Combing through the archives of stuff I've watched but have never reviewed, I stumbled across Cupcake Wars, now streaming on Netflix.
Now, before I get hostile hate mail about the reality shows that I stream, do remember that I liked quite a few of t hem.
But this offering from the Food Network is...
lame.
Bakers square off to make the best batch of cupcakes and a chance at 10,000 bucks.
The viewer watches and quickly grows bored.
We've seen all these challenges before.
Beat the clock.
Impress the judges.
Move on to the finals.
Except the other shows had other things for the bakers to do besides bake cupcakes.
Anyone with an oven can make cupcakes.
:D
The first, and only, episode I watched showed a bakery from Oregon (I believe) whose claim to fame was that they bake cupcakes using beer in their batter.
Fair enough.
The challenge?
Make something to celebrate the Girl Scouts of America 100th aniversary.
Want to bet what special secret ingredient they used?
Uh-huh, beer.
And those that say beer bakes out must have missed the episode of a much better Food Network show, Good Eats, where Alton Brown debunked that myth, and alcohol does NOT bake out of food, especially within 30 minutes.
Naturally, the bakers were shocked and dismayed that they were sent packing for trying to get little girls all liquored up!
Save your time, there's much better shows to watch or stream.
Final Grade: D+
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