Winners of Cupcake Challenge announced

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The results of Sunday’s Nesquik Cupcake Challenge, in which 34 cupcakes competed for sweet supremacy, were announced early this morning. It wasn’t a sweep for any bakery, but Sugar Jones, last year’s winner for best original cupcake, made an impression, winning three top prizes for two different cupcakes. SusieCakes’ red velvet cupcake won best traditional cupcake while Polkatots’ dulce de leche won best original cupcake and best overall cupcake. [Click here for a photo gallery of all the entrants.]

Best traditional
1st: SusieCakes: red velvet
2nd: Two Parts Sugar: raspberry red velvet
3rd: Blue Cupcake: chocolate

Best original
1st: Polkatots: dulce de leche
2nd: Sugar Jones: blackberries and cream
3rd: Southern Girl: sweet potato pie

Best overall
1st: Polkatots: dulce de leche
2nd: Sugar Jones: blackberries and cream
3rd: Sugar Jones: Casanova’s Kiss

-- Elina Shatkin

Photo: SusieCakes’ winning red velvet cupcakes. Credit: Rob Takata / For The Times