CAII Cupcakes and Cookies for Kids

Table of Contents

• Event Sponsors
• Contestant Levels
• Cupcake and Cookie Categories
• Buy Tasting Cards of Stamps
• Enter the Competition
• Become a Sponsor
• Official Rules
• Event Summary

Event Sponsors

Please join us in thanking the following sponsors of CAII Cupcakes and Cookies for Kids.

Contestant Levels

Bakers may enter their cupcakes and cookies into the contest at one of five contestant levels.

• Professional
  typically earns money as a baker or chef

• Amateur
  bakes as a hobby or pastime with no money earned for baking

• Youth: High School
  students in high school grades 9-12

• Youth: Middle School
  students in middle school grades 6-8

• Youth: Elementary School
  students in elementary school grades K-5

Cupcake and Cookie Categories

Bakers may enter their cupcakes and cookies into one of fifteen contest categories.

Cupcakes by Professional and Amateur Bakers

• Twenty-One and Up
  These cupcakes must include beer, liquor or wine as an ingredient. Cupcakes may employ alcohol to add flavor or simply be inspired by a particular beer or cocktail. Bakers and guests must be at least twenty-one to enter or purchase these cupcakes.

• Filled
  These cupcakes must include some kind of filling or edible surprise in the center.

• Nuts!
  These cupcakes must include nuts as an ingredient in the cake or frosting.

• Fruitilicious
  These cupcakes must include at least one fruit as an ingredient in the cake or frosting.

• What The World Needs Now Is Chocolate
  These cupcakes must include dark, milk or white chocolate as an ingredient in the cake or frosting.

• Holiday
  These cupcakes must use ingredients, frosting and/or decorations to create a holiday-themed cupcake. Examples include Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, Chanukah, Kwanzaa, Easter, the Fourth of July — the possibilities are endless.

Cupcakes by Youth Bakers

• Filled
  These cupcakes must include some kind of filling or edible surprise in the center.

• Nuts!
  These cupcakes must include nuts as an ingredient in the cake or frosting.

• Fruitilicious
  These cupcakes must include at least one fruit as an ingredient in the cake or frosting.

• What The World Needs Now Is Chocolate
  These cupcakes must include dark, milk or white chocolate as an ingredient in the cake or frosting.

• Holiday
  These cupcakes must use ingredients, frosting and/or decorations to create a holiday-themed cupcake. Examples include Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, Chanukah, Kwanzaa, Easter, the Fourth of July — the possibilities are endless.

Cookies by Professional, Amateur and Youth Bakers

• Kitchen Sink
  These cookies must include one or more additions to the basic dough.

• Nuts!
  These cookies must include nuts as an ingredient.

• Chocolate
  These cookies must include chocolate as an ingredient.

• Holiday
  These cookies must use ingredients, frosting and/or decorations to create a holiday-themed cookie. Examples include Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, Chanukah, Kwanzaa, Easter, the Fourth of July — the possibilities are endless.

Buy Tasting Cards of Stamps

Entry to the event is free. Tasting cards enabling purchasers to sample the baked goods made by contestants are available for $20. Each tasting card includes ten stamps that you can exchange for cupcakes and cookies. Friends and family are welcome to share a tasting card.

You can purchase tasting cards at the door or get them now. Those who buy tasting cards online are entitled to enter the event and start sampling thirty minutes early.

1. Click the Add to Cart button
2. To purchase multiple tasting cards, modify the quantity and click Update
3. When ready, click the Check Out or Check Out with PayPal button
4. Enter and review your details, then complete the transaction
5. You will receive an email receipt from PayPal

Tasting Card includes ten stamps

$20

Tasting cards purchased online will not be mailed; they may be picked up at the will call table on the day of the event. Online tasting card sales will end on Friday, March 10, 2017.

If you run out of stamps while enjoying the event, do not panic. Extra tasting cards of stamps will be available for purchase at the will call table. All items at the event will be priced as follows.

	Mini-Cupcakes	One stamp each
	Cookies	One stamp each
	Regular Cupcakes	Two stamps each
	Takeaway Containers	One stamp each

Enter the Competition

If you have read the rules and are ready to participate, enter the competition now. Every contestant will receive one complimentary tasting card but extra tasting cards may be purchased as well.

1. Choose a contestant level and confection
2. Select a category from the drop-down list
3. Click the Add to Cart button
4. Click the Continue Shopping button to return and add more entries or tasting cards to your cart
5. When ready, click the Check Out or Check Out with PayPal button
6. Add information to the Entry Title and Description field*
7. Enter and review your details, then complete the transaction
8. You will receive an email receipt from PayPal

Professional Cupcakes

$50

Professional Cookies

$50

Extra Tasting Card

$20

Amateur Cupcakes

$30

Amateur Cookies

$30

Extra Tasting Card

$20

Youth: High School Cupcakes

$15

Youth: High School Cookies

$15

Extra Tasting Card

$20

Youth: Middle School Cupcakes

$15

Youth: Middle School Cookies

$15

Extra Tasting Card

$20

Youth: Elementary School Cupcakes

$15

Youth: Elementary School Cookies

$15

Extra Tasting Card

$20

* Titles and descriptions are required for all entries but you may enter now and submit them later, up to two weeks before the event.

Upon receipt of payment, a CAII volunteer will send a confirmation email. Updates leading up to the event will also be sent via email, while the baker's information packet and complimentary tasting card will be mailed approximately two weeks prior to the event.

If you cannot enter online, download a paper form (PDF or Word) and get in touch with the event contact to become a contestant.

Become a Sponsor

In addition to becoming a contestant or joining us as a guest, you or your company can also donate toward one of four sponsorship levels for the event. Each level includes a number of sponsorship benefits, each of which are detailed below.

Sponsorship donations may be in cash, in-kind donation or a combination of the two. Donations to CAII are tax-deductible.

Please consider becoming a sponsor! You can start the process now with an online donation for any of the sponsorship levels or donate any amount you wish.

1. Choose a fixed sponsorship level or customize a donation
2. Click the Add to Cart button
3. For custom sponsorships, enter a donation amount of $100 or above*
4. When ready, click the Check Out or Check Out with PayPal button
5. Add information to the Website Address and Additional Notes field**
6. Enter and review your details, then complete the transaction
7. You will receive an email receipt from PayPal

Bronze

$100

Silver

$250

Gold

$500

Platinum

$1000

Custom

$100 and up

* Custom sponsorships will be assigned to one of four sponsor levels based on the donation amount.

** Please include your business name, website address and indicate (yes or no) if you have a logo at least 200 by 200 pixels in JPEG, PNG, TIFF, PSD or AI format available for placement on this page.

Upon receipt of payment, a CAII volunteer will send a confirmation email. Updates leading up to the event will also be sent via email, while your complimentary tasting card(s) will be mailed approximately two weeks prior to the event.

If you cannot donate online or have in-kind donations, download a paper form (PDF or Word) and get in touch with the event contact to become an event sponsor.