On Sunday, I went to the Great American Cake Show.  One section of the Carroll County Agricultural Center was sectioned off for classrooms, with classes like making gelatin bows, fondant babies, and flowers.  Another section was for smaller cakes, children, locals, cupcakes, and peeps.  Yes Peeps the mushroom candy's you get every Easter.  One person created a giant Bigbird using over a 1,000 yellow peeps, not to mention orange peeps for his legs and beak.  In the middle of the center was a wedding cake competition with the theme of states.  Some of the cupcakes from Maryland included the State House in Annapolis, the Maryland flag, Black Eyed Susans, and the O's.  My favorite for Pennsylvania had pheasant feathers and had feathers made of royal icing.  In one area free demonstrations were given.  Here I learned how to fondant a cake, and make fondant roses.  Other classes were available from various vendors.  And of course that means vendors were there.  From a vendor I learned the basics of how to make gelatin flowers and butterflies.  The most interesting thing that a vendor had for sale was the wedding cake safe, supposedly tiered wedding cakes can travel without fear of breaking during transport.  Having had to drive four tiered cakes to wedding events before I find this may be a good investment for cake manufactures.  Normally when driving a cake you must brake and accelerate slowly, take turns very slow, but they say with a cake safe you can drive like you normally do and the cake will be safe.  Also, you can drive with the windows down, or for some people in the industry smoke while driving the cake.