Sunday Sweets: Star Wars
June 14, 2009 Well, I gave Trek its time in the sun, so it's only fair to showcase some Star Wars goodness now. Besides, since I shared in the heady experience of a group heatstroke with approximately three million SW fans yesterday, I'm definitely in a "Wars" mindset.
The challenge, of course, was finding SW Sweets that my friend Mike over at Great White Snark hasn't featured yet. Seriously, Mike, how's about you leave some goodies for the rest of us cake-loving geeks to post, eh? Sheesh. It's a good thing Star Wars fans reeaally enjoy their cake.
Ok, let's start with the "official" stuff. Jim found these two on StarWars.com, and both were made by the "Ace of Star Wars Cakes" himself, Duff Goldman. (That link leads to a great article on Duff, btw, for you Ace of Cakes fans.)
Hard to believe it's not a large model, huh? And check out this next one:
Kristi F. sent in this amazing Millennium Falcon by Cakes by Jyl:
Just look at that detail! Jyl reports that everything here is edible, too. Nice!
Rose B. found a Star Wars wedding cake:
And get this, icing purists: that AT-AT is almost entirely fondant-free! Amazing. Here's another cool shot:
Yep, those are the bride and groom figurines - and they dressed to match! The cake was made by the bride's friend Teresa, and the cutie-patootie Ewok cupcakes by her friend Amanda. You can see all the fun wedding pics here.Here's Brooks G.'s amazing R2D2 groom's cake, which he was kind enough to share with me this week:
Artoo was made by the 1886 Cafe & Bakery in Austin, TX, who were furnished with painstakingly detailed diagrams, photographs, and plans by the bride, Kristina. Yes, the bride. (Alright, Kristina! Way to represent for us geek gals!) Oh, and speaking of which, here's Kristina with the cake:
After all the guests were through taking pictures with Artoo (in increasingly risque poses, I hear) the couple cut the cake - while playing the "waaaHHHH!" noise that R2d2 makes when he gets shot in the head with a blaster. Heh. Morbid, but funny. I bet the guests loved it.
And lastly, here's another wedding cake, by Dy Rinella of Bewitching Elegance:
Not only is Dy a vegan baker, she also won the Star Wars Insider Best Wedding Cake of 2008 with this gorgeous Star Destroyer. It was made for a couple who belong to the 501st, an "imperial costuming organization."
See?
The cake's obviously been cut here, but check out all the tiny details:
Looks like it was a well-deserved win, Dy! Great job.
If you want to see more great Star Wars cakes (and I mean LOTS more) head over to Great White Snark for his Geeky Cake of the Week feature. And as always, if you have an amazing cake to nominate for SS, send it to me at Sunday Sweets [at] Cake Wrecks [dot] com. (I also take requests, so if you have an idea for a theme, let me know.)
Reader Comments (55)
Those are the desserts and sweets made on the theme of Star Wars. I think me and my hubby should have a bite of this before we got married. That could have signified how we started our war for this star life.
Theresa did my wedding cake (Day of the Dead). She is AMAZING!
That's not Princess Leia with Admiral Ackbar, it's Mon Mothma. That's a couple that actually makes a certain amount of sense.
Brigette
Holy Sith! Those are flipping awesome!!!!!
I am quite the Star Wars Geek (notice the capitalization of Geek) and I've been reading your website practically nonstop for four days. When I saw the signs of geekiness, and your proud declarations I KNEW there had to be Star Wars cakes around here somewhere. I'm so pleased I found them! I swear I had a nerdgasm looking at these! Some of them could do with a little fondant modeling, but the fact that they look so good without much of it is AMAZING! The AT-AT is the best one! The Force is surely with these bakers (and the brides and grooms that ordered these babies!)
IN DEFENSE OF FONDANT. I think it tastes good. Buttercream is better, but fondant is just as tasty--mmm.......wait, is that weird?
Though decorating with buttercream is quite a skill. One that I shall never ever master. :'( I just throw fondant on the thing.