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World's Largest Edible Scene: Halloween Haunted House

 This video is almost 10 minutes long, but for cake decorators it's absolutely amazing.  75 cake decorators, 48 hours, 1,000 lbs of cake, and 3,000 lbs of fondant to complete at the Oklahoma State Fair Grounds this past October 4-5, 2010.

 

 

Holli's Birthday: Lady John Deere Cake

 

  Happy Sweet 16th Birthday to our niece (okay, really 2nd cousin or some such whatever but niece is more the relationship)  Holli Meadows.  Poor kid has a pre-Halloween birthday so she has at times gotten lost in the shuffle but not anymore.  Last year, along with Halloween chili and treats, I made a Twilight themed cake which blended in well. This year, Holli said she'd love a lady John Deere theme which worked out well as a family funny.  Everyone knew Holli had just had her birthday but everyone kept wondering why I'd put a John Deere hat on a cake board on the Halloween dessert table. We didn't even realize how many people didn't realize it was a cake until Gene and I compared notes after the party. At least a half dozen people had no idea it was a cake rather than just a JD ball cap. Once we cut it people were standing around with their jaws dropped and then grabbing pieces of coconut layer cake to dessert on. What a compliment!!! Holli and I were thrilled. 

Along with the cake, Gene and I got her a lady John Deere purse (see pics below for the purse) in the same pink/brown theme that my friend Misty Starnes has and loves. 

Happy Birthday Holli Girl!

For pics of the cake construction process, click below.