The Vancouver Foodster Cake Challenge was a huge success featuring creations from bakeries and restaurants around greater Vancouver. Each place featured their cake creation from November 9 – December 3, 2017. Our media judging panel determined the ultimate winners of the challenge, and this was quite the task as each judge who tasted each creation with a rigorous process based on taste, originality/uniqueness and presentation/appearance.
Our Media judges for this challenge were: Louisa Chan, Rick Green and Zahra Alani.
Each media judge will have scored the creation with a maximum of 40 points as follows: Overall Taste 20 points, Originality and Uniqueness 10 points, Presentation and Appearance 10 points). The total number of points a cake creation could earn is 120 points.
The Winners are:
1st Place:
{111 points}
Fratelli Bakery
Rocky Road Cake
Price: $10
Created by: Chef Tamara Fraser
Description: Three layers of chocolate sponge cake, filled with one layer of creamy peanut butter buttercream & crushed roasted peanuts and one layer of chocolate buttercream with mini marshmallows. Topped with rich dark tosca ganache, pieces of rocky road bars and roasted peanuts.
Available: all the time
Fratelli Bakery
1795 Commercial Drive, Vancouver
Tel: (604) 255-8926
Web: http://fratellibakery.com/
Twitter: @fratellibakery
Instagram @fratellibakery
And
Fratelli Bakery
459 E. Columbia Street, New Westminster
Tel: (604) 777-2524
Web: http://fratellibakery.com/
Twitter: @fratellibakery
Instagram @fratellibakery
2nd Place:
{106 points}
Just Cakes Bakeshop
Cardamom Dream
Price: $6.75
Description: White chocolate cardamom mousse with a cinnamon-milk chocolate ganache center and a vanilla bean sponge base. It is glazed in a cardamom tea glaze and accompanied by a lightly salted and roasted pistachio border.
Created by: Chef Raveena Oberoi
Offered: All the time
Just Cakes Bakeshop
#5-7548 120 Street, Surrey
Tel: 604 503 5577
Web: https://www.justcakesbc.com/
Instagram @justcakesbakeshop
3rd Place:
{101 points}
Italia Bakery
Amaretto Cherry Mousse Log
Price: $39.99 whole/ $4.99 piece
Description: Almond cookie meringue base coated in a bitter chocolate ganache. 70% dark chocolate amarena cherry mousse, amaretto soaked opera almond sponge, Topped with a white chocolate amarena cherry mouse. Toppers with a dark amarena cherry glaze and white and dark almond bark, and don’t forget the edible gold flakes.
Created by: Chef Sam Pero
Offered: All the time
Italia Bakery
2828 East Hastings Street, Vancouver
Tel: 604.251.6800
Web: http://www.italiabakery.ca/
Twitter: @italiabakery
Instagram @italiabakery
In the People’s Choice Awards category, the public who tried the Cake creations were the ones who had the opportunity to cast their vote throughout the challenge.
The Winners are:
1st Place People’s Choice:
Just Cakes Bakeshop
Cardamom Dream
Price: $6.75
Description: White chocolate cardamom mousse with a cinnamon-milk chocolate ganache center and a vanilla bean sponge base. It is glazed in a cardamom tea glaze and accompanied by a lightly salted and roasted pistachio border.
Created by: Chef Raveena Oberoi
Offered: All the time
Just Cakes Bakeshop
#5-7548 120 Street, Surrey
Tel: 604 503 5577
Web: https://www.justcakesbc.com/
Instagram @justcakesbakeshop
2nd Place People’s Choice:
Italia Bakery
Amaretto Cherry Mousse Log
Price: $39.99 whole/ $4.99 piece
Description: Almond cookie meringue base coated in a bitter chocolate ganache. 70% dark chocolate amarena cherry mousse, amaretto soaked opera almond sponge, Topped with a white chocolate amarena cherry mouse. Toppers with a dark amarena cherry glaze and white and dark almond bark, and don’t forget the edible gold flakes.
Created by: Chef Sam Pero
Offered: All the time
Italia Bakery
2828 East Hastings Street, Vancouver
Tel: 604.251.6800
Web: http://www.italiabakery.ca/
Twitter: @italiabakery
Instagram @italiabakery
3rd Place People’s Choice:
Fratelli Bakery
Rocky Road Cake
Price: $10
Created by: Chef Tamara Fraser
Description: Three layers of chocolate sponge cake, filled with one layer of creamy peanut butter buttercream & crushed roasted peanuts and one layer of chocolate buttercream with mini marshmallows. Topped with rich dark tosca ganache, pieces of rocky road bars and roasted peanuts.
Available: all the time
Fratelli Bakery
1795 Commercial Drive, Vancouver
Tel: (604) 255-8926
Web: http://fratellibakery.com/
Twitter: @fratellibakery
Instagram @fratellibakery
And
Fratelli Bakery
459 E. Columbia Street, New Westminster
Tel: (604) 777-2524
Web: http://fratellibakery.com/
Twitter: @fratellibakery
Instagram @fratellibakery
Thank you to the chefs and establishments that accepted my invitation and featured their cakes on the menu for the past few weeks during this challenge.
I encourage you to visit the winning places to try their Cake creations! See the entries here.
By: Richard Wolak