Yesterday, Sunday Laura and I went to the Festival of Cakes at the Park Place in Traverse City. Cousin Laura (to avoid confusion) was one of the organizers. They did a terrific job. So Laura and I went to support her efforts and as I have an interest in cake decorating I thought it might be interesting and it was. I took some pictures for inspiration. I will share a few of those here.
We did not stay to see the winners but in my book they were all winners and I don't envy the judges. My personal favourite I will show in detail as the several layers of the cake were extraordinary.
Each layer (cushion) was unique in its own way and every detail was just about perfect. The top cushion had a little candelabra sort of thing with beads hanging from it.
The next layer had flowers and the lavender frosting was decorated in gold.
The next layer was tight rosebuds in burgundy. Sort of difficult to capture in its detail.
The bottom cushion, ( because thats what it was, a pile of cushions)was yellow with flowers and intricate details.
The whole was on a stand and that on top of a beautiful burgundy cloth. The whole presentation was spectacular.
More details below
Here are a few others, the categories were several ranging from professional to children and so I will just show a selection and you can guess whats what.
Here are a few details from some of the cakes shown above.
They had got 4 of our local "celebrities" to decorate their cakes there on the spot. Given a period of time to do it, they were then judged and the cakes auctioned off after. It was fun watching them try so hard to decorate with no past experience. They were real troopers.
I used a boxed cake mix thank goodness, I could not imagine getting them done otherwise. I did make the frosting from scratch. I used a quarter of butter and mixed it with powdered sugar and a little milk. It was awesome. I let Tristen lick the bowl. I forget that toddlers take things literally because I turned around to see him with his head in the bowl....licking. Oooooh boy!!!!
After the cakes had cooled and been frosted I used some coconut to top a few of them and some pink balls on the other ones. Tristen had been waiting (not patiently) for the first ones to be ready. I put the rest on some wire racks to cool.
So we retired to the living room and I got busy doing other things. There was a lot of silence. I called Tristen. No answer. Several calls, no answer. I asked what he was doing and heard him go upstairs..............yes you guessed it. The cupcakes had been invaded, two tops missing their frosting. Hmmmmmmm. He stayed upstairs and when he came down I asked him if he knew who got into the cakes and he said "me did"........what could I say, he's 3.
Anyway, next time I will know better and put them somewhere else out of reach.
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