The Art’s Birthday Real & Surreal Cake Contest

On Saturday January 14th the glycemic index shot up sky-high at Video Pool, when the Art’s Birthday cakes hit the palates of our discerning celebrity judges. The competition was tooth and nail, icing and fork! The results are in…

Real & Surreal Cake Contest Winners

Cakes were judged on their artistic and culinary merits by local food and art critics, Morley Walker (Winnipeg Free Press), Kristin
Pauch-Nolin (Uptown Magazine), Jaeny Baik (CBC Radio) and Cyrus Smith (artist, chef and bon vivant).

The Hal Foster and Joanne McLeod Body Break Award – for the cake most likely to contain vitamins or beneficial nutrients. Awarded to Theo Sims for his “sponge” cake.

The Stanley Cupcake – for the cake with the ‘smoothest’ icing.
Awarded to Holly Procktor for her pincushion cake.

The Bell Canada Titanium Timbit

– for the cake project most likely to receive Canada Council funding.
Awarded to Kristen Andrews for her DIY cake kit.

The Darwin Award – for the most primordial cake reflecting art’s humble origins 100,000,043 years ago.
Awarded to Lynn Devisscher for her “broken video” cake.

The Blizzard Award

– for the cake most likely to have been purchased at a St. Vital Dairy Queen.
Awarded to Ted Mayer for his self-serve painting cake.

The Istvan Kantor Li’l Debbie Log d’Or – for the cake that causes the most intense reaction in the genital region.Awarded to Sandee Moore for her couture cake.

Pictures taken with the Cake Cam. Thanks to all the cake contestants and judges – you’re the sweetest!