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3 - 16 June 2016
AFRICANWATCH
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HAS THERE EVER BEEN SUCH A SPECTACULAR BAKE-OFF?
Even though it seems obvious and
even when I tell you that the picures
on this page are of real, edible cakes,
it is still somehow hard to believe. Yet
that is what they are.
They were all baked to celebrate Africa
Day on May 25 as part of an initiative
launched by the irrepressible Maria
Makanjuola, who holds a degree in biochemistry and masters in bio-chemical
engineering and food science, but
describes
herself
as
the
“founder/blogger/mentor/tutor” of the
blog “sweetcaketv.com”. From having
just 28 followers at launch last year, Maria
now has 28,000.
The aim of
LEFT: Titilope
her blog is
Adeoti of TL Cake
simply
Boulevard
(Nigeria)
wonderful.
Maria
told
RIGHT: Terry Adido
Nigerian
of Grated Nutmeg
Watch, “I
(Canada)
ran my
own
cake
business for five years before deciding to
move in to teaching other amateur cake
decorators, particularly in Africa, hoping
to help them achieve financial freedom
through the sugar arts.”
Sweet Cake TV not only teaches the
craft but the nuts and bolts of how to
build and run a profitable cake-making
business.
The Africa Day Cake Art Collaboration
was an unprecedented virtual gathering
of talented cake and sugar artists from
Zimbabwe, Nigeria, Kenya, Namibia,
South Africa, Canada, UK and USA. The
LEFT: Maria Makanjuola of Sweet Cake
TV
bakers used Twitter and Facebook to post
updates of their designs during the day,
having all started at 10am.
While it’s obvious purpose was to
celebrate the founding of the African
Union in 1963 the day was also all about
sharing examples of best practice, tricks
of the trade and bringing to prominence
the mind-blowing standard of artistry
that is possible and being practiced by the
cake-makers and sugar artists of Africa.
Maria also hopes that the finished
results will help “to educate people about
our continent as the cakes represent the
spirit and beauty of Africa in an edible art
form with breath-taking designs.”
There was no overall winner as such
but a popular vote from those who
followed the day as it unfolded
determined that the cakes featured on
this page stood out.
You can find out more about the
collaboration, see the other beautiful
masterpieces and find out more about the
cake artists from Africa and the diaspora
at www.africadaycakeart.com
Maria can be contacted via
hello@sweetcaketv.com
Oladimeji Olabimpe
of Blooming Bud
Concept (Nigeria)
ABOVE: Siku Adewuyi of
cake-n-candy (Nigeria)
LEFT: Ajibola Onafowokan
of Arality World (UK)
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