Juanita Koo, grand prize winner of Torontoist’s Birthday Cupcake Bake-Off, almost didn’t enter the contest. “I saw it mentioned on Twitter after the deadline was extended,” she said while sipping her green tea. “I started planning and sketching at noon, worked until about 1 a.m., went to sleep, made a last-minute change in the morning, and then took the pictures and sent them in at about 10. I think the cut-off was at noon.” The result was twelve amazing multi-coloured cupcakes—depicting everything from Pearson Airport to the Beaches volleyball courts in tiny sugarpaste decorations—that won the votes of Torontoist's staff.
