Great American Cake Show
“Birthday of the Month” is the theme for the 2012 Great American Cake Show and Wedding Cake Competition to be held May 5 and 6, 2012, in the Shipley Arena, Westminster, Maryland (map).
Sponsored by the Maryland Chapter of the International Cake Exploration Societé (ICES), the show is open to the public from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day. Admission is $8, and includes access to view cakes, vendors, live competitions, youth activities and demonstrations.
Entrants will pick a month and decorate the cake (and table) with the birthstone and/or flower of the month, perhaps incorporating the color of the gemstone in the decorations.
(Photo of “Pretty Bird On A Branch” by Carol Lowe, courtesy of Great American Cake Show)