Sunday Sweets Celebrates Mid-Century Modern

Any Mid-Century Modern fans out there? I didn't think I was 'til I started following a few interior design folks online, and now I'm really warming up to the retro atomic-era style.

It also helps when I find cakes like this!

(Honey Crumb Cake Studio, Seattle)

My favorite color combo in sweet starburst patterns? SIGN ME UP.

This one reminds me of the colorful wallpapers you see in retro kitchens, the kind where the refrigerator is a matching teal:

(Carrie Sellman, online only)

And look at this sweet grid pattern:

(Metzi's Cakes & Bakes, California- Photo by Marisa Peterson)

I like the succulents instead of flowers!

This wedding had a vintage Pan-Am travel theme, so talk about the perfect cake stand:

(Superfine Bakery, closed, featured here- Photo by Marisa Peterson)

This blue and yellow are so cheerful together, right?

More happy colors and shapes with this kid's cake:

(Wilton, online supplies only)

Anyone have original terrazzo floors in their house? (Mine was built in '64, so we do.) This mid-century staple seems to be coming back, both for floors AND for cake:

(Blue & Ruby Cake Art, Australia)

The terrazzo in my house is boring gray, but our original bathtub and sink were exactly this shade of pink!

Here's a stunning minimalist starburst:

(Laura Marie Cakes, California)

And I like the darker jewel tones in this one:

(Honey Crumb Cake Studio, Seattle)

This one feels very Mary Blair to me:

(Featured here, but the baker isn't credited. Anyone know?)

Mary Blair was the artist and designer behind Disney's Small World ride. Look her up if you've never seen her art, it's ahhhhh-mazing - just like this cake!

In fact, I'm going to end with my favorite Small World-inspired cake, since it combines Mid-Century Modern and a little Disney magic:

 (Hey There Cupcake, California)

That's a combination worth singing about!

Hope these Sweets made you smile. Happy Sunday!

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And from my other blog, Epbot:

5 Terrible Ways To Celebrate Resurrect Romance Week

It's Resurrect Romance Week, minions, and I'm here to school you in the ways of wooing-with-cake.

Trust me, there are lots of ways you can heat things up with a little frosting, IF you know what I mean. Eh? ::eyebrow waggle:: EH? ::elbow nudge::

Oh, whoops. Wrong cake.

Hang on.

.... 

Aha! Here we go:

Because nothing says, "My secret garden is a HOOT" quite like a plastic owl censor dot. 

(Also there's a "self-rising flower" joke in here SOMEWHERE, I just know it.)

Or, if you want to be a little less subtle about it:

"This is our state"? Suuuuure it is, fellas. But only sometimes, right? Like, not when it's cold?

(Oh, c'mon, look at those faces. They see it, too.)

Maybe you're in the market for something that tells your main squeeze you're in this for the long haul, but in a way that's less sappy and more serial-killer:

I'd save this for AFTER your weekend get-away at the cabin, though. Otherwise you'll be chasing them through the woods with a chainsaw trying to explain how the chainsaw is only for landscaping and all those bottles in the basement are just ketchup, honey, honest! ...and it'll be a whole thing.

Of course actions speak louder than words, and there's at least one action I know that's guaranteed to have you howling for Romance week:

Yep, yep, yep. Good times with a bag of frozen peas.

(That's supposed to say "boys," btw, but you catch my non-drift.)

Thanks to Katie P., Pamela R., Anony M., Meghan C. & Stephanie C., who know that "frozen peas" joke is what separates the men from the Bays.

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The "I Kid You Not" shirt is my favorite:

 Funny Vasectomy Tees

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And from my other blog, Epbot: