The world's biggest space cake baking contest
Author: Yun Koole
In our country, a lot of people are obsessed with weed and space cake. They eat it for breakfast, as a dessert, a snack or in between those times. We love it that much that we created a contest out of it. Not an eating competition though, that would be quite lethal, no they started a space cake contest.
Last Saturday it was time for the annual space cake baking contest. It is classified as the greatest in the world. Yearly, there are over 100 contestants that fight for the Zazuyan Space Cake Cup, which is also the name of the competition. The contestants practise an entire year to create their perfect cake. This year, it is the 10th time that it is being held.
During the contest a jury judges the cakes and gives them a final score, which is based on esthetics, taste, and structure. They give ten points three times for every criterion and add them up. The person with the highest score wins the cup. There is also a ”Price from Zazu”, which is a price that is awarded by the inhabitants of Zazu who are at the competition. After the baking of the cakes, everyone who doesn’t participate(the visitors), can give a score to the cake. Just like the judges do, and the winner gets the ”Price from Zazu”. All cakes are judged anonymously. When the baking time is over, the cakes are placed randomly on a long table. Ready to be judged.
This year’s judges were 5 professionals: two regular bakers, two chefs and one space cake specialist. The participants get two hours to make the best space cake. Besides the trophy, the winner receives a voucher of €200 to spend on whatever they wish. Ironically, they will spend it on more space, more weed.