Cupcake Used In NBA Slam-Dunk Contest Inducted Into Cupcake Hall Of Fame

COOPERSVILLE, NJ—The pink-frosted single-candle cupcake used in the second place-winning slam-dunk contest routine of Timberwolves guard Gerald Green has been inducted into the National Cupcake Hall of Fame by unanimous vote, the Cupcake Hall of Fame committee announced Tuesday. “We are proud that our favorite confection has once again appeared in the national spotlight and made us proud,” said NCHOF Director of Selection and nationally recognized pastry chef Meg Charleton. “It has earned its place among such moist, delicious luminaries as the cupcake that went into space with John Glenn, the cupcake that flew with the crew of the Enola Gay over Hiroshima, and the cupcake Lincoln was eating that fateful night at the Ford’s Theatre.” Green himself will give the presenter’s speech at the ceremony in March, provided he has not already eaten the cupcake.