Sunday Sweets For Mom

Happy Mother's Day, Moms and other persons of non-maternal persuasion!

Here's a little cuteness for ya:

John found this adorableness on the Love-A-Cupcake blog. He also wants to know if this counts as calling your Mom a cow. (I told him it doesn't.)

Of course Mother's Day is really all about the flowers, though:

It's amazing how realistic gumpaste flowers can be - that lily is truly a work of art. I don't know who made this simple beauty, though, so let me know if you do.

Here are some sweet flower pot cakes by Sugar Buzz Girl:

And a whole range of flowers from Tortebella.com:

That overlapping texture is pretty nifty, too.

And lastly, I'm really digging this cake from Freed's Bakery:

Get it? "Digging?"

Hey, these aren't your garden-variety puns, folks. Leave them to me, so I can weed out the pansies. I would say I'm a loose pistol with a rosy disposition, but frankly that blooming lie lacks stamina.

(Whoever caught "lie lacks" scores bonus points.)

Comments

[Alice]

I had to check and Google assures me it's not that Jen has simply gone crazy. I didn't know you celebrate mothers day in May in the US. That's weird.

[Solo]

Love the first one..So cute.=)

http://www.solofoodtrip.com

[Martin C.]

*groans* Where do you LEARN these horrific puns and plays on words, woman?

I adore the blog; It's unique and hilarious, and thanks to you my girlfriend now wants to try and bake a Stargate cake... :P

Thanks for bringing a lot of humour (and a fair amount of cake) to so many! :P

[Cheryl]

I love the flower pots. So cute!

[Caitlyn]

These are all so beautiful! But I have to say that the Tortebella cake looks pretty wrecky to me.. not because it isn't well made (the flowers are beautiful!!) but because its design just looks so terribly busy. Am I the only one that felt this way? :O

[Susie]

The Lily on the first one is 100% real. And the worm in the flower pots is kind of gross. Not my favorite sunday post.

[john(the hubby of Jen)]

Hey Susie,

Having seen what people can do with gum paste, I'm pretty convinced that the flower was created by the decorator. Jen and I just made a wedding cake and the gum paste orchid we put on top looked much better than the fake ones on the table.

I do, however, have to agree with you. After searching the net for two hours, I couldn't find any better cakes for Mother's Day. Jen's exact words were, "That's all you could find?" I guess we all get our expectations up when it comes to Sweets and I think sometimes it's okay to step back and appreciate the beauty in simplicity.

Ah well. Next week is Lego cakes and it's pretty awesome.

Thanks for putting your name.

john

[Melissa (& Billy)]

I know some people might think the earthworm was gross, but I thought it was downright clever. I am told that a gardener appreciates the work of worms. *g*

Those flowers just blow my mind, though. I suppose if you love to do something, it shows.

Beautiful selections for today! =)

[Val]

The worm is quite creative, but I'd have to let my kids eat it, LOL!

[Amy]

Is it STAMEN-a??

[Anonymous]

That orchid cake is the most beautiful cake I have ever seen.

[Valentine Day Flowers]

i simply love the flower pot cakes. i can't eat them it's too adorable.

[Ryan]

Ryan,
hahahahaha nice puns, and YAAAYY I GET BONUS POINTS :)

[Flicka]

*shyly raises hand*

I am the guilty decorator of the stargazer lily cake. Mom's favorite flower. My sister baked, I decorated.

Thank you to everyone who found it lovely, it was a royal PITA to make. What you don't see is the 23 attempts that we threw out.