Sunday Sweets: Easily Distracted

It's SO easy to get distracted when I'm looking for Sunday Sweets.

I'll be looking at a gorgeous marbled cake, like this beauty:

(By Jenna Rae Cakes in Canada)

...mesmerized by the swoopy swirls, and then --

SQUIRREL!

No, really, squirrels. Pastel ones:

(By Faithfully Cakes in Pennsylvania)

Aren't they adorable?

Then...

WOW! Is that Jupiter?

(By Frosted Art Bakery and Studio in Texas)

Talk about stellar - look at those rings! And I love the sugar rock base.

Wait. I wasn't looking for planet cakes. What was I researching?

Hmmm.

I'm stumped.

(By Natalie Madison's Art is in Cakes in Arkansas)

But it sure is a pretty one; all hand painted!

Hang on...

Are those cupcakes?

(By baked by jin in California)

They look so succulent. 😉

Oops, I did it again, didn't I? Y'know, Pinterest can lead you around in circles.

Fabulous, abstract circles:

(By Historias del Ciervo, Columbia)

I love the pastels with black.

But I'm off topic again. Seriously, it's enough to curl your -- uh --

Hair?

(By Avalon Cakes School of Sugar Art in Colorado)

Ha!

I wonder, if Medusa looks in the mirror, does she turn herself to stone?

Speaking of stone, did you know "concrete" cakes are a thing now?

(By Greenbird Cake Studio in Australia)

That's all buttercream! How?!

And why is this llama wearing sunglasses?

(By Dulcefina in Peru)

Then again, who cares? It's adorable.

That's why it's OK to get a little distracted once in a while.

There are so many gorgeous cakes out there, you never know where they're going to lead.

(By Artisan Cake Company in Oregon)

But you can be sure they'll open up an ocean of possibilities.

And that's sweet.

Happy Sunday!

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Getting Your Just Deserts

They asked for a Flash-themed birthday cake. You know, that show on the CW?

Yeah. That one.

They got this:

So... A++ on really nailing those colors.

Speaking of which, Brittany M. asked her bakery to write, "A+ 100!" on her cake, either to celebrate good grades or a really obscure math joke.

Anyway, since that's all she wanted, Brittany asked them to write it pretty big.

You knew this was coming, didn't you.

Last weekend it dropped below 80 for the first time here in Orlando, so to celebrate:

MUTANT BUTTERFLY!

Or is that a worm dragging potatoes?

Either way, I think it gets the point across: YAY FALL.

And now, the ugliest Christening cake... of all time:

This was clearly decorated by a hung-over, one-eyed, peg-fingered pirate prone to hand spasms and angry tirades about how much he hates cake. And decorating. And children.

Though judging by all the little scuff marks, he may have let the parrot help.

And finally, the submission that made John shout with laughter and then insist on reading aloud to me:

Tina F. writes,

"I was overseeing a conference of over 170 priests and deacons, and ordered 2 cakes for dessert. When asked how they should be decorated, I told the baker, 'no decorations - just make them look like dessert cakes. On the chocolate maybe some chocolate drizzle, on the carrot cake maybe little carrots and sprinkles with nuts.'"

I get the feeling the baker only wrote down the first part of what Tina said, though, because here are the two cakes she received:

Oh, what a difference an S makes.

Thanks to Samantha C., Brittany M., Melissa F., Laura, & Tina F. for not "deserting" us.

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