16 mind-blowing bakes from Cake International 2015

The 2015 Cake International exhibition at the Birmingham NEC drew to a close on November 8, after three days of breathtaking baking, sugarcraft and cake decorating talent that would leave even Paul Hollywood weeping into his Windtorte.

While there there countless tasty constructions at this year's event, there were two definite headturners: the model of Prince George, created by Lara Mason from Walsall, and the life size Angelina Jolie from Disney's recent movie 'Maleficent'. The latter was constructed from 50 boxes of rice crispies, 240 packets of marshmallows and 25 blocks of butter by cake artist Emma Jayne Morris over the course of four weeks.

Here they both are, in among 14 other baking masterpieces that caught our eye:

 

A photo posted by Global Sugar Artists Network (@globalsugarartists) on Nov 9, 2015 at 3:35am PST

 

A photo posted by Kayleigh (@kayleighscakeboutique) on Nov 8, 2015 at 5:51am PST

 

A photo posted by @thecupcakedivana on Nov 8, 2015 at 3:29pm PST

 

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A photo posted by Natalie White (@natalie_white16) on Nov 8, 2015 at 3:45am PST

 

A photo posted by CraftyOla Bakes🍰✂️🌻 (@craftyola) on Nov 8, 2015 at 11:51am PST

 

A photo posted by Jane Whiley (@cakey_janes) on Nov 7, 2015 at 1:45pm PST

 

A photo posted by PandoraCakeShop (@pandora_cake_shop) on Nov 7, 2015 at 5:04am PST

 

A photo posted by Jane Whiley (@cakey_janes) on Nov 7, 2015 at 1:51pm PST

 

A photo posted by Jane Whiley (@cakey_janes) on Nov 7, 2015 at 2:01pm PST

 

A photo posted by Kate Bailey (@bailey_883) on Nov 7, 2015 at 7:52am PST

 

A photo posted by Prasana. (@drpizzle) on Nov 8, 2015 at 11:26am PST

 

A photo posted by Joseph Ditch (@jtditch) on Nov 7, 2015 at 1:30pm PST

 

A photo posted by laurinaaa14 (@laurinaaa14) on Nov 6, 2015 at 11:46am PST

 

A photo posted by Jayd Kilarski-Marlow (@jaydedenkilarskimarlow) on Nov 6, 2015 at 11:07am PST

 

A photo posted by Bev Bishop (@bevbish77) on Nov 8, 2015 at 3:18am PST

Have you seen Birmingham's new Resorts World, next door to the NEC?