Sunday
Jan252009
Sunday Sweets: Cutey-Patootey Dragon Babes
January 25, 2009 I think the designers of today's baby dragon cakes need to get into stuffed-animal design. And then send me free samples. [nodding earnestly]
Amber D. found these two from The Cake Fairy:
Everyone together now: Awwwww.
The wings! The itty-bitty wings! [swoons]Check out the floppy ears on this guy:
Those scales must have taken forever! They look great, though. Shanna R. found him on Courtney's Cakes Flickr stream.Here's one from The London Cake Company, found by Brian & Melissa W.:
This was for little Joseph's SECOND birthday?!? Dang, I really missed out during my childhood. (And adulthood, come to think of it...)
And lastly, Kate J. found some of the most adorable figure sculpting I've seen:
I love the simple-yet-ingenious "bushes", and the knight and princess are just spot-on perfect. Great stuff.
Found on Manray3's Flickr stream. I've been told this may be from The Cake Shop in the Covered Market of Oxford, England.
Reader Comments (81)
Too cute! I love them all!
Those are too cute to even cut and eat!
Those floppy ears are so precious.
OMG! Those are amazing!!! If I wasn't sure those are WAY out of my price range I would get one of them for my son's first birthday next November. The orange and white one is my fave...awwwwww!
~Colleen (cyberrblue.wordpress.com)
The problem with these gorgeous cakes is that I'd have trouble cutting them.
The one with the figures is probably my fave, but they are all just too gosh darn cute!
Hello!
Thought I'd say that the last cake comes from The Cake Shop, Oxford, The Covered Market, England - I've seen it in the window there a few times. Lovely site by the way
Alice
Those dragons are heads and tails over the scary baby shower cakes!
-Julie
I would have a harder time cutting into these adorable dragons than I would with those realistic baby cakes. They're too cute!
Delaina
Totally agree with the other comments. I couldn't cut into these guys! (and knowing what these probably cost, it would feel like I was eating a $20 bill)
However, the sadistic part of me wants to pop the head off that knight and eat it.
Those are darling. And I love your parenthetical asides (nodding earnestly).
Angie (from over at www.HalfAssedKitchen.com)
btw, thank you for letting me put my own parenthetical asides in your comments section. Quite a few people find me through your blog.
I am new to this blog and ADDICTED! I went back to look at most of your previous posts. I am shocked, and totally entertained, by these wrecks. As for these cakes: incredible!
Those itty bitty wings and floppy little ears are just adorable. I think the pink one is the best.
I can't imagine having to cut into those!!
how do you eat any of the cakes on this site? I mean, the wrecked ones are usually unappetizing and the awesome ones are just to cool to destroy. plus, I have a feeling a lot of fondant and marzipan are used for the more sculpted ones and well... that just sounds gross. marzipan is deceptive and scaring.
Adorable! Sunday's cakes are always so nice to look at after a week's worth of wrecks.
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The writing on Joseph's birthday cake is absolutely beautiful!
Oh man, I know I wouldn't be able to eat those little baby dragons.... they're ridiculously adorable! Especially the "newborn", with his eggshells beside him! Too cute.
My fav is the first one! Sadly, the link for the Cake Fairy tells me I'm FORBIDDEN. I feel so wrist-slapped. :-(
WV: recrab. I'm just not even going there....
Yeah, it would be hard to cut into these cakes, but I was also thinking, it's nice to see cakes that still look like cakes. Sometimes I forget these are supposed to be edible!
(licking lips earnestly)
Cuteness!!!
BTW - Did you know Cake Wrecks was a discussion topic on Blog Catalog a few days ago?
http://www.blogcatalog.com/discuss/entry/why-is-this-blog-so-popular#comment_768464
Don't know why I didn't let you know at the time...Oopsie.
Those are the cutest dragons! Great picks everyone!!
Those are just awesome!
I think I'd cry while eating the sugary goodness.
OK...all together now...AWWWWWWWW...CUTE,CUTE,CUTE,
CUTE,CUTE.
I would so buy the little pink one with the baby wings as a stuffed animal.
I just love the Sunday Sweets.
WV: delas...Delas one is especially cute
they are too pretty to be eaten
Oh wow, that first one is just sooo adorable! How could anyone eat it, though?! They're all good, but that first one is my absolute favourite!
Leesa
Anne, you should try some of my homemade cream cheese fondant... Not that chemically stuff you often find... I can sculpt and mold it like any other fondant, but it actually TASTES good! Isn't that the POINT of cake? :D
WV: byshotj - I drive by, shot j and left.
they are sooo cute!!! I know some kids loved them.
At last! Dragons to die for. These are so appealing and done with such a sense of humor. The cake artists on these get my vote.
Looks like Prince Valiant is offering the dragon a churro!
-Red
I just peel fondant off...I never eat it. The point is for the stuff to be edible i.e. if someone eats it they won't get sick from it but you don't have to.
I think the cakes are beautiful and from my experience, if you buy an expensive cake the actual cake part is exceptional regardless of the fondant.
I like cake, not frosting...so maybe I'm just biased.
I love Sunday Sweets, by the way. After a week of wrecks, it's nice to see someone get a cake right :)
Amazing! My four year old LOVES the Sunday sweets, especially with all the dragons and castles lately. I'm a little afraid of what his next birthday cake request will be LOL.
Adorable! Maybe my girls will get a pink dragon birthday cake this year. :)
Hey, it's Kate J! I found the email I sent you with the dragon cake. Here is the flicker link: http://www.flickr.com/photos/manray3/2868374346/in/set-72157607031396468/
Cheers!
Kate
Those are amazing!! I've been holding out all week for this weekends' installment....I'm really enjoying Sunday Sweets. Thanks for adding it!!
Cannot show to nephew! He would want them all. BTW voted for you for the Bloggies :)
The FBI HQ could probably use these cakes as a litmus test...anyone willing to cut into these adorable, wee widdle dwagon babies is probably a psycho killer.
I want a stuffie of that first one SOOOOOO BAD!!!!!!!! Any designers out there just gimme a price.
WV: hotse I am so totally a hotse! hee hee hee NOT!
I love the Sunday Sweets- it's amazing what some people can do with cake. I love today's with the baby dragons! I agree they're almost too cute to eat!
All very 'squeeee!'-worthy.
AWWWWWWWWWWWW! I could never eat that!
Generally, I like dragons to be ferocious-looking, not cute. It's like the way I want my dinosaurs to be velociraptory rather than cartoony. Whatever.
My favorite dragon is the little red one in the last cake. I don't know what he's doing, just hanging out there, seemingly chatting with the knight (who is both smiling AND pointing his sword at him), but he has an endearing quality about him that is touching.
Are there any girl dragons, or are they always thought of as males?
I just realized that I'd never thought about this before.
=^??^=
Every one of those are just precious!
Amy B.
The most adorable dragons I've ever seen, hands down.
They look as if they would breathe cotton candy rather than fire.
Word verification: stingedu. When you go to pick up a cake and it's a wreck, you realize the baker has stingedu.
CUTE! CUTE! Sickenly cute!!
Those are so adorable! I love Sundays!
Here is a link to a blog catalog discussion about your brand. sorry for the link but I thought you would like it.
http://www.blogcatalog.com/discuss/entry/why-is-this-blog-so-popular#comment_775082
John
Awwwww, is so spot on! Oh those dragons are so darling and that Knight and Princess cake....
....All I can say is lucky, lucky, kids, whoever they are.
Peace,
Clueuin
I must have that pink dragon. MUST, I tell you!!@11!11 eleventy.
I'm i way out of line in saying that the Sunday Sweets, while always amazingly cute, never look, well, very appetizing? Or even exactly edible?
Jill
I agree definitely The Cake Shop in the Oxford covered market. I spent my past summer studying at Oxford and spent many mornings peering into that little cake shop and their wonderfully decorated cakes. A must see if ever in Oxford.