Cakes compete at the ISES North New Jersey’s Cake Off-Kick Off event

Last night we attended the ISES North New Jersey‘s opening event of the season, the “Cake Off Kick Off”, where a number of the area’s best pastry chefs competed for the award of Best Decorated and Best Tasting cake. The party was held at Harborside Catering in Jersey City, which has a spectacular view of Manhattan across the water.

Below are the two winning cakes — Best Tasting on the left, by Sabrina Kuratana from A Cake Dream, and Best Decorated on the right, by Elena Shumskaya of The Fine Art of Cakes.

A few more detail shots…

And, for those of you with a more carniverous bent than a sweet tooth: