Win $500 for Best Cupcake!

Chocolate Cupcake Contest 2017 Win $500 for best cupcake!

Contest; Saturday April 29 th @ 1902 Building downtown Martinsburg

Last Name ______

First Name ______

Mailing Address Street______

City: ______State: ______Zip Code: ______

Home Phone: (______)______Cell Phone: (______)______

E-Mail Address:______

NAME OF YOUR CUPCAKE:______

You must have a registration form on file to be judged. All entries need to be in by Monday, April 17, 2017

Brief description of your cupcake entry with ingredients list (recipes are not required): ______

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______Please return registration form (filled out completely with application fee of $10.00) - ($5.00 enters the Chocolate Walk)

Attn: Randy Lewis, Main Street Martinsburg Newberry Executive Center 142 North Queen Street Martinsburg, WV 25401 304.262.4200 CUPCAKES: Please bring two dozen cupcakes. All cupcakes will be judged. Cupcakes must be in standard cupcake liners. All cupcakes must contain chocolate with anything else you want to add. Participants may submit multiple entries and there are no age restrictions. Cupcakes entered in the contest become property of Main Street Martinsburg. PRESENTATION: Please bring a small index card stating the type of your cupcake. Please put your name on the card. This is considered part of your presentation. Fun names tend to capture the imagination of the tasters/judges. Props are permitted to help tell your cupcakes' story; however, you must fit props and cupcakes in a two foot space. Any indecent matter will not be allowed and will be disqualified. RECIPE: You may scratch bake or doctor up a box mix prior to baking (example: adding canned pumpkin to a vanilla box mix). You are required to submit a list of ingredients at check-in. Nuts are permitted; please be sure to accurately label cupcakes containing nuts or nut derivatives. All recipes, once they are submitted, become property of Main Street Martinsburg. CHECK-IN: Saturday, April 29th with Cupcakes @ The 1902 Building on the corner of Martin Street & Queen Street in downtown Martinsburg. Contestants must arrive between 8 am & 10 am to set up prior to the tasting start time. Please check-in when you arrive. You are not required to stay with your cupcakes during the event. VOTING PROCEDURE: Each cupcake will be evaluated by all judges. Judge's ballots will be collected and tabulated to determine the First Place winner and Most Creative prize winner. Winners will be announced at 3:30p.m. the day of the event. You must have a registration form on file to be judged. All entries need to be in by April 17, 2016. Application Fee: $10.00 per entry. This price gets you into the chocolate walk. You are not required to stay with your cupcakes during the event. However, if you wish to sample chocolates on the Chocolate Walk and view the Cupcake Contest, you must have a wrist band. JUDGING IS BASED ON THE FOLLOWING CRITERIA: TASTE OVERALL TEXTURE, OVERALL APPEARANCE AND OVERALL CREATIVITY

PRIZES WILL BE AWARDED TO THE BEST ENTRIES THAT MEET CONTEST CRITERIA: FIRST PLACE- $500.00 SECOND PLACE- (Most Creative) $150.00