Son's Birthday Cake 2012. Photo Heavy...sorry.

[Icculus308win]

 

That is truly awesome!!! I wish I had some artistic skills like that, 1/8th of that would be great even!! I remember your bat mobile from last year, another masterpiece!!

Following suit, you two are exceptional parents and your son is a very lucky little boy!!

[seanfingh]

The cake festivities are finished. It was pretty hilarious, usually the kids tear into all the "props". Not this time, everybody just kind of sat there and looked at it. My son wasn't touching that thing with a ten foot pole. I tried my best to get him to bite into the brains so I could get a picture but he wasn't having any part if it.

 

My wife broke the ice by taking the first taste and eventually the kids came around, but not with their usual fervor.

 

I have to admit there was something very wrong with watching them pick at the insides of his head.

 

The blood didn't work out as well as we'd hoped, the modeling chocolate was just glassy, the blood wouldn't set right on it...however that did make for a wonderful little "accident" with the brain. In that case the blood worked out splendidly.

 

I'll post some pics in a bit.

 

Thanks everybody for the very nice comments.

 

You guys did such a good job that you grossed out the kids. That is the best!!

[BaltimoreLauren]

...I will happily eat all of the cake in this thread.

[PulpCultureComics]

You and your good wife can be proud of a job well done and that's why...you have to let me EAT YOUR BRAAAAAAAAAAAIIIIIIIIIIIINS!

 

Sorry I meant CAAAAKKKKKE!

 

 

 

 

[dicjones]

Ok, I'm back with pictures from the "party". The cat had a minor medical emergency last night so I didn't get to post any pictures like I promised.

 

OK, on to the good stuff. This is my son...we made him close his eyes until the cake came out and we all sang happy birthday as my wife was walking it out. Sorry about the mess in the background, we are selling our house this summer and I am working on a few things.

 

DSC_0001 by dicjones, on Flickr]Beck[/url]

 

This is the cake just shortly after my son blew out the candles. When we started this whole project we basically knew we wanted a zombie head and hand, but beyond that we didn't really have much of a plan and I think that shows in the final product. It's just a head and hand on a cake really, but for a 5 year old I'm sure it looks pretty spectacular. I would have liked to do a wash over the whole thing to make the wrinkles and such pop, but I'm not sure if it would have taken considering the nature of the modeling chocolate.

 

DSC_0008 by dicjones, on Flickr]Cake with candles[/url]

[SolitaireOne]

That is a FANTASTIC b-Day cake! Absolutely UNREAL!

 

(thumbs u (thumbs u

[dicjones]

I thought the brains turned out friggin' awesome! Like I said earlier, the blood just wouldn't hold so it was difficult to put it in the places that we wanted.

 

DSC_0010 by dicjones, on Flickr]Mmmm....Brains![/url]

 

DSC_0014 by dicjones, on Flickr]zombie[/url]

 

That's my oldest daughter in the background.

 

DSC_0021 by dicjones, on Flickr]zombie[/url]

 

My son checking it out, he still doesn't know what to think....

 

DSC_0024 by dicjones, on Flickr]interesting?[/url]

 

DSC_0026 by dicjones, on Flickr]zombie[/url]

 

Everybody was just kind of waiting for somebody else to do something.

 

DSC_0019 by dicjones, on Flickr]You go first! No, you go first![/url]

[dicjones]

So this whole time I'm taking pictures, nobody is touching it and it isn't because I'm taking pictures, nobody wants to have anything to do with that thing. Normally, the kids rip these cakes apart.

 

My wife had to break the ice.

 

DSC_0015 by dicjones, on Flickr]Yummy![/url]

 

DSC_0022 by dicjones, on Flickr]French zombies? Who knew![/url]

 

That still didn't work so my wife had to take it to extremes.

 

DSC_0037 by dicjones, on Flickr]Do It!!!!!!![/url]

 

DSC_0038 by dicjones, on Flickr]Death to zombie![/url]

 

DSC_0040 by dicjones, on Flickr]I think he's dead?[/url]

[sckao]

 

Brilliantly done cake... but I wouldn't want to eat that either if I was a little kid. Bloody birthday cake?

 

 

[Ditch Fahrenheit]

[dicjones]

Finally they got into it a little, I have to admit there is something very surreal about watching your kids pick at the insides of a human head.

 

My son going in for the kill!!He refused to eat any part other than the grass....

 

DSC_0035 by dicjones, on Flickr]Get 'em Beck![/url]

 

 

DSC_0044 by dicjones, on Flickr]Future Dr. G.[/url]

 

DSC_0043 by dicjones, on Flickr]All in.[/url]

 

DSC_0042 by dicjones, on Flickr]More brains, please.[/url]

 

DSC_0045 by dicjones, on Flickr]A little apprehensive.[/url]

 

[dicjones]

Reaping the rewards of surviving the zombie apocolypse!

 

DSC_0059 by dicjones, on Flickr]Toys![/url]

 

My wife showing my son how to shoot a web.

 

DSC_0061 by dicjones, on Flickr]This is how you do it.[/url]

 

Nice try buddy!

 

DSC_0062 by dicjones, on Flickr]Nice try.[/url]

 

And one more pic, because, well darn it...I think it's cute!

 

DSC_0023 by dicjones, on Flickr]Happy Birthday to me!![/url]

I hope everyone enjoyed looking at the pics and in some small way being a part of my son's birthday party.

 

Again, thank you for all the wonderful comments.

 

 

 

 

[DiceX]

Greatest birthday cake ever!

 

FYI in the future, mix your blood coloring with clear Karo syrup. It will work much better.

 

 

[dicjones]

Greatest birthday cake ever!

 

FYI in the future, mix your blood coloring with clear Karo syrup. It will work much better.

 

 

Yeah, that's part of the "recipe". The problem was with the modeling chocolate. The consistency of the blood was really good actually, it was thick and congealed. But thanks for the suggestion.

[Ares]

Your wife has good taste in football teams

[Mark 1]

Awesome job on that cake. I've never seen anything like that before.

 

I used to do special FX makeup and sculptiung as a teen (I idolized Rick Baker and Rob Bottin) so this hit home for me.

 

You and your wife have great skills.

 

Thanks for sharing

[dicjones]

Your wife has good taste in football teams

 

My wife hates football, the shirt is for my enjoyment....

[Ares]

Your wife has good taste in football teams

 

My wife hates football, the shirt is for my enjoyment....

 

Well you have good taste then

[violentluke]

awesome cake, very well done

[This is water]

Adventure time toys

 

Way cool. Thanks for sharing.