Cupcake wins more than one Cupcake War

We have been working with Kevin Vanderaa for a while now on a second location for Cupcake, his popular Minneapolis bakery cafe. He ran into some battles in St. Paul over parking for the planned Grand Avenue site and Mayor Coleman stepped in to help solve the problem. We are now looking forward to an opening soon! (You can read more by clicking here.) 

On a lighter note, Kevin appeared for the second time last night on the Food Network's 'Cupcake Wars' and walked away with the $10,000 prize for coming up with some wonderful cupcake creations celebrating Nickelodeon's "Yo Gabba Gabba" program. Way to go Kevin!!

‘Yo Gabba Gabba’ gets a sweet spot on ‘Cupcake Wars’

by Victoria Miller, Philadelphia Children'’s TV Examiner

Nickelodeon’s “Yo Gabba Gabba” got a sweet plug last night, when the kiddie show was the theme for an episode of Food Network’s “Cupcake Wars.”

Four returning bakers returned to the cupcake competition to compete for a  spot at the VIP party for the stage show "Yo Gabba Gabba Live."

This cupcake war was quite the battle, as the contestants had to utilize ingredients like blue crab, tuna, pumpkin and corn—you know, anything that shouldn’t be in a cupcake!

The savvy bakers came up with eclectic combos like avocado buttercream and key lime cake with cucumber frosting, to remind kids of Brobee, the green monster on “Yo Gabba Gabba.”

The “Yo Gabba Gabba” character of Plex was also honored with a lemon cupcake with mango buttercream.
“Cupcake Wars” judges Candace Nelson and Florian Bellanger were joined by “Yo Gabba Gabba” creator Christian Jacobs, who in the end voted   Kevin VanDeraa, owner of Minneapolis café “Cupcake,” as the champion. VanDeraa placed second during his first stint on “Cupcake Wars,” so this win was indeed sweet revenge!

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