Cake Girls
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The Cake Girls is a specialty bakery business located in Chicago
, Illinois. They are known for creating cakes in the form of replicas of architectural landmarks and cultural icons. They have been featured on WE tv
's Amazing Wedding Cakes and the Food Network
's Last Cake Standing.
. As children, they both understood they had an artistic talent in creating different types of cake. As adults, they both spent time working at a bakery in Detroit, Michigan
and rediscovered their passion for creating elaborate three-dimensional "sculpted" cakes for weddings and other special occasions. After a time in Detroit, the sisters decided they could do better with their own business in Chicago, and thus was born "Cake Girls".
Challenge show and they are currently undefeated champions.
Mary & Brenda Maher appeared on the Food Network
Challenge for The Simpsons Movie
cake.
Their opponents were as follows:
Debbie Goard of Oakland, CA:
Bronwen Weber of Dallas, TX: The second runner-up in this competition. She created a cake that was the Simpsons movie on a skateboard and Marge sitting on the top.
Tad Weliczko of New York City: His cake was a Homer Simpson
statue that replicated an Oscar Award.
The cake that was created was for Krusty the Clown.
They were announced the winners at the end of the show and received $10,000 for the winnings.
Mary & Brenda Maher appeared on the Food Network challenge Disney Princess cake.
Their opponents were as followed: Flora Aghababyan Assistant Pastry Chef, Bellagio Hotel in Las Vegas
, Nev who created a Cinderella (Disney character)
Cake. Norman Davis Owner, The Sweet Life in Annandale, Virginia
who created a Ariel (The Little Mermaid) cake titled "Ariel's Garden".
Elizabeth Hodes Owner, Elizabeth Hodes Custom Cakes and Sugar Art in New York City who created a Princess Jasmine
cake titled "Flying High" and Kate Sullivan Owner, Lovin Sullivan Cakes in New York City who created a Belle (Disney) cake titled "Belle's Enchanted Evening".
Mary and Brenda created a Snow White (Disney)
cake and were announced the winners at the end of the show and they received $10,000.
. Each week the competitors were given a task to complete in 24 hours. At the end of the task, one team was eliminated until there was one team with the Last Cake Standing. There were six teams: Michelle Bommarito (Ferndale, MI), Courtney Clark (Ann Arbor, MI), Mary Maher (Chicago, IL), James Rosselle (Los Angeles, CA), Elisa Strauss (New York, NY), and Bronwen Weber (Dallas, TX).
The first episode the challengers task was to create a cake that shows their lives. The challenge winner was the Cake Girls. Their cake was about Mary and her life as an artist, and how it transformed into her cake making today.
The second episode the five remaining challengers were given the task to create a wedding cake in only eight hours. The competitors got to meet with the couple who the wedding cake was being created for, but only for a short period of time. The newlyweds got the choose who their winner was and used the winning at their wedding reception.
The third episode the four remaining challengers had to create a super hero cake. The night before each team was asked to create a super hero of their own. When the challenge came that next morning, they didn't have their normal aids that they had in the previous challenges. The remaining four were split into two teams, with their aids being their fellow competitors. They had to create a super hero cake that incorporated both the competitors ideas. The winner was cake girls (again). At then end of the show, the losing team had to have a "cake-off" so they can advance into the finale.
The fourth episode was the final episode and the last three competitors had a 24 hour cake challenge. They had to create a five foot sweet 16 birthday cake for a set of sextuplets. Not only did the cakes have to individually represent each of the sextuplets, but the cakes also had to be delivered to the party in a time frame. The winner of the challenge was the cake girls and they ended up winning the whole challenge, they currently have the title of "Best Cake Artist of America" and an additional $50,000 to their name.
Chicago
Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...
, Illinois. They are known for creating cakes in the form of replicas of architectural landmarks and cultural icons. They have been featured on WE tv
WE TV
We TV is the third TV channel from Malayalam Communications Ltd, in Kerala and based at Trivandrum. The other two channels of this company are Kairali TV and People TV. WE TV is mainly aimed at the youth and was officially launched on April 14, 2007. Mr...
's Amazing Wedding Cakes and the Food Network
Food Network
Food Network is a television specialty channel that airs both one-time and recurring programs about food and cooking. Scripps Networks Interactive owns 70 percent of the network, with Tribune Company controlling the remaining 30 percent....
's Last Cake Standing.
The Owners
The Cake Girls are Mary and Brenda Maher, sisters that were born and raised in Rochester, MichiganRochester, Michigan
Rochester is an affluent city in north Oakland County in the U.S. state of Michigan on the northern outskirts of metro Detroit. The population was 12,711 at the 2010 census...
. As children, they both understood they had an artistic talent in creating different types of cake. As adults, they both spent time working at a bakery in Detroit, Michigan
Michigan
Michigan is a U.S. state located in the Great Lakes Region of the United States of America. The name Michigan is the French form of the Ojibwa word mishigamaa, meaning "large water" or "large lake"....
and rediscovered their passion for creating elaborate three-dimensional "sculpted" cakes for weddings and other special occasions. After a time in Detroit, the sisters decided they could do better with their own business in Chicago, and thus was born "Cake Girls".
Food Network appearances
Mary and Brenda have made a number of appearances on the Food NetworkFood Network
Food Network is a television specialty channel that airs both one-time and recurring programs about food and cooking. Scripps Networks Interactive owns 70 percent of the network, with Tribune Company controlling the remaining 30 percent....
Challenge show and they are currently undefeated champions.
Mary & Brenda Maher appeared on the Food Network
Food Network
Food Network is a television specialty channel that airs both one-time and recurring programs about food and cooking. Scripps Networks Interactive owns 70 percent of the network, with Tribune Company controlling the remaining 30 percent....
Challenge for The Simpsons Movie
The Simpsons Movie
The Simpsons Movie is a 2007 American animated comedy film based on the animated television series The Simpsons. The film was directed by David Silverman, and stars the regular television cast of Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith, Hank Azaria, Harry Shearer, Tress...
cake.
Their opponents were as follows:
Debbie Goard of Oakland, CA:
Bronwen Weber of Dallas, TX: The second runner-up in this competition. She created a cake that was the Simpsons movie on a skateboard and Marge sitting on the top.
Tad Weliczko of New York City: His cake was a Homer Simpson
Homer Simpson
Homer Jay Simpson is a fictional character in the animated television series The Simpsons and the patriarch of the eponymous family. He is voiced by Dan Castellaneta and first appeared on television, along with the rest of his family, in The Tracey Ullman Show short "Good Night" on April 19, 1987...
statue that replicated an Oscar Award.
The cake that was created was for Krusty the Clown.
They were announced the winners at the end of the show and received $10,000 for the winnings.
Mary & Brenda Maher appeared on the Food Network challenge Disney Princess cake.
Their opponents were as followed: Flora Aghababyan Assistant Pastry Chef, Bellagio Hotel in Las Vegas
Las Vegas metropolitan area
The Las Vegas Valley is the heart of the Las Vegas-Paradise, NV MSA also known as the Las Vegas–Paradise–Henderson MSA which includes all of Clark County, Nevada, and is a metropolitan area in the southern part of the U.S. state of Nevada. The Valley is defined by the Las Vegas Valley landform, a ...
, Nev who created a Cinderella (Disney character)
Cinderella (Disney character)
Cinderella is a fictional character and is the main protagonist from Disney's twelfth animated film Cinderella and its two sequels. In the original film she is voiced by the late Ilene Woods...
Cake. Norman Davis Owner, The Sweet Life in Annandale, Virginia
Annandale, Virginia
Annandale is a census-designated place in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States. The population was 41,008 at the 2010 census, down from 54,994 in 2000 due to the splitting off of the western part of it to form Wakefield and Woodburn CDP's.-Geography:...
who created a Ariel (The Little Mermaid) cake titled "Ariel's Garden".
Elizabeth Hodes Owner, Elizabeth Hodes Custom Cakes and Sugar Art in New York City who created a Princess Jasmine
Princess Jasmine
Princess Jasmine is a fictional character and one of the main characters of the 1992 film Aladdin and its sequels, The Return of Jafar and Aladdin and the King of Thieves . She is voiced by Linda Larkin, with her singing voice performed by Lea Salonga in the first film and Disney Princess...
cake titled "Flying High" and Kate Sullivan Owner, Lovin Sullivan Cakes in New York City who created a Belle (Disney) cake titled "Belle's Enchanted Evening".
Mary and Brenda created a Snow White (Disney)
Snow White (Disney)
Snow White is a fictional character and the main protagonist from Walt Disney's first animated feature film Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs,...
cake and were announced the winners at the end of the show and they received $10,000.
Last Cake Standing Competition
Last Cake standing was a four week competition for the title of the "Best Cake Artist of America" aired by Food NetworkFood Network
Food Network is a television specialty channel that airs both one-time and recurring programs about food and cooking. Scripps Networks Interactive owns 70 percent of the network, with Tribune Company controlling the remaining 30 percent....
. Each week the competitors were given a task to complete in 24 hours. At the end of the task, one team was eliminated until there was one team with the Last Cake Standing. There were six teams: Michelle Bommarito (Ferndale, MI), Courtney Clark (Ann Arbor, MI), Mary Maher (Chicago, IL), James Rosselle (Los Angeles, CA), Elisa Strauss (New York, NY), and Bronwen Weber (Dallas, TX).
The first episode the challengers task was to create a cake that shows their lives. The challenge winner was the Cake Girls. Their cake was about Mary and her life as an artist, and how it transformed into her cake making today.
The second episode the five remaining challengers were given the task to create a wedding cake in only eight hours. The competitors got to meet with the couple who the wedding cake was being created for, but only for a short period of time. The newlyweds got the choose who their winner was and used the winning at their wedding reception.
The third episode the four remaining challengers had to create a super hero cake. The night before each team was asked to create a super hero of their own. When the challenge came that next morning, they didn't have their normal aids that they had in the previous challenges. The remaining four were split into two teams, with their aids being their fellow competitors. They had to create a super hero cake that incorporated both the competitors ideas. The winner was cake girls (again). At then end of the show, the losing team had to have a "cake-off" so they can advance into the finale.
The fourth episode was the final episode and the last three competitors had a 24 hour cake challenge. They had to create a five foot sweet 16 birthday cake for a set of sextuplets. Not only did the cakes have to individually represent each of the sextuplets, but the cakes also had to be delivered to the party in a time frame. The winner of the challenge was the cake girls and they ended up winning the whole challenge, they currently have the title of "Best Cake Artist of America" and an additional $50,000 to their name.
Fire
A fire broke out on the building's second floor shortly after 5:30 am on March 29, 2010. The building (including the bakery) was deemed a total loss.The cake girls and everyone in the building were okay. However, they say they don't know if they will be able to fulfill some orders because of the fire.External links
- The Cake Girls' website
- http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=resources&id=6108453
- http://www.tvaholic.com/2007/07/25/mmmm-donut-cakes-more-in-the-latest-food-network-challenge/
- http://www.tv.com/food-network-challenge/princess-cakes/episode/1123552/summary.html?tag=ep_guide;summary