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:
(Moxy, Mexico City)
And this!
(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:
(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:
(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:
(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:
(Dalila Cakes, Colombia)
To bright and fluorescent:
(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:
(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:
(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:
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:
