Sunday Sweets: Pretty As A Princess
January 16, 2011 
Submitted by Cathy & found at the 2010 Royal Adelaide Show; baker unknown.
Sub'd by Shanna R., made by Jane Asher Party Cakes
Sub'd by Jessica P., made by Maria Luisa Mijares Arte y Reposteria(Seriously, how amazing is that painting? Gorgeous!)
I have to stop the story now, or else I may never get to this next fondant-free beauty:
By crazebake cakes and cupcakesOk, so she's not technically a Princess, but Tink and her forest cottage here are still royally awesome.
Now, clap your hands if you believe in eating fairies!!
Wait. I think that came out wrong.
Made by Say It With CakeWell, it's not.
'Cuz I still have to show you this FABULOUS fishbowl design for The Princess and the Frog:
Submitted by CW Reader Kathryn L. and made by her daughter and niece.I'm thinking of asking this cake to marry me. I hope John won't mind.
Next, a cutie-patooty mini-cake:
Sub'd by Tifany D., made by Cupcake EnvyNow, I realize that Disney has the corner on the Princess market, but we geek girls will always have a special place in our hearts for Mario's Princess Peach:
Sub'd by Vin, made by Chica And JoBob-OMB!
And check it out: the blue gems are handmade hard candies! Power up!
And finally, ONE SWEET TO RULE THEM ALL:
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CCC Final Tally!
However, I should point out there was a distinct downward trend: the first three days of the CCC each charity had over $3,000 donated, the next five or so, around $2,000, and after that, they just barely cleared $1,000 each.
Obviously we all were very busy, and many of us were away from our computers for the holiday, so this isn't surprising. Still, if you started off the countdown but weren't able to finish, please, feel free to catch up! All twelve donation pages are still live, and your dollars can still make a huge difference. Just go to the Cake Wrecks FirstGiving page to see the complete list, along with links to give a dollar to any you might have missed.
And thank you all again for your amazing generosity. John and I are proud beyond belief to count you among our loyal Wrecky henchpersons.
Now, back to conquering the world! If you please.
Update from john: Some people think the crown on the last one is Snow White's or the Evil Queen's. However, the Queen's didn't have rubies and, from what I can tell, Snow White's is a round diamond tiara. And I'm a large, scruffy man in construction clothes sitting at the computer researching Disney Princesses. Which is pretty darned cool. -j
Reader Comments (113)
The only way any of those cakes could be considered "wrecks" is if dozens of CW readers stuck forks in them. They are all... magical.
@CW Reader Kathryn L.: That cake made your daughter and niece is AMAZING. (I am now suffering from serious fondant envy.)
Maybe the crown is for Tiana?
When I look at the crown on that last one, I actually think of one of the evil queens...forget which one. But then that wouldn't fit into the theme of the cake really, so I don't know.
would someone clue me in on the princesses that go with the last cake? I'm having trouble. thanks
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I think the crown is the evil queen from Snow White.
the crown actually looks a lot like the crown worn by the wicked witch in snow white http://blogs.families.com/media/SnowWhite3.jpg but that doesn't make any sense at all!
OK, I think it comes from having a 6 year old daughter, figuring out what the other tiers are, or just referring back to the first one, but the crown on the last one is Snow White.
It DOES look like the crown for the Evil Queen from Snow White, although it seems an odd topper for such a beautiful princess cake.
LOVE the snowglobe cake for Tiana.
Oh how pretty
The crown looks like the evil queen's crown from Snow White, at least the shape is the same, though the red stones are different.
Ok I think the tiers are probably: Snow White, Cinderella, Little Mermaid, Sleeping Beauty...(correct me if any of those are wrong) but I can't figure out the top one - were there any Disney princesses who wore green?
I need help on that last one. From the bottom I have Belle, Snow White, Cinderella, Ariel, Sleeping Beauty...who is the green?
Gorgeous cakes! I have also fallen in love with the Tiana cake. I'll fight you for her. Stunning.
The crown reminds me of either Ursula's or the evil queen from Snow White. But neither of them have jewels in their crowns.
I absolutely love these cakes! I'm 23 and seriously conseridering asking for the last cake for my next birthday. Or the Princess and the Frog one, although I prefer Tangled and Rapunzel to Tiana.
I think it is the Snow Queens tiara.
As for the layers, I believe they represent Belle, Cinderella, Ariel, Aurora, Tiana and a bow for Minnie Mouse. Although the top green layer could certainly be for Jasmine...it's not the aqua color she wears but it looks more like her belt.
Did you notice that all the cakes that have writing on them are for 5-year-olds? I guess that's when the princess thing kicks in. Beautiful cakes.
On the last cake top to bottom, it represents the movies more than the actual princesses:
Snow White (evil queen's crown)
Tinkerbell (I think that's Peter Pan's belt buckle)
Aurora from Sleeping Beauty
Little Mermaid
Cinderella
Beauty and the Beast
It's funny that the good fairies argued back and forth about Aurora's dress being pink or blue in the movie, and it wound up blue, but Disney frequently shows it as pink now, because they already have a princess in blue.
I was scrolling down and first saw only the top two tiers of the Princess and the Frog cake and thought that it is very pretty, but when I saw the bottom tier, I thought WOW!!!! That mauve really make the cake POP! Awesome! It looks like it could be a music box, the kind you wind up. Hey, has anyone ever thought of doing that with a cake?
I know It's not Disney, but the green layer on the last cake reminds me of Fiona from Shrek.
For the multi-princess cake, I think the bottom layer is either Belle (Beauty & the Beast) or Snow White (since it's her red bow) or possibly both. The next 3 layers are undisputedly Cinderella, Ariel (The Little Mermaid) and Aurora (Sleeping Beauty). The greenish tier looks to me like Jasmine's headdress (Aladdin) but the crown's a mystery.
I believe the top green layer is supposed to be Jasmine's headband.
The green is Jasmine. I was obsessed with her. That looks exactly like the headband I wore two halloweens in a row.
Oooh, love the Tinker Bell fairy house cake and The Princess and the Frog one!
Thanks for sharing the sugary goodness =)
I think that this is what the crown is based on...
http://family.go.com/disney/pkg-disney-crafts/craft-598551-snow-white-crown-t/
It's the only thing I can come up with.
Speaking as someone who has a young daughter who has all the princess...cough crap cough...stuff, yeah they throw Tinkerbell in with them too so you're totally safe there.
All that's missing are the dinosaurs...
Can we have a villainess Sunday Sweets soon?
After an extensive Google Image search, the closest crown on top of the last cake is from the evil Snow White queen. Admittedly, there are no rubies on the film stills, but no other crown comes close. Maybe the rubies were just decorator-license?
Is the bunker open on Sundays? Because if not, it might need to be. Just this once. ;-)
What is it about 5 or 6 that causes children (young goats don't get fancy cakes, at least not on purpose) to score cool cakes? Seems like after that, the wreckerators get the bid.
Since people can change just about anything about themselves these days, I think I'll legally change my age to 5 or 6. Any other takers?
The crown belongs to Snow White's evil stepmother.
I have no idea who the crown belongs to, but I'm pretty positive that it goes...
Green Layer - Jasmine
Pink Layer - Aurora
Sea Shells - Ariel
Blue Layer - Cinderella
Red Bow - Snow White
Yellow Layer - Belle
And it fits because those are the 6 official Disney princesses. Though I'm going to assume this cake was made before The Princess and the Frog came out and that's why Tiana isn't represented.
Tinkerbell was briefly a Disney Princess. These cakes are wonderful! :D
Why don't you ask "It's a Piece of Cake" what the tiers represent instead of guessing?
I think the top green layer is supposed to represent Princess Jasmine's headband. The crown, I have no idea.
I love the fondant-free Tinkerbell one! I'm all for fondant-free.
Hate to be a buzz kill, but dress forms have necks.
"uncle walt" would be proud. these are gorgeous... i especially love that the little mermaid incorporated cupcakes in a way that works (and works well)! the tinkerbell one looks amazing as well, would love to have seen that up-close. and the carriage, and the princess and the frog, and.... thanks as always.
I never went through a princess stage, but I do love my dwarfs and that first cake only appears to have 6 sides. Snow White and the 6 Dwarfs? Who got left off? In my book, that makes it a wreck, not a sweet.
-MariaTeresa
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i agree with most that the crown topper does resemble the Evil Queens, but again, that doesn't seem to go with the theme of the cake, so I was thinking maybe, the person ,for whom the cake was made, has a crown that looks like that. huh? maybe? could be...
@ Craig: totally. Why do children get all the fun? And anyway, will a five year old even REMEMBER that cake? No. I think it would be best for everyone involved to send the cakes to ME, so I can enjoy them thoroughly.
Youth and cake are wasted on the young.
My daughter looked at the cake and said that the bottom is Belle, the red bow is Snow White, the blue is Cinderella, the shells are Ariel, the pink is Aurora, the green is either Tiana (her guess) or Jasmine (mine), and neither of us could guess at the crown. She thinks it's just a generic princess crown.
I think the crown on the multi-princess cake is from Epcot. It definitely, indisuputably is an Epcot crown.
Could the crown possibly be Aurora's? Looks a lot like it to me.
I don't know when the cake with the crown was made, but Rapunzel in _Tangled_ had a crown with rubies in it - but it was shaped a bit differently. It was a major part of the plot, in fact, since the crown was stolen by the hero.
@MariaTeresa If you look at the Snow White music box cake all seven are there... Dopey is winding up the music box key. :)
All these cakes are beautiful. I'm jealous of the five and six year olds that got to eat them. lol
-Brittany
For me, the MOUSE on the carriage really (ahem) takes the cake. Isn't he the cutest darned thing?
Happy Wrecky Week ahead.
Wait, I thought that dress forms DO have necks, don't they?
Yeah, John!
Ooh that disney princess cake is gorgeous...I love the more "concept-y" ones. My first thought was that the crown was Aurora's but I figured one princess wouldn't be over-represented, so I agree it's probably kind of a generic mash-up of all the princesses' crowns. And I wish I had it. I'd totally wear it!
~Jaclyn
That Princess and the Frog one... wow. The "quilted" layer alone is priceless; all together, the colors, design, and originality are amazing. Bravo to those bakers!
That crown does look like the Evil Queen's from Snow White. I have planted the seed in my 4-year-old's mind for that cake. hehe :)