Halloween Cake Contest - Oct. 1- Nov. 1, 2010

Enter your Halloween cake by Monday, November 1st for a chance to win. Add the photo to your profile and label the title Halloween Cake Contest. All entries will be featured at the top of the photos page. Sponsored by SugarEd Productions andA&H Cake Design.

1st place: "Bows & Boxes" set of 2 dvds by Sharon Zambito of SugarEd Productions. Please visit Sharon's website for more details about this dvd set.

2nd place: Gourmet Decorators Pen Set from A&H Cake Design.

Please enter only ONE photo per entry. You may enter as many cakes as you like. Voting will take place from November 2nd to November 8th. The top 10 cakes will be displayed on November 9th and will be determined by the number of people selecting it as their favorite. Judges will vote on November 10 - 11. The winners will be posted on November 12th.

A & H Cake Design offers the some of the lowest prices on cake
decorating supplies. They also have quick & reasonable shipping
rates.

The winner will also be featured in A&H Cake Design's newsletter and
on their website.

Congratulations Julie F and Paul Joachim:

Julie F

Paul Joachim:

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Permalink Reply by Karen Vazquez on October 6, 2010 at 9:16am

HI Theresa,

Hope you are doing well!!!! I think it would be a great idea if you could extend the contest until October 31st....This way the people who are doing cakes for Halloween get more motivated as to sharing their creations. I think it will be a great idea!!!!

Take Care and Many Blessings!!!
KV

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Permalink Reply by Marnee Kaufman on October 6, 2010 at 9:19am

I don't sign up for cake contests. I think that we have so many professional bakers that the home baker does not want to compete. I don't know if that could be it, but I really feel that way. Wish the web site was based on home bakers.

Mar

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Permalink Reply by Jeannine Sikora on October 6, 2010 at 9:26am

Ditto this for me.... :o)

Tammie Grady said:

Extending the deadline would be a great idea; even til Nov. 1st would be ideal. I have dial-up where I live and it would take forever for the images to upload. On Monday morning, Nov 1st; I would have access to a maker internet server.

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Permalink Reply by Theresa Happe on October 6, 2010 at 9:29am

I have had this request several times. The problem is that I cannot separate out the entries into categories. When we are able to implement customized programming, this is something that will be included.

June Kowalczyk said:

Yes, I think an extension to Oct 31 is a good idea. Here in Canada we are celebrating Thanksgiving, and it is a busy time.
And if I may be so bold Theresa, I would also like to suggest the contests be in catagories. ie: Novice/Beginner( decorator),
Experienced/Intermidiate, Expert/Professional ( owns/runs there own business )
I always try to aspire to decorate as well as the professionals who display on this site, but as a novice I cannot compete with
there experience and expertice.

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Permalink Reply by Jeannine Sikora on October 6, 2010 at 9:35am

I think this is a great idea. I know I can't compete with a lot of people here.....

June Kowalczyk said:

Yes, I think an extension to Oct 31 is a good idea. Here in Canada we are celebrating Thanksgiving, and it is a busy time.
And if I may be so bold Theresa, I would also like to suggest the contests be in catagories. ie: Novice/Beginner( decorator),
Experienced/Intermidiate, Expert/Professional ( owns/runs there own business )
I always try to aspire to decorate as well as the professionals who display on this site, but as a novice I cannot compete with
there experience and expertice.

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Permalink Reply by Anita McFadden on October 6, 2010 at 9:48am

I'm not really into Halloween. I think its for those with kids that want them to enjoy and participate on this day.

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Permalink Reply by Theresa Happe on October 6, 2010 at 9:50am

I just want to add that a few months back, we had a winner who had only been decorating cakes for 4 months. There is no reason to be afraid to enter a contest. I have 2 cake decorating websites and let me tell you, professional cakes blow mine away! I'm still learning a lot of the newer techniques. I'm from the age of foo foo cakes.

We're all here to help each other grow. So, rather than be embarrassed, a contest is an opportunity to challenge yourself and ask for feedback that will help you learn. Believe me, I know a lot more people will feel more confident if we have a beginner's category, so here's an idea for everyone to vote on for now:

How about I make the next contest a beginner's contest only? Of course, we have to rely on people telling the truth, so it's an honor system.

Jeannine Sikora said:

I think this is a great idea. I know I can't compete with a lot of people here.....

June Kowalczyk said:
Yes, I think an extension to Oct 31 is a good idea. Here in Canada we are celebrating Thanksgiving, and it is a busy time.
And if I may be so bold Theresa, I would also like to suggest the contests be in catagories. ie: Novice/Beginner( decorator),
Experienced/Intermidiate, Expert/Professional ( owns/runs there own business )
I always try to aspire to decorate as well as the professionals who display on this site, but as a novice I cannot compete with
there experience and expertice.

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Permalink Reply by Karen Vazquez on October 6, 2010 at 9:56am

Hi Theresa...

I think it would be a great idea if in the future the contests were separated into two categories: Amateurs and Advanced. I speak for myself here...i think it will encourage people to submit their creations. I know back five years ago when I started doing cakes again I could not compete with a lot of the bakers who already had been doing cakes for 20-25 years, so I sort of stopped participating. I think it would be great for the judges too so that they could take this into consideration when judging :-). XOXO!!!!

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Permalink Reply by Sheila Herrington on October 6, 2010 at 10:09am

I would appreciate it going thru the 31st since I am just starting and am not able to make cakes just for show. I am hopeing to enter at least two but it will be closer to the end of the month before I do them. Thanks