I have been working all week on an elegant and complex four-tiered “cake” for the Fairfax Chocolate Lover’s Festival. As with all of the show/competition cakes I have worked on that will be displayed over multiple days, I made it out of styrofoam core “cake” decorated with all authentic sugar and chocolate detailing. As Friday drew closer, I was more and more excited to bring it to the show. Then it happened.
I pulled out the rules & regs to check the event address and saw the large bolded text noting that “all materials must be edible”. Hmmm, is styrofoam edible? I mean rice cakes are classified are edible, how different can that be? … Panic and justification mode? You bet!
No worries. I have a few hours. More than enough time for a collegiate-style all nighter of baking madness.
- Best chocolate cake recipe into the oven? Check.
- Emergency flowers pirated from original cake? Check.
- Cocoa butter prepped for custom transfer sheets? Check.
- Sweet dreams of sugarplums? No way. Nap and big mug of coffee? Check!
I am happy to report that I dropped a cake on the table at the buzzer. Whew!
Moral of this story: READ THE RULES CAREFULLY!!! Lesson learned. Done and done.
(Photo taken from @cakeshowNCACS twitter stream. If you aren’t following them, go now!)
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