A person is holding cupcakes on a table.

Postres del Corazón, a baking competition, brought together bakers from different countries — Colombia, Peru, Mexico, Guatemala and the United States — last Friday to showcase desserts inspired by recipes from their home countries.

It was cupcakes against flan and a spread of other Latin American sweet treats at the event, which was held at La Placita on Capp and 24th streets on Feb. 9. A panel of five judges sat and tasted and meticulously scored the desserts; Monica Chávez, took home the first prize of $750, for her Kahlúa flan.

Reporter Kelly Waldron walks us through the bake-off — and tries to sample some of the desserts along the way. 

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Kelly is Irish and French and grew up in Dublin and Luxembourg. She studied Geography at McGill University and worked at a remote sensing company in Montreal, making maps and analyzing methane data, before turning to journalism. She recently graduated from the Data Journalism program at Columbia Journalism School.

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