Have your cake and eat Freo too at this sweet design event
An event looking at Fremantle through the lens of sponge cake, jelly and plenty of icing has encouraged people to see, and taste, the city differently.
A unique design event in Fremantle invited the public to reimagine their city through the medium of cake. Cakemantle, organized by designers Loren Holmes and Rosie Halsmith during Fremantle Design Week, challenged bakers to create edible desserts inspired by Fremantle's landmarks, history, and future. Sixteen entrants, ranging from professional designers to locals, submitted a diverse array of concepts, from recognizable landmarks such as Monument Hill, the Wallenius Wilhelmsen ship, and the old Roundhouse prison, to innovative interpretations of the city's past and future, and even a nod to a forgotten piece of history at Bathers Beach.
Local landscape design studio members even recreated terrazzo tiles, a popular architectural feature from the 1950s to 70s, using cheesecake, jelly, cake, and local bush ingredients. Judges, including executive chef Blaze Young, landscape architect Scott Lang, and UWA dean of design Sarah McGann, evaluated the creations based on taste, idea, and execution.
The Fremantle Doctor, a cake representing the afternoon sea breeze, took third place; the Scolaro Terrazzo tiles creation won second place for its design and execution; and Erin Coates' reinterpretation of the former limestone rock bar at the mouth of the Swan River claimed first place. Coates, a diver, drew inspiration from the changing ecology of the river, tying the cake to local history and geology.
With the event's popularity evident in the sold-out tickets for both baking and tasting, organizers expressed interest in making Cakemantle a recurring feature in Fremantle Design Week.
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