Cake Buzz: Convention Comes to New York City

The NY Cake Convention, produced by Darel Rodwell, was held at the Pennsylvania Hotel on January 2, 2010. The convention was an ambitious undertaking which included an A list of sugar artists and a cake/cupcake competition.

This spectacular entry into the cake competition was created by NYC Cake Decorator member and instructor Silvinia Barboza.

Vendor Scott Chapin illustrating that a tiered cake shipped in one of his and wife Juli Chapin's CakeSafe isn't going anywhere. The cake displayed is a real 5 tiered cake that traveled over 200 miles without a hitch!

Member Rita's yummy chocolate cake entered into the cake tasting competition.

Mark Jones and Margaret Schreiber next to their Winter Wonderland tiered cake entered into the cake competition. The "snow" on the top of both tiers is coconut. Winter scenes were painstakingly painted on the sides of the cake. Mark is scheduled to partner with Cake Boss Buddy Valestro in an upcoming episode of Ultimate Cake Off on TLC.