Let them eat cake!

I am more than likely going to go this event and bringing cake.

The gist of it is to make a 2'-4', stacked, sculpted cake. It is very much Food Network in nature, complete with a move from the work table to a judging surface.This is a technical challenge. More in line with what kind of engineer you are, coupled with some art skills. 

I am not sure how people are going to do the "historically accurate" cake. What we know as cake, isn't period.  What we know as frosting, isn't period. Stacking cakes, isn't period. There isn't anything about this whole competition that uses techniques which are "historically accurate". Maybe some of the gumpaste work, if you choose to do any of that would be considered period.

1. Cake is heavy.
2. Sugar is heavy.
3. Structures are heavy.
4. Cake doesn't like to be stacked.
5. Cake sheds like there's no tomorrow.
6. Cake doesn't travel well.

This is going to be a HEAVY structure. Very, very heavy. In looking at period cake, there are a number of late period recipes.  Several of which look very tasty. But not suitable for modern cake sculpture construction. I was thinking I wanted to do a historically accurate cake.  But I am thinking it is going to have to be just for fun. If just because of the cake component alone.
( And this is me...explaining things poorly )

Edit: This means I am not going to be crazy and do 2 subtleties in 2 weekends. I will not be doing one for Mudthaw feast, unless someone else wants to do a majority of the work, with help from me.