I told Somara not to stress out so much because I knew she’d walk away with some kind of award or prize. People don’t say nice things about her work out of kindness, especially if they paid money for it. Now she has something more tangible to back up her credibility. I think this award will help assure other people that having Somara make a cake for them is not such a gamble, especially if they don’t know either of us personally. The downside is her telling me she has been bit by the competition bug. Fine with me, just as long as the next competition has a new car or kitchen-cleaning robot as a prize. Better yet, a treadmill with a stronger motor for my weight since I get to eat all the mistakes.
Somara's winning entry for 2009.
Wonderful pictures- I really enjoy the colors used on the florals. They are softer and more realistic than the dayglo colors in grocers!
I agree the 1/4sheet tinkerbell cake was beautiful.
What was the flavor for the metalled winner?
Most of my flavor development work (flavorist) was savory flavors for potatoes, beans and tortillas.
I worked with someone that would develop all these new flavors for snack type chips and she was amazing.
Congrats!