JJ's Amateur All Occasion Cake Contest!
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!
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Permalink Reply by Adelaida Diaz on
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My name is Adelaida Diaz, and here is my entry for "JJ's Amateur All Occasion Cake Contest!".
The cake is vanilla with pineapple filling, covered with butter-cream icing; Flowers (White Poinsettia) with gold dust in the center made with royal icing. The spikes are made with royal icing using tip #17.
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Permalink Reply by JJ Becker on
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Thanks for asking. The decorations may be made in any medium you'd like, though my intent was to give beginners an excuse to work on their piping skills. The idea behind this contest is to give folks a reason to work on perfecting beginners' techniques. The scoring is designed to encourage people to try methods they haven't perfected yet, effort is just as valuable here as the appearance of your cake, creativity is just as valuable as skill. I'm process not product oriented. If you mostly work with fondant decorations try butter cream, try something new, or use this as an opportunity to develop skills that you wouldn't attempt on something you're making for your cousin's birthday party...
Stacy Strate said:
I'm not sure I fully understand the rules. I got that the cake must be covered in a pipable icing, but can the decorations be made from anything else? I've seen a wide variety of different mediums being used for decorations in this competition. I just wanted to make sure of the rules before I start my entry. -
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Permalink Reply by Rhonda Goodwin on
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My name is Rhonda Goodwin
and I don't believe my first cake was within the contest rules.
I only have one picture so I hope this will be okay.
My cake is a double layer French Vanilla cake with Banana flavored buttercream Icing, the filling is banana pudding.
butterflies are made with rice paper.
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Hi my name is Jeanne Zalucki and I want to enter the JJ's Amateur All Occasion Cake Contest. This cake is a marble cake with cookies and cream filling. The flowers are made of royal icing.
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Permalink Reply by Adrian Sims on
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This is birthday cake that I made for my granddaughter 14th birthday'
I would like to enter it into jj amateur all ocaasionn cake contest, Its a yellow 2layer cake with cream cheese frosting wiht a edible icing sheet around the cake
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My name is Paula Linehan, and here is my entry for "JJ's Amateur All Occasion Cake Contest!"
The cake is a white cake with buttercream icing. Coaster topper is made of fondant. Made for a co-worker who loves to spend all her summer weekends at Cedar Point and ride roller coasters.
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Hello JJ,
I'm living in India. Am I eligible to enter this contest? Is it allowed to use decorations (flowers, etc.) in fondant?
Thanks.
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You may certainly enter the contest. I can't guarantee shipping of prizes out side of the 48 contiguous states but I will do my best. As for the bragging rights, they are all yours if you win!
zeeniya zulfikar said:
Hello JJ,
I'm living in India. Am I eligible to enter this contest? Is it allowed to use decorations (flowers, etc.) in fondant?
Thanks.
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Permalink Reply by Jacci on
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Pleas forgive me I got so many replies ut none of the said if basket weave was okay to enter into the contest.
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Permalink Reply by Shanna Taylor on
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My name is Shanna and here is my entry for JJ amateur all occasion cake contest.
The cake is chocolate with buttercream icing.
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Sure.
Jacci said:
Pleas forgive me I got so many replies ut none of the said if basket weave was okay to enter into the contest. -
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Thank you for the prompt reply. I just can't wait to send my entry.
JJ Becker said:
You may certainly enter the contest. I can't guarantee shipping of prizes out side of the 48 contiguous states but I will do my best. As for the bragging rights, they are all yours if you win!
zeeniya zulfikar said:
Hello JJ,
I'm living in India. Am I eligible to enter this contest? Is it allowed to use decorations (flowers, etc.) in fondant?
Thanks.
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