Drool-worthy Mario cake

Yeah, yeah, there are thousands of amazing cakes out there, and there are probably just as many sites that are devoted to featuring them. For those of you who know me from my main site, though, you know I have a soft-spot for the original NES and Mario. I’ve seen my fair share of Mario cakes, too, but I really like this one.

This post has several more close-up pictures and the sketch that this was modeled after.

May I have another Jessi please?

culinary detours, lookalikes | August 15, 2009 | By

N: Are we going to the pet store?
B: Yeah, are we. We could get a dog, or a cat —
L: Or a kitten —
N: Or a bird —
L: No, a dog!
B: Nuh uh, birds are better.
Me: We’re not going to the pet store guys…
B: Oo, or we could get a Jessi.
N: Yeah, a Jessi, and then we’d have two.
B: Yeah! Then we could have one to cook the desserts
Me thinking: And another to do the rest of the cooking, cleaning, etc, but no…
B: And another one to cook more desserts!
N & L: Yeah, that’d be cool. Jinx!

They continued to talk about what kind of desserts each of the Jessis would make, what they’d request….and what they’d call the other Jessi, lol. It’s great to know that the girls would love to have two of me…if only for me cooking desserts!

And those are chicken nuggets you’d buy at a pet store. Chicken nugget sheep? Aren’t they cute? ;)

Spaghetti and Meatballs Lookalike Cake

Many of you have probably already seen this by now, but I can’t resist sharing it again anyway. It seemed to have swept the web when Ciao Chow Linda first posted it. I saw it on blogs, cooking websites, and even forums that had absolutely nothing at all to do with cooking.

Who can blame people, though? It’s an absolutely amazing looking cake.

Growing up, my “special birthday dinner” choice was always spaghetti. I loved it, but my mom doesn’t at all, so I rarely had it….except for getting it on my birthday. She’s always made our cakes from scratch and into something really special, too (I’ll share pictures with you guys later). I no longer get the birthday cakes, but I wonder if I could talk her into trying to make one for an upcoming birthday. At least she wouldn’t have to eat real spaghetti!