What does 30 pounds of butter look like? Roughly the weight of the average beagle, it’s 120 sticks, which if carefully stacked end on end would be taller than most of the buildings in Vail Village. That 30 pounds of butter also equates to about 1,000 cupcakes, the minimum number that Lauren Smith, owner of Mountain Cupcakes, expects to crank out with her staff for this weekend’s Gourmet on Gore culinary festival.Like many others who are participating in the Open-Air Tastings on Saturday and Sunday as well as Brunch on Bridge Street on Monday, Smith began preparation early — as …
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