Haunted houses, ghostly pumpkins and edible eyeballs make for a Halloween thriller, when five top cake teams gather for an intense cake and candy competition. Elaborate cakes, some weighing 80+ pounds, must impress a panel of tough judges with their delectable craftsmanship and creative use of candy decorations.
COMPETITORS:
Cheryl Lew
Owner, Montclair Baking
Oakland, Calif.
Bronwen Weber
Executive Chef, Frosted Art Bakery & Studio
Dallas, Texas
Duff Goldman
Owner, Charm City Cakes
Baltimore, Md.
Norman Davis
Owner, The Sweet Life
Annandale, Va.
Carol Murdock
Owner, Classic Cakes
West Hartford, Conn.
There goes the neighborhood! Santa Claus and his reindeer are out, and ghosts and goblins are in as a Christmas classic gets a Halloween makeover. The art of gingerbread building takes a giant leap forward as four pastry chefs build not only haunted houses, but a spooky slime-filled cave and a Spanish Galleon manned by skeleton sailors. Who knew something so sweet could be so...scary!
COMPETITORS:
Elizabeth Falkner Owner and Executive Pastry Chef, Citizen Cake & Citizen Cupcake San Francisco, Calif. Assistant: Sara Cameron
Liv Hansen Owner, The Riviera Bakehouse Upper Nyack, N.Y. Assistant: Kaye Hansen
Dawn Nemec Pastry Chef, Just Cake Monterey Bay, Calif. Assistant: Marina Sousa
April Robinson Pastry Chef, A Voce Restaurant New York, N.Y. Assistant: Ron Rosselli
Judges:
Steve Kopelman Owner of Thrillvania and The Nest Haunted Houses Terrell, Texas
Andrew Shotts Owner, Garrison Confections Providence, R.I.
Kerry Vincent Wedding Cake Designer/Hall of Fame Sugar Artist Tulsa, Okla.