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Holbytlass · 01-25-2007, 08:27 AM

The Shelob cake reminds of Steal Magnolias when Shelby's (Julia Roberts) mother-in-law made that armadillo cake with red velvet insides. I suppose Shelob would have lime green insides.

Here's my attempt at Ted Nasmith's Bag End as seen on the front cover of The Hobbit (Bantam). It was for my second daughter's fifth birthday back in '02. We didn't get to eat it cause I stored it over night in the oven and didn't realize the pilot light would melt it.

FeRaL sHaDoW · 01-25-2007, 06:45 PM

i shall never look at helms deep again.... so much sacrafice so much pain and suffering oh yeah and all that sugar.

someone should make the death of denethor frame by frame, be fun seeing a flaming gummy bear or something falling off a table done up as minis tirith

Brinniel · 03-05-2007, 12:18 PM

Well, I'm finally back home with access to old photographs. Since it's been requested, I shall post some pictures of my birthday cake.

The first photo shows off the decoration pretty nicely. The cake decorator really did a wonderful job. The second photo has a nice touch with a miniature of Glamdring in the background.

Happy 16?! Almost three years ago...has it really been that long?!

Beanamir of Gondor · 03-05-2007, 04:04 PM

I'll have to poke around for the picture, but for my sister's birthday a couple years ago my mom and I teamed up to make a Legolas cake. It was just a sheet cake with Orli's face and some Sindarin on it... but I tell you what, making flesh-coloured icing is HARD!!
In downtown Pittsburgh they have a gingerbread house competition every Christmas, and there've been some LotR-themed houses. The winner this year, though, was the Old Lady and her Shoe... made mostly out of after-dinner mints...

Thinlómien · 03-06-2007, 01:59 AM

Brinn, that cake is (was, actually, I suppose

) awesome!

Brinniel · 03-11-2007, 06:53 PM

Thanks, though I must really give credit to the decorator. I was told she had quite a hard time making it, but she really managed to pull off wonders with a tube of frosting.

And I must say, it was quite tasty too.

Estelyn Telcontar · 01-13-2008, 09:07 AM

Here's this year's Christmas project by the gummy artists who created Helm's Deep last year: Minas Tirith and the Battle of Pelennor Fields. For the YouTube tour, see here. Isn't the White City absolutely fantastic?! A bit more colorful than imagined, perhaps, but all the more interesting that way...

01-25-2007, 08:27 AM	#1
Holbytlass Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: May 2003 Location: The Party Tree Posts: 1,042	The Shelob cake reminds of Steal Magnolias when Shelby's (Julia Roberts) mother-in-law made that armadillo cake with red velvet insides. I suppose Shelob would have lime green insides. Here's my attempt at Ted Nasmith's Bag End as seen on the front cover of The Hobbit (Bantam). It was for my second daughter's fifth birthday back in '02. We didn't get to eat it cause I stored it over night in the oven and didn't realize the pilot light would melt it. __________________ Holby is an actual flesh-and-blood person, right? Not, say a sock-puppet of Nilp’s, by any chance? ~Nerwen, WWCIII

01-25-2007, 06:45 PM	#2
FeRaL sHaDoW Wight Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: New Zealand Posts: 232	i shall never look at helms deep again.... so much sacrafice so much pain and suffering oh yeah and all that sugar. someone should make the death of denethor frame by frame, be fun seeing a flaming gummy bear or something falling off a table done up as minis tirith __________________ God created night, but man created darkness.... Last edited by FeRaL sHaDoW; 01-25-2007 at 11:17 PM.

03-05-2007, 04:04 PM	#4
Beanamir of Gondor Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: the Shadow Gallery Posts: 276	I'll have to poke around for the picture, but for my sister's birthday a couple years ago my mom and I teamed up to make a Legolas cake. It was just a sheet cake with Orli's face and some Sindarin on it... but I tell you what, making flesh-coloured icing is HARD!! In downtown Pittsburgh they have a gingerbread house competition every Christmas, and there've been some LotR-themed houses. The winner this year, though, was the Old Lady and her Shoe... made mostly out of after-dinner mints... __________________ The answer to life is no longer 42. It's 4 8 15 16 23... 42. "I only lent you my body; you lent me your dream."

03-06-2007, 01:59 AM	#5
Thinlómien Shady She-Penguin Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: In a far land beyond the Sea Posts: 8,093	Brinn, that cake is (was, actually, I suppose ) awesome! __________________ Like the stars chase the sun, over the glowing hill I will conquer Blood is running deep, some things never sleep Double Fenris

03-11-2007, 06:53 PM	#6
Brinniel Reflection of Darkness Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Polishing the stars. Well, somebody has to do it; they're looking a little bit dull. Posts: 2,983	Thanks, though I must really give credit to the decorator. I was told she had quite a hard time making it, but she really managed to pull off wonders with a tube of frosting. And I must say, it was quite tasty too. __________________ Nolite te bastardes carborundorum

01-13-2008, 09:07 AM	#7
Estelyn Telcontar Princess of Skwerlz Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: where the Sea is eastwards (WtR: 6060 miles) Posts: 7,500	Here's this year's Christmas project by the gummy artists who created Helm's Deep last year: Minas Tirith and the Battle of Pelennor Fields. For the YouTube tour, see here. Isn't the White City absolutely fantastic?! A bit more colorful than imagined, perhaps, but all the more interesting that way... __________________ 'Mercy!' cried Gandalf. 'If the giving of information is to be the cure of your inquisitiveness, I shall spend all the rest of my days in answering you. What more do you want to know?' 'The whole history of Middle-earth...'