Visitors are told when they visit the nation's capital to get a taste of Canberra. On Saturday, Canberrans themselves got a chance to do just that, literally.
After the success of last year's event, which saw all 107 cakes made from the Australian Women's Weekly Children's Birthday Cake recipe book, the Post and Ante Natal Depression Support and Information Cake Off returned, this time setting its sights closer to home.
This year, 72 cakes filled the Hyatt Hotel ballroom, all depicting a different slice of Canberra life.
From an edible Telstra Tower, a carillon cake that also plays music, the Belconnen Owl, to a cake of Mount Majura that moved, all were auctioned off with the money going to PANDSI.
The organisation's president Christine Spicer said after the nostalgia on show at the last cake off, she wanted to showcase her love of all things Canberra.
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"We really wanted to make it local, and we all love Canberra, so we wanted to show that love in cake form," she said.
"People love Canberra and people love cake, and you put them together for charity and people love it."
More than 700 people saw the cakes on display, with tickets for the event sold out.
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After raising more than $20,000 last year, Ms Spicer said the aim this year was to raise $25,000. The ACT government promised to match the amount dollar for dollar in funding over the next four years.
Ms Spicer said she was blown away by the cakes on display.
"Every one of them just takes your breath away," she said.
Among them was Canberra's famous Skywhale, made by Linda Martens-Verstappen.
It took the baker more than 20 hours to make her gravity-defying creation, with the preparation proving to be no piece of cake.
"It took a lot of planning because cake is quite heavy and things can fall," she said.
"The boobs of Skywhale are rice krispies and foam because if it was all made out of cake it would collapse. The rest of the cake is chocolate with layers of ganache and covered in fondant."
A special base had to be designed in order for the cake to stay intact.
Ms Martens-Verstappen has been making specialty cakes such as Skywhale for the last seven years, and said her most recent effort had been among her most difficult.
"This one has been quite tricky because it's so narrow at the bottom and heavy on the top," she said.
"The tail fell off on Thursday and I had to reattach it."
The cake proved to be one of the most popular on display and was eventually sold for $190 at auction.
"I loved seeing the reaction from people when they saw it," she said.