Sunday Sweets: And All Was Well
July 17, 2011 With the final Harry Potter movie opening this weekend, we've come at last to the final chapter (zing!) in a long, beautiful friendship. Assuming your friends like to make movies messing with your favorite books, I mean. (Do NOT get John started, guys. Just...don't.)
Ahem.
So, fellow fans, feast your eyes on some of the best Potter Sweets ever to grace our Muggle coil!
Submitted by Lee F. and made by Beryl ByrdI like the way the moon and clouds are supported by thin wires - such a great background touch.
It doesn't get much more classic than this:
By Debbie Does CakesThe aging on the book pages is *perfect*.
While I admit the movie's Sorting Hat is kind of creepy, most of the cakes I've seen tend to make him look like he wants to eat your brains. This one strikes the perfect balance, though:
There's more to this next one than meets the eye:
By Deb KichlineThis cake was motorized, y'all, with the top branch rotating so the snitches flew in circles!
It also had a custom cake stand with hidden speakers that played the movie's theme song. WOW. Hit the link above for more pics and details.
Here's a fun LEGO version of Harry:
Perfection.
Submitted by Maggie B. and made by her friend, Lydia B.Hagrid's house here looks like a scale model, complete with Buckbeak in the yard:
Made by Mollie and found viaForget eating it; I want this displayed in my office!
By Yuma Couture CakesHm, can a cake be a horcrux? The symbol is the sign of the Deathly Hallows, there's a howler letter, Harry's wand, and check out the crazy detail in the basilisk fang:
Reader Comments (57)
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No one was wondering about that one. We all clearly know what the symbol for tye Deathly Hallows is. It's the OTHER rune that we're trying to figure out :)
ATTENTION EVERYONE!!!
The symbol on the RIGHT of the Deathly Hallows cake is the alchemical symbol for the Philosopher's Stone.
-zacharyK
Hey there, John (hubby of Jen),
You weren't wrong about the horcrux? cake...you didn't say that the cake was entirely from DH. You only said the symbols were from DH, and asked if a cake could be a horcrux. The basilisk fang is also from another book, so there were several books featured on that cake.
I've gotta ask...what ARE the main parts of the cake supposed to be...wheels of cheese? Teak salad bowls? I really can't figure it out.
Also, not to be a party pooper (ha ha, I said poop), but the sorting hat on the second cake kinda looks like a tall, creepy pile of poop with a face. Perhaps if it had been a lighter color, like a tan.
@Yuki J - the first HP book is actually pretty poorly written (perhaps the British version is better than the American version?) but the writing does improve with each book. You have to remember that Rowling's children were much younger when the first book came out, so it was written for young children. As Harry (and her children) grew older, the books were written for increasingly older audiences. By the time he was in high-school the the books were written on more of a high-school reading level.
I don't think that cauldron is bubbling flames. I think it's supposed to be Felix Felicis. But it is cute.
These are AMAZING!
Yes, the Howler was from the second book, but you must remember that the horcruxes are throughout most of the books, not just the last one. All the cakes were awesome. I'm sad that HP books and movies are over, but they will still live on!
Oh my god oh my god!!!!!!! I want those so badly!! I am such a huge Harry Potter fan!