When I
heard that there was a Cake, Bake and Sweets Show coming to Melbourne I could
feel the inner baker inside of me get excited! In the end I was literally
counting down the days until the expo was to begin. But for me Friday didn’t
work as I wanted to walk around kid and pram free to really soak up the
atmosphere and have a Mummies day.
The last 4
years I have really ventured into making and decorating cakes, especially when it
comes to making my girls cakes. In the next month I will have to put together
some ideas for my brother’s 21st cake, and this expo was the perfect
opportunity for some inspiration and stocking up on goodies.
Mr M’s
Mummy and I hit the shores of the Docklands at the Melbourne Convention and
Exhibition centre early Saturday morning. I had no idea an event such as this
could be so packed. From the moment we stepped foot in the building you could
see the gianormus line to just get in, then when you were in there you felt
like a sheep trying to be heard into a truck. When the shows weren’t on, you
honestly struggled to move around anywhere- and to get in the stalls was a
completely other story.
One thing I
was a little horrified at, is at the CSR stand they were handing out some icing
freebies. The women there attacked the boxes like the zombie apocalypse was
coming and these were the last ever packets of icing to hit the shelves. I saw
a little old lady get knocked around like a ten pin bowling pin as she waited patiently
but had extremely rude people push in front (literally push their way in).
Other then
the crowds this expo was not one to be missed and I will be keeping an eye on
the date of when this expo returns for 2015 (which I hope it does).
We had
intentions of sitting in on a few classes, but in the end the crowds got to us
and we could not be bothered waiting an hour or so in line to secure ourselves
a ticket, so instead we walked around to some stalls and watched their
demonstrations.
I did
however make sure I sat in on Adriano Zumbo’s main stage show, as I am a
massive fan of his and so is my mother-in-law. His master macroon making skills
left us in awe, and wanting to get home to bake some of his delicious treats.
He did have a stall there where you could purchase his macroons, but again the
line was almost as big as meeting “Buddy” the cake king.
One of the
highlights for me was on the right hand side wall, there were all the competition
cakes lined up. By the time we got to seeing them they had been judged and the
winners had ribbons there. I was amazed with these cakes and had to just stare
at them in awe and figure out if it was actually a cake or some sort of clay
work of art (of course they were cake)!!
Another great experience was being able to witness a Guiness World Record being broken, with Savour School breaking the record for the most chocolate (or the heaviest) flowers all made by hand. When we passed by they had broken the record and the weight of chocolate was well and truly over 100kg, but they really wanted to secure there spots and make sure the many of hours of work was worth it.
As for me now, I am off to the kitchen to bake me up a storm ;-) Enjoy xxx
