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'Cupcake Wars' Judge Candace Nelson at Newport Beach Sprinkles Today

Sprinkles Cupcake founder will be at the store from 3 to 5 p.m.

If you woke up with a sweet tooth today, be sure to stop by Sprinkles in Newport Beach.

Today from 3 to 5 p.m., Candace Nelson, a judge on "Cupcake Wars" and founder of Sprinkles, will be in the Sprinkles in the Corona del Mar Plaza for a meet and greet with fans.

Nelson comes from a long line of culinary luminaries. Her French-American great-grandmother was renowned for the distinctive desserts she made at her San Francisco restaurant during the 1930s and her  mother shared a similar passion for cooking, according to a report for the womensconference.org. After graduating from Tante Marie's Cooking School in San Francisco in 2002, Candace started her own baking business, specializing in handcrafted special occasion cakes.

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However, having been raised in the tradition of her French relatives, Candace felt that dessert should be a daily pleasure rather than an indulgence reserved for the occasional celebration.

This philosophy inspired Candace to open Sprinkles.  Eschewing traditional cake recipes, Candace carefully developed each recipe specifically for the delicate nature of cupcakes, using the best quality ingredients available-sweet cream butter, pure Nielsen-Massey Madagascar Bourbon vanilla and Callebaut chocolate.

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