Sweet Reads (9)-- Book Inspired Cakes

Sweet Reads is a bi-monthly feature (Mondays) hosted here at Word Spelunking that showcases book inspired cakes, cupcakes and other goodies.

It has been ridiculously long since I've done one of these posts, but I've missed them so much! I love books, I love cakes, I love cakes inspired by books, so I'm going to try and do these posts more often...

Today I have a nice mishmash of bookish cake goodness!

Alice in Wonderland Cakes

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So lovely! I love the pink and green together.

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Simple, but gorgeous!

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I may die from the cute!

The Hobbit

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The most adorable cupcakes ever!

The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe

I can almost hear Aslan roar!

Harry Potter

This cake has SO much awesome!

What do you think of these cakes?! I love them and would be honored to have any of them as my birthday cake this Wednesday!

Sweet Reads (8): Book Inspired Cakes

Sweet Reads is a feature (Mondays) hosted here at Word Spelunking that showcases book inspired cakes, cupcakes and other goodies.

Welcome to another edition of Sweet Reads!

This week I thought I'd go with a literal sense of "book cakes" and show cakes in the shape of books or that feature books in some way...

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I love the cute book border around the whole cake!

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Yearbook cakes with edible picture pages! How cool?!

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So sweet!

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I'm not a religious person, but I believe those cakes are divine, lol!

All of the following books are just TOO FRIGGIN AMAZING...

Whaddya think of these bookish cakes?!

Sweet Reads (7): Baby Book Cakes

Sweet Reads is a feature (Mondays) hosted here at Word Spelunking that showcases book inspired cakes, cupcakes and other goodies.

It's been a loooong time since I've done a Sweet Reads post, but I've decided to get back into doing them because I love them so much. And this week I thought I'd focus on cakes inspired by baby books! I've been doing A LOT of baby book shopping lately for my niece (who soon arrive very soon!) and have loved looking at these cakes...

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GOODNIGHT MOON

made by Baked Impressions

The 3D effect is amazing!

PAT THE BUNNY

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SO sweet!

HAROLD AND THE PURPLE CRAYON

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Simple, but divine!

BROWN BEAR, BROWN BEAR WHAT DO YOU SEE?

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I love all those colors!

THE VERY HUNGRY CATERPILLAR

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This really captures the book!

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This is TOO cute!

WINNIE THE POOH

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I love that this features the classic look of the book characters and not the cartoon versions.

VARIOUS BOOKS/CHARACTERS

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This is awesome! I wish I could find pics of the other side.

Whaddya think of these baby book inspired cakes?!

Sweet Reads (6): Lord of the Rings Cakes

Sweet Reads is a bi-monthly feature (Mondays) hosted here at Word Spelunking that showcases book inspired cakes, cupcakes and other goodies.

I don't know about you, but I'm super excited for the upcoming 'The Hobbit' movie! So this week I decided to feature cakes inspired by The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings Series. Prepare to be AMAZED....

Here's a cute cake featuring Bilbo Baggins and Gandalf the Grey

And here's an adorable hobbity hole with Gandalf and Frodo, plus the sweetest cupcakes ever!

It's everybody's favorite Ent, Treebeard! With Merry and Pippin in his branches.

Gandalf the White!

This is a gorgeous wedding cake inspired by the love between Aragorn and Arwen.

It's Gollum...MY PRECIOUSSS

Smaug the dragon!

The yummiest Orc I've ever seen!

And lastly, we have an incredible and edible Barad-dur Tower...the Eye of Sauron is watching!

Whaddya think of these amazing cakes?!

Sweet Reads (5): Roald Dahl Books

Sweet Reads is a bi-monthly feature (Mondays) hosted here at Word Spelunking that showcases book inspired cakes, cupcakes and other goodies.

This week's goodies are inspired by various Roald Dahl books...

Mix of Roald Dahl books cake

Fantastic Mr. Fox

I love the wee little carrots and pumpkins! Too cute!

James and the Giant Peach

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

So many awesome details! Look at blown-up Violet!

It's an Ever-Lasting Gobstopper!

Oompa Loompa cake pops! LOVE them!!!

Whaddya think of these Roald Dahl inspired cakes?!

What book inspired cake would you love to have for your birthday?

Sweet Reads (4): Book Inspired Cakes-- Children's Books Inspired Cakes

Sweet Reads is a bi-monthly feature (Mondays) hosted here at Word Spelunking that showcases book inspired cakes, cupcakes and other goodies.

So, it's been awhile since I did a Sweet Reads post (I'm a bad, bad blogger!) but I'm ready to jump back into this yummy feature! Here's this week's awesome and amazing book cakes, which were inspired by Children's Books!

Clifford the Big Red Dog

Look how cute Clifford looks! I'm not sure I could cut into him

Goodnight Moon

I read this book SO many time to my little sister when she was a toddler!

 Howl's Moving Castle

How awesome is this 3D creation?!

 Olivia

This is so pretty! Olivia looks absolutely loverly!

 The Giving Tree

This book still makes me cry but this cake makes me smile BIG

 The Rainbow Fish

This is so stunning in its simplicity! What beautiful colors!

Winnie-the-Pooh

Look at that 3D work! Puts a rummbly in my tummbly ^_^

What do you think of these Children's Books inspired cakes?!

I have a birthday coming up next month and would love to make book inspired cupcakes...any ideas?!