Cakes and Sugarcraft Magazine have just published the FIVE cake finalists in their 100 iconic cakes series and I am honoured that you, the voting public, have chosen my dragon cake as one of these finalists!
My dragon was originally created as a competition piece for a salon culinaire competition – at the time he won best in class, which I was thrilled with as he was my first salon culinaire competition piece! Today, I am pleased to say that he still sits in a cake box on top of my wardrobe. A little faded and dusty perhaps, but still complete.
Iconic cake finalists
If you are not familiar with the magazine series, over the last 4 issues the magazine has looked back over its first 100 issues and chosen one cake from each issue. Readers were then asked to vote for their favourite cake from the 25 featured. The current magazine – issue 106, autumn 2009 – features the finalists:
Issues 1-25 (tied winners) – ‘Spoilt for choice’ by Debbie brown & ‘Specimen rose’ by Tombi Peck
Issues 26-50- ‘Lindy’s dragon’ by Lindy Smith – that’s me!
Issues 52-71 – ‘A musical birthday cake’ by Julie Collins
Issue 76-100 – ‘It’s Christmas at the North pole’ by Joan Simper
Vote now for the most Iconic cake
Readers of the magazine are now being asked to vote for who they think should win the accolade of designing the most iconic cake. All the cakes are featured in the current magazine. Full instructions for the winning cake will be published in the next issue of Cakes and Sugarcraft.
If you’d like to vote for my dragon or any other of the fabulous cakes featured remember to enter before the 25th September 2009 – there is a prize of over £350 to be won!
See Cakes and Sugarcraft magazine for more details
Be inspired
Lindy
Donata Smalley says
I really like the colors! Haven’t received the magazine yet, should be in the mail soon. Are there any instructions on how to create this amazing cake in a magazine or book of yours? I’ll make sure to vote!
Lindy Smith says
Hi Donata
Instructions for my dragon were originally in cakes and sugfarcraft magaine but about 12 years ago!! The magazine is going to reprint the winning cakes instructions so there is a 1 in 5 chance that instructions will be available again!!!
michelle says
hi i am going to create a castle,knight and dragon theam for my sons christening would i be able to get instructions on making this dragon before the 1 in 5 chance?
Lindys Team says
Hello Michelle,
The dragon cake was a one-off which Lindy created especially for a competition.
The cake was featured in Squires Kitchen’s Cakes and Sugarcraft magazine – if you contact them the accompanying article may be of some use.
We would warn you that to create a similar cake will take a huge amount of time.
We do feature a fairytale castle cake on page 70 of Celebrate with a Cake which you could maybe adapt for your theme?
Click on this link for details of how to order the book.