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Cake International Highlights

April 29, 2016 by Sarah / Maison Cupcake

Cake International London highlights 2016

The London edition of Cake International took place at Alexandra Palace earlier this month. If you’ve not been before it’s a fabulous place to see show stopping sugarcraft at close quarters, watch celebrity baking demos and of course the ultimate shopping experience for baking and cake decorating equipment.

Below you’ll discover a run down of my favourite entries to the Cake International Cupcake Decorating Competition – I scribbled down the makers for all those I’d photographed so I could credit them but a few slipped the net that were too pretty to miss out. Do leave a comment below if you spot something by someone you recognise.

Cake International highlights on Snapchat with Maison Cupcake

I went along and Snapchatted my highlights – if you’re a Snapchatter you can find me there as @maisoncupcake Sarah Triv. Embedded below is my Snapchat story from the day in which I show highlights of the show. (I will just flag up here that I may express occasional horror at zombie style creepy cakes – this isn’t in anyway meant to knock their talent, I just don’t dig the gorey stuff).

There were scores of competition cakes on display. My favourites were the cupcakes which I always think show a staggering attention to detail on a tiny scale. Such patience! I don’t have this patience myself but I LOVE looking at it all.

Cake International Cupcake Decorating Competition Entries 2016

There were several topics that proved popular this year and I’ve grouped these together – seaside cupcakes and food themed cupcakes. I find food themed cakes huge fun and am currently collecting a Pinterest board full of them. So you have a favourite one to share from elsewhere online let me know!

Sandcastle Cupcakes by Kirsty Watson

Sandcastle Cupcakes by Kirsty Watson

Seaside cupcakes

Seaside cupcakes (maker unknown, please comment below if you can confirm)

Seaside cupcakes by Stephanie Barnes

Seaside cupcakes by Stephanie Barnes

Pancake stack and waffle cupcakes by Katrina Denbigh

Pancake stack and waffle cupcakes by Katrina Denbigh

Sushi Cupcakes by Hye Eun Lee

Sushi Cupcakes by Hye Eun Lee

Vegetable Stall Cupcakes by Lisa Williams

Vegetable Stall Cupcakes by Lisa Williams

Dim sum basket cupcakes by Natalie Chow

Dim sum basket cupcakes by Natalie Chow

Coffee and lemon cupcakes by Sarah Sibley

Coffee and lemon cupcakes by Sarah Sibley

Bouquet with Lovebirds Cupcakes by Heather Holland

Bouquet with Lovebirds Cupcakes by Heather Holland

Hat Cupcakes by Paula Mahassani

Hat Cupcakes by Paula Mahassani

Teapot with floral cupcakes

Teapot cake with floral cupcakes (maker unknown – please comment below if you know)

Teacup cupcakes by Urszula Maczka

Teacup cupcakes by Urszula Maczka

Burlesque cupcakes

Pink and purple paintbrush cupcakes (maker unknown – please comment below if you know)

Gender reveal cupcakes

Gender reveal cupcakes (maker unknown – please comment below if you can confirm)

Queen's 90th Birthday Cupcakes by Jan Bourne

Queen’s 90th Birthday Cupcakes by Jan Bourne

Intricate heart cupcakes by Tania Clarke

Intricate heart cupcakes by Tania Clarke

Snow White and the Seven Dwarves Cake

And finally, this is not cupcakes but I couldn’t resist showing you this incredible Snow White and the Seven Dwarves sugarcraft display. They’ve really captured the essence of the Disney characters!

Cake International will return to Birmingham NEC 4-6 November 2016. Keep up with them on Twitter @thecakeshows

Do you know someone else who LOVES cake decorating? Then do share this post with them!

Filed Under: Classes and Events, Videos Tagged With: Baking, Cake decorating

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Comments

  1. Jeanne Horak-Druiff says

    April 29, 2016 at 5:32 pm

    Holy cow – those dim sum cupcakes!! As somebody who has no patience for any sugarcraft, this is the foodie equivalent of climbing Everest! What an amazing array of skills on display here. Looks like you had a fab day!

  2. Sarah sibley says

    April 30, 2016 at 10:59 am

    The crab and sea gull cupcakes were made by Vicky turner

  3. The Purley Girly says

    May 3, 2016 at 5:38 pm

    I’m not sure how anyone could pick a winner – they’re all so amazing. What beautiful creations!

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