International
CAKE SHOW
AUSTRALIA
CAKE SHOW
Largest Cake, Cookie & Sugar Craft Show in the Southern Hemisphere
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INTERNATIONAL CAKE SHOW AUSTRALIA
A SUGAR-FUELLED SPECTACULAR
YOU WON'T WANT TO MISS!
Dust off your aprons and grab your rolling pins! The International Cake Show Australia (ICSA)
showcases the very best of
EVERYTHING Baking, Decorating and Sweet Making.
ICSA is returning to Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre from 31st July to 2nd August 2026.
Tens of thousands of hobby and professional bakers, decorators and sugar enthusiasts are on their way. Lock in your flights and accommodation quick, this is an event you MUST NOT miss!
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Global Online & Live Sugarists Collaborations
There is still an opportunity for you to Exhibit!
Each year ACADA and ICSA gives cake and cookie decorators and sugar artists around the world the opportunity to CONNECT and to BE INSPIRED by each other.
YOU'RE INVITED!
The online collaborations for 2026 have now closed, however there is still an opportunity for you to participate and have your work featured and promoted live in the huge Florals & Fairies or La Fete Fantstique exhits at International Cake Show Australia. If you'd like to have your work featured and promoted at the show, you simply need to send an email to [email protected]. In the subject line say "LIVE EXHIBIT" and the name of the feature you'd like to be involved in (ie Florals & Fairies or La Fete Fantastique. Our Collab Manager will contact you to explain what's needed.
If you'd like to see the incredible work created by our global online participants visit the the reveal pages below. You will also be able to see many of these exhibits at the show. Unfortunately the "100 Acre Woods" Collab was online only, it won't be showcased at the show.
YOU'RE INVITED!
The online collaborations for 2026 have now closed, however there is still an opportunity for you to participate and have your work featured and promoted live in the huge Florals & Fairies or La Fete Fantstique exhits at International Cake Show Australia. If you'd like to have your work featured and promoted at the show, you simply need to send an email to [email protected]. In the subject line say "LIVE EXHIBIT" and the name of the feature you'd like to be involved in (ie Florals & Fairies or La Fete Fantastique. Our Collab Manager will contact you to explain what's needed.
If you'd like to see the incredible work created by our global online participants visit the the reveal pages below. You will also be able to see many of these exhibits at the show. Unfortunately the "100 Acre Woods" Collab was online only, it won't be showcased at the show.
Your opportunity to CONNECT with and
to be INSPIRED by
Cake, Cookie & Sugar Artists across the globe
2026 Workshops
Open to the General Public - Book Below
Want to upskill or always dreamed of learning cake or cookie decorating, these hands-on workshops are a once in a lifetime opportunity to train with and learn from the industry's best. These classes are taught by multi-award winning Australian and global sugar heroes.
Due to their popularity we strongly recommend if you want to do a workshop, to book as early as possible, as the workshops at Interntional Cake Show Ausrralia sell out well before the show opens, every year.
There are workshops available for all experience levels (beginners to advanced). Your workshop ticket includes all tools, ingredients and equipment. It also includes a complimentary 3 day show pass (valued at $75), please don't buy an additional entry ticket. If you are attending workshops every day, why not transfer your ticket to mum, your sister or a friend They are transferrable!
Click the button above to see the workshop timetable, details and to learn more about the teachers.
PAYMENT OPTIONS
You have the option to pay in full, or to pay a 50% deposit with the remainder payable over 3 monthly instalments. To book via the "payment plan" option, select "INVOICE" at the checkout. Please note no spots will be reserved until your full deposit is paid.
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Massive Sugar Features
BATTLE OF THE SUGAR GIANTS
No where else in Australasia are home-based cake decorators given this type of opportunity. ACADA and International Cake Show Australia are designed to help you grow and to give you national and international exposure. We have helped catapult so many decorator's careers, onto the world stage. The Battle of the Sugar Giants is a category (class) in the Ultimate Australian Cake Decorating Competition at the show. It's designed to test skills of competitors wanting to really stretch their boundaries. It showcases extreme cake sculptures. THINK BIG!
The minimum size of these themed sugar exhibits is 3m x 3m.
The Battle of the Sugar Giants exhibits are made by the competitors in their homes and transported from all parts of Australia (or around the world) to Brisbane to the show. They take months to make, and usually include tons of cake, modelling chocolate and fondant.
ICSA is about being inspired and dreaming big.
At the show you'll vote to help select the 2026 Battle Sugar Giant of the year.
These exhibits are a MUST SEE!
The minimum size of these themed sugar exhibits is 3m x 3m.
The Battle of the Sugar Giants exhibits are made by the competitors in their homes and transported from all parts of Australia (or around the world) to Brisbane to the show. They take months to make, and usually include tons of cake, modelling chocolate and fondant.
ICSA is about being inspired and dreaming big.
At the show you'll vote to help select the 2026 Battle Sugar Giant of the year.
These exhibits are a MUST SEE!
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Hulk - The Sweetest SmashBrisbane based baker, Daniel (dad of five) has competed in the BSG five times. This year he is competing with his 7 year old daughter Gracie.
Contuing with his massive "Marvel" themed BSG entries, this year they are taking it up a notch. They're building a 2.5m high gravity defying "Incredible Hulk". To celebrate ICSA's 10th birthday, and the show's carnival theme, they've added a huge hit of colour and sweets. Don't miss this incredible fete of sugar mastery, you'll find it in the Battle of the Sugar Giants' zone in the competition display area |
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Santum & InfernumSugar Artist: Chungyi Lan
Cakeslion - Taipei, Taiwan Chungyi is the multi-award winning sugar artist behind Cakeslion, a well-known cake decorating studio in Taiwan. She is a PME certified five-star certified instructor, renown for her fondant creations. This is the first time Chunyi has competed in the BSG. The story behind her exhibit: She was originally a glorious angel, but due to pride and rebellion, she sought to be equal with God. In the end she fell and was cast out of heaven. There is a moral behind this story! This sugar exhibit explores the duality of light and darkness, and how pride can transform purity into something powerful, yet fallen. |
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Enchanted ForestSugar Artist: Cheryl Moore
Chez's Cakes & Sugar Arts - Gold Coast, Qld Cheryl Moore is an award-winning Australian cake artist, sugar sculptor. She first rose to national prominence within the sugarcraft community for her 2024 winning BSG gravity-defying entry and intricate, master-level edible sugarcraft. Her BSG feature this year has been designed to appeal to the imagination and inner-child in everyone. Originally from the Philippines, Cheryl moved to Australia in 2007. This mum of two boys, is a self taught, hobby home- based decorator. To build her skillset, she spent years teaching herself the craft maintly through online tutorials. Alongside running her cake business, Cheryl manages a rigorous schedule working 38 hours a week as a machine operator in a cosmetic and therapeutic contract manufacturing plant |
2026 Haute Couture Marquee
Photo: 2025 Winner Terresia Welch
The Haute Couture Marquee at International Cake Show Australia is exquisite. Each year it displays the gorgeous creations of the finalists competing for a Supremo ACADA Cake Oscar Award. They are competing for the title of
"Global Haute Couture Wedding Cake Designer of the Year"
"Global Haute Couture Wedding Cake Designer of the Year"
ABOUT THIS PRESTIGIOUS AWARD
The Australasian Cake Oscar Award for the Global Haute Couture Wedding Cake Designer of the Year is a very serious award. It's designed to recognised, applaud and reward the VERY BEST OF THE BEST. Each finalist has been set a challenge. It's a challenge most would shy away from, however the best are excited to accept. When you visit the show don't forget to visit the marquee and vote for your favourite design. Your vote to helps to select the winner!
THE 2026 CHALLENGE
The 2026 challenge is to create a haute couture wedding cake, a minimum of 1 metre tall suitable for a winter wonderland wedding being held in the swiss alps. However there is a twist. The bride’s brief is to make a statement cake that her husband, who is from nobility, will be proud of. He is traditional and has insisted on a winter wonderland theme. The bride on the other hand is from Spain. She wants their wedding cake to be luxurious but ultra modern, she wants it to include colour and to be fun. Her brief is to create an unforgettable focal point by fusing regal elegance with vibrant festivity. The brief challenges the designer to craft a haute couture, masterpiece that stands a minimum of 1 metre high, as a tiered structural base or it can be sculpted, but it must include at least some colour and details mirroring a festive Spanish carnival.
THE WEDDING CAKE BRIEF
Concept: "The Winter Wonderland Fiesta"
Create a bespoke luxurious multi tiered haute couture statement cake that is a minimum of 1 metre high, that beautifully bridges the groom’s noble winter wonderland aesthetic with the bride’s vibrant, carnival-spirited heritage. Dare to be different, create something truly impressive and unique! Their full brief will be on display at the marquee for you to see.
THE 2026 CHALLENGE
The 2026 challenge is to create a haute couture wedding cake, a minimum of 1 metre tall suitable for a winter wonderland wedding being held in the swiss alps. However there is a twist. The bride’s brief is to make a statement cake that her husband, who is from nobility, will be proud of. He is traditional and has insisted on a winter wonderland theme. The bride on the other hand is from Spain. She wants their wedding cake to be luxurious but ultra modern, she wants it to include colour and to be fun. Her brief is to create an unforgettable focal point by fusing regal elegance with vibrant festivity. The brief challenges the designer to craft a haute couture, masterpiece that stands a minimum of 1 metre high, as a tiered structural base or it can be sculpted, but it must include at least some colour and details mirroring a festive Spanish carnival.
THE WEDDING CAKE BRIEF
Concept: "The Winter Wonderland Fiesta"
Create a bespoke luxurious multi tiered haute couture statement cake that is a minimum of 1 metre high, that beautifully bridges the groom’s noble winter wonderland aesthetic with the bride’s vibrant, carnival-spirited heritage. Dare to be different, create something truly impressive and unique! Their full brief will be on display at the marquee for you to see.
PREVIOUS YEARS' WINNERS
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