Vicki's Blog

OK, I’m totally vindicated. My favorite cake won! I’m sure the Sugar Art Show director, Kerry Vincent, will be calling soon to line me up as a judge for next year’s show! Just kidding there of course, but it was exciting to see a big photo of my favorite cake in the Tulsa World this morning. Seeing it in person was far superior, but you can get an idea looking at the photo. It was created by Mercedes Strachwsky from Orlando, Florida and this was the first time she has ever entered the show.

All the winners were fabulous and the second runner-up was created by Robin Van Hoozer from our own state. (Oklahoma City, but we can forgive her for that!) Congratulations, Robin!

These winners have put in more hours than we can imagine practicing making every starfish, mermaid, shell and piece of coral on these cakes. They’ve drawn and perfected the design for months. What an accomplishment! And they must love every minute of it, because the possibility of a little prize money doesn’t have enough motivation to make you work that hard. And this all comes from the foundation of wanting to create the most spectacular wedding cake in the world. Hey, weddings really are special occasions!

This is going to be a hard blog to write. How do you describe something so fabulous? Something that has to be seen to be believed? That is the OK Sugar Arts Show at the Tulsa State Fair. What an incredible display! It is the second largest show in the world with the largest amount of prize money. And it centers around wedding cakes. So the most talented sugar artists in the world come here to display their talents and the wedding community of Tulsa gets to be the host. We don’t have to see the cakes on the food network, we can see them in person and what a privilege it is. The theme this year was Sea & Shore and it was interpreted a hundred different ways, There was every manner of sea creature, both real and imagined. Mermaids were everywhere! Seagulls, seashells, tropical flowers and much more, all made from sugar in one form or another and all to show how important wedding cakes are to the celebration of a wedding.

These cake decorators are true artists and their cakes are edible sculptures. If you didn’t get to see them in person go to the Channel 6 website and check out their gallery. They got some great shots. Enjoy!