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Great judges lined up for Cupcakecamp Sydney

For Cupcake Camp Sydney on Friday 28 August we've got a distinguished panel of judges who are going to help us to award cool prizes:

They are going to be judging the cupcakes in three categories & there will be prizes for the creator in each category:

best decorated cupcake
best cupcake overall - based on presentation, taste & texture
craziest cupcake

All cupcake bakers go into a draw to win a bottle of champagne too.

Follow Cupcake Camp Sydney on Twitter @cccsyd & the hashtag is #cccsyd

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