It’s still a few days til Fat Tuesday but I’m getting ready for attempt to make a King Cake for my sister‘s birthday. It’d be a lie to say I wasn’t a little nervous about this, fortunately CNSMHB are going to come help out. A king cake is a traditional New Orleans cake celebrating both sugary food coloring and consumption of tiny plastic baby Jesii.
As is my wont, preliminary visual research design was done on flickr. Surprisingly accurate and yet unverifiable assessments of a range of two-dimensional king cakes long eaten have led to the conclusion that the more complicated cakes (ie, saraide’s braided cake here on the right) are tastier than standard boring round cakes.
Preparing to pull off a novel (to me) cake is a little intimidating, so I reach zen by contemplating the giants of past cake success. Jenni is still idolized (in some circles) for her bowling ball cake. Allison earned massive peanut butter props with her giant hamburger cake. SJH was so successful when we deconstructed her lime cake that as of it’s now it’s the #10 google result. This Texas Longhorns beer cooler cake pays homage to great moments in tailgating. Actually looking at all these is making me more rather than less concerned. One cannot hope to join the pantheon of such greats.
You know what I hate most about the picture of that bowling ball cake, besides that it’s proof that I made a really ugly cake? The fact that people can see the contents of my fridge – it bothers me. Good luck with your cake, you can do it!!
3 years later, and I still hate that of all my cakes you picked the damn bowling ball. What was wrong with the one made specifically for you – with a little plastic N and Maija running?! Or the nice looking flower basket cakes… (I know the San Fran on didn’t exist yet, or the pool day one, or the spaghetti monster…so many choices!)
Wow, YJP that is an impressive set of good looking cakes! I especially like the one of NDH and M running. Fun!!
I also like the “Yes we cake” very much! Talent, pure talent!
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