Category Archives: Prize Winners

Timey Wimey Back to Cake International: 2016

Posted on March 24, 2021 by Kimberly Chapman

Remember 2016? It was a thousand millionty years ago, I know. Back in 2016 I made an entry for Cake International in their Christmas category and I thought I’d posted about it here on this blog. Apparently, I didn’t. I … Continue reading →

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Da Vinci’s Wild Austin Adventure

Posted on December 6, 2018 by Kimberly Chapman

For this year’s That Takes the Cake! show in Austin, TX – which had a theme of The Science of Cake – I decided to make a cookie version of Leonardo Da Vinci’s Aerial Screw, sometimes called Da Vinci’s helicopter. … Continue reading →

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The Princess and Her Dragon – Cake International 2018

Posted on November 9, 2018 by Kimberly Chapman

For my 2018 Cake International entry, I decided to enter the Small Decorative Exhibit category and present a story of a self-rescuing princess who has no cares to give for the patriarchal institutions trying to keep her at heel. This … Continue reading →

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My Chocolate Balls Bring All The Ladies To The Yard

Posted on July 29, 2018 by Kimberly Chapman

That is to say my “Chocolate Truffle Cake Bombs With Salted Caramel Popcorn Buttercream Centres” that I entered into the Women’s Institute 2018 Tea and Tents Bake Off competition won the chocolate category and everyone who’d had one came around … Continue reading →

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3D Sewing Machine Cookie

Posted on January 5, 2018 by Kimberly Chapman

In February of 2017, I submitted two entries for the Austin cake show: a sewing machine made out of cookies and a miniature set of figures with a Resist sign. The sewing machine scored First Place in the Cookies – … Continue reading →

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Cake Balls Fight Food Waste

Posted on January 26, 2017 by Kimberly Chapman

Disclaimer: this post includes use of a tool I received free in exchange for featuring it in a project. This post does not include any affiliate links. I’m very much involved lately with my local Women’s Institute group, the Cambridge … Continue reading →

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Flexible Chocolate – AKA Chocolate Gummy

Posted on March 18, 2016 by Kimberly Chapman

I’ve posted a huge new page all about my latest award-winning cake decorating invention: Flexible Chocolate, or Chocolate Gummy. Go check it out and learn how to turn chocolate into lace, how to braid it, and even how to knit … Continue reading →

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Big Win at My First BSG Show

Posted on May 16, 2015 by Kimberly Chapman

I went to the Sugarcraft Southwest event hosted by Region 6 of the British Sugarcraft Guild on April 18, 2015. This was my first BSG show so I wasn’t sure what to expect and had to pester one of the … Continue reading →

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Vermicelli Hair at Birmingham Cake Show

Posted on November 17, 2014 by Kimberly Chapman

Okay, going to a cake show where you’re not a volunteer or part of the core management team is a whole different experience than I’m used to! At the Cake International show at the Birmingham NEC – one of the … Continue reading →

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Itty Bitty Teen Weeny Pumpkin Fairy For Halloweenie

Posted on October 8, 2014 by Kimberly Chapman

As previously mentioned, I’m in the UK for a year so I don’t have most of my cake decorating tools. In fact I typed this paragraph while attempting again to stack ganached cake layers for Peo’s birthday cake since the … Continue reading →