This weekend, watch pastry chefs and troll for free samples

by Ellen Slattery, Posted Feb 29th 2008 @ 2:30PM

If you're in Philadelphia over the weekend, be sure to check out Let Them Eat Cake, a wedding cake design competition whose proceeds will go to benefit City of Hope, a California-based cancer care center.

Whether you're a participant (entry fee is $100 for professionals, and students can compete for free!) or just drooling spectator, it'll be totally worth it to take in the scene and watch as pastry chefs battle it out for nine different titles, including Most Artistic and Best Tasting (the cakes, not the chefs).

The 2006 Best of Show winner (pictured) was a delicate pink and white number from Ann's Cake Pan of Horsham, Pa.

The special guest judge will be Sylvia Weinstock, baker of extraordinary cakes and wearer of over sized glasses. (Her cakes are amazing, but the intricacy of the website alone tells me I could never afford one).

So, go! Marvel! Drool! And cross your fingers that they give out free samples at the end.

Filed Under: Ingredients, Bakeries, Methods
Tags: america, Ann's Cake Pan, Ann'sCakePan, baking, California, cancer, City of Hope, CityOfHope, dessert, glasses, Horsham, Philadelphia, sugar, sylvia weinstock, SylviaWeinstock