{"id":10213,"date":"2015-10-06T06:30:12","date_gmt":"2015-10-06T11:30:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/yogisden.us\/?p=10213"},"modified":"2015-12-05T08:03:38","modified_gmt":"2015-12-05T14:03:38","slug":"grand-national-wedding-cake-competition-grand-prize-winner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yogisden.us\/?p=10213","title":{"rendered":"2015 Grand National Wedding Cake Competition &#8211; Grand Prize Winner"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"Ornate Opulence\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/28381904@N06\/22001299781\/in\/dateposted\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm6.staticflickr.com\/5752\/22001299781_36838c4d6c_z.jpg\" alt=\"Ornate Opulence\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This is the Grand Prize winner at the <a href=\"http:\/\/oklahomasugarartists.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Grand National Wedding Cake Competition<\/a> held at the Tulsa State Fair this past weekend. It is titled &#8220;Ornate Opulence&#8221; and was baked by Lori Cossou of of Welch, Oklahoma. She got $44,000 in cash and $28,350 in prizes for her entry. Ms. Cossou is a three time winner of the event. The theme this year is &#8220;Fashion Week.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><a title=\"Ink and Lace\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/28381904@N06\/21804799569\/in\/photostream\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm6.staticflickr.com\/5762\/21804799569_bf29939ef1_z.jpg\" alt=\"Ink and Lace\" width=\"492\" height=\"640\" \/><\/a> This is the First Runner Up cake named &#8220;Ink and Lace Autumn Affair&#8221; by Angela Negron of Austin, Texas. I got dozens of pics of cakes, cookies, and various other sugar arts. These two examples set the tone for the cakes. This is the third year I have attended the show and I just love it. Check out the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tulsaworld.com\/homepagelatest\/oklahoma-woman-wins-third-grand-national-wedding-cake-competition-at\/article_40eccb63-9ec0-5707-a3a9-450ab8553e9c.html\" target=\"_blank\">Tulsa World article on the show<\/a>.<script src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Cookies from the 2015 Oklahoma Sugar Art Show\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/28381904@N06\/21378492413\/in\/dateposted\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm6.staticflickr.com\/5624\/21378492413_ce7f2d3fbd_z.jpg\" alt=\"Cookies from the 2015 Oklahoma Sugar Art Show\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" \/><\/a><script src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>They also had a cookie division. I really liked these fish cookies set in an aquarium. <a title=\"Sugar Art Shoe Collage from the Oklahoma Sugar Art Show\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/28381904@N06\/21820957719\/in\/dateposted\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm6.staticflickr.com\/5706\/21820957719_2cdef7d575_z.jpg\" alt=\"Sugar Art Shoe Collage from the Oklahoma Sugar Art Show\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" \/><\/a><script src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>They had a shoe competition this year. This is a collage of some high heels. My favorite were Dorothy&#8217;s Ruby Red Slippers in the lower left corner.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Oklahoma Sugar Art Show\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/28381904@N06\/21406188974\/in\/dateposted\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm6.staticflickr.com\/5828\/21406188974_4897996c57_z.jpg\" alt=\"Oklahoma Sugar Art Show\" width=\"640\" height=\"429\" \/><\/a><script src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>And you know what, I am not sure what the category is but this is all sugar art also. <a title=\"Mask cake from 2015 Oklahoma Sugar Art Show\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/28381904@N06\/21866587448\/in\/dateposted\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm1.staticflickr.com\/569\/21866587448_3837c2217b_z.jpg\" alt=\"Mask cake from 2015 Oklahoma Sugar Art Show\" width=\"544\" height=\"544\" \/><\/a><script src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>There used to be a Mask Division that I liked but for some reason they ended that. Here is a cake with a Mask that I liked.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.readfrontier.com\/spotlight\/its-just-sugar-cakes-as-works-of-art\/\" target=\"_blank\">Tulsa Frontier Article<\/a> on the show<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is the Grand Prize winner at the Grand National Wedding Cake Competition held at the Tulsa State Fair this past weekend. It is titled &#8220;Ornate Opulence&#8221; and was baked by Lori Cossou of of Welch, Oklahoma. She got $44,000 in cash and $28,350 in prizes for her entry. 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