Shaun Groves
I think my children love me. All year I think this. Until their birthdays roll around.
Then it’s I want a carousel! I want Candy Land! I want Optimus Prime in a three point stance with Bumblebee jumping over him in a city!
You want what??
So today I’m scouring the interwebs looking for pictures of Optimus Prime in a three point stance so that tonight – maybe the whole night – I can create a birthday cake for Gresham. (Sadist.) Who is turning seven. (Dad hater.)
Apparently there are quite a few mean-spirited Prime-lovers and spineless cake makers having a good ol’ frosted transforming time together out there.
Yep. That’s a birthday cake. And the groom’s cake. I don’t know him. But I know he doesn’t deserve her.
I found this cake over at a place called Geekologie. No surprise there. What are the odds that the 30 year-old “man” who requested this cake for his birthday also lives with his mom and sleeps on Star Wars sheets?
No. Words.
Then there’s this one.
Where does the kid go from here?
Besides the bathroom. That’s a lot of frosting, my friend.
Well, the bar is high. Off to “work.”
Transform and roll out.
Jason says:
Don’t feel bad…my one son wanted a cake in the shape of a rabbid from the video game “Raving Rabbids TV Party.” I was lucky enough to know a custom cake maker who was looking for work. 🙂
I think as long as it’s close and he knows it’s from you the cake will look great even if it wouldn’t win on some Food Network cake-off. 🙂
Rebecca says:
Ok – i have a son who is into Transformers and you so have to post a picture of the cake when you finish! my gripe is with the transformers themselves – HOW IN THE WORLD AM I SUPPOSED TO TRANSFORM THOSE SUCKERS?!! they have got to be the most complicated toys i have EVER seen – seriously, how do they expect kids to figure those out? and how is that 6-7 year olds CAN figure them out and I, with my college education, have to ask them how to do it??? i mean, the instructions are even confusing!! my son likes the old transformers movie and cartoons. good luck with the cake 🙂
rebecca
keith says:
That first cake is pretty awesome.
Rebekah Stewart says:
Good luck with that. Can’t wait to see the finished product.
Laura @ Texas in Africa says:
Are you familiar with the Cake Wrecks blog? Because you really should be reading it: http://cakewrecks.blogspot.com
David Melson says:
Good Luck Shaun, and I hope Gresham has a great birthday, and some wonderful memories are made.
a.bird says:
For her 4th birthday, my daughter a Belle (from Beauty & the Beast) and football cake.
Best. Cake. Ever.
The Secret Life of Kat says:
My kids always BEG for a 9×13 sheet cake.
Whew. Fortunately, I can pull that one off.
Set the bar low and there’s nothing to live up to. Parenting 101.
(For those of you who don’t know me, I’m not actually a truly horrible parent as this comment implies. I just know where my strengths lie. And it’s not with cake making…)
You make awesome cakes, Shaun. I can’t wait to see the pics.