On January 21, 2009, we helped to organize, and then participated in the (first annual) Seattle Wedding Cake Competition at The Canal. Four local wedding cake bakers - Macrina, Morfey's, and Decadence Custom Cakes accepted invitations to participate - unfortunately, Sugar Bakery + Cafe was laid low with the flu at the last minute and couldn't participate - next year maybe?
Marcia at the Canal helped kick things off when she graciously offered to host the event after I came up with the idea last summer. Then Macrina opted in right away.
Other invitees said no - surprising to me, but some folks hate the attention, a concept that is completely foreign to me :) But I had always thought that if we had 3 -5 bakers we would be ok. So, invitations went out at the Wedding Show at the beginning of January, then via e-mail later in the month.
The plan was that each baker would bring a cake to finish on site, and would give tastings. Then, the audience would vote on a winner, and then a winning bridal couple would get drawn from the audience to receive a cake from the winning baker. Fun, no? Hell yes it was fun!!
Erin decorating the Morfey's cake.
The cake up close!
Jane from Macrina
Dan with his cake.
We got to the venue really early, and then it only took about 11 minutes to set up! But it was ok - we got to meet everyone, and then lo and behold at 6:00 people started arriving! It was an open house for The Canal, and the cake competition added interest and gave everyone something to do in addition to looking around.
In the end it was close, but Dan at Decadence was the winner, and I think everyone had a great time.
Here's Dan with the winning bride.
Cakes and Flavors
Decadence - Vanilla chiffon cake filled with passionfruit and coconut mousses.
Macrina - Tuxedo cake and almond torta.
Morfey's - Champagne cake with champagne and raspberry filling.
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