National Cupcake Day 2016 a HUGE success!

With last years numbers in mind I went in guns hot with even more cupcakes this year and I am pleased to announce that I successfully raised $460.25!! Surpassing last year!

It wasn't all sunshine and lollipops all the way through however, it's not exactly easy to store 200+ cupcakes in my little house. Took some strategic planning and some late nights to ensure the cupcakes freshness.

Excuse the bit of a mess in this picture however the majority of the space is taken up by cupcakes! Including the stacks of cereal boxes, those were cupcake donations from my mother. The night before the fundraiser was a bit of an ordeal, due to some unfortunate circumstances I ended up throwing my back out. Whelp... your back is a very essential part of working on dozens and dozens of cupcakes so icing them all on a timeline certainly wasn't the easiest thing I've ever done however I did get through it!

And I think they turned out pretty darn cute!

I arranged to set up in the same place as last year which was once again a huge success, people are very generous when it comes to helping out the SPCA! Hurting back being minded I was there from 12 until just after 4pm and then all the cupcakes had been called for. It was great, same location, same duration and even more cupcakes sold from last year!
I took in some memorable currency this year too. People were itching to have a cupcake! So they dumped their wallets!

The american nickel wasn't anything to write home about but I enjoyed the 10 pence and the other coin I'm not 100% sure on it's origin! But my favorite was definitely taking in the $2 bill, I know it's in rough shape but I look forward looking to see how much that one is worth these days!

All in all this year (aside from the injuries) was a huge success! I'm really looking forward to next year and beating my numbers again!

National Cupcake Day February 29th 2016

National Cupcake day has come once again!! Last year I raised over $400 in 4 hours, I'm hoping to double my contribution this year!
It's the sweetest time of year!! ‪#‎nationalcupcakeday‬ baking cupcakes to save the lives of thousands of furbabies alike! Support me in my online bakery by searching Nicole Hubley at www.nationalcupcakeday.ca

I was so fortunate last year to get so much support!! Friends took time out of their day to make extra cupcakes and coworkers went the extra mile to make sure the fundraiser went above and beyond.

February 2015

$411 Raised for the SPCA!

We did it! The first National Cupcake Day I participated in was an amazing success! $411 raised for an amazing cause!

I had about 120 cupcakes baked myself topped with vanilla icing and little royal icing paw prints, then some of my coworkers baked me a few more dozen.

We set up shop on February 23rd at 11am, I was mentally prepared to be there as long as I had to, to sell all those cupcakes WELL, 3pm came and we had one single cupcake remaining and my last generous customer swooped it up! I was completely blown away by the generosity of my customers, most of them didn't even want a cupcake ( I was set up in a store next to a 24hour GoodLife...) when they found out the money was going to the SPCA the donations were pouring in!

I can still accept donations until March 14th at www.nationalcupcakeday.ca Search: Nicole Hubley


I am super excited for next year! As this was my first year I learned a lot along the way! So grateful for my friends and coworkers who helped me fill in the blanks with whatever I forgot!

Next year...
I will definitely be doubling up on the cupcakes!
Posters- Banners and Balloons!
A nice big donation jug
Incentives for customers to donate pet food
Possibly a puppy...
A CHAIR. I make my living on my feet but I am always doing something, so standing and chatting for 4 hours was a little rough on the legs!