Sunday Sweets: Heart Attack!

Do you love...love? Can you make that little growly noise in the back of your throat? Do you often talk like Antonio Banderas while wearing silk fencing pants? (More importantly, do they even make silk fencing pants?)

If so, then this post is for you.

But everyone else will probably like it, too.

By Meine bunte Tortenwelt und mehr... and inspired by Storeyshop

Aww. And that's really saying something, guys.

By Little Bird Bakery

Finally, chocolate icing done right! Don't the swirls look like little bird nests?

With Valentine's Day being a more intimate holiday [rawr], we see lots of sweet mini-cakes for the occasion:

By CakeMyDay

Love the simplicity of those stripes.

By Rouvelee's Creations

This technique of overlapping the edge with a heart border is genius. GENIUS, I say.

By Cupcake Envy

Ack! So cute!

Here's a beautifully made version of Bakerella's box of chocolates cake:

By Ban Bakes - In Paris

And your Fondant-Free Sweet of the Week:

By Kahlan4

I'm told this is Francois the Skunk, but by any name, he's stinkin' adorable.
(See what I did there?)

Also adorable: Bubba's bubbly bumblebees:

By Bubba's Bakery

Hey, they got it right!

The cake to mend broken hearts?

By eat · cake · party

Or at least put a few stitches in them, anyway.

Every now and then I still have to explain to people that I don't hate cupcakes; I hate cupcake cakes. [ptooie!] However, this created a whole new misunderstanding when they started making those giant cupcake-shaped pans. Granted, most of the cupcake-shaped cakes I've seen are also pretty wrecky, but the form itself isn't the problem.

After all, there are still gems like this:

By gabby cupcakes

Seriously, check out the texture on the icing "icing." (Heh.) It looks like a gigantic spatula smoothed it on: just perfect!

And now some regular size cupcakes:

Also by gabby cupcakes

I'll take the owl and the center double heart, please.

Louise over at Cake Journal has long been one of my favorite bakers:

By CakeJournal

Everything she makes is sweet, simple, and absolutely flawless.
And I am so jealous.

And finally, a Sweet that reminds me of a cheery, old-fashioned carnival:

By Cakes by Lynette

In a really good way, of course.

Now, who's ready [eyebrow waggle]...for love?

Or maybe a slice of cake?

Yep, right there with you. Pass the milk, please. ;)

Have a Sweet to nominate? Then send it to Sunday Sweets [at] Cake Wrecks [dot] com.

Comments

[Sarah]

CUTE!!! Since you took my owl cupcake, I guess I'll have the cupcake on the cupcake next to it.(I hope that made sense) I also love the "Bee Mine" cake and the "cupcake cake."

[Anonymous]

That first one made me laugh, and I completely agree that the chocolate frosting on the second one looks great (and not at all like poo!).

The skunk (despite the coloring, I was thinking bear, since no tail was in sight, so thanks for identifying that) is adorable. And the "stitched" cake is amazing.

Thanks for sharing such delightful sweets!

[Monika]

Wow, absolute incredible! You publish my cake, thank you so much :-)
I made the cake-love-cake two years ago for my hubby...

[Mary]

Love that box of chocolates cake and the fondant free cakes always get my vote.

[sam!]

"I love you more than cake." But cake doesn't love me!

[Jessica]

You guys probably know this already from when it was broadcast in the UK, but Graham Norton did a great segment with your book. He showed baby shower Wrecks to Kate Hudson - including the famous carrot jockeys!

[Rachael]

Love these cakes! So pretty! I once made a heart cake but it was nothing near the cute of these cakes!

[Maureen]

Wow! Every one is Fantastic! Great cakes today -- thanks very much.

[stuckinmypedals]

Ooh, those cupcakes are so adorable. The owl is too cute!

[mickeyp415]

as always, some amazing stuff! i love the second cake -- the work on those cupcakes is spectacular. and the cupcakes near the end of the post, each with their own design, are adorable. the box of choc is great, too. (the giant cupcake cake... eh, i can live without those, tho it IS one of the better ones that i've seen.)

[Jessica (Hey Lola)]

That last cake is amazing...I want to give it to everyone.

[Thekla Richter]

I think that the skunk is actually a Japanese badger called a tanuki. Super cute use of the two foil heart chocolates!

[Rachael]

The awesome heart ruffle with the bear totally looks like a Gingerbear. This was my favorite Christmas story as a kid.

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_aojsZe6ITbE/TO_dfuVQNZI/AAAAAAAAAfQ/QBQlMgyBcLU/s320/gingerbear.jpg

[Anonymous]

IT LOOKS LIKE FABRIC!!

[Anonymous]

Absolutely LOVE these cakes!

Sometimes Val Day can be a little tough for the unpartnered. We don't get speciial cards. ("congratulatins on Living Alone!")

So my purpose today is to urge other single peeps to buy themselves lovely cakes, beautiful cupcakes, and/or stunning lingerie ( I found this place called juliannarae....) Celebrate the sensory!! Celebrate aliveness!

And that is the end of my little talk, Pass the fudge cake, please!!

[citygirlcountryfood]

My friend Abby has an annual V-Day tradition (which she calls Hate Day) in which she makes a Hate Day cake.

I think this one is awesome and worthy of an anti-Valentine's Day post.

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=523846446992&set=a.523846442002.2026508.163100005&theater

[Anonymous]

My mom will fight you over the owl cupcake!

The artistry and imagination just amaze and inspire me. I sew and have done a couple of cakes definitely not in this class. The hat cake - wow. The bird nest cake, double wow.

Thanks so much for what you do. You make life more "sweet" and I laugh so much at the wrecks. God bless you guys!

Joanie

[Can Can Dancers]

wow!! I am lost for words with some of these! Absolutely adorable!

[Bree]

I love the stitched hearts cake and the one with the teddy bear holding the hearts. I'm a sucker for hearts and teddy bears both together. All the cakes are wonderful.

[Laura Wynn]

ah! These are all sooo cute and awesome!

[Samantha]

No. They don't make silk fencing pants. What good would they do? We prefer Kevlar ... :)

[Anonymous]

These are amazing....so jealous of the skill needed to create these beauties. BUT, how long before we see an horific version of the skunk at the local GroceryMart bakery?? LOL
SarahL

[Karen]

I <3 this whole post!!

[Mags]

I might love you more than cake... but not more than the ICING!!
;) Mags

[ewysiwyg]

Edible ball bearings?!?!? Brilliant!

[Smree]

SO MUCH CUTENESS IN THIS POST! GAAH!

And seriously, anyone can love more than CAKE. But it takes a special someone to love more than...possums.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8EkkrGtT-V0

:D

[J.]

"I love you more than cake."

Notice he/she didn't specify what kind of cake.

Real love would be "I love you more than reading CakeWrecks." But I'm not so sure such love exists.

[Stacy Q]

The "skunk" cake looks just a leeetle bit like Totoro to me.

They're all so lovely!

[Kirsten]

I love the heart in the teddy bear's pocket!

[Anonymous]

AAwwwwww :D

[MissNay]

These are delightful! So pretty!

[mladybright]

**sigh**

I'm hoping to get somewhere near this level of loveliness when I prepare hubby's Valentine's Day cake this weekend.

Thanks for the inspiration!

~~Di

[Marnie]

Love the itty bitty bear with a heart in his pocket! Also the owl. Adorable!

[firecat88]

"Love is more than a word to me, you know? I love love, I love it! And if that's wrong, I don't want to be right!"

I love these cakes. :D They are absolutely adorable. I especially adore the 'Bee Mine?' cake. If a guy gave me that cake, the answer would totally be yes.

[Lixie]

KAWAIII!! I loovve the blue one with the pink roses. omg

[Kelly]

Wow! These may be my favorite Sunday Sweets so far. Some of these would make great ideas for wedding cakes, too :)

[Anonymous]

LOVELOVELOVE the second cake with the roses!!! SO WANT for my birthday! Maybe because I love roses. And the second cake with roses; so pretty. The roses looked like porcelain.

Such sweet, pretty cakes!

[pikkewyntjie]

These are all really pretty. I especially like the Box of Chocolate one! Candy and cake!

Mainly, I'm posting because of my WV: canklegr

I ate so much cake and Valentine candy that I now have canklegr (cankles, grrr!)

[Susan]

I really love that second cake. That is such a wonderful use of cupcakes! It looks like a gorgeous wreath full of roses.

Also loved the stitched one. So cute and seriously amazing!

[Arlene]

Oooh that beautiful heart shaped cake with the cupcakes around it made me squeal with glee. I adore all the cakes but I adore that heart one so much. Makes me want one for tomorrow lol.

[madebymama]

Love, love, love them! Made my Valentine's day! :D
Rita (in Australia)

[Craig]

#2, 3, 12: The daisies on these are perfect! Seriously, those flowers could pass for real. Also on #2: so there is a shade of pink other than glow-in-the-dark, in-your-face, radioactive pink. Whoda thunkit?

#6 "Life is like a box of choc-o-lates; you never know what you're gonna get."

#10 At last -- sprinkles I can believe in!

[Kimpossible]

OMG!!! These are INCREDIBLE!!! I love the broken hearts one, its too cute!!! But I wouldn't turn any of them down!!!

[Nich]

These are obviously all amazing, but I have to ask....why is it that so many representations of cupcakes (cupcake paraphenalia especially) have a cherry on top? It's not a sundae. I don't think I've ever run across a real cupcake that actually has this mysterious cherry topper. maybe I am just missing out on something that everyone else is quite familiar with?

[Ellen]

Oh, that owl! Adorable!

wv: ovens.

Really.

[Delanni]

Love then all! Lols at the pink worm "sprinkles" on the giant cupcake, cute though it may be! Happy Valentine's all!

[Pauline]

It ALMOST makes me want to start celebrating Valentine's Day again....but nah.

[stephanie j.]

These are too too too beautiful. I love the patchwork one.

[Becky]

OMGSH thankyou for posting my 'Bee Mine' cake!!
Seriously, i couldnt believe it when i saw it! That was one of my first ever cakes, and i was only 17 when i made it, so for it to be worthy of Sunday Sweets brings a little tear to my eye lol!

[Anneke (Mudhooks)]

Some of them are lovely and some are LOVERLY!