe your ideal cupcake in the comment section below for a chance to win an $18 Crumbs Bakeshop gift card. (I suggested to Crumbs that they make a Nutella/Hazelnut Chocolate Cupcake and they said they tried and it wasn't very popular. WHAT IS WRONG WITH PEOPLE???)
You must be a Mommy Shorts Facebook Fan to enter.
I LOVE these pictures!!!!
I wish I could vote everyone but that’d screw up the contest, won’t it?
My ideal cupcake – dark chocolate ICE CREAM center, white chocolate cake with an orange frosting.
YUM
Oh my, what great pictures! My Ideal cupcake? Ummm…Devil’s food with a raspberries inside with chocolate ganache drizzled over the top with vanilla cookie crumbs on top of the ganache. YUM!
Chocolate with a cheesecake center and strawberry drizzle….why do you torture us so? Sitting her thinking of all things I would do to a cupcake..mmmmm
That’s a tough choice – they’re all so cute! My ideal cupcake is yellow cake with chocolate frosting – so boring, I know. But it’s a classic.
i love carrot cake cupcakes with cream cheese frosting…but honestly, i’ve never met a cupcake i didn’t love! the shirtless pics are too cute! May use that idea for my son’s 1st birthday on Dec. 6th!
Happy Early birthday to Mazzy!
my ideal cupcake changes by the day, today it would be a coffee-flavored cupcake with some dark chocolate frosting… mmmm…
A rich chocolately fudge cupcake with peanut butter frosting. Heaven.
Gingerbread with lemon frosting and white chocolate center. Mmmm
I wish I had a picture worthy of this contest but all of mine are pretty tame. Vivian just doesn’t have much of a sweet tooth. She doesn’t get it from me.
My ideal cupcake would be one of those dark chocolate/raspberry molten lava cakes with hot fudge oozing out the center and chocolate-raspberry frosting.
Let’s see…my ideal cupcake would be mint chocolate made with Andes mint chocolates loaded with chocolate butter cream frosting and an Andes mint on top.
my ideal cuppy cake would have loads of chocolate, caramel, and a butter cream. mmmm!
VOTE FOR EDDIE! 🙂
mmm cupcakes. i’m all about the red velvet, southern lady that i am.
Mint chocolate chip with baileys. Yummmmm
I would like for CRUMBS to develop a magic cupcake that tastes as good as any other CRUMBS cupcake but contains no calories, fat or any other evidence that it has existed prior to consumption. I believe that NASA scientists are also working on a similar prototype but it tastes like moon rocks. Did someone say “Partnership Deal”? You’re Welcome.
Because everyone knows Nutella is for BREAKFAST.
My dream cupcake would be a recreation of my wedding cake in cupcake form.
Also, these picture are slightly nauseating.
This is going to be fun. I cast my vote!
My ideal cupcake is the Crumbs “Good Guy” cupcake, without the calories & fat. Go ahead, Crumbs, I’m waiting :
mmm, the best cupcake would be a funfetti type cake with a whipped cream filling, strawberry topping and a white chocolate dipped strawberry on top! ahhh that sounds delish.. 🙂
Edward is so cute. I just love that pic.
Edward is so cute. Love this pic.