Heidibella in the Tropics is sponsoring the first ever CAKE OFF and we need your votes to render a decision on the best cake! Now, I know you can't taste them, so you will be voting on the following criteria:
- Appeal - does it look tasty?
- Presentation - is it pretty? would you buy it for a party?
- Photography - does the picture do it justice?
Today's cake is a DEVIL'S FOOD CAKE with COFFEE BUTTERCREAM. We have two entries. Click on each of the links below to look at two photographs of each cake, and then leave your vote in this post's comments below. You can write whatever you wish, but your comment must clearly state which you think is the winner. Please don't read other votes until after you have submitted yours so that you are not influenced by what others have written!
Click here to see Michelle's cake.
Click here to see Heidi's cake.
VOTING WILL CLOSE ON MONDAY, MARCH 13 at 8:00 pm EASTERN/PANAMA TIME. Happy voting!
Well this is so hard but i'm going to be honest... they both look apeeling to me the presentention is great in both and yes i would buy them for a party, now my vote, sorry Mich but I'm going with heidi and i'll tell you why, for my taste i don't like to much sweet and your toping look more sweet to my eye than heidi's i feel like i can get empalagado easier with yours than heidi's and thats preety much why, i think it looks better with a simple look like heidi's now to tell you, if i was gonna have a party with friends i would buy heidi's, but if i'm gonna have party with kids... i would buy michelle's and thats my final VOTE!!! He dicho...! Gracias...!
Posted by: Gappy | March 12, 2006 at 09:06 AM
1. Presentation -
I must say, 2 beautiful looking cakes. I think they are both even there, something you'd expect in a showcase at the bakery. I love the fact that Michelle's looks like a chocolate chip cookie.
2. Appeal -
I'm not sure what is on Michelle's cake, looks like giant jelly-beans. And I see what appears to be chocolate sprinkled across the top on Heidi's cake, I would jump on Heidi's cake, it's more appealing to me because it looks like it's got more chocolate flavor than Michelle's.
3.Photography -
Michelle's cake: Great top picture (chocolate chip cookie), but the profile (side) picture is dark. Can't see the texture of the cake, needs more light.
Heidi's Cake: I see that chocolate sprinkled across the top and it looks delicious. Also, the slice out of the cake is very smart, shows the cake off with the layers, and it's something I would want to see before buying one. Shows no surprises.
Winner in my opinion:
Heidi's Cake
Good luck to you both! :-)
Posted by: Pete | March 12, 2006 at 10:09 AM
I have to vote for Heidi's on presentation even though I don't care for chocolate...Michi;s is also very appealing but given a choice, that would be it...Congrats to both!!!
Posted by: Dad | March 12, 2006 at 10:49 AM
How do I choose between my own two sisters' cakes???
I'm going to have to look at it 12 times now.
Posted by: Chris | March 12, 2006 at 11:13 AM
I feel the need to clarify, not that I am begging for votes here...no really, I'm not. Those are not jelly beans, they are not plums, they are not cherries. They are dark chocolate covered espresso beans. Vote for me...please. Just kidding :)
Posted by: Michelle | March 12, 2006 at 11:19 AM
Heidi your're cake Rocks!!! but I'm going with Michelle's Cake. Hope you have more luck next time ;)
Posted by: Albin | March 12, 2006 at 11:54 AM
Ok at first I thought this was kinda funny, but I'm not laughing anymore - I have THREE browser windows open and I've looked at each cake so many times I've sworn off cakes forever. I feel like a crow in the bakery window, cocking my head one way and the other. I am spending an inORDinate amount of time on this and I have to go to the prissypants high end mall today to take Skye to spend her gift cert (not a place to go when you feel like a crow) for her trip. I really should recuse myself anyway. You should have done this about the Elwood. I'm calling in reinforcements.
Posted by: Chris | March 12, 2006 at 12:06 PM
1. Appeal: After looking at both cakes my vote for appeal goes to Michelle. My main reason for swaying in this direction would be because since I know those are espresso beans covered in chocotate and that will really add to the flavor. It was a close call Heidi.
2.Presentation: Again a close call. Heidi's has a more traditional look to it but Michelle took some chances with her more contemporary look, which again sways me in her favor. I think next time a few drippings on the side would add to the look.
3.Photography: In this catagory Heidi has made a better image. Get some lights out Michelle!
2 to 1 in Michelle's favor!!!! Hoorrayy Michelle (sorry Heidi)
PS: I get to eat the one Michelle made:)
Posted by: Austin | March 12, 2006 at 12:13 PM
It appears I have the pity vote down pat!
Posted by: Michelle | March 12, 2006 at 12:16 PM
I like the white one (I - Chris - showed them to both girls with the names of the cakes covered) because it looks tasty; I like the sprinkle stuff.
Winner: Heidi's cake
Posted by: Lexi | March 12, 2006 at 12:24 PM
I like the roundness of the tan one. The chocolates look like they'd have a good texture in your mouth. Also, the picture from above is "framed." I've learned in art that framing a picture makes it easier for the viewer to focus on the subject.
Winner: Michelle
Posted by: Skye | March 12, 2006 at 12:31 PM
I (Chris) forgot to say that Skye said Michelle's cake looked "like a happy cake." LOL
Posted by: Skye | March 12, 2006 at 12:39 PM
I was agonizing, so I showed the girls (see their opinions above). Skye suggested I take each of the suggested criteria and judge accordingly.
1. Appeal: Michelle's seems to have more frosting and a slightly more casual look. So here it depends on use, as Gappy said. Who's going to eat them? They actually don't look like the same recipe - I have the impression that if I tasted Michelle's the frosting would be coffee/mocha flavored, and Heidi's more like whipped cream. Because I like less frosting and don't care for coffee flavor other than in my hot black coffee (with the exception of chocolate covered espresso beans, which these are, but still, the frosting...) I'd pick Heidi's to taste.
2. Presentation: I like the sprinkled cocoa, but I think once cut, Michelle's cake would lose the more casual look and seem more elegant with the decoration individually on each piece. If I were shopping online for some cake I would want to see the inside. Judging on presentation alone, I would pick Heidi's.
3. Photography: Heidi's new digi gives her photos a great crispness that is really cool (see the pics of the choco-covered pretzels - made me want to eat some even tho I don't like them)and she's developed a very professional eye. I like Heidi's composition in these pics, the lighting and the color. Michelle's is darker on that one side view - but how do you do that where you take a pic from over and you get it dead center? You must have a food cam. LOL
Heidi's looks more like a pic from a foodie site. So, Heidi!
Winner: Heidi!
Next time you do this, I will assume my crow personna and come peck at you. ROFL
Posted by: Chris | March 12, 2006 at 12:41 PM
I find it so hard to decide between the two the both look so . . . . I vote for the third option a cake from Momi.
Posted by: Juan Carlos | March 12, 2006 at 12:49 PM
Well, talk about being put between a rock and a hard place! Choosing between Heidi and Michi´s cakes! But honestly, I can say it is a tie for me and I´ll tell you why specifically. I thought the icing on Michelle´s looked more appealing and yummy, but not showing the inside of the cake was a mistake and I voted for the inside of Heidi´s. What a relief! Saved by the tie!
Posted by: Cuchy | March 12, 2006 at 02:31 PM
No sé si sepan que yo soy la reina del dulce! Parezco hormiguita y me encanta el chocolate. Escoger está dificil, los dos me parecen deliciosos. Como hay que votar por uno, escojo el de Michelle SOLAMENTE porque me gustó más el layout.
pd: me podrían mandar un pedacito por DHL?
Posted by: Indra | March 12, 2006 at 05:17 PM
Dos dulces…
4 manos …
Mismos ingredientes…
Los dos se ven apetitosos
Pero el corte de la foto de Heidi…
Hace que lo saboree imaginando en el paladar su textura…y su sabor…
Perooooo el dulce de Michelle…
Hace que le meta el dedo …
Y se me haga mas divertido su sabor
Por su bella presentaciòn….
El detalle del café envuelto en chocolate …
Quedo de concurso….
Mmmmmmm!!!!
Elegir uno …
Me quedo con el bizcocho de Heidi …
Y el icing y la presentación de Michelle….
Felicitaciones a las dos…
Por el iron chef del choco de hoy…
Besos.
Julie.
Posted by: KIRA | March 12, 2006 at 06:07 PM
I vote for Heidis cake, The presentation looks better, the color, and the shape. Hope it tastes good.
Good luck
Posted by: Ana | March 13, 2006 at 07:47 AM
I will stick to the rules provided above:
1. Appeal: They both look tasty.
2. Presentation: They both look pretty. I would by either one for a party.
3. Photography: I think the pictures do more justice to Heidi´s than Michelle´s.
Winner: Michelle´s (by means of a technicality)
Posted by: Iván | March 13, 2006 at 09:13 AM
very tough call, however, here's our final decision:
appeal: of course they both look like I could comermelos de una sentada, so definitely a tie.
presentation: while heidi's has a very professional look to it, michelle's frosting looks all gooey and thick and gooey is always good (heidi's on the other hand, looks fluffier).
photography: also a tie, like I said, I couldn't help wondering what I'd do if left alone with either one of them just from looking at the pictures.
There was one more thing that influenced the vote, the cake's name was devil's food with coffee buttercream and michelle's definitely looked like it had more coffee flavor.
so michelle gets the vote (sorry heidi, maybe if you would've given us that slice you took out so we tried it....). also, a suggestion: showing the names of the participants distracts you, try revealing them at the very end.
Posted by: greta y gus | March 13, 2006 at 11:03 AM
They both look good, I agree with Gappy, I would buy Michelle's for a kids party and Hidi's for a more grown up fiesta. Taste, I don't care, I would probably eat them both.
The only thing I would do for the next time I think the pictures need a bit of work, "a picture is worth a thousand words"...other than that good job to both.
Posted by: Gianclaudio | March 13, 2006 at 11:27 AM
el de Heidi se ve mas apepitoso! Is that a word? anyway, I'm sure Michelle's is just as delicious. I have to be democratic here as she bakes stuff for me all the time and I don't want her to stop. And here is my cheap plug. "please visit my Ebay Store!" http://stores.ebay.com/Samson-and-Delilah-Salon
Posted by: Luis Orellana | March 13, 2006 at 12:58 PM
Se me olvido decir que my decision was based on the way it was photographed. Kudos to Heidi. You should become a stock photographer. And did I mention on my last post that you can visit my ebay store? Yes I'm a "sales whore", as Michelle often calls me. http://stores.ebay.com/Samson-and-Delilah-Salon
Posted by: Luis Orellana | March 13, 2006 at 01:08 PM
très beau blog
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