6th Annual UWM International Dessert Competition

An amazing array of desserts were on display at this year’s 6th Annual UWM International Dessert Competition with entries from 20+ places across the world: Germany/Vietnam fusion, Germany, Holland, India, Italy, United Kingdom, Palestine, Romania, Japan, Indonesia, Israel, Denmark, Greece, Russia, Ukraine, Latvia, Colombia, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Puerto Rico, & Hawaii!

Check out this video of the event (filmed by French professor Larry Kuiper!):

View on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wuaonYzcXNM&feature=youtu.be

Check out these photos: https://uwmdessertcompetition.weebly.com/

TOP 5 DESSERTS INDIVIDUAL:

  1. Passion Fruit Esponjado – Colombia – Lizeth Ortiz-Reyes
  2. Kransekage – Denmark – Alex Miller
  3. Apfelstrudel – Germany – Sara Hagen
  4. Tembleque – Puerto Rico – Luz Areizaga-Diaz (& People’s Choice Award)
  5. Kalbura Basti – Turkey – Harika Aktepe

TOP 5 DESSERTS TEAM:

  1. Violet Fusion – Germany-Vietnam – Hien Nguyen & Nicole Boehler
  2. Mascarpone Cake – Italy – Emma Ballard & Becky Weinstein
  3. Gajar Halwa Gulab Jamun Terrine – India – Aparna Deshmukh & Kaustubh Rane
  4. Kanafeh – Palestine – Maisam Ahmad Karim & Pawandeep Kaur Mann
  5. Black Forest Cake – Germany – Sophie Keehan and Michael Hagen

People’s Choice Award: Khao Neeo Mamuang – Thailand – Kieren Van Den Elzers, Stephanie Korb & Jimmy Onela

UWM Land Acknowledgement: We acknowledge in Milwaukee that we are on traditional Potawatomi, Ho-Chunk and Menominee homeland along the southwest shores of Michigami, North America’s largest system of freshwater lakes, where the Milwaukee, Menominee and Kinnickinnic rivers meet and the people of Wisconsin’s sovereign Anishinaabe, Ho-Chunk, Menominee, Oneida and Mohican nations remain present.   |   To learn more, visit the Electa Quinney Institute website.