The Isle of Man’s first ever Great Manx Cake-Off charity event took place at Tower House on Sunday.

It’s hard enough trying to reproduce an iconic manx landmark entirely from cake: it’s even trickier when you have to complete the construction in under 1.5 hours.

That was the task facing the six bakers who had entered the first ever Great Manx Cake-Off.

Under the watchful eye of the spectators the entrants produced their confectionery versions of the Jubilee Clock, Peel Castle, Tower of Refuge, Fairy Bridge, Harry Kelly’s cottage and Tynwald Hill. When the time was up and all the cakes were finished and iced, they were displayed in the appropriate locations on a map which had been designed by art students at the University College Isle of Man.

The public was then asked to judge each one on presentation, originality and mouth-watering content before voting for their favourite.

When the judging was over Fenella Campbell was crowned the Cake-Off winner for her very accurate interpretation of the Jubilee Clock.

The event was organised by Laura Myrie, Bethany Gale and Jenni Smith, who are second year students at UCM. They came up with the idea of the competition as part of their events management and marketing degree course with all proceeds being donated to the charity Autism Initiatives.