Sunday Sweets: Eastern Elegance
As you may know, Jen and I are at Dragon*Con this weekend, which means we are geeking out with the geekiest geeks in all of geekdom. Which is exactly why today's Sweets are the most elegant, Eastern-inspired cakes we could find. (See, I'm actually having nightmares about being chased through cavernous hotels by roving packs of storm troopers in kilts. Which is not only possible, but actually likely.)
So, onward and upward!
One of the things I most admire about Eastern tradition is the art of Henna, which works amazingly well on cake. Check it out:
By The Evil Plankton
I absolutely love the detail. And the elephants. (Which are edible.) But really, who doesn't love elephants? I mean, think about it. When is the last time you saw an elephant that wasn't doing something absolutely lovable? See? Never!
Look closely. See how the chocolate is glass smooth on the top? No way to scrape off a whoopsie here!
By I Dream of Cake
You can never go wrong with cobalt blue and gold. Beautiful.
Next, going a little further East for inspiration:
Some fabulous hand-painting:
And a fabulous fan:
A Kimono-inspired beauty:
And a tiara:
By Pink Cake Box
Finally, we were invited by the lovely folks at Highland Bakery to stop by while we're here in Atlanta, but I don't think we're gonna make it. Which is a shame, because they do stuff like this:
Well, there it is! Next week we may be fully recovered from geek overload, so we'll probably do something really geeky with, I don't know, gears or capes or something. Until then, please send your nominations and ideas to sundaysweets (at) cakewrecks.com. And Wreck On!
So, onward and upward!
One of the things I most admire about Eastern tradition is the art of Henna, which works amazingly well on cake. Check it out:
By The Evil PlanktonI absolutely love the detail. And the elephants. (Which are edible.) But really, who doesn't love elephants? I mean, think about it. When is the last time you saw an elephant that wasn't doing something absolutely lovable? See? Never!
Look closely. See how the chocolate is glass smooth on the top? No way to scrape off a whoopsie here!
Hey, speaking of elephants... This cake was actually called the Ganache Ganesh. [Badump bump!]
And for a little bit of structural goodness...
And for a little bit of structural goodness...
By I Dream of CakeYou can never go wrong with cobalt blue and gold. Beautiful.
Next, going a little further East for inspiration:
Some fabulous hand-painting:
And a fabulous fan:
A Kimono-inspired beauty:
And a tiara:
By Pink Cake BoxFinally, we were invited by the lovely folks at Highland Bakery to stop by while we're here in Atlanta, but I don't think we're gonna make it. Which is a shame, because they do stuff like this:
Well, there it is! Next week we may be fully recovered from geek overload, so we'll probably do something really geeky with, I don't know, gears or capes or something. Until then, please send your nominations and ideas to sundaysweets (at) cakewrecks.com. And Wreck On!
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