Sweetest of Sundays

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Nicholas Samples, 2, enjoys a chocolate chip cookie at Sweet Sunday. Nicholas is the son of Nick and Catie Samples of Canonsburg.

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Scott Blasey of The Clarks entertains the audience at Sweet Sunday.

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Laura and Brian Cabe’s homemade marshmallows were a fan favorite at Sweet Sunday. The couple own Cabe’s Cakery in Mount Lebanon.

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Hollie Kawecki of Mount Lebanon boxes treats from Nothing Bundt Cakes for Mackenzie Katsadas of Pittsburgh.

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The aroma of sugar, spice and everything nice filled the ballroom Feb. 25 at Hilton Garden Inn Southpointe, where the City Mission held its 30th Sweet Sunday Dessert Festival. Twenty-nine vendors brought cookies, cakes, candy, ice cream and more to the event, the City Mission’s largest fundraiser of the year. Trophies were awarded to bakers judged by a panel of local taste testers. Cabe’s Cakery won first place in the professional division; Lakeview Christian Life Church took first in the amateur division, and Jubilee Christian School was the favorite in the youth division. Judging the goodies were David Galiffa, executive chef at The Lab at Armand’s Barrels in Washington; Carole DeAngelo, advertising director at the Observer-Reporter; Thomas Wingard, owner of Fat Angelo’s in Washington; and Stephen Wilhelmina of The Fabulous Baking Co. in Meadow Lands.