The 2nd annual Art of the Cake Competition was held here in Cleveland, OH at the Polaris Career Center the weekend of January 24-25, 2009. I entered the wedding cake competition where cakes were required to include black & white in the color scheme and had to be at least 3 tiers tall.
I took my inspiration from a Christian Dior Haute Couture gown from his 2007 Spring Collection. I titled it, "A-Dior-Able".
The 4 tier cake was covered in turquoise and white fondant with handpainted inset round panels and piped black stitching embellishments. The floral topper is handmade gum paste. The obi separator was fondant covered styrofoam with applied black fondant cording for the bow. The decorative board is covered in fondant with hand painting and coordinating multi-ribbon trim.
In the 23 cake contest, I won "Most Artistic", as judged by 2 Master's of Fine Arts.
You can see all of the cakes in the contest at http://neohiodecorators.tripod.com/id16.html
In addition to the competition, which was open to the public on Saturday for a small admission fee, there were also mini classes in the sugar arts.
It was a wonderful experience and I can't wait until 2010!
