"Cupcake Wars" 9/9- "STAR WARS" SHOW

A heads' up before we start- after the third season of "The Great Food Truck Race" has ended, the second annual "Halloween Wars" will begin on October 7 & the top prize will be $50K.

Chelsi Reynolds & her mom Pat (Let's Kiss & CAKE Up!)
Desiree Corsetti-Meyers & Heather Shansey (D'Vine Pastry Bar- online-only; they drove to the studio in a Subaru Outback)
Chyna Baker-Chester & Yvonne (EveryBuddy Dreams bake shop)
Janell Brown & Kristen Cold (One Sweet Slice Custom Cake & Cupcake Shoppe)

WINNERS' DESTINATION: "Star Wars" Celebration in Orlando
Guest Judge: Ashley Eckstein (who's one of the voices on "Star Wars: The Clone Wars")

R1: On the inspiration table are ingredients on the light side & ingredients on the dark side.

Chelsi & Pat: Dark chocolate w/ cayenne pepper, black pepper, raspberry liquor ganache & marshmallow buttercream
Chyna & Yvonne: Coconut w/ blackberry chutney filling featuring onions & black pepper, orange & ginger cream cheese frosting & toasted coconut
Desiree & Heather: Vanilla bean & black truffle w/ blackberry compote & basil mascarpone frosting
Janell & Kristen: Cinnamon, pepper & dark chocolate w/ a layer of dark chocolate ganache & whipped mascarpone

CHELSI & PAT ELIMINATED FOR TOO MUCH DARK STUFF

R2:

Janell & Kristen: 
1. Darth Vader chocolate w/ white chocolate buttercream, milk chocolate truffle, layer of white chocolate buttercream, red sugar & a fondant Death Star w/ a dark chocolate wrapping for this cupcake
2. Yoda coconut key lime w/ coconut cream cheese icing, fresh lime curd, fresh coconut flakes & Jedi logo
3. Luke Skywalker maple brown sugar w/ peanut butter cream cheese icing & blue chard of sugar (to represent the lightsaber & his Jedi status)

Desiree & Heather:
1. Yoda pistachio w/ essence of orange blossom frosting, dried apricots, ears & cane
2. Princess Leia champagne w/ raspberry liqueur frosting, raspberry in the center, dark brown hair color frosting "buttons" & little red lips
3. R2-D2 chocolate stout w/ heavy whipped cream (orange zest mixed in) & little blue fondant around it

Chyna & Yvonne:
1. Jabba banana nut w/ peanut butter frosting & dark chocolate ganache filling
2. Yoda pistachio w/ Swiss meringue buttercream, orange zest & yellow Yoda
3. Spicy dark chocolate w/ whipped white chocolate frosting & yellow star w/ the word "WARS" in chocolate

CHYNNA & YVONNE ELIMINATED FOR OVERBAKED CUPCAKES & MISSING FROSTINGS

1K C R:
D & H: Millennium Falcon
J & K: The Tie Fighter

WINNERS- Janell & Kristen