Waiting to be discovered? Who wouldn’t give their right arm to be featured in America’s best and first bridal magazine? BRIDES Magazine, celebrating its 75^th anniversary in 2009, will publish a blockbuster edition that will include a showcase of gorgeous, newsworthy cakes, all to be chosen exclusively from contestants in the Oklahoma State Sugar Art Show competition!

Here’s your chance to receive national recognition and here’s how:

Maria McBride, Wedding Style Director for BRIDES magazine, author of The Perfect Wedding series and her newest book, Party Basics for New Nesters, and juror for the wedding cake competition will also conduct an independent competition to select the TOP TEN most exciting cake designs to be featured in Best in Show, a special section in the February 2009 issue of BRIDES.

It's the opportunity of a lifetime, and ALL contestants at the Oklahoma State Sugar Art Show and The Wedding Cake Spectacular 2008 are eligible. Money cannot buy a chance like this.  

 

You will need to create the finest cake you can. THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX. Your technical skills are critical; Maria McBride will be looking for cakes that illustrate meticulous, picture-perfect details and a stylish sensibility that will excite BRIDES readers. Winning cakes must be stacked and at least two tiers. If chosen, you will have your work included in a collector’s edition of BRIDES Magazine and you will also become a design ambassador for Oklahoma State Sugar Art Show, bringing well-deserved recognition to our showcase for homegrown talent.  

 

BRIDES Magazine will photograph the selected cakes in New York City the week of October 6^th. 

When decorating your cake, remember that humidity is a huge issue in New York City. Don’t spare the gum tragacanth or Tylose in your gum paste and rolled fondant recipes.

NOTE FROM KERRY VINCENT:

 

Transportation of cakes from Tulsa to New York City for the Best in Show photo shoot will be provided by BRIDES Magazine. Winning contestants will be required to pack their cakes in sturdy cardboard boxes for transportation at the conclusion of the show. A van will transport the cakes to New York City after the show for photography. After the photo shoot, the cakes will be returned to Tulsa from New York and must be collected within a two-week period or they will, regretfully, have to be discarded. 

Good luck to you all.