We took home the Sweet Victory, "Top Design" Trophy (Part 2)

PHOTOGRAPHY BY MANDY LEIGH PHOTOGRAPHY

Meet the Sugar Realm Team: 
Shannen, Sandra and Myself (Center)

My Sugar Kingdom is growing, and I couldn't be more excited!. 
Meet employee number one and two. 
Big dreams, steady and solid baby steps!

Our Display Table: 
Chocolate Truffle with Peanut Butter &
Orange Blossom with White Chocolate

Must have some sort of Bling!...tres Chic!

Shannen rocking out our display table...like a true Culinary Arts Connoisseur that she is!
Shannen is currently attending the prestigious Culinary Arts Program at Midwest Culinary Institute.

Competition "Mise en Place", 
Organization was half of the battle!

Decorations were made ahead of time, as allowed by the competition rules. 
Everything you see is edible. A combination of Rolled Fondant, 
Sugar Paste (Gum Paste) or White Chocolate.

Streamers, "dorm" keys, chandelier earrings  and buckeyes, all made out of Sugar.

Bouquet of sugar tulips and individually wired folded leaves. 
They turned out to be a hybrid between a parrot tulip, and a regular one. Oh well!

Printed with my edible ink printer on edible paper "Acceptance Letter". 
Zoom in, and you will see who the dean of Ohio State is: Me! ...Too funny!

Coffee mug made 100% out of Chocolate! with an edible Ohio State Sticker.
You can have your coffee and eat your mug too :)

"Chandelier earrings" made out of sugar, and fondant buckeyes with their paper wrappers...

Sugar Indian Hills School keychain!...this was placed of top of the keys ring to simulate that it was all in one piece. Cake decorating is all about tricking your eye!

Royal icing to glue stacked tiers, and my Cake Structure System from "Stress Free cake structure"...
I couldn't live without them!. This structural system is what I use on EVERY one of my cakes. Regardless of the diameter of the cake, there are only 4 pegs attached to the metal disc. It is SO easy to remove it from the cake, and there is minimal holes left on the cake. They are part of my rental items, and are always returned to me, and covered by a rental deposit. Kind of pricy, but SO worth it!

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Forty-Five Minutes never felt so short,
Icing, Frosting, Stacking and Assembling a "Graduation" two-tier Cake!

You can read Sweet Victory's Rules and Hypothetical "Customer" profile on the blog post prior to this 
(Sweet Victory - Part 1)

For the cake flavor I chose: Chocolate Truffle, layered with Semi-Sweet Chocolate ganache, paired with White Chocolate and Red Raspberry Mousseline. Our "client" was described as a Chocoholic 
who loved anything chocolate and berries!

I have received many compliments about my makeup. Thank you!. It was not professionally done. But here is the secret. I took a makeup class with the ridiculously talented Nancy Dawson, owner at Brideface, she taught me a few tricks that have improved my make up skills from average to great!

Meet the Paparazzi...
aka, the best friends in the world...mine!

The funniest thing of all, is that as I worked, I did not hear anything happening around me.  Except for the voice of my kids, every now and then. Motherly instinct, I guess!. Besides, while I wear my reading glasses, I only can look at near objects!...one of the reasons I couldn't look up!

I can't thank you enough for your Support!

Exuberant energy from around the world!

And we take Home the "Top Design" Trophy!

Congratulations to the Happy Chicks Bakery for Winning 
Best Flavor Trophy!

There were two separate Trophy's :
Best Flavor and Top Design!

The Happy Chicks are beyond nice, and so very talented!!! It was an honor working side by side with them. I told them that we must collaborate on a project soon, and create a magnificent cake under 
"the Sugar Realm of the Happy Chicks"...because I am a happy chick too!

Lucky Winners of our "Register to Win" Contest!
Who took home the Top Tier of our Competition Cake.

No better way to Celebrate, than with my family. They were all so proud...I loved having them at this event.

Meet the mysterious Mr. Sugar Realm :). Love of my life, soul mate and anchor. Met him on my first day of College...and I swear that I saw sparkles around him as he walked through that classroom door!

My kids were so proud!...as if I had won the highest price ever! They are the reason what I am on this planet.

Thank you Cincinnati Magazine & Cincinnati Wedding Magazine for the invitation, to participate. Special thanks to Chris Ohmer for taking the time to call me; I wouldn't have participated in this event if it wasn't for your kind and professional words about my work. You got me right in when you referred to my work as "Exquisite".

Sandra & Shannen, Thank you so much for your assistance. I couldn't have survived without you. More important than anything, THANK YOU for your friendship.

MANDY, I can't thank you enough for your sweetness and your incredibly beautiful pics. THANK YOU. Please, check her out at Mandy Leigh Photography.

To my paparazzi friends. It meant a lot that you were all there, with your exuberant energy. 
You were there, in lieu of my real family; I felt so loved and supported. GRACIAS INFINITAS POR ACOMPANARME.

Finally, thank YOU for taking the time to review these pictures, and for your interest in my work!
All my Best,
I