Cake Girls
bakeries of the United States
Cake Girls was a specialty bakery business located in Chicago, Illinois. They are known for creating edible art cakes in the form of replicas of architectural landmarks and cultural icons. They have been featured on WE tv's Amazing Wedding Cakes and the Food Network's Last Cake Standing.
The owners
The Cake Girls are Mary and Brenda Maher, sisters who were born and raised in Rochester, Michigan. As children, they both understood they had an artistic talent in creating different types of cake. As adults, they both spent time working at a bakery in Detroit, Michigan and rediscovered their passion for creating elaborate three-dimensional "sculpted" cakes for weddings and other special occasions. After a time in Detroit, the sisters decided they could do better with their own business in Chicago, and thus was born "Cake Girls".
Food Network appearances
Mary and Brenda have made a number of appearances on the Food Network Challenge show and they are currently undefeated champions.
Food Network Challenge
Mary and Brenda Maher appeared on the "Simpsons Movie Cakes" episode of Food Network Challenge.
Their opponents were as follows:
Debbie Goard of Oakland, CA;
Bronwen Weber of Dallas, TX — The second runner-up in this competition, she created a cake depicting The Simpsons Movie on a skateboard with Marge sitting on top;
Tad Weliczko of New York City — His cake was a Homer Simpson statue that emulated an Academy Award "Oscar" statuette.
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