8th Grade Theatre Lab Students Design Cakes Based on a Play

Lydia Horan's 8th grade Theatre Lab students came up with a delicious challenge for themselves just before Spring Break - to design and create cakes based on a play/musical. The entries ranged from Alice in Wonderland to Wicked. Students baked and decorated their creations, photographed them, then shared them with their families for a delicious celebration of theatre. Students wanted it to be a competition, so Middle School faculty and administrators voted on their favorite - students even asked visiting online guest artist Lindsay Northen, a member of Broadway's Wicked cast, to choose her favorite. Click here to see a video of their creations and decide your own favorite. Then read on to see who won and who made which cake.

The winning creation was Hairspray Cake by Ollie Kircher (he receives an Amazon gift card)! The runner up was Mary Poppins Cake by Izzy Goodbar and coming in third place was Mamma Mia! Cake by Chloe Baylin. While these were the winners, every cake received votes. The other cakes in the competition were: Phantom of the Opera Cake by Riley Butler; American Revolution Cake by William Van Der Werf; Alice in Wonderland Cake by Maggie Winter; and, The Wicked Cake by Naia Downs-Reeve.