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    Best Bites Preview: Tiramisu, Cupcakes, Brownies & More

    Mardi Gras is the perfect day for indulgence — good drinks, great music, and of course, excessively decadent foods! To celebrate the occasion, Columbus Underground is gathering all of the city’s top dessert makers together for one night of deliciousness at our second annual Best Bites: Sweet Treats event on Tuesday, February 9th at The Athenaeum.

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    This Mardi Gras themed event will feature 28 businesses providing samples of everything from pies to ice creams to donuts to marshmallows to donuts and everything in between. Attendees will also cast their votes to name one dessert the Best Bite in Columbus!

    Here’s a quick preview of several of the treats that will be featured at the event:

    Bacon Brownie & Bourbon Ball
    From 1803 Bacon

    New bacon business 1803 Bacon will be making their Best Bites debut with an amazing salty and sweet item: A dark chocolate bacon caramel brownie topped with their signature bacon bourbon ball and a side of maple espresso bacon. The decadence within is certainly appropriate for Mardi Gras.

    A Quartet of Cupcake Flavors
    From Red Velvet Cafe

    Newcomer Red Velvet Cafe has been open Downtown for nearly a full year, and has perfected the art of the cupcake in a very short amount of time. At Best Bites they’ll be showcasing several of their signature flavors in miniature form, including Taro, Creme Brulee, Salted Caramel and — of course — Red Velvet.

    Tiramisu and more
    From Cakes and More

    Appropriately, Cakes and More will be providing more than one dessert at Best Bites, but the main item they’ll showcase is their Tiramisu. The Italian dessert is made from espresso and liquor soaked layers of vanilla sponge cake that are filled with Mascarpone cheese mousse and topped with cocoa powder.

    Mini Cupcake Flight
    From Sunday’s Cakery

    The folks at Sunday’s Cakery are getting into the Mardi Gras spirit with a trio of drink-themed cupcakes! Those include an Amaretto Sour (cherry almond cake w with Disaronno-spiked icing, topped with a sweet & sour sprinkle), a Salted Caramel Latte (rich coffee chocolate cake with a caramel latte icing, drizzled with caramel and sprinkled with sea salt) and a Berry Honey Lemonade (lemon scented cake with a fresh berry center, iced with honey buttercream).

    Advance tickets to the event are $30, which includes unlimited sweet treat samples and a cash bar featuring Crafthouse Cocktails as well as beer and wine options. Tickets are expected to sell out.  A portion of the proceeds from all ticket sales will be donated to the The Columbus Foundation’s Gifts of Kindness Fund.

    Participating treat makers include Three Kids and a KitchenMMELOJ-Pops Gourmet Ice PopsGraeter’s Ice CreamLyric DonutsKaty’s Kandies1803 BaconRed Velvet CafeThe TableMika’s Cupcakes & CreamsPattycake BakeryRime Time PopsCopiousVelvet Ice CreamKroger BakerySugardaddy’s Sumptuous SweetiesCherbourg BakeryEban’s BakehouseSchmidt’sGallerie Bar & BistroFour and Twenty Blackbird BakeshopCakes and MoreThe Angry BakerEagle Family CandyLaughlin’s BakeryCameron Mitchell RestaurantsCapital City Cakes and Sunday’s Cakery.

    The Columbus Underground Best Bites event series have collectively raised over $7,500 for local charities since August 2014.

    CLICK HERE to purchase your tickets in advance to Best Bites: Sweet Treats on February 9th.

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    shiptkappus-newThis is event is presented with support from Kappus Company and Shipt.

    Poster design by Anne Evans with donut design by Lillian Dent.

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    Walker Evans
    Walker Evanshttps://columbusunderground.com
    Walker Evans is the co-founder of Columbus Underground, along with his wife and business partner Anne Evans. Walker has turned local media into a full time career over the past decade and serves on multiple boards and committees throughout the community.
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