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Sugarcraft inspirations at the NEC

11th November 2010 by Lindy Smith

I never have much spare time at Cake International,  as I’m  needed on my trade stand most of the time, however whenever I do escape I head straight to the competition area – there are always so many lovely competition peices to see. I never manage to see them all but here are a selection of some of the cakes and sugarcraft pieces that appealed to me.

Sculpted cake by Elaine Thomas - gold award

I think this cake by Elaine Thomas was certainly one of my favourites and judging by the crowd that were always around it, many other peoples too!

A cake for Shrek fans by Song Eun Sook - a well deserved gold

The Shrek films were used as inspiration for a number of cakes but this one by Song Eun Sook was definately the most impressive. It looked as if each piece of fur had been rolled by hand – how long did that take…?

Singer on a stool by Anne R0lley from France - Gold award

I simply loved this figurine by Anne Rolley, we know Anne at Lindy’s Cakes as she has been on one of our very sucessful handbag carving courses, so we were thrilled to see that she was awarded a gold  for this beautiful life-like model.

Australian wedding cake by Sherry Hostier - awarded silver

Upside down meets down under – love the concept of this cake. I’ve seen cakes stacked this way before but never so effectively! The aboriginal art reminded me of my cake teaching trip to Australia last year.

I’ve got more pictures to show you so please come back to see!

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  1. Anne Rolley says

    11th November 2010 at 6:39 pm

    Hi Lindy! Oh wow I’m so flattered to see my entry here! I agree with your other choices, elaine’s very funny cake and that cat fur.. I just wanted to say that i did take a lot of inspiration and technical tips from your books (so they work!) when I started a couple of years ago so my gold is partly the fruit of your labour!
    Hi to the girls.
    Anne

  2. sarah males says

    11th November 2010 at 9:16 pm

    i thought that top cake was fantastic…i went back at least twice to have a look. I thought all the cakes were brilliant and all deserved top prize.

  3. Alessandra says

    12th November 2010 at 7:08 am

    I really like the upside-down cake… how did they keep it up!!!!
    Wow!

    ciao
    Alessandra

  4. Jane says

    12th November 2010 at 9:23 am

    Hello Anne,
    Thank you for your kind comments – we all thought your figure was fantastic. Congratulations!
    Jane

  5. Jane says

    12th November 2010 at 9:27 am

    Hello Alessandra,
    The cake would have been dowelled.
    Jane

  6. Kim says

    26th February 2011 at 6:06 pm

    I love the Puss In Boots cake! Did he give any indication of how he did that fur? Its awesome!

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