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First place winner will win a cheerful red Kenwood KMX51 KMIX Stand Mixer, an iPad Mini 2, a ‘Deluxe’ baking hamper, which includes delicious Renshaw and Rainbow Dust products, and a modelling toolkit.

Four lucky runners up prizes will win ‘Deluxe’ baking hampers, a modelling toolkit, and Renshaw and Rainbow Dust products, so there’s every opportunity to bring your 2017 decorating aspirations into reality!

Take the survey now to have your say about next year’s big trends.

The best trends of 2016

From occasion cakes to where you get your cultural culinary influences, here are a few of your insights from last year.

Surprise Centres

We asked you which baking trends you’d like to try in 2016 and responses were fairly even, but 13% longed to try a hidden centre cake. Did you have a bash?

Which delectable delights did you conceal in your cake?

Pinata cakes were a firm favourite of 2016

Chocolate is a winner

Perhaps predictably chocolate topped your favourite cake flavour with 19% of you sharing your desire for sticky chocolate treats – lemon came a close second. 13% of you looked forward to creating an occasion cake in 2016 – presumably one flavoured with chocolate!

Chocolate remains number 1 flavour choice for bakers

Buttercream topped everything

Buttercream topped your favourite finishing, with a quarter of respondents selecting the smooth, creamy finish, while a fifth of you had a yearning to have a crack at developing your modelling skills.

25% chose buttercream over sugarpaste or chocolate frosting

Cultural flavour

Take the 2017 survey now to have your say about next year’s big trends.