Today's cake: Yoda II

i made this one at the beginning of this month.  i had done a Yoda cake a couple years ago and i was super excited to make a new and improved one!  i went to high school with the sweet mama, Shawna, that wanted this cake for her son.  he asked that Yoda carry his light saber.  i immediately knew what i was gonna use for that.  my husband had purchased some small green flashlights for his show that looked like tiny light sabers.  i went and got one at Target and started work on this tiny guy as soon as i got home.  sometimes all it takes is something simple like a light to set the course for the rest of the project.

now i secure all standing cakes with a food grade pvc pipe that is screwed onto the wooden cake board.  the round cakes are stacked on and pushed down the pipe leaving room for the head.  this head was made with rice crispy treats, modeling chocolate and then fondant.  after all the details were added, like wrinkles for his face because he's like a super old Jedi and his tiny pouch that looks like a coin purse on his belt, it was time to add the finishing touch: the light saber!  yippee!

while i was making this, i thought about high school a lot.  i knew i was going to get the chance to see someone i had gone to school with that i hadn't seen in 14 years!  i thought about how different everyone is than when they were in high school.  how in high school, you are just trying to figure out life and fit in or not fit in, question yourself and authority, and just be happy while coming to the realization that it is a big world that doesn't actually revolve around your teenaged self.  i was happy to see Shawna and to meet her sons, and let me tell you that the birthday boy this cake was for is a total charmer!  i've never used the adjective charming before but that is how i've been describing her son.  and he has this total southern accent.  "mama, i'm just gonna go ahead and sit back here with the cake" of course she didn't let him because it was in the way back of a large suburban, but that was just about the cutest thing i've ever heard.