Creative Cake
Decorating Competition Winners

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Creativity took center stage, as six teams of elite professional cake decorators challenged each other to a contest of imagination, artistry and skill during one of baking’s most prestigious competitions. Attendees had a front-row view to the action on-site, including celebrity and master baker judges Jorge Amsler, Kathleen Lang, and Julia Fedorova. To add to the event’s excitement, Cyd Mitchell, was commentating the competition and providing expert perspective.

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How It Works

This showdown featured 6 teams of Cake Decorating professional pairs. Competitors faced-off in four categories: wedding cake, rolled fondant, buttercream, and a hyper-realistic “Everything is Cake” category. The highest-scoring team, as determined by the panel of judges, was awarded the coveted Pillsbury Bakers’ Plus Grand Champion Trophy. Gold, silver and bronze medals, along with cash prizes will also be awarded for the highest three scores in each category.

THE RESULTS ARE IN…

After a 2-day fierce competition, category winners and the overall event winner of the prestigious Pillsbury Bakers Plus Creative Cake Decorating Competition were crowned!

Fondant Category – Sponsored by Satin Ice:

First Place: Alexa Abaroa & Julie Thompson, DeEtta’s Bakery
Second Place: Cory Jong & Emerlie Ann Miller, Hey! Cake This!
Third Place: Heather Domingue & Holly Deville, Gambino’s Bakery

Sculpted Hyper-Realistic Category – Sponsored by American Cake Decorating Magazine:

First place: Alexa Abaroa & Julie Thompson, DeEtta’s Bakery
Second Place: Marianna Gomez Romero & Nicole Restrepo, Jalisco, Mexico
Third Place: Heather Domingue & Holly Deville, Gambino’s Bakery

Buttercream Category – Sponsored by Cargill:

First Place: Kaytlyn Stanuszek & Lee Ann Parsons, Dorothy Lane Market
Second Place: Cory Jong & Emerlie Ann Miller, Hey! Cake This!
Third Place: Heather Domingue & Holly Deville, Gambino’s Bakery

Wedding Category – Sponsored by CakeDeco:

First Place: Kaytlyn Stanuszek & Lee Ann Parsons, Dorothy Lane Market
Second Place: Alexa Abaroa & Julie Thompson, DeEtta’s Bakery
Third Place: Marianna Gomez Romero & Nicole Restrepo, Jalisco, Mexico

Overall Winners – Sponsored by Pillsbury:

First Place: Kaytlyn Stanuszek & Lee Ann Parsons, Dorothy Lane Market
Second Place: Alexa Abaroa & Julie Thompson, DeEtta’s Bakery
Third Place: Heather Domingue & Holly Deville, Gambino’s Bakery

For questions, please contact Lynn Schurman: [email protected] | (320) 492-1330

Your Host: Cyd Mitchell

Cydni N. Mitchell (aka Cyd) is a bakery consultant, business coach, and the founder of Sweet Fest® — an online, service-based company for bakery and sweet business owners. Through Sweet Fest and its subsidiary brands, Cyd supports the retail baking community with professional development, marketing and branding, web design, and management of The Ultimate Sugar Show, Georgia’s largest baking and sweets expo. Based in Atlanta, she shares her passion for the sweets community as the business blogger for the Retail Bakers of America and Icing Images and a columnist for American Cake Decorating Magazine. Her work has been published in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution (AJC), Simply Amazing Living, and more. You may also recognize Cyd from several popular Food Network shows, including Holiday Kids Baking Battle, The Round Table Talk Show, Avalon’s Cakes School, and others.