I think it’s a safe guess that, without being told, you understood that these cake pops are wedding-themed. What was the giveaway? Most definitely the tuxedo/topcoat design. Nothing says bridegroom like a classy white and dark chocolate tuxedo.

I was going to regale you now with the history of the tuxedo and how it became a de rigueur fashion choice for everything from awards show ceremonies to weddings. However, the tale of the tuxedo is unremittingly dull and I won’t subject you to it. Enough that I wasted five minutes of my time on it. Suffice it to say that for a while tuxedos were often made of midnight blue fabric instead of the now traditional black. And that’s the most interesting tidbit, so you can just imagine the rest.

Nobody embodied the class of the tuxedo like Fred Astaire – before or since. He looked so natural and comfortable in a tuxedo that it was hard to imagine him in anything else. Here he is extolling its virtues in this classic scene from the 1935 film, Top Hat. It (almost) doesn’t even matter that the film’s plot is absurd and predictable.

Astaire is so iconic that he spawned imitators ranging from Michael Jackson to Lego men. This fantastic video has been watched by a paltry 5,644 people. There is no justice in the world.

But back to cake pops. A tuxedo is a pretty standard look. Not a lot of variation seems possible. Adding some buttons or a different cut of lapel does not qualify as variety. Wedding gowns on the other hand are staggeringly diverse. A cake pop is obviously just representational (as we’re dealing with a round ball which hopefully does not reflect the bride’s figure) but still the options for wedding dress design are limited only by one’s imagination. Sadly, the customer specifically chose this style only, and my design dreams were quashed. As sewing is never going to be my thing, I’ll just have to wait for another sugar and flour opportunity to flex my gown design muscles.