Professional Competition: Non-Cakes

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

Miriam Pearson, #175, Sweet Creations​. www.sweetcreations.ie

Julia Fedorova, #176, Julia Fedorova Cakes, www.juliafedorovacakes.com

Rachel Stockton, #177

My cake is called Maria.

Audrey Saubon, #178

Anastasia Chocolate Art. This chocolate painting is inspired by the 1997 animated movie, “Anastasia”. The movie was inspired by Anastasia Romanav, who is a Russian princess and is part of the Romanav family. Russian princesses wore a Kokoshnik crown that can be embroidered with jewels or pearls. When it comes to making the royal attire, the royal family can choose what fabric and accessories  with their choice of clothing.

To make the painting I drew Anastasia on rice paper with a Sweet Sugarbelle tan food coloring edible pen. I melted Ghirardelli white and dark chocolate and used Chocolate Chameleon food coloring to color the white chocolate to my desired color. I used the Wilton needle tool to make the outline and fill in the lines.The needle tool helps control the thickness of the lines when I layer the chocolate and it has become a great use as a drawing tool. When I fill an area of the drawing, I would put a full tablespoon of chocolate and use the needle tool to make a circle motion to spread the chocolate evenly. For the crown I glued the sugar pearls with chocolate to decorate the crown. I used nonpareil sprinkles to make the necklace. The sprinkles is also glued down by chocolate.

Making the chocolate painting took a two months to make because it takes time to plan and execute it. This also includes keeping the chocolate up to temp and creating the right color to make the paint look nice.

Becky Miranda, #179, @fivetwobaker

My floral entry piece is not in a vase, as I intended it to be a wild boho wedding bouquet. I made every flower in this bouquet with my homemade flexible flower paste. There are roses, dahlias, peonies, ranunculus, and smaller filler flowers such as sweat peas, lavenders, hydrangeas, and flowering twigs. 

Suzanne Foster, #180, Nonnie's Creative Cakes

I made everything using fondant and gumpaste. I then highlighted with dusts. So fun to make! 

Lisa Taylor, #181

This was my submission for Around the world in 80 cakes. She is 100% edible with the exception of eyelashes. She is made from rice krispie treat, modeling chocolate and fondant. Her eyes, the telescope glass, the octopus eyes, the lenses on the goggles, and also the ocean water is all isomalt. Continents are made from fondant and crushed cookies and cake. The suitcase is rice krispie treat, covered in fondant, fondant gears and edible images. 

Edit Albert, #182, Edible Crafts

I used Wilton Gum Paste, all the petals are wired. 

Susie Jacobs, #183

In the Lord of the Rings: Return of the King, when all hope seems lost for the heroic hobbits, Gandalf arrive at Mount Doom on a giant eagle. 

Made with rice crispy treats, fondant, modeling chocolate, wafer paper, and isomalt. 

Jessie Anne Reilly, #184

Hand painted lampshade using sugar sheets, luster dusts mixed with vodka. Frame made with pastillage, some support wire covered with wafer paper on the top, table is gingerbread the coated with royal icing tinted brown,  textured With brush . Attached together with clear isomalt. Base of lamp is casted sugar , light wire going through it continues up to light bulb which is blown sugar. The flamingo is blown sugar. Tail of flamingo to look like a fish head.hand painted the flamingo.gold sparkles also in casting base. The back shows the palm trees.

Beth Meyer, #185

Isomalt/Sugar Tower of Food "La Comida"

Daniel Corpuz, #186

“Filipino Heritage” Caraïbe 66% Chocolate Showpiece
•Our heritage plays a large part of who we are, this piece is a way to represent my Filipino Heritage.
•Skills: Showpiece Construction, Chocolate tempering, Cocoa Butter Airbrushing, Cocoa Butter Painting
•Dancing Figure is sculpted from Milk Chocolate, Cocoa Butter painting on a white chocolate plaque, the rest is all dark chocolate.
•Map is hand carved as are the “wave” structures behind the map to give it height. Stones are carved from dark chocolate disks.
•Molds used: Leaf, and PVC pipes

Daniel Corpuz, #187

“Ikebana Vase” Équitoriale 55% Chocolate Showpiece

•Ikebana is the art of Japanese flower arrangement

•Skills: Showpiece Construction, Chocolate Tempering, Cocoa Butter Airbrushing, Knife Point Flowers

•Large and Small Branches are sculptured from Dark and Milk Chocolate, respectively

•Vase has individual plaques attached to give the “fanned” effect

•Dirt made from Dark and Milk Chocolate

•Molds used: Leaves, Ring for the base of vase, Dome Mold for base of flower

Jean Schapowal, #188

Cristina Arévalo, #189, The Art Cake Experience

Gothic Lady. Modeling in sugar paste.

Concepcion Johnston, #190, Rose Gold Bakery

Gumpaste flowers, my sweet hobby! This bouquet includes ranunculus, roses, sweet peas, hydrangea, berries, roses and jasmine flowers.

Shaile Socher, #191

Gumpaste wild daisies and oranges.

Vicky Teather , #192, Yellowbee Cake Company

This piece was created based on the character Magrat from the Terry Pratchett Discworld books. I took the descriptions from the book and created a sugar model of her. She's around 10" tall and made from modelling chocolate and modelling paste.

Jessica Costales, #193, Cherry Bay Cakery

Pat Ashley Howard, #194

It is actually a gingerbread house. It is completely edible and titled a Woodland Winter. The interior is complete with a fireplace, braided rug, a dining table and chair and bed along with a decorated Christmas tree in a bay window. The wood grain was created with a handcrafted impression mat. It is my dream to one day build a full-size version of this house to live in.

Brandi Hall, #195

The figure is made from modeling chocolate and the door made from rice crispy treats covered with a mixture of fondant and modeling chocolate. This is my version of the "Here's Johnny" scene from "The Shining". I thought the movie was kind of appropriate for the feelings of cabin fever and slowly going insane during this time of social distancing and isolation.

Wendy Buchi, #196

Rainbow Wedding

Tania Consolini, #197

A Walk in Tuscany. My piece is 100% chocolate. Everything including the grapes are made of chocolate. This piece was made several years ago when I first started working with chocolate.