Sweet experience at annual cake bake competition

The bakers baked, the people ate, and the annual Benoni City Times Mother's Day Cake Bake Competition marked May 5 as another successful date.

May 11, 2016

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Percy Nomlala won the first prize in the professional category. He was also the winner of the professional category in the 2015 Benoni City Times Mother's Day Cake Bake Competition.

If reading that was a mouthful, you should have seen the cakes that were entered on the day.

Entrants began streaming in from 7am, to place their cakes on display at the Cherrylane Gourmet Café, on 14th Avenue, Northmead.

The cakes were categorised as professional, tarts and tartlets, fun bake and cupcakes.

Entries were judged by Moira Wall, Berry Legg and Xanthe Weissnar, Shawn Govender, Wendy Bernhardt, Stelios Coutsides, Paul Smith, David Wright, Ilse Prinsloo and Cobus Botes, based on presentation, covering and texture, degree of difficulty, creativity, execution of techniques, edible ingredients and taste.

All the cakes looked stunning, which made the decisions of the 10 judges much harder.

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Here are the winners:

Professional
1 Percy Nomlala won a dinner for two, gift vouchers and a whisky hamper.
2 Karin Spies and Donéi Botha each won a hair voucher and a toolbox set.
3 Jesca Maraura won a car wash, Bakers Cloud goods and a clock set.

Tarts and tartlets
1 Viggie Pillay won a gift voucher and a car wash voucher.
2 Moira Taylor won a gift voucher and toolbox set.

Fun bake
1 Stephanie Vingos-Latsky won a makeover and gift voucher.
2 Caitlin Margoczi won a facial and hair gift voucher.
3 Cecile Cotty won a manicure and pedicure or facial, car wash and Bakers Cloud goods.

Cupcakes
1 Haylee Dennis won permanent make-up and car wash vouchers.
2 Rika Patrick won a manicure and pedicure, plus car wash vouchers.
3 Caitlin Margoczi won a gift voucher.

Most promising
Heather Gordon (19) was the lucky winner of the prize of a trip to and from Kaapsche Hoop, including a two-night stay, with breakfast, lunch and dinner in The Nest bed and breakfast for one person, with a one-day consultancy with Miz Gooz Berry (Berry Legg).

The cakes were enjoyed by the elderly from Eddy House – Methodist Homes, Salvation Army, Norkem Park, Rynpark and Daveyton Old Age Home.