Friday 17 October, 2008Copulating cake wins erotic baking contest

The table groaned under chocolate-chip nipples, frosted pink breasts, ladyfinger penises, and doughnut-shaped vaginas with cherries intact. Which one would win of the Erotic Cake-Baking Contest?

The climax came with the awarding of a copy of the Kama Sutra: 77 (count 'em!) 77 positions to try on your friends and/or family. And the winner is . . . the anatomically correct chocolate penis! Frosted in time, penetrating some white-iced feminine genitals!

"I wanted to promote sexual diversity," the winner said humbly. "It was a lot of fun, making it."

Honorable mention went to a foot-fetish cake and a penis-shaped concoction bearing the legend "consent is sexy" in decorative icing. (Yes, it wore a condom.)

Timed to promote "Safer Sex Week," the contest was the fourth event staged by the Sexual Health and Wellness House at Columbia University. The house is a special-interest group devoted to creating a nonjudgmental, open environment to promote awareness of such sexual-health issues as sexually transmitted infections and contraception.

As one contestant put it, "It’s an awesome idea for an evening: sex and food. What more can you want?"