We’d like to thank all our sponsors who donated prizes for our Cupcakefest raffle! Due to their donations, we were able to raise a great amount of money for the Passaic Animal Shelter.

We will be announcing the winners of all the prizes shortly.

Activision
Harmonix
Whole Foods Paramus
Garden State Rollergirls
Rutherford Pancake House
Beauty by Nicole
Merrick
KONG
A Doghouse Bakery
Doggie Paradise
Paradise Pet
Pixl Graphx
Ritchie’s Music Center
Camp Bow Wow
K-9 Unlimited
NJ Pet Sitters
Seppuku Tattoo
Tattoos Are Forever
B Fit Lifestyle
New York Red Bulls
Urban Decay
Starbucks of East Rutherford
Arbonne – Denise Reynier (#ID: 18060446) (Email Denise)
for the Animals sanctuary
Rutherford Animal Hospital

Photography & Video provided by:
Mark Weber
Eric Schnare
DIGImmortal Photo

Special thanks to Planet Verge and Big Picture Media for all their help planning Cupcakefest!

Looking forward to next year!

More amazing shots of Cupcakefest 2010 taken by Eric Schnare:

More photos here.

Check out these beautiful dog portraits courtesy of Eric Schnare of Alchemy and the Queen, one of the bands who performed at Cupcakefest.

For more of Eric’s photos from Cupcakefest, please visit his blog.

*** Annoucement! *** The winner of the cupcake eating contest will receive: a Sweet Avenue gift certificate, an iTunes gift card, and a Target gift card, and eternal cupcake glory. In addition, we’d love to work with the winner on creating a special flavor based on their suggestions!

We didn’t think we needed to spell this out quite so bluntly, but after the email we just received, we think we should clear up some things about Cupcakefest.
Cupcakefest is held every year to raise money for a charity in need. This year we’re working with the Passaic Animal Shelter. We just received an email from someone who was angry with us and called us “greedy” for charging an entry fee for the cupcake eating contest. We were shocked, but apparently we need to make this more clear: EVERY SINGLE PENNY collected from donations, raffles, and the cupcake eating contest is going to the Passaic Animal Shelter. We are doing this entirely out-of-pocket, and have already spent hundreds on various permits, rentals, promotions, etc. That’s 100% of the money collected. Not whatever’s left after we recoup our expenses—just EVERYTHING. We are not keeping a dime to cover our own costs. We’re footing the bills for everything not covered by our awesome sponsors, so that the Passaic Animal Shelter can get the most money possible during this event.

Summer is a hard time for animal shelters, between kitten season, and people moving and being forced to give up their pets, the shelters get extremely overcrowded this time of year. We’re just doing our part using the resources we have (you people—our awesome customers) to help out an underfunded, needy shelter. Because we’ve got to look out for our furry friends.

Again, we just want to make sure everyone’s clear on where their money is going. If you don’t feel like you should have to pay to enter the cupcake eating contest, then you don’t have to. The event is still free to attend, and if you do enter our raffles or contest, you’ll be helping out needy animals, and for that we’ll be grateful.

WHEN: SATURDAY, JUNE 26TH
WHERE: CUPCAKEFEST – 176 PARK AVE. (ACROSS FROM BOROUGH HALL) IN RUTHERFORD

Signups begin at 4:00pm. First 10 people accepted only! $20 per person. Contest starts at 5pm.

I survived Cupcakefest tanks!! Available the day of Cupcakefest in extremely limited quantities!

Front: i survived cupcakesfest 2010 and all i got was this awesome shirt
Back: Sweet Avenue Bake Shop – Cupcake Heaven since 2007

Women’s American Apparel tanks sized S-2XL. Asphalt grey.

JUST CONFIRMED! It’s Me or the Dog Casting Call at Cupcakefest 2010!

We’ve changed the format of our raffles a bit, but don’t worry, it’s even better now! We’re now grouping together similar prizes, so that each ticket gives you multiple chances to win! When you buy your ticket, you can choose from any of the four raffles to enter your ticket in. For example, if you enter raffle #3, you’ll have 9 chances to win one of our doggie gift prizes!

Tickets are available for purchase in our shop in case you can’t make it to Cupcakefest! Stop by and pick up some tickets! Amazing prizes and all of the proceeds go to benefit the animals of the Passaic Animal Shelter.

A celebration of MUSIC and CUPCAKES!!
June 26, 2010 in Rutherford, New Jersey to benefit the Passaic Animal Shelter. Performances by: Val Emmich (as seen on 30 Rock and Ugly Betty), Those Mockingbirds, Washington Square Park, Alchemy & the Queen, Young Squire (former members of Gaslight Anthem and And Then There Were Machines), Right as Rain and The Worms.

PLUS: Cupcake Eating Contest!

Video by Planet Verge.