Cupcake Bowl December 29th in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania

Thanks to my stepfather for letting me know about this! It's an end of the year cupcake event called Cupcake Bowl in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania on December 29th from 12:30-2:30 p.m., benefiting ArtsQuest's Arts Education Programming Fund, at ArtsQuest Center at SteelStacks, 101 Founders Way:

Calling all cupcake connoisseurs! We're inviting bakeries and restaurants from throughout the region to show off their brilliant baking skills and compete for the title of Best Cupcake! Musical entertainment by Dan DeChellis Trio.

The public is invited to this first year fundraising event to enjoy and sample all of the yummy creations and will have the opportunity to vote to determine the People's Choice winner. Proceeds from this event will benefit ArtsQuest's Arts Education Programming Fund, which provides quality arts and educational programs and experiences for students from throughout the Lehigh Valley.

In addition, a panel of judges will sample all of the cupcakes to determine the winners in the Best Frosting, Best Cake, Best Decoration and Best Overall Taste.

Below are Santa and Christmas tree cupcakes by one of the participating cupcake companies, Cuddles' Cupcake Bar, via their Facebook page. They can be reached at cuddlescupcakes16 at gmail.com or 610-746-4398 or 347-306-2288. They make custom cupcakes and do delivery in Lehigh Valley, Pennsylvania as well as parts of New York and New Jersey.