‘The Last Cake Standing’ a recipe for stress and, perhaps, success

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A producer with the Food Network was on the line, pitching cake designer James Rosselle on its biggest, baddest cake challenge yet. Competitors on “The Last Cake Standing” would vie for $50,000 and the title of “best cake artist in America.”

In other words, it was a golden opportunity for the 28-year-old from Whittier, who is looking to open an appointment-only designer cake shop for his fledging business, Elle Cakes. (Orders start at $600 and go skyward from there.)

So what did he tell the Food Network? “I told them I had to think about it.”

Absolutely nothing against Food Network, said Rosselle, who had already competed in three similar contests for the network and emerged undefeated. But the challenges are so physically and emotionally grueling that he had to do some soul searching and determine whether he was ready to do it again.

Now wait a second. Aren’t we talking about baking cakes?

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(Photo by Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)