Oh and by the way the family dog managed to get into the kitchen and eat the whole thing this morning, so the poor kid didn't even get to eat any of it!

the judges had to have been blind! you tell your nephew that his cake is amazing and he should have gotten first place!!!!

This is excellent, I don't know what those judges were thinking.

He did a very very good job, tell him to keep up the good work. 11 yrs old? He wll be doing great things in the future.

thanks for your nice comments, he will feel much better hearing them. We have tried to help him be gracious in defeat but couldn't help feeling like it was unfair when we saw the winners. We think they must have decided a kid couldn't have done it on his own!?!? I've uploaded a photo of the cake my son made (Lion) he was in the same contest with the same result. I hope they both keep trying!

WoW!! I can't believe he done this @ 11 yrs old!! (I mean he did, but you know what I mean!!) I think he's the next Ace of Cake

the judges must have been bribed!

It's a wonderful cake! We love Spongebob and that's a really good likeness!

I'm so impressed! Tell him those judges were blind!

Oh wow, I'm impressed!! An 11 y-o did this cake?? It looks so perfect, really... WOW! And I agree... blind judges!

Wow! He did a great job!!! Tell him to keep it up!!!!!

Well he did an awesome job of that well done for him... but i know the feeling as my daughter enterd her 1st one in 2005 and did get 2nd but was because noone believed she did it on her own too and she was 12 at the time.. if only they all knew

Very well done! He definitely captured the character! I'm sorry to hear he didn't do so well in the competition.