Sara Vanderheyden, a cake decorator at a Hy-Vee store in Ames, Iowa, took home the top prize in IDDBA’s 21st annual Cake Decorating Challenge, held at the Dairy-Deli-Bake show in Houston June 5-7.
New this year, show attendees could vote each day for the People’s Choice Award. Vanderheyden won that honor on Day 2 for her wedding cake (left) and the three cakes she decorated on Day 3, including one focusing on the show’s theme of Growing the Future (right).
Photo (left) courtesy of Hy-Vee