Memorable Birthday Cakes

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There is no better day for me to pay tribute to my talented and festive mother and some of the cooler pop culture cakes she produced for me over the years. My mom made cakes for every occasion growing up, Halloween, St Patrick's Day, last day of school but birthdays, those were the coolest. Above is 1975's selection the previously shown, blue coconut Grover.


Here is 1978 and it's Captain America's shield, if you look closely you can see a Fisher Price Gonzo figure, I'm not sure why I wanted that but I did.
I am sure I had at least one Star Wars themed cake but I cannot find any evidence of it.
Finally, we have this G.I. Joe RAH cake from 1982, this may have been the exact moment I realized I was too old for action figures. I felt uncomfortable with this cake, even though it was really, really cool and i wish I still had those figures!

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[Earth 2 Chris]

Cool cakes Brian. I remember drawing a Batman for my mom to decorate over on my cake one year. I think I have some pics of that somewhere.

Chris

[Marvelmania]

Geez, I would have freaked over that Cap cake. Actually I still would today! All my cakes were always out of the bakery and usually sports related or something simple. Having a birthday on Christmas Day isn't the best because you're usually a side thought. It was always here's a present and oh btw it's for Christmas and your birthday.

[Falstaff13]

Among others (Popeye and Dick Tracy were two big favorites), my mom had a cake decorating set for Superman and Batman cakes. The cake pan was of a torso, and decorating pieces were there for the faces and chest emblems. I had a couple of superhero themed parties. I wonder if there were others of these?

Hugh

[Wee67]

I do hve a big picture somewhere of the Gene Simmons cake my mom made for me in 5th grade. She did a pretty good job making the face against a sea of blue (my fav color, back then) icing.

[HardyGirl]

I never had a themed cake. My mom didn't go much for that sort of thing. What was fun for me was going to the grocery store w/ my mom, picking out the cake mix (man, there was almost a whole aisle in the store back in the day), frosting and ice-cream. My sister would write Happy Birthday Sharon on my cake in tube icing, and that was pretty much it.

[toys2cool]

man how cool! I had a Gi joe one like that,but it was in like 87 or 88,I remember my aunt burning Dukes hand

[vulcan2074]

Those Cakes Look very Delicious. My Mom made my cakes as well. Wow, Now I'm Hungry
Sammy

[toys2cool]

I remember the He-man one my mom use to make

[Seeker]

My mom used to have a book you could cut out different shapes out of a sheet cake and make different things and animals and such. I think it was put out by a coconut manufacturer. You could do magic with food coloring and different candies.

[RG]

my mom had a cake decorating set for Superman and Batman cakes. The cake pan was of a torso, and decorating pieces were there for the faces and chest emblems. I had a couple of superhero themed parties. I wonder if there were others of these?

Same here ... but I always picked Batman over Superman ...good ol' Wilson cake pans. I still have the Batman/Superman set with all parts ... and about 2 years ago ... I got a Wonder Woman complete set at a yard sale for $1 at some point I want to make all three ... but I need to like throw a big party or something lol.

[megoscott]

Those are so cool. I never had such a cake!

[EmergencyIan]

I had one of those Batman mold cakes for my birthday in '79. I thought it was great!


- Ian

[RG]

here's a picture of me with my Batman cake

[wyatterb]

I had cakes for pretty much every birthday until I moved out after college and even after that I still got cakes when I'd come home or when they'd come visit me anytime close to my birthday. My dad worked in a bakery for over 12 years and still does cakes today, though not as many as he used too. Any superhero cakes were decorated by my mom as I know my Dad would not have had the patience to do the stars on the Batman cake. I'll have to dig out some of the cake pics and post them.