Sunday Sweets Celebrates Dia De Los Muertos

The Day of the Dead - or Dia de los Muertos - is one of the most beautiful celebrations I've ever seen, and I love looking for these Sweets each year. Whether you celebrate or not, it's impossible not to be awed by beauties like this:

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(Moxy, Mexico City)

And this!

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(Sweet Jennie D)

I'm also partial to all the orange. :)

Sugar skull painting has to be the most cheerful art ever involving skeletons, and it's downright adorable in doggy cake form:

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(Hot Mama's Cakes, California)

D'awww.

Day of the Dead is also a popular theme for wedding cakes, I would guess because of its emphasis on family - but also it looks amazing. Check out these sweet toppers where the happy couple included their pets:

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(Featured here, baker unlisted. Anyone know?)

So sweet!

Of course if we're talking Dia de los Muertos cakes, we really should give Coco a shout-out:

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(Asi tan Dulce, Pando)

Swoon. These colors!!


One more:

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(Rountree Bros Baking Supplies, Florida)

Digging the candles and floating lights on the top tier - and of course all the flowers are dreamy.


I love that Day of the Dead designs are always so colorful, but can be anywhere from dark and dramatic:

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(Dalila Cakes, Colombia)

To bright and fluorescent:

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(DecoPac, online supplies)

WOW. If I had a sugar skull painting of me right now, it would have hearts for eyes.


Coco is easily the most popular Day of the Dead movie out there, but I want to shout out another one John and I liked:

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(Maira Liboa Cakes, Argentina)

Book of Life! I need to see this movie again soon, I remember it being so beautiful.


And finally, this week's Sweet that made my jaw drop:

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(Marie Josée, Quebec)

So realistic you almost expect her to open her eyes, right? Which is a little creepy, but so, so beautiful. ::happy sigh::


Feliz Día de los Muertos, my friends! Whether you celebrate or not, I hope you take a moment this week to remember your past loved ones, and as always, that your Sunday is extra Sweet.

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P.S. In case you've never seen it before and are curious:

Book of Life

It's been years, but I remember a song from a matador apologizing to the bulls that had both me and John in tears, it was beautiful. Anyone else remember that?

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And from my other blog, Epbot: