Merry-Go-Round

A couple of months ago it was competition time once again it had just taken me a little longer to get around putting up the photos. For a few years now I have subscribed to Cake International magazine and have often prayed for the opportunity to make some of the wonderful creations for myself and this years competition was my chance. I had chosen quite an ambitious project as I still consider myself somewhat of a beginner.

As the competition was once again solely based on aesthetics I decided it would be easier, and quicker to use polystyrene dummy's for the majority of the design. I took a trip to a specialist shop in Chesterfield called Crazy About Cakecraft (ideal I know!) and they had everything I needed, and more! It was my first time using dummy cakes and it certainly saved me so much time and eggs. There is also no way I would have been able to lift the darn thing if it was totally made of cake! As you may know, carrying cakes is stressful enough at the best of times, let alone when the cake weighs that of a chubby child.

It was also my first using a technique called pastillage. This was a very fiddly process and became rather frustrating when trying to cut out the horses. Somewhere along the line I wished carousels were designed with nice square seats instead of shapely horses. If I had longer to decorate and sharpen up the horses I would have preferred a much cleaner finisher, however that was not possible. I did achieve some nice royal icing reigns which I was rather impressed by.  

Unfortunately once again I was a runner up in my category but first place went to a very worthy winner.