Cake Central's Wedding Cake Of The Year Contest

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sharinSharon Posted 19 Sep 2010 , 11:24pm
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Does anyone know if there is a specific theme for the contest? I know it has to be a wedding cake - but is it supposed to follow a certain theme? Like the Oklahoma show has a theme every year. I've read the rules page in the magazine like 20 times and I haven't found one???? Or can we just go hog wild crazy on the thing?! icon_razz.gif

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karateka Posted 21 Sep 2010 , 12:31am
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As far as I can tell, there's no theme. I wish I had time to enter. I'd need until November to design something, much less put it together! I wish it had been announced earlier. Oh, well....maybe next year?

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AuntAndrea Posted 21 Sep 2010 , 5:36pm
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Where did you hear about this contest? I haven't been able to find anything about it anywhere on the site...?? icon_confused.gif

Thanks!
...Andrea

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leily Posted 21 Sep 2010 , 6:00pm
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Where did you hear about this contest? I haven't been able to find anything about it anywhere on the site...?? icon_confused.gif

Thanks!
...Andrea




The OP mentioned the "magazine" in the first post, so my guess is it was an ad or an article in the CakeCentral magazine in one of the last issues.

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Jack031 Posted 21 Sep 2010 , 6:11pm
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Does anyone know which issue that it is in???

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Frecklysmom Posted 21 Sep 2010 , 6:23pm
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September issue page 45

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JuliSchulze Posted 21 Sep 2010 , 6:24pm
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Does anyone know which issue that it is in???




It's been in the last two issues of the magazine.

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Jackie Posted 21 Sep 2010 , 6:37pm
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We will be making an announcement to every one about it in a newsletter later today, and in my blog.
http://cakecentral.com/jackie


I am pretty excited about it! Once we make the announcement I will post a link in this thread for you.

The wedding cake of the year contest has only been advertised in the August and September issues of the Cake Central Magazine so far.

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Jackie Posted 21 Sep 2010 , 7:14pm
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Originally Posted by sharinSharon

Does anyone know if there is a specific theme for the contest? I know it has to be a wedding cake - but is it supposed to follow a certain theme? Like the Oklahoma show has a theme every year. I've read the rules page in the magazine like 20 times and I haven't found one???? Or can we just go hog wild crazy on the thing?! icon_razz.gif




There is no "theme" it must be a wedding cake, that's it.. so go crazy!

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lomfise Posted 4 Oct 2010 , 4:13pm
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Why can only US residents participate? I don't mean to sound peevish, but I don't think that's fair as there are so many different nationalities here. birthday.gif

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Jackie Posted 6 Oct 2010 , 4:54pm
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Why can only US residents participate? I don't mean to sound peevish, but I don't think that's fair as there are so many different nationalities here. birthday.gif




We had to limit the contest to US residents only because whenever you run a contest that has a prize this large, there are International "lottery" laws that come in to play. Because every country has it's own law on contests/prizes (aka "lottery") there was just no feasible way for us to include any country outside the US.

But our online contests are still open to everyone, anywhere.

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lomfise Posted 6 Oct 2010 , 5:02pm
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Hi Jackie, thanks for clearing that up, I totally understand now thumbs_up.gif
Any news on when you will have the next online contest?

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cakesbymark Posted 24 Dec 2010 , 3:49am
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any idea if there is a problem with entered online, i've been trying for about a hour now and when i hit send it just keeps loading..any help would be great.thanks

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WhiskMeAway12 Posted 31 Dec 2010 , 5:25am
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Is anyone else having problems with submitting the pictures. Mine keeps saying that it is sending. I don't know what to do, is there an email conformation thAt says it is done uploading? icon_cry.gif

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DaPom Posted 4 Jan 2011 , 6:41am
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Is anyone else having problems with submitting the pictures. Mine keeps saying that it is sending. I don't know what to do, is there an email conformation thAt says it is done uploading? icon_cry.gif



I had the same problem for several days. I tried submitting from 2 other computers, and because of the weather (snowed in), I was not able to get to the post office to mail my entry either. icon_sad.gif So frustrating. I let the little arrows run the last time for more than 48 hours. icon_cry.gif
Any possibility that we will have another chance to post our entries? The roads are finally clear so I can mail or email or try the online entry again?

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LeanneW Posted 12 Jan 2011 , 12:20am
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We have received questions and concerns from those of you who attempted to make online WCOTY contest submissions near the December 31 deadline. At the time, we experienced some technical problems, and we apologize for any unsuccessful uploads or troubles you may have experienced. Additionally, we are aware that due to bad weather conditions and holiday post office closures, you may not have been able to meet the contest mail-in deadline.

Furthermore, we would like to provide one last opportunity to submit your WCOTY contest entry via mail. Your mail-in entry must be postmarked by Monday, January 17. All entries postmarked after this date will be disqualified.

Please send your contest entry by mail using the directions found on this page: http://cakecentral.com/weddingcakeoftheyear/enter-the-contest

For a list of complete contest rules, please visit: http://cakecentral.com/weddingcakeoftheyear

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cakesbymark Posted 25 Feb 2011 , 2:03pm
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any idea when the winners will be announced?

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WhiskMeAway12 Posted 2 May 2011 , 5:27pm
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i read the rules about a zillion times, i thought the winner of the contest would be posted up by today (may 2). did anyone found out the winner?

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