National Cupcake Week 2010

News Update! Cupcake Champion of Britain 2010 announced!

David Bennett of the Sunshine Bakery in Chapel Allerton, Leeds, is the newly crowned Cupcake Champion of Great Britain 2010.

Bennett set up the business only six months ago, having worked in Michelin-starred restaurants for 17 years, five of which were under Marco Pierre White. He switched from chef to baker and has quickly found success with his winning Banana & Mango recipe, tweaked from a Passionfruit & Mango recipe that sells in his shop for £1.50. He beat over 60 professional cupcake bakers to the title.

The competition was organised by British Baker as part of its build-up to National Cupcake Week, 13-19 September. The week is sponsored by Renshaw and Chevler and supported by BFP Wholesale and Robert Dyas. There are seven winners in total, representing each day of the week, as follows:

Monday: Chocolate Ginger Cupcake (vegan) - Lisa Harris, The Cupcake Theatre, Bournemouth

Tuesday: Tropical Explosion - Natalie Penzer & Rachel Brown, Cupcake Garden, Beaminster

Wednesday: Ernest Hemmingway - Vicky Parker, Sweet Tooth Cupcakery, Manchester

Thursday: Cosmopolitan - Stephanie Sippitt, The Butterfly Bakery, Poole

Friday: Sweet & Wicked Mojito - Susan Angoy, Sweet & Wicked, London

Saturday (champion): Banana & Mango - David Bennett, Sunshine Bakery, Leeds

Sunday: Sticky Toffee - Katie Rawcliffe, The Little House of Cupcakes, Thornton

For interview with Cupcake Champion of Great Britain 2010, David Bennett, click the competitions tab above.

National Cupcake Week is organised by British Baker magazine to celebrate the
nation's fanaticism with this glorious sweet bakery product. The aim of the week,
to be held from September 13-19 2010, is to celebrate the many wonderful recipes and exotic flavours available from bakeries, shops, supermarkets and cafes across the UK. and to drive customers into their local bakeries and cafes to buy and sample them.

It gives these retail outlets and cafes the opportunity to market themselves and flag up these fashionable food items.

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