Thanks to all of these people, businesses and organisations: The Book Boys, LeapWords PR, radelaide.net, Adelaide Tweet, RiAus and PPRAdelaide, Cupcake Treats, Fun For All, Christine Falk (for baking AND design!), Kristen, Alicen, Anne, Josh, Maria, Leila, Kerry, Chanel, Amber, Bruce, Becky, Vikki, Alex, Kay, Shane, Michael, Andrew, Karl, JM, Melinda, our two overseas donations, and everyone who was there at the Box Factory – THANKYOU. You all put in an amazing tireless effort, both contributing, helping out, donating and collectively baking over 400 cupcakes. Together, that is an amazing achievement – and that was only the first Cupcake Camp in Adelaide! You all deserve a huge congratulations and thankyou from everyone.

We have raised $1040 for Camp Quality and they are absolutely thrilled!

Congratulations to Anne for coming first in the cupcake competition, Chanel for second and Josh and Kerry for equal third. We hope you all enjoy your prizes (or in the case of third place which was two free cupcakes, *have* enjoyed)!

Here’s a selection of photos from Taryn’s Cupcake Camp set on Flickr. Head on over to Flickr for the full lot (there’s over 100) but here’s a small sample!

This is the Box Factory Community Centre where we held the event, a great community location – thanks to the staff here for their assistance!

Setting up!

Strawberry Surprise

Very Vanilla

Dairy-Free Vanilla Cupcakes (The competition winner!)

White Chocolate (second place)

Vanilla with violet crumble (equal third)

Neapolitan (equal third)

We hope we can see you all at the next Cupcake Camp! If you enjoyed yourself, tell your friends about Cupcake Camp so we can make the next one even bigger and better, and we will see you in 2010 for another round of sugar highs and delicious cupcakes.

I would like to thank the sponsors and people who have helped us out so far, and you can read about them in earlier posts:

• LeapWords PR
• The Book Boys
• RiAus

We still need a few things and if anyone out there could help out it would be very very appreciated. Here’s a small list of things we still need to give you an idea:

• Soft drinks/juice (preferably cans or small bottles)
• Butter for kids decorating classes
• Anyone who can do face painting (and has supplies) and wants to donate 2 hours of their time to us and the kids
• If you have any little toys, stickers, pens, goodies etc to put into the goodie bags for the kids to take home

We have 10 bakers registered but we could use 1-2 more, so if you can help by baking cupcakes or bringing some along from a cupcake cafe, even if you can’t make it on the day, please let us know.

Thanks everyone for your support, see you Sunday!

Monique Kleine
Cupcake Camp Adelaide

If you can’t make it to Cupcake Camp Adelaide, why not donate some money to the event and Camp Quality?

The RiAus (Royal Institution of Australia) have generously donated some goodie bags to Cupcake Camp Adelaide!

RiAus is Australia’s first national science hub, and it’s here in Adelaide! It was opened on the 8th of October in the old Adelaide Stock Exchange. The hub aims to make science accessible to a wider audience and has a special commitment to youth.

The goodie bags will help Cupcake Camp with setting up the Yellow Brick Road kids activity. Big thanks to the RiAus for supporting us!

If you want to spread the word about Cupcake Camp Adelaide here are some links to flyers and posters to print out and distribute. If you are printing them out please don’t litter and respect any poster rules of the place you are putting them up at!

Cupcake Camp Adelaide A4 Poster
(Sorry this was incorrect, it has now been updated to the correct link!)

Cupcake Camp Adelaide Flyers

Cupcake Camp Adelaide A4 Poster (second version)

Cupcake Camp Adelaide Flyers (second version)

If you don’t want to print them out just email them on to your friends and family! Spread the word about Cupcake Camp, everything counts. Thankyou for your support!

With many thanks to local South Australian business the Book Boys, we have some prizes to give away at Cupcake Camp Adelaide!

They have generously donated us two Cupcake Creations kits to give away on November 22. Each kit includes a silicone tray, piping bag with five different decorating tips and a recipe book with lots of delicious cupcake ideas! It is a fantastic kit to get started with cupcake baking and also makes a great gift.

The Book Boys have a wide range of books, gifts and DVDs at great prices. You can find them at Harbourtown, Parabanks and Ingle Farm Shopping Centres. Pop into one of their stores and say hello – the staff are great and have lots of Christmas gift ideas!

If you need a bit of help and recipe ideas for baking those cupcakes, why not have a look at MonnieCakes? Monnie is one of the organisers for Cupcake Camp Adelaide and there are lots of yummy recipes and photos at her dedicated cupcake blog. Do you know a great cupcake recipe? Share it in the comments!

If you’d like to register for Cupcake Camp Adelaide as a baker please click on Register As A Baker above. Once you’re registered you’ll be sent a confirmation email with some additional details for bakers. If you need any help please email Cupcake Camp Adelaide so we can assist you!

We currently have eleven bakers registered and we need more, so get registering!

We are happy to announce that LeapWords has offered to help Cupcake Camp Adelaide!

LeapWords PR are based in Adelaide and have joined forces with Cupcake Camp Adelaide to help promote us and handle our media relations. They will be a great help to getting the word out there, so thankyou very much to Kamini for offering her time and services to Cupcake Camp!

Visit the LeapWords website at: http://leapwords.webs.com/ and keep an eye out – you will see more from both teams very soon.

Today is one month to go until Cupcake Camp Adelaide and there have been some very exciting developments!

I am pleased to officially announce that Camp Quality is our charity for November 22! Every cupcake sold will help to bring hope and happiness to the lives of children with cancer and their families and communities.

The venue has also been confirmed, thanks to the help of the Adelaide City Council. Cupcake Camp Adelaide is being held at the Box Factory Community Centre, which is on 59 Regent St S, just off Halifax Street in the city.

There is no time limit on parking on Halifax Street during the event as it is a Sunday. It is close to the tram line and buses so hopefully we’ll see everyone there!

Here’s an example of some of the things to come on the day:
- Icing workshops for children
- Cooking demonstrations
- Cupcake competitions! If you’re baking, why not enter?

(If you are bringing cupcakes you MUST register as a baker above under the link “Register your Cupcakes!”)

If you have any questions or queries, feel free to email me at monnie@cupcakecampadelaide.com – and if you can help sponsor the event that’s even better!

We’ll see you in a month! Don’t forget to tell your friends and family

Monique Kleine
Cupcake Camp Adelaide

Thanks to Christine Falk for designing the poster, it’s beautiful!