Sunday Sweets: Jim Henson Tribute
May 22, 2011 Last week marked the 21st anniversary of Jim Henson's final bow. So, in his honor, I thought we'd take a look at some of the many Sweets featuring his most famous friends:
By Cupcake Occasions Why is there a Sam Eagle cupcake? Because AMERICA, that's why.
Now on to the "cakes you want to cuddle" section of today's post:
These guys look like little beanie baby versions of themselves:
Sub'd by Mags and made by love-a-cupcake
I promise I *did* look for Sweets from some of Henson's other work - the Dark Crystal, Fraggle Rock, and my personal favorite, Labyrinth - but all I found worth mentioning (and that I haven't posted before) was this doorknocker from Labyrinth:
Yes, it's really cake! I actually have the matching set of Labyrinth knockers on the closet doors in my office (photo here) so I was especially smitten to see one rendered so well in cake.
Beaker and Dr. Honeydew! The baker calls this a "baby shower cake for a mom-to-be who is more into science than babies." (Note the H2O molecule on the border.) Brilliant!
And finally, since I don't have a cake version of him for you, here's the Swedish Chef demonstrating the proper use of the "cäkenschmööscher."
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Reader Comments (123)
For me, the cupcakes look a little too much like hunting trophies. I'm torn between how cute they are and how they make me a little uncomfortable.
I have one of the Labyrinth door knockers on the wall outside my craft studio (there's no door) but now I feel like a total slacker for only having one of them!
Fab cakes! I love the Muppet cupcakes, too.
I had seen other Hensen based cakes, so I tried to find as many as I could...this is what I found:
http://cakecentral.com/gallery/1422989/1422997
some seriously cute cupcakes: http://fiveprime.org/hivemind/Tags/fondant,grouch
and here is one based upon Labyrinth! http://saltcakecity.blogspot.com/2010/12/labyrinth-inspired-cake.html
You need one of these:
http://www.amazon.com/Swedish-Muppet-Kitchen-Deluxe-Playset/dp/B002VCG1E4
and these:
http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/Muppet_Labs_Playset
I have both, as well as the Pigs in Space one & a giant Sweetums.
Beaker and Dr. Honeydew have human forms... The Myth Busters.
Love, love, love the Muppets. We have raised our two boys on Muppet DVDs. You know it's gone well when one wants to dress up as Marty Feldman for Halloween when he was three! The boys had a great time looking through these cakes with me.
Meep!
Oh, my! This may be the best "Sweets" post yet! I love the muppets!
Ok..so this is my first post on Cake Wrecks..and I have to say..You are my new favorite person. We share the same birthday of May 12th. (I was born on Mother's Day..were you?)...and one my favorite movies is the Labyrinth as well.
I LOVE Cake Wrecks. Thank you for putting a smile on my face with all of the wrecks.
I LOVE the Beaker and Honeydew cake! So cute!!!!!!! Hmmm, I suddenly feel the urge to buy a holiday book. Oh, you have one? How coincidental!
I loved this post!
The perfect gift for a wreckerator- The cakensmoosher!
@Isolder 74- Loved the song tribute!
@VeggieT- The Swedish Chef is way too good for food network!
Wow, that Bert and Ernie cake is marvelous!
Actually the Swedish Chef cake still looks better than most of the Wrecks on this place. I'd eat that one, even if it did talk back in mock Japanese.
You do know that the Swedish Chef has been fibbing about his nationality don't you? On one of the shows it was shown that he wasn't mock Swedish, but mock Japanese.
Having a baby in a month and I now know what I want for his birthday--either the actual birth or his 1st: Either those cupcakes or the toy chest.
LOVED the cupcakes!
@Eggie....
"...you may cry..".....
Here I
am, a senior citizen, watching that video for about 10 seconds before the waterworks started. Big sentimental baby, me.
Ii's okay... They are REAL! I hate to see Kermit sad. That is a true GIFT~~to create something like that... to give the characters real... well, HEART.
Go well, Jim.
Your soul was-- and always will be-- that of a child and a genius.
=^u.u,^=
@sendingtheclowns
Oh, everyone cries at it. I've seen it several times and still get weepy lol. Its very sweet though, haha - Jim Henson was a gift :)
Glad you enjoyed!
those were amazing, for some reason ever since i can remember i've always thought sesame street was creepy and frightening but always loved the muppets, lol
Thank-you for posting all those cakes. They brought back so many memories of first Sesame Street and than The Muppet Show. Believe it or not I'm feeling weepy.
I found the knockers (heh) on ebay; these guys also have a direct online store. Info is in the listing: http://cgi.ebay.com/LABYRINTH-MOVIE-PAIR-DOOR-KNOCKER-FACES-DAVID-BOWIE-/220700848280?pt=UK_DVD_Film_TV_Film_Memorabilia_LE&hash=item3362cbb098#ht_1080wt_1141
I am so NOT a celebrity groupie, but when Jim Henson died, I sat on the floor and bawled--I was 36 at the time. My daughters were just 5 and wondered why I was so sad and I told them that Kermit's daddy had got sick and was dead. The only other person we mourned like that was Jerry Garcia. Some people just refuse to be strangers, whether you meet them or not. Thanks for a wonderful tribute. Now I am strangely compelled to begin my Christmas shopping.
WHERE did you get the doorknockers!that is my fave movie of all time I love david bowie and jim henson! i have looked online and did not see anything...do you remember where you got them?
Thank you for posting so many wonderful Sunday Sweets this week---my (adult) kids all have fond memories of watching Sesame Street. Kermit and Ernie and Bert were our favorites.
my inbox was filled with people demanding that I come look at the cakes today because- oh my goodness- I am a total Muppet girl. (my son was *this* close to being named Grover...true story)
But seeing the door knocker from Labyrinth? (one of the best movies ever made) was what made my day.
Thank you for this fantastic collection!
(& why is it that no one ever does Pigs in Space cakes?)
Oh, thank you SO MUCH for this lovely tribute to one of the greatest creative minds who EVER lived! Jim Henson's work was a HUGE PART of mine and my sister's childhood. So seeing this is truly touching.
Swedish Chef clip: I have watched that SO MANY TIMES before today! It's so fitting you would post it here!
@Calliope said...
(& why is it that no one ever does Pigs in Space cakes?)
That is very tempting. I'll have to put that on my list of things to try.
I'm loving these! I remember playing muppets games as a child! Love them!!
Ahh you made my night. I love the Swedish Chef lol. Now I want to watch the Muppet Show again. And again. Lol my favorite show as a kid and even now.
Another source for 'A Boy and His Frog' can be found on Tom Smith's website- http://tomsmithonline.com/freestuff/index.html
I LOVE that someone else has the door knockers! My brother gifted me with a pair for my birthday a few years back.
Why doesn't the Swedish Chef have his own show? Probably because he doesn't take himself seriously enough.
"Wreck the Halls with boughs of folly..." Something made me think of that song for some reason. Odd.
wv: urthshas. Anyone remember those? (Earth shoes. Ok, it's a stretch.)
Epic Wind! Jim Henson is without a doubt my biggest hero - because some of us still have them. He will continue to delight and inspire people for generations. Thank you for sharing. The world lost an amazing man way too soon.
Oh my goth! I love Mrs.Piggy! She was my rolemodel when I was a kid. And that doorknocker is brilliant!
OMG - anything with Beaker is now officially my favorite cake ever!!! I love that little guy. :)
That toy chest and cupcakes are fantastic! Although all of these cakes are pretty fabulous. How could you eat them?!
Abby Cadabby?! Is her name supposed to sound so morbid, as in cadaver? I haven't watched in a while.
As for the rest of the cakes, all I have to say is, "Squee!" SO DARLING!
I was hoping to see some Muppets doing Bohemian Rhapsody! "Mammaaaaaaaa! Mama? MaaaMaaaaa! MamaMamaMamaMama!"
I do believe they're making a new Muppet movie and it's coming out around November.
I can't wait until I'm back in Disney World in 5 days!! Muppets 3D at DHS, HERE I COME!
My kids just loved the cakes.. thanks!
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3005/2931877467_16541e316b.jpg here is a fraggle rock cake I found on google
Thank you so much for the Jim Henson Tribute. I was strictly a Sesame Street kid growing up and now I have a three year old son who loves it too. I don't normally share Cake Wrecks with him, but today we snuggled on the couch to look at them together. He was so excited to see his favorite charcters (although the color of grover was off). And the video clip was a huge hit. I had never seen it, so we both were laughing when it started talking. But when it got smashed my son got sad and said "but I wanted to eat the cake".
I don't think I could ever eat any of them!
Alas, a day late - but this might be my favoritist sweets entry ever! Now we see how Kermit OUGHT to be done. :)
Thanks so much for sharing these, they are fantastic & soooo cute!
There's sooooo much I love about this post! The cupcakes were awesome--because AMERICA, that's why! Beaker and Animal are my absolute fave muppets. The door knocker from Labyrinth--A-MAZ-ING! And my God, thank you for posting the Swedish chef vid. Bork bork bork!
Great post, I always look forward to the Sundsy Sweets - so many skilled people out there!
I'm sure some of your will enjoy this: Look at this insanely awesome Fraggle Rock cake*!
http://kimberlychapman.com/crafts/cakes/2008-oct-fragglerockplain.html
*I just had to try my google-fu when she said she couldn't find any good ones of the fraggles
Um, Jen? That Abby Cadabby is terrible. As in, if someone had done a cake rendering of a character you love to that caliber, like Mickey for instance, it would have NEVER made the cut for a Sunday Sweet, and most likely would have ended up in a Kids' Birthday Wrecks post.
I'm sure there are good Abby cakes out there. This just isn't it.
Watching the Muppet Show with our kids was always a treat - we loved the humor, the personalities of the characters, everything! I agree with those who have said that Jim Henson left us way too early - he was brilliant, clever, with a huge heart.
@Lis: "Beaker and Dr. Honeydew have human forms... The Myth Busters." That is a hilarious observation! I wouldn't have thought of the Mythbusters in that regard, but you're absolutely right.
Thanks for the awesome post and trip down memory lane, Jen. We need more shows like the Muppet Show. One of the previous posters mentioned there may be a movie coming out later this year. If so, I am so in!
Hmm, I get the feeling I should ask for a book this Christmas...
Justin's toy box would be perfect if the real Muppets would kick Elmo out of there. Sorry, but the kid has no business hanging out with the big boys.
Love the cupcakes!
Jim Henson is one of only two celebrity deaths that I've actually mourned - the other was John Denver. Both of them put so much of themselves into their work that it felt like a friend had died.
I'm envious of the poster who met Jim Henson, although I have met Elmo, also at an event in Atlanta (probably the same venue - the Center for Puppetry Arts). The amazing thing was how the kids related to Elmo, running up and hugging and talking to him, even though Kevin Clash was RIGHT THERE, not even trying to disguise he was working him. The kids didn't even see him, they were so caught up with Elmo.
The Muppeta are real - I have proof.
WV: andschya - Andschya it shall be, forever and ever, Amen.
I do believe you have found the video training class all wreckerators were required to take in order to "practice". I LOVE the Swedish Chef!
Is that my dear friend James's Chewy I see on the wall?