Mike Elder, Missouri cake chef, is back on TV

Last August, we introduced Fat City readers to

Mike Elder, the former auto mechanic who is now “King of Cakes” in Clinton, Missouri. Elder, who co-owns the pastry business Cakes by Cheri & Mike, is a two-time winner on the popular TLC series Ultimate Cake Off (and a graduate of KC’s Hickman Mills High School).

Elder returns to the TV series this Monday, April 19, at 8 p.m. to battle two other Cake Off winners: Ashley Vicos and Norman Davis.The contestants will be competing to create a showpiece cake for a “swimwear fashion show extravaganza” and a $10,000 prize.