Designing my Competition Cake

I’ve been working on plans for my competition cake for this year. Yes, I am going to the 2009 Grand National Cake Decorating Competition. I feel a lot more pressure this year to do really well. Last year was my first year so my expectations weren’t terribly high. I wanted to medal. That was as much as I had hoped for. So, after winning third place, the pressure is on to come back and do just as well or better.

The theme for this years competition is “Of Sea and Shore”. I haven’t been able to come up with a design until now. I think what I have is good though. We’ll see how it evolves over the next few months.