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. Event Horizon is one of the most disgusting and disturbing movies I've ever seen. I'm a movie buff and have seen a lot of stuff, but that's the only one that's ever actually made me feel like I might actually vomit from what I was seeing on the screen. I'm kind of scared to think of what couple chose that as a theme for anything at their wedding. O_o
http://www.wordle.net/show/wrdl/1084351/cakewrecks
Agh! I GET the 4th cake! The one with the physics on it. Omg I'm so nerdy but I'm comforted by the fact that whoevers wedding that was are ever so much nerdier than me :P
Yumilicious cakes are there I am thinking to celebrate my past birthday this week...............
looking on your tour page.. it's so funny that i've been reading this blog so long and had no idea that we live in the same town.
I'm glad that you mentioned the stitching on the Frankencake; I never knew that sewing could be delicious!
So, when are you going to post pics of your wedding cake? Surely that was pretty spectacular, No?
I love the ghosts and the frankenstein cake. So fun!
The Event Horizon (never heard of it) cake is pretty gross looking. The airbrushed planets (if that's what they're supposed to be) are done pretty well. But the mildrewed colors just make it look disgusting. IF it wasn't a geeky sci-fi theme, you'd have called it wrecky.
I know though, it's your blog, you get to decide...lol. It still looks like some other cakes you've called wrecks because of the color.
love, love, love the Katamari cake!!
That Katamari cake is, to date, the coolest thing I have ever seen. I want to meet the couple that was made for.
I can't believe I'm saying this, but apparently I'm not a big enough geek to understand the "geek chic" cake.
What is it? Someone please enlighten me.
s@bd - on the cakefx site, it looks like 3 cakes, from the photo angles. You can see where the pink meets the blue on the back. It does also give a good shot of the 'eet xteen' side, that is so funny!
@Pooky--Jen might be better qualified to answer this than I, but I thought I'd give it a shot. =)
Royal icing (what I can remember from poring over my mom's Wilton books as a kid) is very, very hard--like candy, made with confectioner's sugar and meringue powder. You even have to keep it covered with a damp towel while you're using it so it doesn't dry out. It's often used on cookies; it makes a tasty hard shell on gingerbread, etc. It's usually not appropriate for decorating a whole cake (except maybe one of those dusty window display cakes!). Maybe some of the decorations might be made with royal icing but that's about it.
That said--the ghosts are so cute. The Katamari cake is adorable! And the Frankenstein is genius. <3
I wonder if the Frankencake is three different kinds of cake, too?
I want to get married again, just so I can have that ADORABLE ghost cake. Seriously, that is the cutest thing ever. And I'm not even a big ghost/Halloween person.
Katamari cakes are popular apparently. Two friends of mine also had a Katamari cake for their own wedding...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/vissago/2762434876/
Melissa (& Billy), thanks for that.
I know royal icing is hard (unless you soften it with a little glycerine), but I've often covered and decorated cakes with it (I never used meringue powder though; I don't know if that's widely available over here) and my old (home cooking) books are full of advice on how to pipe flowers and animals etc. with it.
Is it that people don't want hard coverings on cakes any more? Over here, it's the traditional covering for wedding, christening and Christmas cakes, so I find it a bit surprising, but it makes sense.
I was really most puzzled by the idea that a cake without fondant would have to have everything piped in buttercream (or possibly chocolate). Surely royal icing is so useful for making sugar decorations that it would be the obvious choice?
According Symmetry Magazine, the physics cake photo was taken by Reidar Hahn of Fermilab. (http://www.symmetrymagazine.org/cms/?pid=1000426). It is unclear who the cake was made for or who made it, but I'm sure you could contact Reidar and ask.
AMAZING! I'm speechless!
WOW! I love the Frankenstein cake!
To answer questions about the geek cake:
We used it in a feature article about physicists who married physicists in Symmetry magazine. (story here: http://www.symmetrymagazine.org/cms/?pid=1000426) We commissioned the cake specifically for the article. It wasn't used in an actual wedding, sorry to say.
The writing on the cake is what is called the "Standard Model Langragian". It is the equation that best encapsulates everything we know about the fundamental particles and forces of nature, all wrapped up in one package. It's a beast of a thing, but the universe is kinda complicated!
I love the little spooks on the first cake. Wonder what the significance is; maybe they met on Halloween? http://blog.sweetservices.com/sweetscandyblog/
That Katamari cake is fantastic! Although if I had a Katamari cake made, there'd be a child stuck to it -- there's nothing greater than the joy that comes with rolling up your first child.
Aww, my Tonberry wedding cake didn't make the list. Nifty cakes, though!
I (sadly) haven't been keeping up with your blog - this reminds me of the rock-em sock-em robot cake at our friends wedding. I made her hot pink and black gown -http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b16/mmesser/BTBeccaswedding089.jpg
and here's the cake: http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b16/mmesser/BTBeccaswedding008.jpg
(feel free to publish the picture of the cake)
OW... I was hopping to see the wedding cake topping I`ve sent you some time ago. The cow and the beast.... may it was not THAT funny.
I fell in love with the first cake (ghost cake) when I saw it. Because of that cake my fiance and I have picked October 30, 2010 for our wedding date. How many times has a wedding date been set by a cake?
Yup agree, that last one is prefect! xx ;)