OK, I have some braggin’ to do, but it is not about me. It is about my lovely bride of 10 years. April (that’s my wife) has been decorating cakes for a couple of years now. She does wedding cakes, birthday cakes, etc. for friends and family. She has a natural talent for it, and people are almost always struck at how good her cakes are.
A couple of weeks ago she entered a cake in a competitive cake show in Austin, TX. She was still in the beginner class because of the amount of experience she had and the amount of formal training she had taken. She thought she would probably get in the top three or four this year (she placed last year at the same show, but her cake was in a different category). Well, she did even better than she expected by winning first place with her cake. And not only did she get first place in her category (tiered novelty cakes), she ended up winning the best in the beginner’s class overall! That means that her cake beat every beginner’s entry, no matter what category they were in.
She won $100, a VERY nice engraved Mikasa crystal vase, two medals, and a big tub of fondant (that is a fancy cake icing that gives a cake a very smooth appearance).Â
And on top of all that, she got to meet some of the top cake decorators in the world at the show. These are people that you see on the Food Network in the cake and sugar art contests (like Bronwen Weber). A couple of them were judging the contest (one was Norman Davis), and they absolutely loved April’s cake.Â
I have never seen my wife so excited. Needless to say (but I will say it anyway), I am VERY proud of my wife. She is very talented, and she is a great mom and wife. Way to go, baby!
Vet
