"Just like when you train for cricket or football we are up into the early hours of the morning baking," Ms Porter said.

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"It's the type of thing where you will wake up in the middle of the night with an idea and you will have to get up and try it out." 

The award-winning baker took out four titles in this year's Ballarat Show, including best special occasion cake, miniature cake, Christmas cake and wedding cake. 

Ms Porter is a chef by trade, but maintains every skill she has was handed down by her mother.

"Everything I know about cakes and baking I learnt from my own mum," she said. "Since I can remember I've been baking cakes."

It took Ms Porter just four days to make all of her stand-out cakes, which included a three-tier wedding cake.

The process involved baking three individual fruit cakes, allowing them to soak overnight and then spending days icing and decorating.

"I was up till at least two in the morning most days," she said. "When you start making a cake like this, the only thing that holds you back is your imagination."

In the cake decorating industry, Ms Porter is renowned for her unique style. 

The member of the Ballarat Cake Decorations Association even invented her own decoration called the spider's web lace which is copyrighted in her name. 

Ms Porter said had already started teaching her two grandchildren the tricks of the trade so they could continue the tradition. 

There were hundreds of entries for other categories, including best lamington, cream puff and sponge cake. 

The cakes will be on display at the Harry Smith Pavilion at the Ballarat show grounds until Sunday.