A group of cake decorators, from around the world, collaborated together in the past months to bring you these 29 sugar creations, from the elegance of the Venice Carnival to the vibrant carnival of South America.
Carnival is a 5 day festival, which occurs immediately before Lent, and is celebrated in different countries, with carnival food, floats, lots of colours, masks, costumes… It can be elegant. It can be satirical. It can be colourful. It’s a 5 days of fun.

My cake is called “Abundance”. The rich greens, purples and gold colors from my inspiration board reminded me of leaves and fruits during the harvest in a time of abundance. I wanted to turn that image into a carnival costume! I designed an elaborate 3D head dress made up of rich green, gumpaste leaves tipped in gold, deep purple berries, little white and gold hydrangea blossoms and isomalt beads. I decided to play with dimensions, instead of continuing with a 3D mask, I painted a sketch art face and mask. I really love the differing dimensions on this cake and the way they blended into one piece. Elaborate details are the heart of so many carnival costumes and floats, the bottom tier this cake is decorated with isomalt beads to look like the fringes of the floats that line the streets. I love the bright costumes and beautiful masks, I really enjoyed learning more about this colorful, vibrant festival and hope you see the spirit of carnival in my design! Thank you Jon and Jamila for including me with all of these fantastic cake artists – so humbling to be a part of this beautiful collaboration! <3 Shannon