This was so amazing to watch. There were 3 teams of 3 people competing in a 5 hour cake decorating challenge. The theme this year was "Exploring Nevada". The rules were simple - the entire base design could be made from Styrofoam but must be able to be reproduced in cake and everything else like decorations must be edible.

We were allowed to come and go throughout the day. It was great to see how much progress they had made each time and where their designs were going. In the end there were 3 phenomenal cakes and 9 very exhausted Decorators.

First Place:

Second Place:

Third Place:

In between watching the Cake Challange I spent my time in the Merchant Hall. I met with many of our current suppliers. It was great putting faces to names and talking to them about all their popular products as well as many of the new ones.