I used to work as a cake decorator. At the time the teenage Mutatnt Ninja Turtles were popular so we did a lot of those for kids' birthdays...

Most unusual wedding-related cake was one which was to have a cemetery depicted on the top, for a bachelor party...black and grey frostinsg require a lot of coloring and so the icing ends up tasting kind of yucky...

Since we did butter frostings and these did not lend themselves well to making flowers (especially in warmer months when most weddings occur), we mostly did wedding cales with a very basic frosting decoration (scallops or other edges) and added fresh flowers...this was also very popular at the time (late 80s, early 90s).

I make a bat cake every year for my Samhain Soiree...

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