Tonight, at the second Ignite, I will be presenting the Cupcake Decorating Championships.

Here’s how it works: Alicia, Francis and I made slaved over a hot stove to make cupcakes all day today with an epic amount of butter and sugar. We, plus a few folks from Cupcakes Take The Cake Blog will be judging the finalists and the crowd’s applause will ultimately decide the cupcake decorating champion.

There is a time limitation, so if you’re feeling ambitious and want to create a ginger bread model of the Empire State Building on top of a cupcake, plan ahead, come prepared and Bring Your Own Cupcake! (BYOC)

There are two rules.

• A relatively normal sized edible cupcake must be involved.
• No explosives (Sad, I know. But too messy!)

Location: New World Stages - Map

Rough schedule:

• 7:15 Door & Bar opens
• 7:30 Cupcake Contest Begins
• 8:15 Cupcakes Contest Ends
• 8:45 Ignite Talks Begin
• 9:45 Ignite talks end; upstairs bar opens

What will the creativity of NYC bring to the cupcake? There’s only one way to find out, be there!