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CAKE, COOKIE & SUGARCRAFT SHOW


​INTERNATIONAL CAKE SHOW AUSTRALIA
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A HUGE GLOBAL SUGAR SPECTACULAR! 

ICSA attracts tens of thousands of cake and cookie decorators, bakers, sweet makers and mums and dads who love to bake from all parts of Australia, NZ and 27 countries!

​They come to be inspired, to discover and buy the latest ingredients and products (and to pick up a bargain). To learn about the latest trends and techniques, to upskill in hands-on workshops and mini classes, to see and participate in all the FREE activities, to meet sugar heroes and celebrity chefs, to compete and to have fun while soaking up the sweet atmosphere
The preferred choice for thousands of cake and cookie ​decorators, bakers and sweet makers. ​​Learn about ACADA benefits and why ACADA is the association of choice for both home based and professional bakers and decorators. Benefits include: Accreditation, 10% discount with leading retailers, access to world class training,  low cost insurance, discounts to all ACADA & ICSA events and activities AND  MORE!
3 fun filled days packed full of shopping, excitement, inspiration, learning and growth opportunities. Tickets include non stop FREE DEMONSTRATIONS held across four stages, mammoth sugar features and huge competition zone. All activities other than the paid workshops & classes are free once you've purchased your entry ticket.  
Showcase your brand, sell huge volumes of products, or launch new products to tens of thousands of hobby and professional bakers, cake & cookie decorators and sweet makers who come to ICSA to discover new products and to buy up big. Build relationships, grow your customer base and promote your online platform. Network with suppliers, influencers, celebrity chefs and sugar heroes. This is an event you can't afford to miss!
The biggest Cake Cookie & Sugarcraft competition in the Southern Hemisphere. ​Entry is open to EVERYONE regardless of where in Australia or the world you live. There's exciting classes to suit every interest and experience level (including students) &
​$27K in prize money up for grabs.
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Hands-on workshops taught step by step, by multi award winning sugar artists from across the world. ACADA brings the best in the industry to Australia to share their skills with you at ICSA. There are exciting workshops suitable for every skill level. 
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Join the International Cake Show Australia talent or delivery team. Volunteer! There are a huge number of volunteering opportunities available.   If you have a can do attitutude, passion for everything sweet, and a huge smile we have a role perfect for you! 
​Register here!

2026 Workshops

Open to the General Public

​Always dreamed of learning cake or cookie decorting, or learning from a sugar hero? Attending an ACADA hands-on workshop at International Cake Show Australia is your once in a lifetime opportunity to train with a multi-award winning Australian and international superstar

Due to their popularity we strongly recommend if you want to do a workshop, to book as early as possible, as they usually sell out well before the show, every year. 

Your workshop ticket includes a complimentary 3 day show pass (valued at $75), you don't need to buy an additional entry ticket. If you are attending workshops every day, what a lovely gift for a mum, your sister or a friend! Tickets are transferrable

All 2016 workshops registrations are OPEN NOW. Click the button above to see the workshop timetable or to book your spot. 

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. ​
Always dreamed of learning cake or cookie decorating, but on a tight budget? The workshop raffle is your once in a lifetime opportunity to go into the draw to
CHOOSE ANY OF THE ABOVE WORKSHOPS FOR FREE!

Huge New Sugar Features

BATTLE OF THE SUGAR GIANTS
​2026 EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST OPEN NOW!

No where else in Australasia are young 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 exposure. We've helped catapult so many young decorators careers, onto the world stage.  This area of the cake show is designed to give you the opportunity to  stretch your boundaries and to give you not only national, but global exposure. It's a fantastic opportunity to showcase your extreme caking skills. Think TV shows like "Cake Boss", THINK BIG!
The minimum size of these sugar exhibits is 3m x 3m. 

The Battle of the Sugar Giants is a special category in the Ultimate Australian Cake Decorating Competition at the show. The exhibits are made by the contestants (usually ACADA members) in their homes and transported from all parts of Australia (or around the world) to the show. 


​Feel like giving it a go? Download the 2026 Competition Schedule below and 
Register Now
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Global Sugar Artist's Collaborations

Participate Online, Live or Both! The Choice is Yours! 

To connect you with the sugar world
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Welcome to ACADA's GLOBAL ON-LINE SUGAR ART COLLABORATION – THE 100 ACRE WOOD Sugar Artist ONLINE Collaboration, is hosted by International Cake Show Australia and ACADA. It's open to all cake and cookie artists and decorators regardless of your skill level or where in the world you live.

The 100 Acre Wood is the forest from A.A. Milne’s Winnie the Pooh Stories. We want to celebrate Winnie the Pooh Day 2026 with a wonderful sugar art collaboration. Winnie the Pooh Day is the 18th of January, and is a tribute to A.A. Milne on his birthday. 2026 also marks 100 years since the first Winnie the Pooh book was published.
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WHO SHOULD JOIN:
We're all at different parts of our sugar journey, some are more experienced than others. This collaboration is designed to suit EVERYONE regardless of where in the world they live or their experience levels. If you are at the beginning of your journey and see other sugar artists post mind blowing creations, DON'T THINK you aren't good enough. YOU ARE! Be inspired, use their creativity to drive your own passion. Perfection takes practice. There is no better way to be inspired, learn and to ignite your creativity, than by participating in Sugar Art Collaborations, just like this.


The deadline for the submission is the 4th Jan 2026 with the reveal on 18th Jan 2026.

We request you not to share your piece before the reveal. The main objective is to stretch your boundaries, be creative and to have fun.

Please send your finished piece to [email protected] along with the following heading "100 Acre Wood "
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Please include:
  • High resolution photos of your piece taken at different angles (at least 3-4 photos of the piece including close ups), taken with a white or black background. Your main photo should be sent with and without logos, just in case magazines need the pieces to be featured. All other photos can be watermarked.
  • At least 2 progress photos
  • Your full name (First & Surname)
  • A high resolution colour photo (headshot)
  • Your global location (town, state and country of residence)
  • Your Bio
  • A brief description of why you chose your subject
  • Details of your submission, and how you made it
  • Links to your socials

The collaboration reveal will be on the 18th January 2026

Florals & Fairies

- Botanic & Mystical -
Global Online & Live Sugar Art Collaboration
Coming soon!

WHAT THIS COLLAB IS ABOUT:
A celebration of artistry where sugar artists from around the world unite to blend the elegance of botanical beauty with the enchanting charm of fairies. This collaboration invites participants to explore the delicate balance between nature's floral wonders and the whimsical, mystical world of fairy tales.

Together we'll be creating an ENCHANTED GARDEN where the botanically correct and mystical world unite. You can create a full story, or a single creation. Some will prefer only to make botanically correct or whimsical flowers, others will prefer to make fairies or mystical creatures, others will be so excited they will do both! There are endless creative opportunities. Now it's time to let your imagination run wild, join and create something so magical it will make everyone stare in awe and squeal with delight.

WHO SHOULD JOIN:
We're all at different parts of our sugar journey, some are more experienced than others. This collaboration is designed to suit EVERYONE regardless of where in the world they live or their experience levels. If you are at the beginning of your journey and see other sugar artists post mind blowing creations, DON'T THINK you aren't good enough. YOU ARE! Be inspired, use their creativity to drive your own passion. Perfection takes practice. There is no better way to be inspired, learn and to ignite your creativity, than by participating in Sugar Art Collaborations, just like this.

WHAT THIS COLLAB IS ABOUT:
A celebration of artistry where sugar artists from around the world unite to blend the elegance of botanical beauty with the enchanting charm of fairies. This collaboration invites participants to explore the delicate balance between nature's floral wonders and the whimsical, mystical world of fairy tales.

Together we'll be creating an ENCHANTED GARDEN where the botanically correct and mystical world unite. You can create a full story, or a single creation. Some will prefer only to make botanically correct or whimsical flowers, others will prefer to make fairies or mystical creatures, others will be so excited they will do both! There are endless creative opportunities. Now it's time to let your imagination run wild, join and create something so magical it will make everyone stare in awe and squeal with delight.

CHOOSE HOW YOU WISH TO JOIN:
1. Participate ONLINE only
2. Participate in the LIVE collaboration only. Physical exhibits
must be delivered, mailed or couriered to International Cake
Show Australia (details will follow).
3. Participate both online and as part of the live collaboration

LIVE COLLAB SHOWCASE :
All live exhibits will be showcased at International Cake Show Australia in Brisbane from 31st July to 2nd August 2026 as part of the huge 6m x 6m walk Florals & Fairies Feature which will include:
  • Every exhibit will include the artists photo, name, business name (if they have one) and location.
  • Behind the scenes process shots to reveal technique and inspirations.
  • An exhibition poster featuring all participants' collaboration badge. It includes their photo, name and location.
  • Exhibit will be viewed by tens of thousands of visitors and the huge number of Australian and global media who visit the show.
  • Collab presentation submission to global sugar art and collaboration magazines.
  • Participation Certificate

ONLINE COLLAB SHOWCASE:
  • A virtual gallery where each artist's piece is displayed with their inspiration story
  • A video montage showcasing close-ups of the sugar details, set to whimsical music
  • Collab presentation submission to global sugar art and collaboration magazines.
  • An exhibition poster featuring all participants' collaboration badge. It includes their photo, name and location.
  • Participation Certificate

ONLINE SUBMISSION DEADLINE:
5pm Thursday 30th April, 2026 (AEST)
We request you not to share your piece before the reveal. The main objective is to stretch your boundaries, be creative and to have fun.

SUBMISSION REQUREMENTS:
Please email your finished piece by the above deadline. Send it to [email protected]. Please include "FLORALS & FAIRIES" in the subject line.

Include:
  • High resolution photos (at least 1MB) of your piece taken at different angles (at least 3-4 photos of the piece including close ups), taken with a white or black background.
  • Please do not include watermarks or logos, just in case magazines need to feature your piece.
  • Please include two high resolution (min 1MB) headshots (one with and one without your piece)
  • Minimum 2 progress shots
  • Your full name (first and surname)
  • Your location (town, state and country where you permanently live)
  • The name you call your piece
  • A brief description of why you chose your subject
  • Links to your socials

CLOSING NOTE:
The Florals & Fairies Global Sugar Art Collaboration is a tribute to the artistry of sugar craft, where every petal, wing and detail tells a story of beauty, imagination, and wonder. Together, these creations form a magical garden where reality and fantasy bloom side by side.

The Choice is yours! 

La Fete Fantastique

A most marvellous Fair of Enchantment & Delight 
Global Sugar Artist Collaboration
WHAT THIS COLLAB IS ABOUT:
Ladies & Gentlemen, Madame's and Monsieur's, Sugar Artists from around the world you are invited to participate in a nostalgic journey through a vintage country fair. It will be a most marvellous fair, filled with enchantment and delight.

Roll up, roll up! Wanderers, dreamers and seekers of joy - you are invited to join LA FETE FANTASTIQUE, where whimsy walks hand-in-hand with wonder!

Step beneath the fluttering bunting, where the air is sweet with sugared almonds and fairy floss and the sound of the calliope dances on the breeze. Let your head twirl with the carousel, and your laughter rise like ribbons into the dusk-lit sky.

Where will you stop first? What will you create? The Lighthouse Helter-Skelter, the Ring Toss, or a spin on the Carousel? Will you chance your luck at the ducks-in-row, bob for apples, or pop a ball into the clowns' mouths. Can you see those darling toys begging to be won?

Perhaps, if you are daring enough, you may buy a ticket to see the Strong Man, or the Bearded Lady, or head to the dizzying heights o the Ferris Wheel, or perhaps a stroll past the Kissing Booth.

As night falls and the twinkling lights of the fairground grow brighter you may wish to indulge in purchasing a kewpie doll or plastic windmill on a stick to take home as a memory

WHO SHOULD JOIN:
We're all at different parts of our sugar journey, some are more experienced than others. This collaboration is designed to suit EVERYONE regardless of where in the world they live or their experience levels. If you are at the beginning of your journey and see other sugar artists post mind blowing creations, DON'T THINK you aren't good enough. YOU ARE! Be inspired, use their creativity to drive your own passion. Perfection takes practice. There is no better way to be inspired, learn and to ignite your creativity, than by participating in Sugar Art Collaborations, just like this.

CHOOSE HOW YOU WISH TO JOIN:
1. Participate ONLINE only
2. Participate in the LIVE collaboration only. Physical exhibits
must be delivered, mailed or couriered to International Cake
Show Australia (details will follow).
3. Participate both online and as part of the live collaboration

LIVE COLLAB SHOWCASE :
All live exhibits will be showcased at International Cake Show Australia in Brisbane from 31st July to 2nd August 2026 as part of the huge 6m x 6m walk La Fete Fantastique Feature which will include:
  • Every exhibit will include the artists photo, name, business name (if they have one) and location.
  • Behind the scenes process shots to reveal technique and inspirations.
  • An exhibition poster featuring all participants' collaboration badge. It includes their photo, name and location.
  • Exhibit will be viewed by tens of thousands of visitors and the huge number of Australian and global media who visit the show.
  • Collab presentation submission to global sugar art and collaboration magazines.
  • Participation Certificate

ONLINE COLLAB SHOWCASE:
  • A virtual gallery where each artist's piece is displayed with their inspiration story
  • A video montage showcasing close-ups of the sugar details, set to whimsical music
  • Collab presentation submission to global sugar art and collaboration magazines.
  • An exhibition poster featuring all participants' collaboration badge. It includes their photo, name and location.
  • Participation Certificate

ONLINE SUBMISSION DEADLINE:
5pm Thursday 30th April, 2026 (AEST)

We request you not to share your piece before the reveal. The main objective is to stretch your boundaries, be creative and to have fun.

SUBMISSION REQUREMENTS:
Please email your finished piece by the above deadline. Send it to [email protected]. Please include "La Fete Fantastique" in the subject line.

Include:
  • High resolution photos (at least 1MB) of your piece taken at different angles (at least 3-4 photos of the piece including close ups), taken with a white or black background.
  • Please do not include watermarks or logos, just in case magazines need to feature your piece.
  • Please include two high resolution (min 1MB) headshots (one with and one without your piece)
  • Minimum 2 progress shots
  • Your full name (first and surname)
  • Your location (town, state and country where you permanently live)
  • The name you call your piece
  • A brief description of why you chose your subject
  • Links to your socials

The Choice is yours!

ICSA Haute Couture Marquee 


​ABOUT THE 2025 MARQUEE

The Haute Couture Marquee is exquisite. Each year it displays the gorgeous creations of Australasia's top eight haute couture wedding cake designers. They are competing for the title of
​"ACADA Australasian Haute Couture Wedding Cake Designer of the Year".

They were set a challenge to create a haute couture wedding cake a minimum of 1 metre tall that meets their clients brief. ​
THE BRIEF
Create a haute couture wedding cake that makes a statement and fits within their Dubai based "A List" celebrity brid and grooms brief. Their clients are organising a spectacular weding reception in a majestic French chateau which is romantic, ornate and screams grandeur! They love Easter and want to incorporate it into their theme. They love flowers and everything Easter brings, so think an Easter Wonderland theme would be perfect. Imagine whites or pretty soft pastels. They mention the venue will be filled with flowers. They want their cake to be the hero, however it must compliment the theme. 250 guests are invited. 
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THE WINNING ENTRY
THE FINALISTS 

Australasian Cake Oscar Awards

You're Invited to Join Sugar Royalty

This is the night the entire baking, cake anmd cookie decorating industry can't wait for each year. On this night we announce the Cake Oscar winners, celebrate and appaude the work of the best of the very best.  Everyone who is anyone attends. The black tie gala dinner is filled wall to wall with global sugar heroes, celebrity chefs and bakers and indsutry leaders. Most cake and cookie decorators are the sole operator in their business. On this night they let their hair down, come together to network, get to know each other and to party. Everyone is invited. Stay tuned. Nominations for the 2026 Cake Oscar Awards will be launching soon! 

ACADA and ICSA's objective is to ensure our industry as a whole grows.  To provide access to world class quality training to everyone regardless of their skill or experience level. To ensure the very talented people working within our industry are recognised as creative artists and that cake and cookie decorating, sugarcraft and chocolate sculpting in all it's forms, are recognised globally as a unique FORM OF ART

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