Yes, Bakers, You CAN Be Creepy!!

Here's something I never understand: every Halloween, the one time when bakeries are SUPPOSED to make scary and/or disturbing cakes, suddenly THIS is their idea of creepy:

Whoa. Hide your kids.

Meanwhile, every OTHER time of the year, bakeries are doing this:

And this:

And this:

(PLEASE tell me there are some Supernatural fans out there seeing what I'm seeing.)

Then there's Christmas:

And Easter:

And the Fourth of July:

And Easter:

And Valentine's Day:

And also Easter...

Seriously. What is it with Easter?!

Look, bakers, clearly you have the ability to make cakes creepy; the trick is to just not aim for it.

That's right: stop trying to scare us altogether.

And instead, just make us a niiiice clown cake.

THERE IT IS.

Thanks to Sarah A., Hayley H., Katherine M., Jo D., Korrie G., Jenn B., Elizabeth M., Jessica M., Abbey M., Nell H., & Erin R. for scaring John so much he refuses to look at that photo again.

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That reminds me: this head/mask thing is being sold at Universal in their Ghostbusters store right now, and it's too funny not to share:

Slimer Headpiece

I love Ghostbusters, but seriously. THIS IS SO CREEPY. Ha!

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And from my other blog, Epbot:

10 Wedding Cakes For Book Lovers

What happens when literature lovers marry?

(Holly Andrews, United Kingdom)

Beautifully bookish wedding cakes, that's what!

And since it's Great Books Week, this is the perfect time to COVER this TYPE of SPINE-tingling Sweets:

(Hey There, Cupcake!, California)

Too many puns? Sorry. I've gotta learn to read the room.

I love how they tucked a little secret library into the back of this one:

(Maisie Fantaisie, United Kingdom)

So sweet!

Then this one is SO realistic I had to do a triple-take before I believed it's really cake:

(Roxy Cakes, Permanently closed)

WOW.

This one has a sweet pop-up illustration for the topper, so clever:

(Sin, Rhode Island)

While this topper is a real "Who's Who" of wedding style:

(Artisan Cake Company)

Look closely at those "birch" branches in the middle: they're rolled up book pages!

Well OWL BE.

I wasn't going to feature any specific titles, but I couldn't resist this Lord of the Rings design:

(Dolce Dita, France)

So many great details: the ring, the hand painted bridge scene - and all resting on the book itself!

Here's another pop-up style, though this one uses paper instead of sugar:

(Found here, Baker unknown)

That entire topper is such a work of art! And it blends so well with the cake below that I'm honestly having a hard time deciding if the top book is edible or not - which is one of the highest compliments I can give.

Completely smitten with everything about this one:

(Cake Studio, Canada)

The colors, the details, the leaning book! It's all perfection.

And finally, if you ever have a wedding in the reading nook under the trees of a secret fairy garden, then you can relax; I found your cake:

(Baker unknown, Help?)

::swoon::

Happy Sunday, everyone!

P.S. I know we should never judge a book by its cover, but this box set of classics is just SO pretty:

Puffin in Bloom collection

Double swoon!

(If they look familiar, it’s because you just saw edible versions of these on cake #9!)

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And from my other blog, Epbot: