Get ready to crumble!

Queer Cakes & Butch Bakes is a community bake-off made with Pride.

Castlemaine Pride invites you to bake, come together and eat cake! With 6 exciting prize categories to enter:

Gayest Cake

Yass queen…unleash your inner diva!

Best Tart

If pastry is your passion, you can puff up or get short!

Beyond the Binary

Most non-conforming flavour palette

This cake is ‘brat’

Best youth entry under the age of 18

Deadliest Cake

Most fabulous feature of native ingredients

I’m Sweet Enough

Best entry for alternative dietary requirements

‘People's Choice’ Award

Power to the people!

There are some fabulous prizes on offer to the winner of each category!

Judging by celebrity culinary connoisseurs: Johnny Baker, Bar Midland, Ratbag Food & Wine, Superhero and Dhelkaya Health. Be entertained by queer cowgirl Jess Parker, and a tea party hosted by the Silver Rainbow Social Club.

It's set to be a day of yummy food, music, and fabulous company. So, whether you're there to show off your baking skills or just to enjoy the atmosphere, come along for a slice of community fun!

This competition and event is open to all ages, LGBTQIA+ community and allies.

Grab your apron and grease your pans… the competition is sure to be fierce!

Castlemaine Pride’s Queer Cakes & Butch Bakes has been supported through Victoria’s Pride, a partnership between the Victorian Government and Midsumma.