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Home 2. What's On 3. Food Drink 4. Ebbw Vale What's On These brilliantly weird show-stopping cakes have won three gold awards The cakes, made by two women from Blaenau Gwent, are based on goblins, Krampus and Minecraft Share Comments ByTom Houghton 19:04, 5 NOV 2016 Updated19:05, 5 NOV 2016 What's On Emma Phillips of Epic Cakes Tully the Bogglett, the award-winning cake made by Emma Share Comments Get What's On updates directly to your inbox (Submit) Subscribe Thank you for subscribing! Could not subscribe, try again laterInvalid Email Some of these cakes might not look like they were meant to be eaten, but these weird and wonderful designs are award-winning. Emma Phillips and Jay Humphris, both from Ebbw Vale , were presented with three gold awards between them for their sweet creations at the Sugarcraft, Cake Decorating and Baking Show, held at the NEC in Birmingham on Saturday. 'Grotesque' goblin-like creature sat on a tortoise in a muddy bog Emma won one of the gold awards for her design called Tully the Bogglett, and featured a “grotesque” goblin-like creature sat on a tortoise in a muddy bog. Emma said: “He’s just a figment of my imagination this time around, rather than being inspired by Alice in Wonderland or the books of Terry Pratchett as my last two competition pieces were. Emma Phillips of Epic Cakes. Emma Phillips of Epic Cakes with Tully the Bogglett Read More Ebbw Vale woman wins silver after baking the most amazing Alice in Wonderland cake you'll ever see “I even ended up writing a short biography of him, as he seemed such an interesting character as I was sculpting him.” She added: “As physically unpleasant as he is, with horrible teeth and a runny nose and spotty bum, there’s a warmth and friendliness in his eyes which is very endearing. 'Bogglett kept me company' “He kept me company during the many late nights while I was working on him.” Jay won the other two awards for her Krampus-themed Christmas cake and a head sculpture based on the work of artists Tomasz Strzalkowski and H.R. Geiger. Emma Phillips of Epic Cakes 'Krampus' Jay’s six-year-old son Toby also achieved a certificate of merit for his Minecraft-inspired cake design. It’s not the first taste of success for baker Emma, who has previously won silver awards at the last two competitions, and Jay, her former sugarcraft pupil, has gained a silver and a gold. Read More Jay has cake expectations after her elf bake won her gold 'A crowning achievement and testament to their enormous hard work' The pair said this year’s haul of prizes is “a crowning achievement and testament to their enormous hard work and talent in this specialised field”. Emma runs her cake design business from home in Ebbw Vale, as well as teaching sugarcraft through a number of classes run with Anuerin Leisure Trust in Ebbw Vale and Brynmawr . Jay is a bar manager in Ebbw Vale and used to attend Emma’s classes. Emma Phillips of Epic Cakes The head sculpture Emma said: “The standard of competition is incredibly high every year, but this year it seems to have increased massively. Jay and I are thrilled and delighted to not only have gained recognition for our work yet again, but to have achieved Gold with each of our competition pieces. Cardiff bakery Brød makes giant cake to mark its first birthday: Video thumbnail, Brød bakery makes giant cake to mark first birthday [422139600151965391220015196519998001-vs.jpg?pubId=4221396001] Video Loading Video Unavailable Click to play Tap to play The video will start in 8Cancel Play now (Submit) Watch this video again Video will play in Share this video [422139600151965391220015196519998001-vs.jpg?pubId=4221396001] Watch Next "I’m so pleased for my students to have gained recognition for their skills too. It hasn’t quite sunk in yet.” Some of Emma’s current students also entered the competition this year, with bronze prizes being awarded to Denise Bryant and Victoria Bryant, and a certificate of merit going to Meg Musa for her work. 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