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I work in a building called Chelsea Market, which also is home to Food Network. Because of this, I am subjected to a disproportionate amount of advertising for Food Network programs. Don’t get me wrong, I like Food Network. This summer, the shows to which I most look forward are Big Love and The Next Food Network Star. However, when a large Ace of Cakes billboard went up across the street, I remember thinking it was a show I’d never watch.
But last week, my wife and I were relegated to the (TiVo-free) basement while we had some work done upstairs. In captivity, I didn’t change the channel when Ace of Cakes came on. Before I knew it, I was on the Charm City Cakes website, ogling their magical desserts. Here are a few of my favorites:
Previously on mental_floss: Miss Cellania’s gallery of Technological (Geek) Cakes.
Comments (9)
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Haha! Gotta love ‘em all, especially the bacon cake. What better to wash that down than some beer?
posted by Johnny Cat on 7-9-2007 at 12:57 pm
very cool. the Scrabble game and the stadium are very impressive.
posted by zuribirdie on 7-9-2007 at 1:40 pm
I love Ace of Cakes! I know the cakes look awesome, but I wonder how they taste?
posted by Leah on 7-9-2007 at 2:39 pm
They look great, but I always think they must taste awful. Fondant (the edible icing/covering) is not very tasty, and I’d think it would take a very dense (therefore dry) cake to stand up to the shapes they’re making.
posted by Jenny on 7-9-2007 at 2:57 pm
Note: I’m not touting these companies, but I figure while you’re looking at artistic cakes, you can look at cakes at these sites too:
www.mikesamazingcakes.com
www.marmaladecakecompany.com
www.elegantcheesecakes.com
www.colettescakes.com
I stumbled upon these links while admiring the meatcake at blackwidowbakery.com.
posted by Jason! on 7-9-2007 at 2:58 pm
Another great site is:
www.margaretsfrenchbakery.com
posted by Mej on 7-9-2007 at 4:59 pm
The Copenhagen cake disgusts me to no end. I used to dip in high school, and there’s nothing worse than accidentally swallowing snuff.
posted by Daylightrambler on 7-10-2007 at 10:20 am
I’ve had the pleasure of sampling a bit of Charm City Cakes’ work. The cake is surprisingly good… not phenomenal, but good enough to keep the “It looks so good, it must taste like crap” naysayers (as I once was) at bay.
That said… dude, it’s cake. If you want to make a sculpture, just make a sculpture. My favorite episode “Ace of Cakes” was his flamingo “cake” for the zoo. Since they intended to keep the “cake” on permanent display, and it was too fragile anyway… he just used styrofoam and covered it in fondant. Proof positive that cake has very little to do with what this guy is actually doing.
posted by Nick on 7-10-2007 at 11:57 am
i love to watch ace of cake because it is so cool and ansome the way how duff and his crew make such nice and litigant cake for people. they just make them look so real. and i all like how duff say that asome dude i also love the way how they make the cake look good i also like the whole team at duff ace of cake i speshal i love mary Alice and sheey i love the way mary alice answer the phone and i love how shreey make cake and docoratate the cake .
posted by Karima Nicholas on 3-6-2008 at 4:16 pm