Sunday Sweets: The Undead Wed
March 29, 2009 Alright, folks, here 'tis: the moment you've all been waiting for. I give you...
James F. was the first to submit this loveliness, and as you can see it's from the one and only Pink Cake Box.
This next one may be more "bare bones", but I think it's rather classic:
Lynn H. actually sent this to me a looong time ago as a Wreck, but I liked it well enough to keep it stashed in the "Sweets" file ever since. It's from Craig's Cake Shop in Wisconsin.
I hear this next one was recently featured on the WE channel's Amazing Wedding Cakes:
It was made by Lauri Ditunno of Cake Alchemy, and Julie T. was the first of many to send it in.
I find this one particularly cool because I think that web was made using a new flexible icing product I saw at last year's ICES convention. You pipe it out as a runny icing, but once it dries it's like an edible rubber - you can pick it up, stretch it, etc. John and I had some fun at the product table playing with the stuff, but this is the first professional cake I've seen using it - assuming that's what it is, of course.
Sorry, sorry - geek out time over. Next!
I'm an art lover, so you know I have to feature at least one Day of the Dead cake:
Looove the colors! This was Janet S.'s wedding cake, and it was made by Kathy of Calamity Cakes.
Check out this dark beauty:
It took me a second to realize, but those tiers are actually coffin-shaped! See, I love that this is such a unique, gothically-inspired cake without being in-your-face. Also, this just might be my favorite Day of the Dead inspired topper ever:
And yes, it was custom-made: Carrie, the bride, wore a red gown and has purple and red hair. [sing-song voice] Gor-geous!!
This was submitted anonymously, but Mistress Carrie (she's a DJ for WAAF in Boston) was kind enough to e-mail me recently with more details. The cake was made by Something Sweet by Michelle, and the custom topper by Skellramics.
Here's another red, black & white gem:
Sabrina found it here, and it's made by Rosebud Bakery. Thanks to all of you in the comments who helped track it down!
And you know I always save my favorite for last, right? Here ya go:
Honestly, I think I'm in love with this cake. Who knew a skull topper with a spider on it could be that adorable? And I love the soft colors, the airbrushing, the purplish black roses - it's really all quite exquisite. What's even better is that this was made by the author of the blog Pumpkin And Spice for her advanced cakes class - she's still in culinary school! Many thanks to Meghan L. for finding it.
Reader Comments (103)
For the Amazing Wedding Cakes cake - you are correct that is the icing that she used to make the web. I emailed her and asked and she was so kind to email me back! how cool is that!! We had a debate about it over at Cake Central when the show first aired.
- Janel
The site's actually in Portuguese, not Spanish. My Portuguese is very basic, but it certainly doesn't look like it mentions the bakery.
I can speak Spanish, but cannot help you however because the blog is in Portuguese !
I LOVE the second cake, the simple "bare bones" one. Even though there are little skulls, it looks so elegant.
Hey Jen - it's actually in Portugese, not Spanish. Unfortunately, I am terrible with Portugese.
I checked out the Spanish site, but I am pretty sure it is actually Portuguese. While I don't speak Portuguese, it is very similar to Spanish, so from what I could tell, the bakery is not listed.
...Actually, a really bad translation doesn't help.
It's just a post about what makes a gothic wedding -- it's not just a black dress, you need trick or treak flower girls and a skull cake, too! There's no link or credit for the cake, though.
Honestly? I'd spend a thou on a cake like one of those. How fun. But then I'm weird that way. I almost got married on Halloween until my better sense made me wait a day. Better to be with the Saints than the Satans.
That website for the 2nd to last cake is in Portuguese! I couldn't find anything on it that resembled a bakery name. Way cool, though. :)
Tried to help you with the cake site in Spanish--but it's in Portuguese. From what I can understand, though, there isn't a mention of the source of the cake. I think they were submitted photos from someone who was responding to an earlier post on that site.
But I could be wrong... because I speak Spanish, and used it to make educated guesses on the Portuguese.
LOVE the Day of the Dead cakes!
Well, I found my brother's wedding cake if he ever gets married.
Jen... that one with the 2 skulls on top is without a doubt a product of Rosebud Bakery... they always use that backdrop and I know I've seen that photo in their Flickr stream!
Wow! Who ever did think that a skull with a spider on its head could be an adorable cake topper? Someone with much more imagination than I have.
Very fun Sunday Sweets!
the Calamity Cake one is GORGEOUS! I love the dia de los muertos style. those colors are bomb.
They are well-done...I have to admit, though, that I don't quite get why someone would want skulls on their wedding cake. But, hey, to each their own. :)
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Yo,
It has now been changed to read "Portuguese."
I shall now wow you all with my phonetically spelled favorite Portuguese statement.
"Oom pato peezu noo meeo pay."
The duck is standing on my foot.
Thank you. Thank you very much.
john
Wild Cakes is right, I found the flickr photo: http://www.flickr.com/photos/14559934@N04/2988534008/in/set-72157602782542810/
Ew. They're all beautifully done, but I will never, ever understand some people's obsession with desiccated human remains.
Of course, many people will never understand my obsession with knitting, but I doubt a cabled sweater ever made someone want to throw up.
The blog in Portuguese basically says that they posted a previous post about a gothic wedding (of Billy Martin and Linzi Williamson) but someone else posted a comment that that wedding wasn't nearly as gothic as hers. So the bloggers put together a post full of pictures of various different weddings, but they fail to cite where they got any of the pictures from, nor do they reference where the cake was from. You can find their previous post about Gothic weddings if you look on the right sidebar for November 2008 and scroll down to the 16th of November. They do include a cake, though not nearly as "undead" as any you featured here!
I'm portuguese and there's absolutely no reference to the bakery, cake shop or whatsoever.
cheers, david.
yep... Roesbud it is! Here's the link: http://www.flickr.com/photos/14559934@N04/2988534008/in/set-72157602326080870/
I am in love with every single one of these cakes! I'm a bit partial to the Corpse Bride cake though. :) Great post!
Wow, amazing! Is that last cake supposed to be draped in fabric, or what is that?
And I don't care of those are coffin-shaped, they're chocolate and that's all that matters!
Beautiful, one and all! Should I ever get married again, I think I would cough up the bucks for a flawless cake such as those.
On the coffin shaped cake... So sweet how they gaze into each others eye sockets.
Yes, I guess that is what can happen after a few decades of living with the same person.
Angie (from over at www.HalfAssedKitchen.com)
The Day of the Dead cake is amazing! You're right, the colors are fantastic.
i translated the portuguese, and it does not mention the "cakey-cake bakery"
-NetFreak
(my account isn't working :( )
Hey, can you...post your wedding cake? Just for kicks. I'd love to see it! (...even if it was a wreck)
I remember seeing that episode of Amazing cakes! It was a gel thing they piped out, then let it set, then oh so gently draped it on the cake.
Slightly creepy, but I they are done so well that I might say that I even like these too. Neat!!
Sorry folks.. I just don't get it. The first time I saw a Tim Burton wedding cake here some time ago just weirded me out, and people saying that they like these cakes is.. well.. just too weird.
I think that if I was at a wedding that had a cake like this, I'd have to run screaming from the reception hall.
Did I miss the lesson about why skeletons and wedding cakes go together? I guess I'm just a traditionalist. I love cake though, and would eat any of these.
I ADORE all of these cakes!! Almost makes me want to get married again.
Almost.
Now THAT is how you do undead. I wouldn't ever choose one for myself, but wouldn't be grossed out eating them! (unlike last week's wrecks!)
those are so awesome! I love the coffin shaped tiers! the day of the dead cakes were also quite amazing.
very cool!
Soo... not "Wrecks," then.
That "bare bones" cake seems to be using Day of the Dead skull molds you can get online - I've used them before and they look exactly the same as those.
I LOVE the Day of the Dead cake. That would be a great cake to have anytime, not just for a wedding! But I am especially fond of the next one down. 'cause it looks like that icing is CHOCOLATE!
I assumed the second cake down was a Day of the Dead cake, too. I woonder if those skulls were purchased ready-made, or if they were cast by the baker?
I'm so flattered that my cake's included in Sweet Sundays! (Better than the other days of the week!)
For our cakes class, we were allowed to choose our own theme. Since I love Halloween, I decided to do a Goth wedding cake. I figured once I was out in the industry, I'd be making a lot of traditional cakes, so I wanted to do something more unusual for class.
Thw Amazing Wedding Cakes cake isn't the cake they made on the show. It was the inspiration cake for the cake they made. The cake on the show was made by the Cake Atelier you can see the cake made on the show at this site:
http://www.wetv.com/amazing-wedding-cakes/cake-designer-bios/the-cake-atelier
and then click on the link for slideshow. It's the 12th cake.
Thanks for such a great site! I look forward to reading the new post every day!!!
I'm so CONFUSED! Beautiful cakes, yes... but that? At your wedding? How does someone come up with that idea, anyways?
I think the lesson is that even if a cake or a piece of art or an interior isn't quite our own taste, we can still appreciate the giftedness of the artist and their own special brand of beauty.
Yep. We can.
Of course Tim Burton's undead enough...=D I love the Corpse Bride one!!
The asymmetry and the colors of that fourth cake are driving me crazy. Does anybody else agree, or am I missing something here? (I'm just curious; I definitely respect others' opinions :).)
Absolutely love the cakes. If I knew such wonderful cake makers existed I would've had a similar cake for my wedding long ago. But, I had to settle for black roses :)
To the knitter who commented earlier, everyone has their likes and dislikes. Honestly I love the macabre cakes, and I for one would puke if I had to wear a cable knitted sweater. Of course if you knitted some skulls on it I might not :P
As someone who adores the different-those cakes are fabulous. Those are the kind of cakes you almost hate to cut into and ruin the beauty of them.
I love these! I like the one with all the little skulls, and the coffin-tiers best. Not so much the Tim Burton one, but at least it's well done.
Mira8
well executed, but meh. Goth cakes = whatever. Bored now.
Oh yes, Burton is more than undead enough for me.
The coffin cake is very interesting. :)