Austin Cake Competition

In exactly 52 days the duo of Buttercream Dreams will be in Austin participating in our very first Cake Competition! We're starting off light and avoiding all the mishaps that come with entering a cake, besides, how would we get the cake to Austin? I, for one, am extremely paranoid that my beautiful cake will arrive smashed to pieces. I'm sweating just thinking about what a nightmare that would be! Instead, the two of us are entering the Special Techniques division. Yes, we are competing against each other. We use totally different techniques and our style's are different so we're relatively confidant that although we'll be competing against each other, we won't be doing the same thing. The Special Techniques category consists of entries from gumpaste, to molding, to pastillage.

Jessica's Entries: 2 entries total: one cocoa painting and one gumpaste

Terry's Entries: 2 entries total: one gumpaste and one yet to be determined

We both figure that even if we place dead last, we'll learn a little bit and grow from the experience. Then watch out in 2010 because we'll be ready! While we're there we'll have the opportunity to watch some masters demonstrate special techniques. Bronwen Weber, Nicholas Lodge and Elisa Strauss will be demonstrating their techniques and if you know cake then you know who these three are. I would be happy just being in the same building with them, but to watch a demonstration is going to be awesome!

~Jessica~

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