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The 8th Annual “That Takes The Cake”
Sugar Art Show & Cake Competition
February 25th – 26th, 2012
Austin, Texas
The 2012 Show Theme:
Cake-a-lot: Knights of the Turn Table
All things Renaissance!
I think most people would agree that 2012 was our best show yet! Capital Confectioners would like to thank all our guests, vendors, sponsors, instructors, judges and volunteers for making that happen. We’ve heard so many positive comments from our attendees, we’re all still glowing! Now that we’ve had a few days to recover, we’d love to share our experiences.
Volunteers
This event could not be a success without our small army of dedicated volunteers who put in so much time, love, and care into making this one of the best cake shows in the nation. Club and non-club members, local and not-so-local people … we love you all! Thank you so much for giving your time and talents.
Vendors
We are very fortunate to have such a variety of cake-related vendors attend our show. We hope our attendees loaded up on goodies and toys!
Raffles
Speaking of goodies, who went home with all the raffle prizes I wanted?!? There were so many wonderful items this year, I’m sure everyone had a hard time choosing which to put their tickets in.
Classes
If a meteor hit Austin, the cake world would be devastated! We had so many talented instructors bring their tips and tricks to our show. We hope you enjoyed the many available mini and celebrity classes with world-famous sugar art instructors.
On-site Events
2012 featured our first Texas Cake Club Challenge! We invited teams of 2 from Texan cake clubs to compete in a Royal Wedding themed on-site event. This year showcased the Dallas Cake Club, Friendly Frosters (Lubbock), and our own Capital Confectioners. Each team had 3 hours to create a wedding cake fit for a king! The special twist was that each team got the assistance of a local Connally High School student with remarkable experience in cake decorating.
The Celebrity Panel Demonstration on Sunday featured Mike McCarey, Lauren Kitchens, Marina Sousa, Jay Qualls, James Rosselle, Roland and Marsha Winbeckler. The Panel theme this year was “Cake Wrecks to Sunday Sweets”. Each demonstrator was challenged to take a popular cake from Cake Wrecks and show the audience how to turn it into a fabulous looking cake.
Tasting Competition
Our special sponsor for 2012 was King Arthur Flour. Winners of our tasting competition enjoyed several prizes including gift certificates to purchase King Arthur Flour products. Competition categories included: birthday cakes, cupcakes, Renaissance cakes, and cookie.
Best of Tasting Competition
Angela Pineda
Divisional Competition
We had over 300 competition entries this year! Here are the “Best of Division” winners:
Best of Division: Teen
Evelyn Santos
Best of Division: Culinary Student
Shana Newell
Best of Division: Adult Beginner
Natalie Elliott
Best of Division: Adult Intermediate AND
Best of Divisional Competition (overall)
Palma Felicias Iacobellis
Best of Division: Adult Advanced
Diana Parrish
Best of Division: Professional
Joy Iverson
Best of Division: Masters
Michelle Foster
Show Cakes
There were so many exciting Show Cakes this year.
Show Cakes: 3rd Place
Sylvia Wilson
Show Cakes: 2nd Place
Burton Farnsworth
Show Cakes: 1st Place
Elizabeth Rowe
You can view all of this year’s winners on our slide show here:
https://docs.google.com/present/view?id=ddfwq3tp_7gw7hgxf8
Hope you had a great time! We’re excited to announce next year’s theme:
Cake to the Air
All Clear for Cake Off!
What a whirlwind the last few days have been! We hope everyone enjoyed our annual That Takes The Cake Sugar Art Show and Cake Competition. In the next few days we’ll be posting all about the fun we had and the friends we made. Here’s just a quick note about the raffle prizes for those that might have missed out.
All of the unclaimed raffle prize winners have been accounted for and have provided their contact information on the back of their winning tickets. We have already contacted the majority of our unclaimed prize winners. Thank you so very much for participating!
The following is a request from club member Angela:
EGG SHELLS NEEDED for Confetti Eggs at School Carnival in March. If you are willing to help I would GREATLY appreciate it. Please crack eggs leaving approximately 2/3 of the eggshell intact, wash, and returned to its original container. Please e-mail a note if you will be able to donate!!! I will then make arrangements to pick up the eggs from you! Angela@SugarSweetCreations.comWith the annual cake show just around the corner, it’s time to get crackin’!
Several new faces this meeting! Welcome, all!
Pearland had their Day of Sharing last weekend. The demonstrators’ handouts are now available online on their website: http://www.pearlandcakesociety.com On February 5th, the Texas ICES will have their Day of Sharing in Montgomery, TX. Please visit their website for more information: http://texasices.org/feb5thdos.html
The club is a buzz with excitement for our upcoming 8th annual That Takes The Cake Sugar Art Show and Cake Competition. We announced some volunteer opportunities and perks. Please use our online volunteer registration form if you’re interested: http://thattakesthecake.org/index.php/contact-us/volunteer-contact-form/ We’d like volunteers to work a minimum of a 5 hour shift. It’s a whole lot of fun, so don’t miss out!
Irene is hoping to get her hands on some of these darling cake pendants to sell at the show:
Our next monthly club meeting will be a little different. We bumped the date up to February 7th (to free up Valentines Day). It will also be at Make It Sweet‘s brand new location:
Crossroads Shopping Center
9070 Research Boulevard
Austin, TX
That will be our last club meeting before the big show! We’ll be doing some projects for the show at this meeting and also at several smaller meetings during the month. Lots to do and not much more time to do it in! Check back on our blog, Facebook, and MeetUp pages for updates on when we’re meeting and where.
This meeting’s demonstration was given by our new member: Kathleen Boyce. She shared with us some techniques for creating a purse cake.
Kathleen also brought in the dragon cake she learned to make in Sylvia Wilson’s class:
Big thanks to Kathleen for sharing with us and to Charlotte for the yummy desserts!
Cake Wrecks Book Tour
November 15, 2011
Austin, TX
Austin, TX
Cake Wrecks, the famous blog of professional cakes gone bad, finished up its second book tour across the USA. They were promoting their latest book, Wreck the Halls, just in time for the “Hole Days”. Capital Confectioners was there to make sure we represent.
We had a gut-busting good time! Jen and John Yates, authors of Cake Wrecks, had several slide shows of unimaginable cakes and fun stories to share with us. Each book tour stop involved a cupcake wreck-plica contest and a local bakery that volunteered to feed the masses. There were so many fantastic cupcakes! Here are a few:
Blue Note Bakery from south Austin shared her “cake bars”, showing some true Austin colors.
The entire night, this handsome guy kept staring back at us:
This is Hugh Jackman’s head by Kimberly Chapman over at http://www.eat-the-evidence.com/. Pop over there for a better back story!
This really was a fun night, lots of laughs and sugar! We’re hoping Jen and John will be back in town in February for our annual “That Takes The Cake” Sugar Art Show & Cake Competition. Here’s the entire photo gallery:
Early Contestant Registration for That Takes The Cake 2012 is now open online!
http://thattakesthecake.org/index.php/competition/registration/
Registration before February 19, 2012 is now required (except for Child & Junior division entries) to help us plan space needs. One registration fee includes all general competition entries for each participant. Competition registration includes General Admission to the show for the weekend for the competitor. Competition registration for entrants under 18 includes General Admission for the competitor and one accompanying adult. There will be no refunds of entry or registration fees. Entry fees for Child and Junior are waived, but registration prior to the show is encouraged.
Divisional Competition
Early Registration (ends January 15, 2012): $20
General Registration (ends February 19, 2012): $25
Child (12 & under) Registration (ends February 19, 2012) or at the door (February 25, 2012): FREE
Showcake Competition
For each 48″w x 29″h round table (ends February 19, 2012): $25
Tasting Competition
Any number of entries * (ends February 19, 2012): $15
*Entry fee is waived when combined with a Divisional or Showcake Competition entry.
Halloween Pumpkin Cake with Chris Cantrell and Irene Hackbarth
Last Sunday’s students got a little spooky with the latest club class by Chris Cantrell and Irene Hackbarth! Halloween pumpkins were shaped by using bundt cakes, ice cream cones, and some handy buttercream techniques.
Scary spiders, worms, and rats made this holiday treat complete!
A big thank you to the instructors, volunteers, and students that made this another fun class!
Be sure to check out next month’s class: “Turkey Trot”
Austin, TX
November 15, 2011
Round Rock High School Library
301 Deepwood Dr.
Round Rock, TX 78681
Jen and John Yates from Cake Wrecks have launched their 3rd USA tour to promote their latest book Wreck the Halls: Cake Wrecks get “Festive”. They will be in our area on Tuesday, November 15th (7:00 PM) at the Round Rock High School’s Library. Expect to see many club members’ shining faces!!! RSVP at the eVite here!
NEWS: If you have a professional licensed kitchen, the Cake Wrecks tour is still looking for someone interested in donating the official cake for the Austin event. Please contact them via their Cake Wrecks site.
Last Tuesday was our monthly club meeting (every 2nd Tuesday of the month). We welcomed some new faces, talked cake, celebrated Irene’s October birthday with treats, and watched Brian demonstrate some leathering techniques.
Our “That Takes The Cake” show is shaping up to be, as always, super exciting. Jennifer gave us an update on who’s coming and what we’ll have in store for competitors and attendees.
There are a few other cake events just around the corner, such as the Arlington Day of Sharing this Sunday:
http://www.sweetsensationscakeclub.com/SweetSensationsCakeShow.htm
Sweet Sensations Day of Sharing
October 16, 2011
10:00 AM to 4:00 PM
Courtyard Villa
1801 W. Division St.
Arlington, TX 76012
Congrats to Chris Wingler (ha, that’s me!) for her wedding cake appearance in Cake Central Magazine’s Volume 2, Issue 1.
We proposed the club Christmas party to be held at Irene’s house on Sunday, December 4th. We’ll put together a MeetUp.com event date and provide more information about our cookie exchange.
Our next monthly club class is creating a Halloween Pumpkin Cake with Chris Cantrell and Irene Hackbarth. This class will be at Make It Sweet on Sunday, October 23rd from 1 – 4:30 PM. Register here: http://thebigcakecalendar.com/index.php/registration/?cgroup=OCT
During the break we snacked on snicker doodle cookies and spice cupcakes with brown sugar Italian meringue buttercream.
Brian Stevens from Crazy Cakes demonstrated how he creates a leather look on fondant with his texture mat and painting techniques.
This is our first club meeting demo to be video recorded! Let’s hope we can continue this and share with our members who could not attend.
Thanks for all who attended! We missed those friends that could not attend. We look forward to seeing the new faces again!
Photos from club meetings will be posted here.
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Upcoming Classes:
 This month’s Capital Confectioners member sponsored class is this adorable “Sally Doll” figure model. Sheri Vineyard will teach you all you need to know to create this model and design your own creations. This class is a real bargain at only $50! Come join us for a relaxing Sunday afternoon with friends. Sept. 25, 1-4PM at Make it Sweet (formerly All in One Bake Shop). Click here to sign up now!
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Nothing symbolizes Halloween better than pumpkins. Come spend the afternoon learning to carving yours out of cake with Capital Confectioners’ own, Chris Cantrell. Sunday, Oct. 23, 2011. Sign up now.
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Wow your friends and family with this gravity defying cake. Taught by award winning sugar artist, Yvette Humbert! October 16 at Amazing Kakes of Austin. Click here to sign up!
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 Join TLC’s Cake Boss: Next Great Baker contestant, Brian Stevens, for this hands-on class in Waco, Tx.In this box turtle class you’ll learn to carve a cake, create textures, apply multiple painting techniques and how to airbrush. This class will be held at Wedding Cakes by Esther on Sept. 17th. Register now!
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| We are hard at work on our 2012 That Takes the Cake Sugar Art Show and Cake Competition! Instructor & Vendor applications are rolling in. We have so many great classes coming, you’ll have a hard time choosing! Next year’s theme is “Renaissance” and as you can see from the art at the top of the page the show will be called Cake-a-Lot. As usual we allow you to interpret our showcake theme in the broadest sense. Think castles, dragons, knights or beautiful renaissance architecture, it’s up to you! We look forward to seeing what you dream up.. Stay tuned for upcoming class listings. |
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Other Upcoming Events:
| Sweet Sensations DOS | October 16, 2011 |
| Pearland Cake Society DOS | January 8, 2012 |
| Texas ICES Area IV DOS | February 5, 2012 |
| That Takes the Cake Show | February 25-26, 2012 |
| Frosting Creators DOS | May 6, 2012 |
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