This Odd Cake
The most popular feature at the After Party was not the food or drink or photo albums or sixties nostalgia, it was the cake.
A cake is a feature of many celebrations, and I wanted something to mark this hat-trick event in my life, so I commissioned a custom cake to add whimsy: a cake in the shape of This Odd House.
I accidentally knew someone who decorates cakes as a profession; she was in the circle of my son’s friends, and so I approached her with this project and she took it on with gusto.
I provided some pictures, and she did the rest, creating a masterpiece of edible art. The details she created were nothing short of amazing. We consider this to be one of the most remarkable housewarming/birthday/wedding cakes ever created.
She is too modest to say so, but I will. Every detail was represented, and every feature was edible. The spicy chocolate roofing tiles, the glazed rice krispie vegetation, the colored windows and frames, the details of doors and decks, all was confection, the buttercream stucco frosting (it is NOT what you expect, it is delicious)! She must have spent hours and hours creating this wonderful object.
I could not in clear conscience perform the ceremonial cutting of this cake, but she could. Like a performance artist whose creations are temporal and fleeting, to be enjoyed by an audience, the cake was cut and consumed; it was delicious, and in the end, none remained.
Here are some pictures to remember that unique performance, including some construction photos. Thank you Raquel!
