Sunday Sweets: Modern Chic

When I got married way-back-when, wedding cakes were hardly the sleek, chic masterpieces they are today.  Back then, all the hip cakes featured things like light-up fountains, fake ivy, plastic staircases from tier to tier, and rampant tulle abuse.  Those were different times, kids.

Nowadays, couples have so many super stylish options to choose from, it's really quite unfair.

(By Cakeaholic)

 You don't know how good you have it, whippersnappers!

Sure, there are still plenty of wedding cakes with frills and fluff, but today we're taking a tour of sleek modern cakes that make my heart bleed with lust. Like so:

(By Some Crust Bakery)

 Seriously, I call a wedding do-over. I would have loved this monochromatic cake at my wedding. So simple and striking!

 Or maybe this sophisticated number with its immaculate appliques:

(By Art & Appetite)

Not a pair of plastic doves in sight! Oh, how far we've come!

This couple's cake was inspired by the paintings of artist R.N. Allen, which played a significant part in their early courtship:

(By Gateaux Inc.)

My wedding cake's most notable characteristic was a wad of fake purple flowers.  See?  So unfair.

But even wads of flowers can look amazing these days:

(By Janet Mohapi-Banks; photo by Sugar & Spice Photography.)

...if it's gorgeous graduating layers of edible roses, that is.

And this single flower makes quite a statement, with its petals gently descending down the cake amid declarations of love written in French.

(By Sugarplum Cake Shop)

Le sigh!

Speaking of France, how great is this Parisian-themed beauty?

(By Sucre Coeur)

I love how it tells a story, and I'm amazed by the workmanship on the Eiffel Tower topper. (And not just because I've been playing a lot of Draw Something lately, and have learned that it's, like, REALLY HARD to draw a recognizable Eiffel Tower).

Here's a modern twist on the 'dandelion clocks' wallpaper designs of the '50s.

(By Sweet Disposition Cakes)

Good thing no one is making wedding cakes inspired by wallpaper designs of the '90s, because those would probably feature geese wearing bonnets and baskets of dried flowers.  That's what I seem to remember, anyway.

Of course, black and white is so classic I'm pretty sure this couple's grandkids will never look through their wedding album and snicker at the cake.

(By The Yummy Cake Company)

Not that I've ever done such a thing to my relatives, of course. Especially not certain relatives who used stalks of wheat as a cake topper. Bwa ha ha!

 Ahem. Sorry. That was a totally a made-up example. Any resemblance to real relative's wedding cakes, living or dead, is purely coincidental.

I just love the colors on this next cake. It's so happy and fun and summery!

(By Blissfully Sweet)

It makes me want to get divorced so I can get married again! I'm sure I could maybe talk my husband into that plan ...

I could even offer up this cake as a compromise:

(By Shockley's Sweet Shoppe)

Half for the bride, half for the groom, and everybody wins!  Especially the wedding guests.

I love how the intricate design on this next cake wrap around the edges of these square tiers - no, wait ... are they hexagons?!  No way. That shape wasn't even invented back when I got married.

(By Sweet & Saucy Shop)

So unfair.

But I'm feeling really hip right about now, because I have succulents and gray chevron decor in my home, and this lovely would fit right in:

(By Sweet & Saucy Shop)

 Would it be weird to display a wedding cake year-round on my coffee table?
(You don't have to answer that.)

Hope you enjoyed today's Sweets!  And special thanks to today’s guest author Lindsay.

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That reminds me, here's something cool for all you plant moms out there:

Ceramic Planter Pots w/ Bamboo Tray

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And from my other blog, Epbot:

Balls

Attn parents: Sports-related double entendres ahead! Proceed with caution!

The other morning (and by "morning" I mean "afternoon") John woke up with a pain in half his tiddlywinks. (And by "tiddlywinks" I mean..."tiddlywinks.") He's fine now, so not to worry; those are all the gory details you're going to get.

Well, unless you count the fact that today's post is all about wrecked balls. Call it a subconscious thing. Or my way of getting way too much mileage out of some good-natured ribbing.

So...

Balls.

They come in all shapes, sizes, and colors. But no matter what, balls have at least one thing in common: they're generally supposed to be more round than lumpy:

Now that's just nutty.

One exception, of course, is the football, which is shaped more like a loaf of bread with harp strings:

I guess some balls are just more likely to touchdown than others.

I'm told this is either a soccer ball or a steamrolled panda:

Ain't that a kick to the head?

And don't get me STARTED on this "basketball:"

Slam dunk? More like a Slam FLUNK. 

[rimshot!]

Sometimes it helps to put your balls with other related pieces of equipment. That way people will know how to handle them.

All that's missing is third base. 

And of course no discussion of balls is complete without...um...hang on. Is this what I think it is?

It is!

Bakers, you should be ashamed of yourselves.

That flaming basketball is totally not to scale!

(So tell me, players: Do you experience a burning sensation when you dribble?)

Thanks to Natalie B., Dolores T., Rachel J., Erica B.,  Heather F.,  & Lauren P.,  who will no doubt agree that if John's going to sit and play Xbox for 27 hours straight, he should probably get some looser boxers.

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Relevant Amazon link is relevant:

Do You Want To Play With My Balls?

This is apparently a "children's book parody for adults," but claims you can read it to the kiddos, too, provided you can keep a straight fact. Ha!

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And from my other blog, Epbot: