Taking the Cake

The sixth annual Nina Haggerty Centre for the Arts fundraiser was an homage to Johnny Cash. Each team of corporate sponsors, including Lexus of Edmonton, Canadian Western Bank and, yes, Avenue magazine, was partnered with a cake designer from one of the city's extravagant bakeries.

Avenue was paired with chef Jennifer Gray of Over the Top Cakes, and did well with the theme "Tennesse Flat Top Box." The guitarcase/concert stage (pictured above) won the team second place.

But, you ask, if that's second — what won first? Check out this hyper-realistic pastry by Cake Couture Edible Art, paired with Latium Customized Fleet Management and given the song "I've Been Everywhere" to work with.

Twitpic courtesy of Liane Faulder, food writer and blogger with Edmonton Journal.

(Editor's Trivia: "I've Been Everywhere" wasn't actually written by Johnny Cash. It was an Australian hit in 1962, written by Geoff Mack. Hank Snow changed the place names from Australian to American in 1962, and it's that version that Cash revived. We think Avenue and Over The Top Cakes should win first place by default, because "Tennesse Flat Top Box" is an original Cash tune.)