Sunday Sweets: Classic Beauties
November 14, 2010 Today, we're taking a look at some beautiful cakes with a vintage charm.
Starting with a little old-fashioned design:
Submitted by Gen W., made by Lori of Elegant Cake Creations
The detail here is stunning. Look at the intricate piping on that lace! It looks like delicate tablecloths on each tier. (And those colors are magnificent!)
I am in love with the "rusted" look of this cake:
By Nancy's Cakes
It's flawless! Is it metal? Is it wood? NO! It's CAKE! Awesome.
Let's step into what I like to (affectionately) call, "Grandma era" cakes:
Sub'd by Sara B., made by Catherine Joann Cakes
I'm pretty sure my G-ma still has Tupperware exactly like this on top of her fridge. I love it.
And this cake looks a lot like some yarn-art she had hanging on her wall when I was a kid. (Which might actually still be there.)
This one is immaculate:
Let's take a closer look at some of that detail:
Have I said "flawless" yet? Because I'll say it again: FLAWLESS. Wouldn't you think this was the most fragile of porcelain? And look at the gently embossed vines by the flowers. I can't even draw a straight line. Unbelievable.
Next let's visit some art deco divas.
Sub'd by Libby G., made by Rhianydd Easton
Those feathers are actually edible wafer paper!
Can someone give me another word for "breathtakingly gorgeously beautiful... seriously, this is flawless"? (For some reason this reminds me of Miss Piggy's dream sequence in The Great Muppet Caper.)
This architectural look is amazing.
Made by Rylan T. of Art and Appetite
And this might be my favorite cake of the whole post:
By Lulu Cake Boutique
And maybe my most favorite cake ever. I can't get over that fabulous mint green! I want this as a dress, a cake, and a wallpaper. And a hat. Simply... flawless.
*Note from john: Apparently, you guys are convinced it's a pineapple. Or an artichoke. I happen to think it's a daisy but what do I know?
Reader Comments (136)
Oy. What was the Epcot level today, John?
I love all the cakes. The string work awes me, because I could NEVER have that steady a hand to pipe it.
You can tell who posted the entry at the bottom of the entry. It says, "Posted by **" on *date* at *time*. I believe today's was posted by #1, aka the Other Jen. At any rate, cakes were amazing, and I would love to have a couple of them as dresses, too!
Oh, and the topper? It's so obviously Spaceship Earth. Or whatever Rylan (you know, the BAKER?) says it is.
They are all exquisite. I think my favorite is the first.
It looks like a Protea. The National flower of South African.http://plants.newplant.co.za/gxgjvaqcv/family/proteaceae/size/4/page/5
The cakes are all done perfectly!
The Cake Personality Test
Which cake are you like?
http://www.3smartcubes.com/pages/tests/cake-personality/cake-personality_instructions.asp
Amazing cake artistry, WoW!
Okay, about the pine cone/egg cake, you say, "Jen and I debated," which led me to believe John was writing this post. If so, please tell me why you keep saying, "I want this as a dress." Something we need to know John?
The one thing I never fail to think about when I see those is the price. What must something like that cost? I'm sure the top tier of any one of those cost more than my house payment each month. Yikes.
Every party needs a pooper. Guess that's why you invited me!
I'd agree with others...artichoke. It's a symbol of "blossoming love"
I think it's an egg. The beautiful Robin's Egg Blue color of the cake, the feathers, and last but not least, the twigs that make up the "nest" at the bottom of the cake.
Whatever you see, it's beautiful, and so very well done.
Dawnetta
I love the cake with the pink!!! The shape of the tiers is so fun!
I'm fairly certain it IS an artichoke. My mother has these little stone artichokes at the corners of her garden that look just like it (the little stone artichokes prevent garden hoses from being dragged inadvertently through the flower beds). It's lovely and old-fashioned. This post has the most amazing cakes!
A whole lot of pretty all in one post but I must say - That architectural one just makes me want to play Bioshock!
I thought the bud on top of the cake was a lotus. You see them alot on fountain tops. So my vote is an unopen lotus blossom.
:D
Beautiful!!!!
Pine cone makes the most sense to me since it is a symbol of the pineal glad - the center of consciousness and spirituality found in many civilizations, including Catholicism. Go to the Court of the Pine Cone in the Vatican Square.
http://www.tokenrock.com/explain-Pineal-Gland-73.html
I skipped right over to Sunday Sweets because I got a queasy feeling in the pit of my stomach when I began reading your most recent post above this one...as usual, made me admire and smile over all the beautiful cakes !
Judging by the feathers on the third tier, and the fact that the cake appears to be sitting on a NEST, I'm pretty sure that's supposed to be an egg on top. It almost looks to me like an egg made of feathers.
I think that the top of that cake is a lotus blossom, the symbol of purity.
Now, I haven't read any comments (I'm still recovering from reading the Epcot ones just last week), so I'm sorry if this has been mentioned already, but the top of that cake reminds me a bit of a Waratah. All incredibly beautiful.
I think the pineapple-pinecone-artichoke may be a lotus flower.
Andrea
Oh wow, the love and artistry that go into these is awesome.
Less IS more.
errr something is amiss.. or there's something someone's not telling us.... piece together these two comments...
"I want this as a dress:"
and
"Jen and I debated...."
mmmmmm
That thing on the last one is an owl's inverted pituitary gland.
I vote artichoke. That way, I get a magnificent cake, and then top it with my favourite vegetable!
Did no one notice the actual creator of the 'egg'-topped cake posted on here and told everyone what it was!
beautiful cakes!!! i love sundays too! x
The egg/cone topped cake resembles: not just any Faberge egg, but the Faberge Imperial Pine Cone Egg. Except, the direction of the points are different in that:
http://www.google.com/images?q=faberge+imperial+pine+cone+egg
Oops, the pine cone egg was Faberge but not Imperial.
It's a pine cone.
Check out this (Dutch) website:
http://borro3.tripod.com/id136.html
Not a pineapple or a flower but a symbol
Oh my gosh...such an amazing buncha cakes!
very pretty cakes.
wow. i want a piece of all of those
"Have I said "flawless" yet? Because I'll say it again: FLAWLESS. Wouldn't you think this was the most fragile of porcelain? And look at the gently embossed vines by the flowers. I can't even draw a straight line. Unbelievable."
I read this in a New Jersey accent. (Try it.)
Also, these cakes are incredible.
Don't be stupid, it's a hippogriff egg.
I think that is an old fashioned pineapple or artichoke on that cake. In the old south, a lot of pineapples in wallpaper looked like that. It means that guests are welcome. I dunno.
I recognize that last one from and old issue of Westchester magazine! It's from Lulu Cake Boutique in Westchester, NY. They have all sorts of gorgeous eye-candy cakes like that.
Actually, the pinecone thing is kinda the dragonny egg thing with feathers from wind in the door. Remember the cover art on that book? The dragonny-egg thing was there, and the wing symbol, and the nest. That cake is totally amazing!