Quick Information Entry Deadline is August 1 Please contact swanczyk@thebige.com for late entry information.   Click Here for Entry Form Rules & Regulations

This competition is open to all cake decorators (beginners to masters), as well as culinary and cake decorating students. The intent is to provide an educational environment where entrants will receive constructive feedback on their creations.

The 2011 theme is New England Agriculture

So do your best representation of your experiences at the Fair! 

 

 Divisions are:

    a.  Youth, ages 12-17& ages 6-12
    b.  Adult - non-professionals, decorators who primarily decorate

                    cakes as a hobby
    c.  Adult - advanced/professional, those who sell their cakes

                     and/or teach cake decorating.

Entry fee of $5 is nonrefundable. Limit of 1 entry.

Entries are due August 1. Late fee is $5 and late entries must be in by August 15.

Theme: New England Agriculture

Cake base is to be no larger than 20” X 20”. Maximum display area is 24”. Skirted tables will be provided.

Layer cakes, tiered/stacked cakes or carved (3D) cakes will be accepted. Tiered cakes should have a minimum of three inches in height between tiers.

Entry MUST be sole work of the entrant. NO team entries will be accepted at this contest. Youth contestants may have assistance with baking and/or transporting their cake into the building, but all assembling and decorating must be done by the youth.

 

All sculpted cake entries must be made in real cake. No dummies may be used for sculpted cakes. Sculpted cakes and all decorations must be edible. Only cake boards and any necessary supports are allowed for inedible items.

60% of your entry must be real cake

Two in process photos must be included.

Dummy cakes may only be used for any non-sculpted cake.

Cakes may arrive between 8am and 9:30am via Door 2 of the New England Center.

Allow time to park and to transport your cake to the New England Center – consider bringing a wagon to easily move your cake through the crowds. Allow extra time to assemble or to make any last minute touches to your cake. Judging will begin at 10am. Cakes will not be received once judging has begun. Judging is closed to the public.

Cakes will be released after 8pm. Cakes left after 9pm will become the property of Eastern States Exposition.

Entries may be photographed and used by show sponsors for promotional purposes; the photos become the property of The Big E Cake Competition.

Special backdrops, table coverings, pictures or examples or advertising (business cards) are not allowed.

The superintendents and/or judges reserve the right to reclassify an entry if necessary, and to refuse an entry deemed in poor taste.

The decisions of the judges are FINAL. Judges may not enter any division, nor judge a division where they know a cake exhibitor.

Entries will be judged on originality, creativity, workmanship and degree of difficulty, artistic coordination and overall appearance.

Ribbons will be awarded for categories and a Viewer’s Choice award will be given.

Register online or mail completed form with payment to: Creative Arts Cake Decorating Competition, Eastern States Exposition, 1305 Memorial Ave, West Springfield MA 01089. A fax with credit card information may be sent to (413) 205-5104.

 

Due to exhibit space we will need to limit the entries. Entries will be accepted in the order in which they are received.