The judges loved Jilly's second round of cupcakes, but made a few suggestions before sending them along to Round 3, which involves making 1,000 cupcakes and designing a display to show off the sweet treats. Sweet Mess Cakery was sent home. Shiller and Holland took the judges' advice about a few elements of their cupcakes and managed to create a staggering number of them in the allotted time.
Jilly's display was modeled after the Miami skyline, a nod to South Beach that the judges appreciated. Though they also liked Just Cupcakes' offerings, the judges crowned Jilly's the winners. Shiller considers this less a victory for Jilly's, and more a victory for the often under-appreciated Midwest food scene.
As winners, Shiller and Holland were able to attend the South Beach Wine and Food Festival and feed their winning cupcakes to a number of celebrity chefs from around the world. They even had a moment with our buddy, Andrew Zimmern!
Here at Gut Check International Headquarters, we were lucky enough to snag some of the winning cupcake flavors to give them a taste.
