Sunday
Oct252009
Sunday Sweets: Halloween
October 25, 2009 I'm not a fan of gory Halloween cakes, so instead here are some truly Sweet designs to get you in a spooktacular mood for Saturday.
First, a fun topsy-turvy style:
And a bat cake that is almost painfully adorable:
Speaking of adorable, this little ghost with pigtails also fits the bill:
(Submitted by Becki E. & made by Janna Espada)This wedding cake has a real Burton-esque feel to it (which is a good thing, of course):
(Made by Let Them Eat Cake)
(Made by Thefrostedcakencookie.)And finally, I never imagined a skull cake would be my favorite, but then I never imagined a skull cake could be this gorgeous, either:
I hope you enjoyed today's Sweet Treats! Now brace yourselves, 'cuz this week you're going to see a whole lotta Halloween Wreckage. [rubbing hands together gleefully] Oh yeah, this is going to be good.
- Similar Sweets: Spooktacular Wedding Cakes
Reader Comments (63)
Oooooh, I want the first one and the one of Little Girl Boo! Quite ironic since I'm showing "Monster's Inc." (one of my all-time favorite movies, thank you very much) to my students on Friday as part of Halloween. (We stick to the cute parts of culture in this area!)
I love that bat cake! Anxiously awaiting the Halloween wreckage!
These are great, cute Halloween cakes! I love the bat!
First! Wow, they are pretty great! Not a fan of gory cakes either...
Oh, the only thing that could make that skull cake better would be some colorful day of the dead decorations on it.
Awesome!
I totally love the bat cake. That's my favorite of today's sweets.
Looking forward to the Halloween wreckage...
love your Sunday posts!
I love those two tiered ones. So perfectly designed! Anxiously awaiting the Halloween wrecks!
Yes, can't wait for the Halloween cake wrecks. Sunday Sweets are nice and all, but I come for catastrophe.
The inside of that skull's nose gives me the dry heaves a little. Otherwise, lovely.
Wow, if only I had the extra cash around to buy one of those cakes(& someone to share them with). They are all spectacular!
those cakes are incredible! makes me wish i was getting married on halloween. :)
I am rather partial to the Melting Head Cake myself:
http://www.doitmyself.org/2006/08/melting-head-cake.html
The skull cake is truly lovely. Though I can't imagine eating the eyeballs.
Is it wrong that I almost enjoy Sunday Sweets better than your regular posts?
Either way keep up the good work, your blog is great!
These are really all too cute and endearing to eat, but I think I could attempt a bite of the pumpkin on the first cake.
I can't wait to see the Hallowreckage. I've been browsing my local grocery stores for some scary cakes, but the bakers around here either know about this site or they're way too sane to produce any wrecks.
How great! I love the Burtonesque wedding cake. My wedding was two weeks after Halloween and now I'm jealous.
I swear I didn't copycat!
I posted a bunch of cool cakes this morning and when I checked your site--whoops! We have some overlap! When I steal from you, I admit it loud and clear!!!
:)
great picks for today's treats!
i'll admit that i'm not a fan of skulls (of any kind) but at least it has a pink ribbon on its hat.
and speaking of pink, am lovin' little miss girlie ghost! not only are her pigtails blonde but she's sporting pink tennies!
toooooo adorable!
Awesome.
I love the top cake. Maybe some artist could make a copy in porcelain and sell it as a Halloween decoration.
These are all gorgeous! Thanks for posting them.
That bat is just too cute...but my favorite is the 5th very detailed haunted house--it's so amazing!
I wasn't surprised when I clicked the link and found out that the Burton-esque was by Christopher Garren...that guy and his whole staff are meticulous and very talented, at least by what we can see on Amazing Wedding Cakes.
It goes to show that a lot of what makes a cake a Sweet versus a Wreck is taking the time to plan and then more time to execute the detail work. Slap-jobs never look good!
Yeah, those cobblestones are great, but I just LOVE that bat. Adorable!
I love the second from the last one..ADORABLE!! also, the little girl with the pig-tails??? Too cute!!
This is a week late, but I wanted to congratulate you on making the NY Times Bestseller list, and getting a write up! It's inspiring to see that bringing joy and humor to the masses occasionally pays off.
I love the pink tennis shoes sticking out from under the ghost cake's sheet! So cute :)
THese are AWESOME!! I usually don't care about the Sunday Sweets, but the artistry is astounding, along with the cuteness. I agree with the earlier posting--makes me wish I were getting married on Halloween.
Can't WAIT for the wreckage!!! Hooray for Halloween cakes, both beautiful and wrecky! Lily
Things bother me about the first and third cakes.
The first cake insists that the bottom of pumpkins are apparently cylindrical. And the second cake just cues in this disappointment factor I learned about when I was a child.
Whenever you have a craft form that looks like a person with something draped over it (like a dress or sheet) it's most usually a head (or whatever is visible) with no body under the drape mimicking a form.
Yes, I was the kid who peeked under witches' and manikins' clothing.
The first one and the Tim Burton-style are my favourites. Although the skull is great, too!
~Amy B-H
That skull cake is so gorgeous! It makes me think of Dr. Faciler, the villain in the upcoming Princess and the Frog movie x]
Oh I LOVE that Burton-esque wedding cake!!!!! Halloween is my FAVORITE holiday. I wish I had thought of that for my wedding! AWESOME!
The other cakes are great too. Man, some people are just ultra talented when it comes to making cakes! I am so in awe!
That little ghost is positively adorable...from her little blonde pigtails and wide eyes right down to her little pink tennis shoes!! So cute!
I love these!
LOVE!
I was totally in love with the little pigtailed-girl ghost cake, and then I scrolled down a little more and saw her sweet pink tennis shoes sticking out. How adorable is that!!! That is ADORABLE!!!
Anxiously awaiting the halloween wrecks....
All beautiful, but none of them look very edible. Would I be pleasantly surprised if I tasted them?
Ooh I really, really like the first one and the second to last one! But I don't want to eat them; I want to frame them and look at them forever. Not weird at all.
I'm not feeling the love for the bat cake, unless it's intentional that he has boobies for eyes and appears to be inebriated.
The ghost, on the other hand, is adorable!
They are all masterpieces but the wedding cake is my fav !
oh! i loved today's post. thanks jen!
should i run and hide from cake wrecks this week?
Oh wow! I am speechless... Everything looks so awesome!
Love those cakes
Fabulous shots. So glad you left out the gory. I just cannot do that! Keep up the good work.
I hope you do a Sunday Sweets on el Dia de los Muertes (Day of the Dead). It's November 1, and the candies and cakes made for the holiday are amazing!
Jack-o-lantern luminaries on the Little Pig-Tailed Ghost cake's board? Best evah.
Oh my those are just unbelievable!
The Day of the Dead is November 2, not November 1. November 1 is All Saints' Day.
The ghost cake absolutely thrills me.
Someday I'm going to buy one of these treasures, and it's going to be really hard to cut into. I feel like I'd be damaging it to eat it!
For a boy version of the ghost cake you can check out my attempt here: http://flic.kr/p/5Pmjh5