I completely agree.

I found this post over at Cake Wrecks.

The post starts out with the following quote from Kanye West (no wonder I have no respect for him and cannot stand to hear his music). The post ends with some exquisitely made cakes that you really should see.

This past week I read a story on how rapper Kanye West is a "proud non-reader" and, despite the fact that he recently wrote a 52-page book of "Kanye-isms" that he would like you to buy and read yourself, he has "no respect" for books. Or to put it in his own words,

"Sometimes people write novels and they just be so wordy and so self-absorbed. I am not a fan of books. I would never want a book's autograph."

That's good, Kanye, since it's a right pain to get a book to even hold a pen, much less autograph itself. Anyhoo, after banging my head against the desk and weeping for future generations, I decided that today we should celebrate those authors and illustrators who made (and make) reading so much fun during our early years.

Cakey Love

It took me a while to figure this one out. The actual cake is the butterfly. The Mom who made this had the cake board designed at a print shop, then had it printed and laminated. Ooooh... the possibilities!

The next few cakes are some of the best examples I found of ladybug cakes. I'm thinking I need to practice a few cakes before the real deal for the little one's party.

I'm not so wild about the use of buttercream icing only, using star tips. But, it might be a possibility.

This is probably the best ladybug cake I found, but I think the dimensions for the head are just a tiny bit off. Maybe. It could also be spot-on. Definitely the best ladybug cake AND board. I love the grass effect.

One of the better ladybug cakes. I really like the flower it is sitting on, but I'm not crazy about the head, which I think was the top of a cupcake stuck to the side of it. It's just a bit small, but I like the eyes.

When I was a little girl, I had oodles of Strawberry Shortcake stuff, so this really stuck out to me. It was listed as an Honorable Mention in a topsy-turvey cake contest. The basket of berries is beautiful. I like the red and pink in this. So cute!

I think I've mentioned that I'd loooove to try a topsy-turvey/mad hatter cake, but I dunno.... it looks kind of dangerous. Can you imagine what the mess would be if everything weren't secured?

This is fantastic. A Dr. Seuss-themed wedding cake. The only thing is, I think the top three tiers are just a tiny bit plain. But it won the afore-mentioned cake contest.

Cake Wrecks

If you have some time to kill, you've just got to check out this site, Cake Wrecks. Just go there. And please check out the Fan Favorites section.

I just might add them to my links.

Enjoy!