Sunday Sweets: Autumn Awesomeness in Atlanta
October 26, 2008 Today's Sweets are brought to you by Highland Bakery in Atlanta, Georgia. The folks over at Highland routinely churn out the most jaw-droppingly gorgeous creations the South has ever seen, and I'd be hard-pressed to pick a favorite. So instead, I just chose some season-appropriate lovelies.
Doesn't this look like a giant Hallmark figurine? (I mean that in a good way.)
The cobblestones, the twisty vines, the gnarled posts! There's so much more to this cake than the cutesy mice. (Although the mice are pretty darn adorable, I must admit.)
I don't think I've ever seen sugar art looks so much like porcelain - just look at those leaves!
Mmm, sugary mushrooms...
Next up: a perfect pumpkin:
I just love the simple design and creamy colors. I think cakes overall should use more orange, too, don't you? Year-round, I mean: orange is just underused.
Many thanks to Karen and the gang over at Highland Bakery for the lovely work, and for not hanging up on John when he said he was calling from Cake Wrecks. ;)
Reader Comments (105)
What a beauty of a cake! How would you ever cut into it??
I went on their site and looked at some of their other cakes...
Ummm, there were scary looking cakes there. They had a "punk baby" cake...with the face of a baby with piercings. You could do a month of entries just on some of their cakes :P.
I loved their cookies! Too cute
awesome, yay for things relatively close to my house. I now need to go over there and taste some of their wares.
That's too cute to eat. :)
I would not eat that....I wold get it sprayed with those food preservative sprays...and keep it for a center piece every year.
AMAZING!!!! I LOVE FALL!
color, technique! WOW!
Those cakes are definitely made of awesome. Just like this blog! (it's my fave!)
Beautiful cakes and greta inspiration for a newbie cake maker like myself.
These are absolutely lovely. I want that pumpkin cake!
These cakes are amazing! I was looking at the gallery on their site - simply fantastic cakes. Their turkey cupcakes are adorable! :)
That is the prettiest cake I think I have ever seen!
The only word perfectly appropriate for such a beautiful pumpkin cake as this:
Gourd-geous!!!
:)
Wendy
I don't think I could cut into any of this cakes you've been showing on Sundays. They are all too beautiful and should be in curio cabnets not tummies.
See, these demonstrate how pumpkins and mice can come together in a *good* way!
Yeah, these are awesome. And I think when you know you're doing good work, you don't need to hang up when you get a call from Cake Wrecks.
Beautiful artwork. Too lovely to eat.
Wow.
I could never, ever eat something like this. The guilt at destroying art would just be too much to handle.
thanks for sharing it.
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wow. I've never had an actual WORD show up before.
Those are WAY too pretty to eat! I wouldn't want to cut into them!
Gorgeous! but how does one cut something the beautiful? Though it does look absolutely yummy too!
Oh my gosh, that is so beautiful. I love those toadstools. I love the pumpkin vines. Actually, I love the whole cake!
I love the leaves, a long-overdue change from flowers and, on this cake, tinted perfectly. (And---leaf awnings---sooooo cuuuuute.) Particularly lovely are the leaves at the base, which the bakers have beaded into the finish without just sticking them on. A masterpiece!
And yes: MORE ORANGE.
Oh, so *that's* what a pumpkin is supposed to look like. Friday's post made me forget.
I would love to know more details...how much time it took and how much something like this would sell for? That is simply amazing!
The loveliest cakes I've ever seen. Some people are truly artists, with fabulous imaginations and perfect follow-through...
Breathtaking!
Wow.
This cake takes my breath away.
What talent!
Whoa! Those are absolutely stunning. Almost would be a shame to cut them.
~Amy B.
TOTALLY AWESOME!! Who cannot appreciate a cake that doesn't look like a cake but more like a piece of art?? It truly is art!
Ho-lee, that's amazing! Somebody should be (or have they?) opening up a Cake Museum and putting some of these materpieces on permanent (climate controlled for longevity, of course) display!
Highland makes the tastiest cakes...second only to my mother!
Sherice
Dreamy. Dreamy! Though I have an evil urge to smash my face into them.
Angie (from over at www.HalfAssedKitchen.com)
Fantastic! Love this blog. Thanks for putting up some wonderful cakes on Sundays; it's a nice break from the horrors on the weekdays.
Those are gorgeous! Do those cakes ever get eaten, I just don;t think I could bear to take a bite out of one of those!
~Hyla
http://greenearthjourney.blogspot.com
AMAZING...I agree with Mandy...I'd figure out how to save it.
My sis and I send each other cake pics, she sent this one to me a day ago.
I have been looking for autumn ever since I moved; I finally found it online. In a cake.
YAY Atlanta!!! Beautiful cake. I'd be afraid to cut into it too.
I agree with everyone. This cake is a beautiful work of art. However, if I'm buying a cake, I want it to taste good! I have to wonder with the use of all that fondant--how is the mouthfeel and taste? Maybe I prefer other icings to fondant and some people enjoy the fondant. Thanks for such a great blog. A perfect mix of laughter and awe!
S
Freakin' awesome!!! Almost makes up for those fugly goofball cakes you've been posting.
I love this new Sunday Sweets feature! I think it's a wonderful sign of where the world is headed, that smart, funny people can be snarky and ironic, but also genuinely appreciative of something done well. I got so tired of the "I'm Capable of Ironic Observation So I Can't Like Anything '90s".
I completely agree with you about this cake looking like a Hallmark figurine (in a good way). And weirdly, though I'd never even consider purchasing such a figurine, you make it 10 times larger and out of cake, and suddenly I'd be honored to host a party specifically to display it. And eat it. (I'm sure that while I couldn't figure out how to cut into it, my nieces and nephews could.) Maybe that's what makes figurines so hard to appreciate. They only do two things: look cute and gather dust. But cake! That looks cute, tastes delicious and brings people together for fun times.
So absolutely beautiful!! The pumpkin was just gorgeous!!
Although I'm surprised you admire them though! I mean stunning yes.. but isn't it too much frosting for you ;)
While I miss the giggle on Sundays - I LOVE the gorgeousness you spotlight. This is by far my favorite to date - WOW!
I love this cake!!! My mom and I frequently buy the cute woodland animal cards for each other. Seriously, I love this cake.
I can't imagine how long that took to make. It's beautiful, and there's no way I could actually bring myself to cut into it!
That 'Hallmark Lookalike' cake is amazing. It must have taken a very long time and require tedious effort-even if done in stages. WoW!
And yes, more orange. Orange should be more that Halloween, fall leaves, and Syracuse University[My son graduated from there,so I have more orange than the average person!].
Caryn was right about sending us to your blog. Not my first visit, just my first comment.
I want one, I want one, I want one...
oh my, I don't think I could eat these cakes-they are beautiful!
Like you said: right out of Hallmark!!!
Unbelievable!
WOW!
That's the first cake with mice crawling all over it that I'd want to eat! Except that it's so cute and beautiful, it would be hard to...
I'll just pluck off the paving stones and pop the mushrooms in my mouth.
The pumpkin below, I might eat. But only because it would slice so perfectly along the ribs into lovely pieces! Carving this pumpkin would be a piece of cake, har har I'm so clever.
These cakes do look really nice, but I have a feeling they probably taste overly sweet...That looks like a lot of frosting...
OMG, I think that is the most beautiful cake I've ever seen!! I wouldn't want to touch it let alone eat it.
Who was it designed for?
The mices are adorable!!
sparkly jules
http://allthatsparkles.typepad.com/
What a Fabulous Post!!
Thank you soooo much as I have been looking for a Bakery such as this in my area!!