Sunday Sweets Celebrates Mer-May!
May 27, 2018 I follow a lot of artists on Instagram, and I've been loving the "Mer-May" art prompt this month. So many mermaids in every conceivable art style - except, hang on, where are the CAKES?
Now there's an art style we can sink our teeth into.
So hold on to your foot fins, beautiful land mermaids, because I went fishing... and found 10 Mermaid Cakes that are Sweet as shell.
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By Little Cherry Cake Company in England
Looove these colors; who knew minty blue and lavender would work so well together?
Oh! And I'm adding something new to Sweets: When possible, I'm going to tell you guys where each bakery is located. I've always found it fascinating how Sweets are from all around the globe, so I thought you might, too. (I still include Sweets hobby bakers, though, so not everyone will have a location listed.)
The most popular "mermaid" cakes right now focus on their better halves:
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By Cocoa Lane Sweeterie in Ontario
I think the tails are cute. Bottoms up!
This one looks like a giant mound of glitter, and I approve:
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By C&C Cakes & Co, but I can't find their website. Help?
Where's Tamatoa singing "Shiny" when you need him?
Check out the perfect ombre fade on these scales:
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By Cake Central User Maris Paris, design by Marinold Cakes
Speaking of scales, this one's a little more abstract - but I am SO HERE for the floating hair and watercolor effect:
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By Cake Studio Rouge in Serbia
Positively dreamy - look at the water bubbles on the cake board!
Low-key plotting to steal this crown so I can wear it:
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By Good Gosh Ganache in Texas
Of course we can't talk about mermaids without including everyone's favorite redhead:
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By Antonella di Mana Torte & Design in Sicily
Ariel! And she's never looked cuter.
I love this version of the Little Mermaid, too:
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A Cakeheads collaboration by McGreevey Cakes in Pennsylvania, using the art of Alicechan
If you're looking for a shiny-but-subtle mermaid cake, how about this jaw-dropping single tier?
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By Rosie's Dessert Spot, who has a Youtube tutorial on how to make your own!
More gorgeous watercolors:
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By Nevie Pie Cakes in England
My favorite color combo! And I like how they're stacked like a 3D paper-cutting.
And finally, this one has a little of everything:
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By Lynette Brandl in London
My favorite part is the ruffly "waves." So clever!
Happy Mer-May and happy Sunday, everyone!
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Reader Comments (14)
Love the capiz (?) shell's irridescence on the fourth one! So realistic! These are all ......hmm. ...
Got it: FRILLY, FUN, and FABULOUS!!! p.s.: I want fins!
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It took me a few moments to see that Ariel was looking up through the water at Prince Eric in the 8th cake. Lovely.
I **LOVE** that you're including locations!! These were all gorgeous :)
So lovely. :D
Thank you for adding locations where you can. I love seeing where these were made.
I was just thinking about making some mermaid cupcakes the other day because we got some mermaid cupcake liners, and this gave me some great inspiration. These are gorgeous!
These are very pretty cakes! The one by C&C Cakes reminds me of Mardi Gras with its colors. I laugh through the week with Cake Wrecks and I smile with the wonderful Sunday Sweets!
I found a website for Cakes & Co (as opposed to C&C Cakes and Co.)
In the off chance you did not find it, it's here...http://www.cakeandconj.com/index.html
Not sure it's the right cake company, but just toss that out there since you asked for help. (not sure it helps.)
Thanks for adding the location. Fun to see that.
Congratulations Rosie on the shout out!
I'm sorry, but if you can't see the top half of a mermaid, then you've got a FISH CAKE there lady!
Jenn I love the idea of putting in the location but when doing so could you also put the country? For example Ontario could be Canada, or Kansas or California. London could be UK or Canada.
Great idea to add locations. Thanks for the Sunday loveliness.
The third one--all gold and glittery--looks a little wrecky to me with that flotsam-like topper. I mean, it really catches my eye, but I don't think qualifies as a full on Sunday Sweet. :-)
That one from Good Gosh Ganache is modeled off a Finfolk tail! I am loving these cakes ^_^