CHELMSFORD'S Amanda Macleod has wowed judges with this Marie Antoinette cake at a prestigious competition.
Amanda, who set up her own cake business in 2008 having previously worked as a graphic designer, impressed at the Cake International contest where she won the decorative exhibit category.
The highly detailed cake featured Marie Antoinette's head and a very extravagant hairstyle fit for the queen, who once reportedly said "let them eat cake".
The piece, which took around 150 hours to complete beat 500 other entries to be crowned this year's winner.
Amanda, whose talent has also seen her feature on TV, said: "This piece has to be my favourite cake design of all time. I did appear on TV a couple of years ago and did an amazing 'steampunk' cake that many people still consider their favourite but Marie Antoinette is certainly my favourite."
