Photo: Marielle Meyer
A peek at one winning creation.
With a passion for baking that rivals even the most seasoned pastry chefs, Marielle Meyer won the Edina Education Fund’s CAKE-Off Home Edition in the Edina High School category.
“I wanted to do something that would look great without forfeiting the taste and texture,” Marielle says. “So I came up with my answer: chocolate everything!”
The 15-year-old poured her creativity and skill into crafting a five-layer, two-tiered chocolate cake with ombre ganache frosting. The cake was dripped with melted dark chocolate and edged with a chocolate sprinkle skirt. The teen baker also topped the cake with strawberries hand dipped in milk chocolate and drizzled in white chocolate. The finishing touches were an assortment of chocolate candies. The cake took 12 hours to complete.
CAKE stands for Community Action in Kids Education, which took place on February 2. The annual event is one of the Edina Education Fund’s largest fundraisers of the year.
