Still Going Strong

I’ll admit, I’ve never been a fan of edible images. Where’s the art, the creativity, the hours of painstaking work? While I can see how it might be fun to have a photo of yourself on a cake, isn’t it just a little bit unsettling to take a bite out of your face?

Well, my reservations flew out the window when I began contemplating a 50th anniversary cake for my parents. How to sum up a truly inspirational marriage on 12 square inches of cake?

I started with a sweet photo from their wedding in 1962. I guess customs were different then and the bedecking was a more intimate affair. In a moment of folly my father went with a white satin kippa. My mother’s dress is simple and elegant.

The sides of the cake show snapshots from a life together – courtship, romance, marriage proposal, wedding, children, getting older.