Sunday
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Sunday Sweets: Fun Wedding Cakes
August 30, 2009 Let's face it, weddings can be a little, well, predictable. That why we love it when a couple breaks out of the mold and, say, boogies down the aisle. Same thing with the cake: sure, white-on-white is pretty, but it's also kind of boring. How about a little personality? A little fun? A little pair of adorable bride-and-groom ghost toppers?
Yes! Like that!(Found by JT and made by Sugar)
You've probably seen this one, for a pair of Katamari fans:
(Found by Christina H. and made by Mike's Amazing Cakes)
(Sent in by Lydia B-R and made by Peachtree and Ward.)Now, you're probably wondering if it's possible to have a themed cake that's also elegant. I think so. I mean, check this one out:
(Found everywhere. Anyone know who made it?)Is that not gorgeously geek chic?
Or how about this one?
(Submitted by Amy K and made by Michelle's Cake Scapes.)And lastly, my absolute favorite:
(Submitted by Angie Z and made by CakeFX)
Reader Comments (79)
WoW!! I can't decide which one I like better, King Kong or Frankenstein! They are both really well done.
Gorgeous...love the little ghosts!
This makes me want to get married all over again, just to do a cooler cake! Maybe this time will be at Disney World with A LOT fewer people! Happy Anniversary, guys!
is the groom on the last cake frankenstein or igor? looks like a cross between the two.
"what hump?"
terry lee
Nice! My husband and I used a little Dia de Los Muertos bride and groom. So they were skeletons holding hands w/ a snake around them. We loved it. :) Otherwise our cake was a very simple, delicious carrot cake.
Beautiful! Makes me wish we did a cake at my wedding. That's now *non-traditional* we were. Cake? Feh!
Seriously -- CW4 is cool, but I wonder what they're standing on. Anyone know? Some sort of game?
That ghost cake is my favorite! Beautiful!
And yay for Katamari!
i agree! that last one is PERFECT!
Awesome Cakes! I loved the ghosts the best. :)
Particle physics on a wedding cake! Sweetness!
OMG The King Kong one is amazing!
The Frankenstein one - I wonder if there are three different cake flavours in it!
My WV is 'ingst' lol like ingest...like ingest some cake!!!
The Event Horizon one just looks yuck, imo. Except for the fact that the airbrushing is a lot more skilled, it doesn't look any different to me than the moldy-appearing, chain bakery wrecks. The King Kong just looks like a hot mess. Too much going on, the idea was cool and the construction is too but when I look at it I just see too much. JMO.
Frankenstein? I swooned. Love it.
Hmmmm, I'm gettin gmarried in 2011, and this gives me some IDEAS..... The ghost win for cutest, but the aliens? are awesome. If you need a silly bride-to-be for a contest in which she gets the cake of her dreams, just let me know. I will so take one for the team.
The ghost cake is my favorite - I love the groom's little bow tie. Adorable!!
These are all amazing. But, I think the only thing missing from the King Kong cake is if Ann Darrow was with him (and thus would have the "bride" and "groom" toppers in an untraditional way). Maybe she is there and I just can't see her, but that would make a great cake even greater.
That's amazing. If I ever even attempted a decent looking cake like those I'd end up with a big pile of crumbles and food coloring. Which I guess is why my blog is called Half Assed Kitchen.
King Kong is amazingly beautiful! I absolutely LOVE that cake. My husband would go for it too. Maybe I can talk him into a big renewal in about 8 years...hmmm...
Wow, the "Glorious Geek" cake is by far my favourite.
Wow, a cake with the standard model Lagragian! It's not for everyone, obviously, but its a pretty cool idea for two physicists getting married.
I actually knew the happy couple, Jason and Leah Rieger, although I hadn't seen a picture of their wedding cake before. Hooray for them!
The picture evidently came from this article http://www.symmetrymagazine.org/cms/?pid=1000426&printable=1 ---taken by one of the official Fermilab photographers.
I really like the Frankenstein's Monster and the Bride of Frankenstein cake. Stitching the cakes together was a nice idea!
I am absolutely loving the geek cake! I want one for my wedding! Or a really cutsey one... oooo i just can't decide
I agree the last one is the best! But the ghosts are very cute.
I can't imagine _anything_ more heartrendingly romantic that the Standard Model Lagrangian - however, it still lacks MACHO and WIMP as cake toppers.
My favourites are the Ghost cake and the Frankenstein cake!! These little ghosts are just cute to the square!!
At the end of a "wrecktastic" week I always enjoy the sunday sweets!!
Hello. Sorry if this is off-topic, but I was curious and this seemed the best way to get an interesting answer.
I know you try to feature occasional fondant-free sweets, and you sometimes describe them as showing what can be done using only buttercream. Other places, too, people talk as if buttercream and fondant are the only options for decorating. Do decorators not use royal icing any more, or is it included under one of the existing options? I'd have thought it pipes easier than buttercream and holds a shape well enough for pre-piping shapes and even 3D decorations. And it tastes better than fondant.
Wait- Event Horizon?!
That ghost cake is TOO cute!
I'm all about the ghost cake and Frankenstein cake. Guess that makes me predictable. Anything Halloweeny is tops in my book. I almost got married on Halloween, but the Karma on All Saints Day was better, so we waited 24 hours.
Hope to see you in Orlando!
The Katamari cake is wonderful! I haven't played it in so long...maybe that cake will inspire me to dust of the game for old times' sake!
Omg, I officially know what my wedding cake will be like: Frankenstein all the way, baby! They were all amazing but that last one is truly inspired, sweet, original and yet, in a strange way, looking fresh and simple (not that it was that to make). LOVE IT!
Love the ghosties! And the Frankenstein is really clever too. But the ghosties....yeh totally want!
My wedding cake had a skeleton bride and groom on top. It was a traditional design, but the flowers were orange and black over the white buttercream frosting. We had a fall/halloween themed wedding.
I think I may have to get married again just to have a cool cake.
I'm loving the stitched-together cake! But my favorite has to be the Katamari cake. The figures are absolutely perfect, and the proportions of the katamari are flawless. If I wasn't sure that I'd have a simple, cheap wedding, I'd totally want something geeky and awesome like the katamari cake.
I absolutely love this site but the "geek/chic" rhyme is about the laziest piece of writing in the English language. For shame.
Those were fantastic! I was at a wedding yesterday where the wedding cake resembles a Starbucks Frapp :) It was awesome and totally representing the couple who openly admit to being addicted. Their centerpieces were even Starbucks cups filled with sand and tissue paper - to resemble their mocha frapp.
I think King Kong is a sad theme for a wedding. He gets killed and plummets to earth.
Awesome!!! I so love these... almost makes me want to get married again. ;)
Event Horizon? The movie where the ship comes back to harvest souls for hell? That's an...interesting choice.
My favorite is the frankenstein-themed cake. Love the stitched-together decorations, and esp. like that the center front matches the decorations of the BOF's dress!
These cakes are fabulous!
love the ghosts and the last one, so adorable especially!
Hi folks-
The event horizon cake is mine. My husband and I are huge sci-fi nuts but we wanted to do something a little more obscure and twisted than your typical Enterprise or Star Wars cake. Yes, it is the ship that goes to hell and back, we have a very dark sense of humor. We were just surprised that our caterer was able to come up with anything.
Oh, how darling...sweet Sunday Sweets ! Thank you !
. . . Isn't Event Horizon the movie with a literal portal to Hell in the engine room and a guy ripping out his own eyes in extreme closeup?
Eeeeewwwwww.
Word verification: orkie. The little green guy on the last cake isn't Frankenstein's monster; his name is Orkie. Isn't he cute!
hate to be a pain in the ass but, ummm ... credit where credit is due and all that ...
The Frankenstein cake is actually *four* cakes stitched together. And the pink chunk of cake? Has half the letters to 'sweet sixteen' on it.
Brilliant.
These really are great cakes...so much talent went into making them! Love the Frankenstein and ghosts during this time of year!
Christina :)
WOW! Wow, wow, wow!
Love the ghosties and Frankenstein the best! Wonderful!
Even the hubby liked them!
Amy B.
Event Horizon as a theme for a wedding cake.... NASTY.
That movie had so many disgusting images in it... just, yuck.
I want a Katamari cake more than anything else right now. (drool!)