You can have your cake and eat it too...

Aug. 24, 2010 - PRLog -- ATLANTA, GA –  It’s not every day that you can have your cake and eat it too, but at the multi-cultural PattyCakes Creative Wedding Cupcake/
Cake Competition you can have more than your share of cake and help those in need as well.  Cake lovers, cake artisans, pastry chefs, food service professionals, and the public can enjoy the wedding cake competition and will have an opportunity to sample delectable cakes after the award ceremony. And, to put the icing on the cake, a Georgia couple will be married in a live wedding ceremony, sponsored completely by PattyCakes Competitions and a compassionate team of event planners, caterers, designers, cake designers, and photographers.

Pastry chefs, cake bakers and cake artists will show off their masterpieces on Sunday, September 12, 2010 from 4-8 p.m. at the Clarkston Conference Center at DeKalb Technical College at 495 E. Indian Creek Road, Clarkston, GA.  They will compete for the Grand Prize of $1,000 in the first category and $200 in the second category.  The competition is free and open to the public.  Vendors will also showcase and sell their products in the atrium. Contestants and attendees will have the opportunity to win items ranging from gift certificates to the top tier of some of the cakes and more! Due to precautionary measures, children under 18 will not be allowed at the event.  

There will be a cake and cupcake demonstration by Nikki Hitchcock. Selenes Sensations and Cake in the Box Bakery will present delicious low-carb and organic desserts for those on a restricted dessert diet.  Guest speakers from the Viking Cooking School, Cake Designer Extraordinaire’ Joshua John, owner of Joshua’s John Exquisite Cakes and Sugar Art, contestant on Food Networks “Battle of the Brides”, Chef Holly Smith, Chef for Gladys Knight and Ron Winan’s “Chicken and Waffles Restaurant”, Executive Director Dr. Wilma Ardine Kirchhofer of the Youth Leadership for Global Health will speak on the importance of youth and health education, leadership training, community service and global health issues and Diane Larche’, president of Real Men Cook Atlanta, will speak and present ticket give-a-ways. Be prepared to be wowed by a spectacular wedding processional by GeeGeez Designs.

This time around, PattyCakes Competitions sponsored an essay contest seeking couples who did not have the resources to have a wedding. Couples sent in their love story and explained why they are deserving of a wedding and reception.  Darnell Hall sent his love story in, and he and his fiancé Michelle Williams were chosen as the recipients of a beautiful wedding ceremony and reception. The bride-to-be is scheduled to be deployed to Korea and was given a few months to get married or be separated from her fiancé and their children for three years. PattyCakes Competitions and a group of professional event planners, coordinators and a few compassionate sponsors stepped in to create the couple’s dream wedding and reception. “Thanks to our many sponsors and contributors, the wedding cake competition and live marriage ceremony will be spectacular for all,” says Patty Green, owner and event coordinator of PattyCakes Creative Cakes Competition.  

“It is my hope to inspire pastry chefs, cake bakers and cake artists to come together to promote business growth and to show off their awesome techniques and creative designs,” says Green. “I so enjoy holding competitions. I am meeting people who share my passion for life, learning, baking, and growing as a person. I, along with many cake artisans are determined to carry on the conclave of baking from the heart and soul,” explains Green

Who said you can’t have your cake and eat it too? “I have the best job in the world.  I am meeting people who share my passion for life, learning, baking, and growing as a person. I love everything about baking and the fascination with what you can do with a few simple ingredients.  Baking has been a lost art for a long time. The industry has been revolutionized so much that I, along with many cake artisans are determined to carry on the conclave of baking from the heart and soul,” explains Green.

Green, a well-known event planner in Philadelphia has been passionate about cakes since childhood. She started baking cakes for family, friends, neighbors, businesses and church events over 20 years ago and the rest is history. “It all began with my granddaddy baking great gingerbread cakes when I was a little girl.  I watched and handed him the ingredients,” she says.  Green, when not planning the competitions, bakes and donates cakes to orphanages, prison ministries and recovery centers, shelters, nursing homes, and battered women and children homes.  Green  held many cake competitions in Philadelphia, PA before relocating to Atlanta.


For additional information, visit www.pattycakescreations.com or contact PattyCakes Competitions at 770-996-1608; email: PattyCakesinc@aol.com.

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