Sunday Sweets: So Stinkin' Cute
January 30, 2011 This week we're featuring some of the sweetest, cutest, most adorable, lovable, um... [consulting thesaurus] darling, bewitching, and fetching baby animal cakes you ever will see. Why? Well, if you must know, I'm feeling a bit sensitive this week.
This is john, by the way.
So, let me just get my box of tissues and we'll do this thing. Starting with Jen's favorite:
The hand-painted shading here is amazing. And the animals are adorable. And the lion isn't eating the zebra or the giraffe. So it's a win-win-win.
See how the monkey and giraffe cower in fear as the mighty tiger stalks his prey? Can you feel the tension? Can. You. FEEL IT?!?! No?
And now... sweet sleeping dragon!
Sub'd by Amelie B. and made by her sister HeleneAwwww. Okay. *sniff* I'm all verklempt. *sniff* I promised myself I wouldn't cry...
[blowing nose]
Hey! Look! Pandas!
Sub'd by Aljona and made by KralleCakes
Literally. I think the lack of neck really adds to the adorabletude, don't you?
Sub'd by Jade D. and made by Theresa GueSo. Cool. Jen says this reminds her of some Lisa Frank folders she had in middle school. Which she claims is a huge compliment. So there.
By Aletha B.And get this: this is Aletha B.'s first cake. Yes, really! Mike, Duff, and Bronwen better watch out, 'cuz Aletha B.'s coming, and she's got a Cthulhu.
By Ann N.Adorable. And hip. Oh. Yeah.
Another of Jen's favorites:
Sub'd by Orna G., and made by Odeliaa unicorn with a comb-over:
You're welcome.
One's for little kids:
(Click on the pics for more info)UPDATE!!!! The random number generator hath spoken! The winners are:
GrammaR @ 2:20 PM for the first book and
Ai @ 8:51 PM for the second!
Please email your addresses to comments (at) cakewrecks.com so we can mail out your prizes. And thanks to everyone for your great comments!
Wreck On!
-john (the hubby of Jen)
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Reader Comments (1432)
I like the first Zooborn books - babies from around the world! This post was so cute, made me 'awwww' the whole time.
Loved today's cakes. My 2 year old son watches me as I read the CW blogs and laugh my head off. Now he comes over to check out the cakes, does his own laughing impression and then says "EW" or "That's scary!" to most of them! Love it!
So if we are chosen for the book prize today, I think my son would dig the 1st book. He's an animal freak!
Jessica B. ABQ NM
I would totally love either of the books.
Those cakes are so stinkin' cute! The first one takes the cake for me though - the blue lion is so adorable!
-Get it? Takes the cake? I can be witty too!
either of these books would be awesome, almost as awesome as the dragon cake!
Cutest cakes ever! They were all so great I can't even pick a favorite out of the bunch. Speaking of favorites, (how is that for a segue?) I love the cutsie fennec fox on the second book!
I love the little fox on the second book! So sweet. Whipping out the gumpaste tomorrow--inspiration!
Since I am horribly bad at time zones, don't even know which one I'm in, here's hoping it's before midnight wherever EST is. :D But as an avid reader of cake wrecks, but never posted before, I humbly submit my first comment hoping to win an adorable zoobook for my kiddos. They would like either one, but my personal fave is the second one. crossing my fingers, but will continue to amuse myself greatly reading cakewrecks whether I win or not.
I am overwhelmed by sugary cuteness.
If I got the Fennec Fox book I would have to faint from the joy of baby critters.
Thanks Cake Wrecks!
Lisa Garrett
OOOOHHHHHHH Zooborn for kids! My 2 yo would adore that--she's obsessed with all things baby!
That Chthulu is the cutest ruler of the underworld ever! It makes me want to replace all my "r"s with "w"s.
I'd be happy with either book, but my young son would much prefer the one for kids :) Adorable!
Either book would be fantastic! My girls wold love either!
Either book would be fantastic! My girls wold love either!
Shannon H.
I would love the second ZooBorn book. I read the RSS feed of the website so having the book would be awesome!
comb over...unicorn...I don't think I've ever heard those two words used together, ever....
Love both those books, would be happy to have either one....
Super cute cakes. I really liked the pink hippo. I liked the first Zooborn book.
My girls would love the first Zooborn book. I personally love the baby Chthulu.
I like the baby animal book..so cute!
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These are amazing! The baby Chthulu (or perhaps just a Chthulu getting all dolled up) is amazingly creative. You know that was for the parents as much as it was for the child. I haven't read the Zooborns books but with six nieces and nephews under age 7 (and one nephew arriving in April), either would be an awesome win to have on hand for visits! I also work as a doula and keep kids' books on hands for wee siblings-to-be to read while mom labors, so why not add to the bag of tricks? Side note: I can't wait to search online to find a fennec cake! (The big-eared beauty on the cover of the second book is a fennec and is just made for over-the-top cuteness.)
Oh my word! So cute it hurts! Especially that DRAGON! This couldn't have come at a better time either. My baby is turning one on Thursday and we are doing a zoo theme! Oh I wish I could get a cake like this for him!
I love both books!
I sooooo want to win the Zooborn book, so pick me, random comment picker-ma-bob, pick me!
I like the second book! So adorable!
Ooh, I bet my boys would adore the first book.
Meanwhile, I just can't get over how stinking cute that panda cake is.
Very super cute cakes this week!! The Chthulu has to be my favorite!!!
I would take either book, but have a 4 year old and baby on the way who I think would like the first better.
The baby animal cakes remind me of a cake a friend of mine baked which features nuzzling giraffes and said "happy every day". I've wanted to submit it for a while. guess I should have!
As far as books, I would love to have the second book for myself, but I'd also love to send the first book to my sister's family. She is a zoologist and her two boys get to have be best of animal encounters.
Pick me, I'd love to have the second book!
~Justine
My kids would love either book. Way cute cakes!
We love baby animals and that first book looks great.
OK, My daughter Jenevieve (yes, another Jen) aka 4boys4me, makes cakes for her kids, and they like Cake Wrecks.
I can just see one the boys requesting the Cthulu cake. Why? Because their mom is weird enough to make it for them.
And book two would be fun.
baby animals....my girls would just die for it!!
So damn cute...love the dragon. And, I'd love to win the book for kids.
I like the second book. I did my daughters bday cake upon request. She thinks it should go on the Sunday sweets. I see a big fat pink wreck! That's for "encouragement" that I too can make a cake! -natalia
*love love LOVE* the sleeping dragon! I want it for my bday!
Cuteness overload! but would love the second Zooborns book. My son adores the ZooBorns page.
Hope I am not to late to leave a comment. Love the blog, love, love the witty quips and would love to have either book! Keep up the great work!
I would totally take the second, since I'm a cute animal loving adult person! (and may I ask for the cake with the lion living in harmony with the rest of the animals as well?)
Second book for everyone else! Pick me! Pick me! That hippo is cake is my new friend <3
Brittany
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My daughter would loooove the Zooborns book!
Oh heck, who am I kidding, I want the first as well. I am practically a kid anyway. My drawer full of crayons and coloring books and my THREE shelves of cartoons and kid movies (out of 6) say the same too.
Whoa, 1300+ comments?
I think I'm now at cute overload for the week, but I'm not complaining. Either the first cake or the http://www.san-x.co.jp/suama/suama.html" rel="nofollow">Tare Panda cake is my favorite.
I think the pandas actually make more sense as cake - I've never understoond why they have that "Russian Nesting" look (thanks for the great description, BTW, I'll always think of it when I see them from now on), but it actually makes sense for a layered cake! :p
So Cute! I was just looking at the ZooBorns site today and loved the first book for kids, but both are so stinking cute!
Am i too late??
Darn Arizona for not taking part in daylight savings!
I'll take Zooborns for $200, Alex!
My kid and kid-on-the-way love animals. Did I mention yesterday was my baby shower and you didn't get me anything? Shame on you. Shame on me for not inviting you. But, it's not too late to send me a book which the kids will love! please, please, please!
Adorable yes.
Accurate in the description of their diets, no.
Someone by now has surly addressed the fact that the Russian nesting Pandas eat BAMBOO and Blinis, right, not Eucalyptus and Borscht.
I mean only Russian nesting Koalas eat Borscht.
LOL: had to add this bit of synchronicity - my PBS station is showing this episode all about baby animals tonight - http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/episodes/born-wild-the-first-days-of-life/introduction/5258/" rel="nofollow">Born Wild: The First Days of Life!
Oh, and not to add to the Epbotness, but regardless of what regular pandas eat, maybe Tare pandas do eat Borscht. I don't read enough Japanese to be able to tell, and Wikipedia doesn't say. :p
We have little kiddos, and would love to win the Kiddie one. Thanks for a chance!
The baby Cthulhu is just a riot, and oh, so cute!
And these cakes are, as you said, fetching. Wonder if any of them will fetch me some cake?
wv - pawla
:::singing::: "Sweet little cake critter, give me your cute little pawla la la la . . ."
aww man, i'm too late as it's already 913pm Pacific. oh well, those are two uber cute books... and definitely the cutest was the unicorn with the combover. :o)
I would love the first book to read to my little boy. He loves loves loves loves animals. It seems like a super cute fun book to add to his bookshelf! :)
(Never hurts to enter a contest, does it?!)
Adowable animals awe adowable.
Ok seriously, I "awed" out loud when I came to the panda cake. How freaking adorable is that? That second book looks pretty dang cute. My kids & I would love it!
Oh, so much cuteness, I'm squeeing!
EEK!! I LOVE the panda's so much. They look like cute squishy pillows! I want to reach out and squish them!
Dang, it's probably too late. :(
The first book looks pretty cute though!!