Shackleford partnered with The Painted Cupcake's Tracey Davenport, who tried all the submissions and selected three finalists: Carlene Helble's broccoli cupcakes with hummus, Maiah Aldi's Garden Fairy Cakes and Rober Bosley's apple-cinnamon broccoli cupcakes.
The final judgment will take place at 2 p.m. on Saturday, April 30, at The Painted Cupcake (235 Fourth Ave. N.), and you can help decide the winner of the title and a $150 Visa gift card. Besides samples of the finalists' broccoli cupcakes for voting, there will be special deals on (normal) cupcakes, a coloring station for kids and a raffle every 30 minutes for Painted Cupcake gift cards and children's baking sets.
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