Science Is A Piece of Cake: Forest Ecology

Learn about California’s beautiful forests via cake! KQED Check, Please! producer Cecilia Phillips hosts a cake bake-off, where California’s rich forests will serve as our visual prompt.

Each cake will be inspired by trees and their surrounding ecosystems, depicting a rich canopy of flora and fauna.

Enter the competition as a beginner, intermediate or advanced baker or join in the audience to learn about this important habitat — and eat delicious cake!

Host:

• Cecilia Phillips, KQED

Judges:

• Jamie Li, Jamie Cake SF 
• Sarah Jacobs, Cal Academy
• Aditi Bandlamudi, KQED
• Danielle Venton, KQED 
• Elisa Sunga, Salted Rye
• Avery Hill, Cal Academy

Post-show drinks to go with the cake:

Calaca Coffee

Co-presented by the California Academy of Sciences