Sunday
Apr042010
Sunday Sweets: Happy Easter!
April 4, 2010 When I went Easter Sweet hunting this year, I found that my favs were less about technical skill and elegance and more about adorably funny characters that made me laugh. So, hey, I'm going with it. Here's hoping they give you a smile, too.
First, the right way to do a lamb cake:
Just try and look at that face without doing a giggle-awww.(By Nancy Courtney, who gives simple instructions [the legs are Twinkies!] here.)
(By the always amazing Bakerella. Click the link for her instructions.)I'm a sucker for blobular characters. And itty-bitty feet. And cake.So really, this is a win-win-win.
Quite possibly the sweetest bunny cake I have ever seen:
(By Mel Garza)This makes me want to go dye some coconut, post-haste. The colors are so soft! Love it.
The baker calls this next guy Eggbert:
Eggbert. I like it.(By TraceyBestCakes)
And because no Easter post is complete without an Easter basket, here's the best one I've seen this year:
(By Cake Central member CindyVickers)That piping is perfection itself! I also love the edible "grass" and eggs.
Just because it cracks me up.
And lastly, if I ever decide to make an Easter cake, this is probably the one:
Just because it cracks me up.(Sub'd by Laura H., made by babyblue113)
Have a great Easter, all!
Send your Sweets nominations to Sunday Sweets [at] Cake Wrecks [dot] com.
Reader Comments (83)
I think the first one is rather Wrecky. It looks like the poor thing was run over by a steam roller. And I also agree with Anonymous at 10:46, the face looks like a butt.
It took me about two minutes to realize that the basket was fake. The grass, too.
At first, I thought "What? It's a couple of nice-looking eggs... Is that really the best from this year?"
Then it hit me, and daaang. If the baker were to sell it on eBay, it would be one of those big-sellers for at least $300, y'know?
Awwwwww...Sunday Sweets...a great treat...thank you !!!
love them all today! so sweet and adorable. my fave would have to be the precious pastel coconut bunny cake. ahhhh!!!
hope everyone got eggsactly what they wanted in their easter baskets this morning!
Aww! I have a love/hate relationship with cakes like these. On one hand, they are adorable, well done, and . . . well mostly just adorable! But the thought of them being potentially sliced up and consumed makes me very sad.
all so adorable! the bunny is my fav, it reminds me of my bunny cake on my 3rd birthday :)
Jen, you lost me with that first one. I understand it is a holiday and you may have had a personal relationship with this designer, but that is clearly BUTT CLEAVAGE filling in for this lamb's face!! I really thought you would have caught this wreck. But most of these others I love, I especially love the last one, most likely based on one of my favorite cartoon characters, Sheldon from Garfield and Friends.
I agree with Jenn. I love the last cake! So simplistic, but says so much!! Loved Eggbert too!! I sense a theme here!!
I am so glad it's not just me who thought the first one was a wreck. But no one else has mentioned the butt-plug!!!
I like them all except the lamb. It looks like a run-over butt. Can nobody make a good-looking lamb cake?
The bunny cake is absolutely adorable.
-Holly
I love the chicks on sticks and the eggs with the chick legs coming through the egg.
However, I have to agree with others: the lamb cake is a butt cake. The first thing I saw was butt and didn't realize it was "Sunday Sweets" until I scrolled down and saw the others.
Eggbert is my favorite. I think that last egg is from the cartoon Garfield and Friends isn't it? The eggs name is Sheldon I believe. I love it though!
The basket's not a fake. The handle would have to be made out of royal frosting to hold like that. Oh,and you can make edible Easter grass.
I couldn't eat the little blobby chicks, they are too cute.
Wow that Easter basket cake is so beautiful! I also loved the bunny cake. This totally makes up for those horrifyingly bad lamb cakes that caused nightmares aplenty. I love these!
That "lamb" is going to give me nightmares.
AWwww. Anyone notice the lamb has a pacifier? And a look like, "ok, I'm born. Now what do I do with these legs?"
the basket and eggs are gorgeous. I forgot that was supposed to be cake!
love all the hatching chicks, coming out the top or legs coming out the bottom. sweet!
"blobular characters." What a great descrip!
I saw buttocks on the lamb face, too. And he looks a little flat.
I love the chick-balls!!!! Cutest thing EVER!
That Easter basket is absolutely amazing!
Oh my goodness, I could never ever eat the little chick-pops. They're like Puuchuu's; they make everyone go "Soooo....cuuuute..." /geeky joke
I love the 'Sheldon' cake! ("Garfield and Friends," circa 1988)
After so much Easter wreckiness, these make me breathe a sigh of relief. =D
I LOVE THE BUNNY!!! I will have to make that one ASAP! I'm thinking Mother's Day gets a bunny this year!
I'm glad I wasn't drinking anything when I read the "butt-plug" comment! That lamb has cute possibilities, but the flesh colored tush is hard to overlook.
I love those, and the chicks on sticks were THE cutest Easter ANYTHING I've seen in forever.
The basket? I thought 'Nice, but I thought this was a cake website with edible stuffs.' WOW. That is awesome!!!!
That basket is a CAKE??
Wow. I don't think I would be able to eat it (or any of them really). It's way too gorgeous!
My Mom used to make cakes just like the bunny one. She made them for a few of our birthdays and, of course, for Easter. It's not hard to accomplish, but I have seen SO many people wreck that design. Whoever did that particular cake did an amazing job though, the cheeks are just so adorable!
Oh, gosh, I love the bunny, and the basket, and, and, and . . . I love them all! --- Except for the butt disguised as a lamb pancake. Parents are going to accidentally let their children see that and have all sorts of awkward questions to answer about butt plugs.
They're all so adorable! Especially the chicks-on-sticks. Sooo cuuute! Great work all. Except for the lamb. Or rather, the cross-eyed, road-flattened pig with a pacifier that is trying to masquerade as a lamb. Yikes.
Thanks for including my bunny cake! We used to have one at my Grandmother's house every Easter when I was little. But, the tradition died in the 80s, so I decided to bring it back! -Mel
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Omfg! Is that last one Shelldon from Garfield and Friends? That's win!
-thegriffin88
That Easter Basket cake is SOOOOOO
CUTE! Very impressive!
The last one is like Sheldon from the cartoon Garfield and Friends? Could that have also been an influence?
The blobular characters are adorable, and remind me of the unbelievably delicious brownie-pops I had at a function recently (nicely iced, but not super-cute like this).
Those hatching chicks are how a cupcake should be!!
The bunny cake reminds me of what my mother did for my fourth birthday: a catapillar (a row of cupcakes) with green-tinted icing and green-tinted coconut (and licorice antennae). Soooo cute! And thanks for the memory.
I **LOVELOVELOVE** eggbert!!!
That basket is unbelievable. I thought it was a regular basket with cake pops for several minutes, though. WOW to the talented decorator.
And that last egg was cute. Love the feet.
VW: thert. laughing so hard at cakewrecks you can't speak properly and your abs start to hurt.
You need a squishable! www.squishable.com very cute stuffed critters.