Marking Sheets

In case you're interested, these are the judges marking sheets. You might have to click on them to make them larger and readable.

Some of my favourite cakes from the show

Below are a few of the cakes that I particularily liked from the cake show this weekend:

This was Greg's favourite:

How cute are these wee mini wedding cakes?

and... wow!

I won a pretty yellow ribbon!!

So excited! I came third place in the Non Guild Seniors category. When I dropped the cake off yesterday I became very intimidated by the quality of the other cakes in my class and thought that I definately wouldn't win a placing. But the judges must have seen something in my cake.

So here it is...

Front View

And Rear view

This is the first place winner

This is the second place winner

And a picture of the table for the non guild cakes (if you bring it up full size you might be able to spot mine in there somewhere!)

Off we go!

Well, it's cake exhibition today. I have NEARLY finished my cake. This morning when Emmy came out she said "I love your cake Mummy". So I feel like a winner already :)

Ok so I know my cake isn't the same kind of thing that I predict the other competitors will come up with, but I stayed true to myself and put all the things that I know Emmy likes on it. I have enjoyed the experience so far and learnt lots (I know what cake cleats are now!). And I am looking forward to seeing all the other cakes in the show.

Sneak Peek - My Exhibition Entry

Thought i would give you a sneak peek at what I have been working on tonight for my entry in the sugarcraft competition this weekend. Can you guess the theme of my cake yet?

And...Sent!

Ok for the past few weeks I have been agonising over whether or not I should enter a cake decorating competition. I'm a newbie and have sooo much to learn about it. And the idea of competing with experts who have been doing it for 20+ years is rather off-putting.

But, I decided to enter. Just for fun. I don't expect to win or even come close to winning, but I figure it's all good for experience (and will give me something to obsessively blog about!). So my application went in the post today.

Click here to see the types of cakes that placed in the competition last year (I'm entering the NG Senior category)