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This contest is for amateur cake decorators only. 


Submissions must meet the following criteria:

  • 8" round 2 layer cake.
  • Fully coated and decorated in spreadable or pipable icings such as Butter Cream, Fudge, or Whip (no rolled fondant, gum paste, molding chocolate, etc)
  • Smooth flat top with inscription
  • Smooth or combed sides 
  • Piped border around top and bottom
  • Additional decoration such as flowers, streamers and confetti, balloons, vines- be creative!


I will score the entries based on:

  • Overall apperance of the cake (5 points)
  • Level of technical difficulty (5 points)
  • Level of creativity (5 points)
  • Level of skill in execution (5 points)

First Place Winner will recieve:

  • One- Ateco 672 professional revolving cake stand with non-slip pad, 12" diameter aluminum turnnable, cast iron base, and precision rotation.  New in box.
  • One- Bragging rights.  Slightly used.

 

Second Place Winner will recieve:

  • One-"JJ's Butter Cream Smoothing Kit", containing all the tools I use to get the tops and sides of my cakes smooth.  (1 comb, one plastic scraper, one Ateco 1447, one Ateco ultra 1310)


To enter this contest post a response to this discussion-  Introduce yourself, describe the cake, and post a link to the pictures of your cake on cakeswebake.com.   POST TWO PICTURES, one top view tagged "JJ's Amateur Contest Top", and one side view tagged "JJ's Amateur Contest Side".  See the attached photos for an example. Please limit your entries to one per person!

 

All entries must be posted between Thursday, 9/8/11 and Friday, 9/23/11.Winners will be announced Friday, 9/30/11


PLEASE NOTE-  Just tagging your photos will not enter you into this contest!  You must enter  by posting a reply to this discussion! 


Your entry should look something like this like this:

 

My name is JJ, and here is my entry for "JJ's Amateur All Occasion Cake Contest!"  

 

The cake is vanilla pound cake filled with chocolate fudge, and iced with pink American style butter cream.

 

http://www.cakeswebake.com/photo/amateur-all-occasion-cake-top/next...

http://www.cakeswebake.com/photo/amateur-all-occasion-cake-side/nex...

 

 

The Following Entries Have Been Accepted!

Gloria Castano

Debbie Boswell

Georgia_in_MS

Jennifer Hanus

April

Julisa

Tammy Whitaker

Evelyn Vega

Joann Smith

candy densmore

Rebecca Towle

Pam McGraw

Sandra Griffin

Catrina Bonomolo

Tracy Lynn Buttermore

naheed ullah

mariza guerero

Paula Collins

Debbie

michelle johnson

Jenn Merrifield

Rhonda Goodwin

Regina Santangelo

natasa kukic

candy densmore

Erica Thompson

Eva Buchholz

Carol Vokes

Dina Hany

Eillim Cintron

Adelle Crotteau

KELLY BUHRMESTER

Rima

Natasha Soto

Adelaida Diaz

Jeanne

Adrian Sims

Perfection By Paula

Genevieve

Lisa Duff

kathy tolbert

Lynda P Gunn

candy densmore

zeeniya zulfikar

Madhulika Dev

Ashok

Nini

Jessica Fink

Ashleigh Clayton

Anji Fisher

Julie S

Homemadefondantcakes

Stacy Strate

Olivia Elias

Eunice Lee

Christina Strellec-Simpson

Goreti

Janice Groves

Suzanne Baker-Shultz

Poonam Jadhav

Erica Booker

Vanessa H.

Jaime Lavallee

anand

 

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Thank you, Lisa. Not really worried, just wondering. I appreciate the compliment! Thanks so much for taking the time to reply!
Hi, my name is Jaime, and this is my entry for "JJ's Amateur All Occasion Cake Contest!"

I made this cake for my mother's birthday... it is a homemade fresh strawberry cake with strawberries and cream filling and vanilla buttercream frosting. My mother's passion is her cottage garden, and I wanted to represent the whimsical and carefree nature of it with loosely piped vines and leaves.
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I my name is Anand and my antry is a pineapple cake frosted with buttercream and decorated with fondant flowers and cherries.
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Sorry to those who were worried about their cakes getting on the list, I've had a very busy week in my actual life which has required me to divert some attention from my virtual life.  Never fear, the latest entries have been posted, and I will close this discussion to replies some time tonight, so if you've got a cake you want to enter get it up soon!

You did awesome!!



Vanessa H. said:

My name is Vanessa, and here is my entry for the "JJ's Amateur All Occasion Cake Contest!" It is an 8" 2 layer chocolate cake filled, iced and decorated with vanilla buttercream.

My family only appreciates cakes of the mildly sweet and non-iced variety (which poses some difficulty for an aspiring cake decorator!) so, thanks to JJ, I've been given an excuse to break out the colours and creativity for my first ever cake decorating contest! I've only taken to decorating in the last few months - this is only my 3rd attempt at piping - so I jumped at the chance to practice and faced my first real cake decorating nightmare in a buttercream icing that simply wouldn't crust enough to be smoothed with a paper towel and, oh, the unspeakable horrors of a brown crumb-speckled white buttercream! I'm sure you all can relate. Regardless, I'm hoping for more excuses to work with my piping bags...

Cheers!

 

http://www.cakeswebake.com/photo/jj-s-amateur-contest-top-3?context...

http://www.cakeswebake.com/photo/jj-s-amateur-contest-side-3?contex...

 

Thanks for the encouragement, Adelle! That buttercream almost had me at wits' end... but I'd do it all over again :)



Adelle Crotteau said:

You did awesome!!



Vanessa H. said:

My name is Vanessa, and here is my entry for the "JJ's Amateur All Occasion Cake Contest!" It is an 8" 2 layer chocolate cake filled, iced and decorated with vanilla buttercream.

My family only appreciates cakes of the mildly sweet and non-iced variety (which poses some difficulty for an aspiring cake decorator!) so, thanks to JJ, I've been given an excuse to break out the colours and creativity for my first ever cake decorating contest! I've only taken to decorating in the last few months - this is only my 3rd attempt at piping - so I jumped at the chance to practice and faced my first real cake decorating nightmare in a buttercream icing that simply wouldn't crust enough to be smoothed with a paper towel and, oh, the unspeakable horrors of a brown crumb-speckled white buttercream! I'm sure you all can relate. Regardless, I'm hoping for more excuses to work with my piping bags...

Cheers!

 

http://www.cakeswebake.com/photo/jj-s-amateur-contest-top-3?context...

http://www.cakeswebake.com/photo/jj-s-amateur-contest-side-3?contex...

 

Chocolate cake with ganache and vanilla filling. It is covered with ganache.
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Hey Friends!

 

Just wanted to let you all know that I haven't forgotten about you.  I got a lot of great entries (more than I was expecting) and I want to give each cake the attention it deserves :)  That coupled with a really busy weekend at my shop means I haven't quite finished the judging, but do not despair!  I promise I will post the winners here by the end of the day on Monday.  

 

Thank's for your patience, and have a great weekend!

We Have A Winner!  Sorry for the delay, but at long last I have sifted through a bunch of really great cakes, and managed to come up with one that I feel exemplifies the all occasion cake, adhered to the specific contest criteria, and shows excellent effort from an amateur My winner is:

Olivia Elias

 

and Second place goes to:

Genevieve

 

Congratulations!

 

Please contact me via private message to collect your prizes!

 

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