Professional Competition: Cakes

​Vote for your favorite cake! Select here to see all entries or select the name of the registrant to go directly to their creation. 

Tracy Gamble, #50 

World Wildlife Federation Bucket with Turtle

Jennifer Delacruz, #51

Navy combat work boots

Zach Olbrych, #52

Spryo the Dragon 

Spryo measures 22” from base to top of horn.  Body, tail and neck is sculpted cake. Head/horns are Rice Krispie treats and modeling chocolate covered in fondant.  Wings and dragonfly are gumpaste.  Dragonfly wings are gelatin. Gems and green swirl are isomalt.  Buttercream grass.  Airbrush and petal dusts used for detailing.  

Zhi-Ning Liang, #53

Star Wars - Boba Fett helmet

Keaton Brock, #54

A ringmaster's hat sits atop The Big Top in this whimsical cake. The Big Top is 3 layers of chocolate cake filled with Salted Caramel Swiss Meringue Buttercream. The hat is 5 layers of chocolate cake filled with peanut butter mousse. Decorated with homemade French Vanilla fondant and gold luster dust. This cake says "Come one, come all to the most delicious show on earth!"

Michelle Becker, #55

Royal Icing + miniscule piped dots + gravity defying string work are all my passions. I saw the top design painted on a stepping stone a few years ago and knew I wanted to try to recreate it in cake form.

Jean Schapowal, Cakes with Character, #56

Augustus the pug is not happy with his attire for his owners photoshoot! All cake and cake pop mixture covered in modeling chocolate. Colored with edible dusts and painted with edible paints.  Board is covered with fondant and dusted to create a velvet texture.

Arnesia Jones, #57

Angela Tessier, #58

Crystal Nolte, #59

My aunt is an avid crafter and owns several sewing machines. So she was upset that I bought her a new one for her birthday. Until I sliced it up and served it for dessert!!

*White cake decorated with chocolate ganache, cereal treat, fondant, and edible fabric. 

Cynthia Weiss, #60

Michelle Rodriguez, #61

Beth Studebaker, #62

Sculpted Elephant Cake

Nancy Lindstead, #63

High Top Tennis Shoe Cake