English Mum’s Big Bakeoff: and the winner is…

*Drumroll*

Lisa Brown’s utterly gorgeous Owl and the Pussycat ‘topsy turvey’ cake.  Lisa lives in Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria and is ‘an administrator by day but a cake decorator in my spare time’ and wins the fabulous Bush BAFF55161S Frost Free Fridge Freezer in Silver, worth £359.99 courtesy of the lovely chaps at Argos.

Honourable mentions from our poor judge, Arlene, who had such a difficult decision to make, go to:

Carol Smith’s Christening Cake for Lexi and Lacey – The detail on the ‘blankets’ on the two babies is just beautiful. So much work in the details here.

Emily Secker’s Ball of Wool Cake – I really loved this. The strands of yarn are so well made, and that kitty is soo cute! How could you ever cut it??

Claire Willmer’s Mickey Mouse Birthday Cake – What a fantastic cake! Reproducing characters is hard, and this likeness is amazing!

Lou Ellards’ 60th Birthday Cake – A lot of work on each part of this cake: the cushion, the toenails, the cup of tea. I can imagine the real life scene!

Ashleigh Sangster’s Chocolate Cake – Are they all ruffled sheets of chocolate? Er, wow! Again, how could you cut this??

Mary from asmallhandinmine’s Cookie Monster Cupcakes – These made me laugh. They’re great! And definitely worth the unavoidable blue mouth after scoffing the icing!

Sarah from sarahbakes Tow Mater Cake – Lots of work and effort here too, and a terrific replica!

Thank you so much to everyone who took part (you can see all the entries here).  Another bakeoff will be along again shortly!

6 Responses to “English Mum’s Big Bakeoff: and the winner is…”

1. Lorraine Gaw says:

   June 13, 2011 at 9:18 am

   Well done Lisa! This was my fave one too!! I think your talents are wasted working as an administrator…. you should definitely think about doing this as a profession! x
   • English Mum says:

     June 13, 2011 at 3:47 pm

     Too right. I think a career change is in order, Lorraine, you’re right!
2. Preseli Mags says:

   June 13, 2011 at 3:49 pm

   Gosh the standard was high this time! That’s such a wonderful cake – well done Lisa.
   • English Mum says:

     June 14, 2011 at 8:37 am

     Well done indeed – ’tis so fab – I can’t believe Lisa doesn’t do this for a living. I’d buy them!
3. Rosie Scribble says:

   June 14, 2011 at 7:56 pm

   I’m sure if I’d have entered my cake would have looked exactly like that. *cough*
   • English Mum says:

     June 14, 2011 at 8:36 pm

     Oh I don’t doubt it, Madam Scribble