Hey Kenfields!We were more than happy to help out a friend and honored to be a part of this special event. This table of baked goods is what we ended up with...
I have a question, and don't feel the least bit bad if the answer is flat out no. I just had an idea to have an Axe Cop birthday cake at the event on the 27th. I was trying to think of who would make a really awesome one and I thought of you guys. Of course I thought maybe Will could make a cool Axe Cop candle (like the one in the comic where he is holding up the two axe candles) but I figured I would see if you guys would be up to it...I like the idea of having a cake at this event, but there's no way I can make it happen, so I thought I'd see if you'd like to try.
Ethan
But I'm getting ahead of myself. Here's a detailed look at our adventures in cake embellishing.
Our efforts began primitively. After deciding the only logical thing to do was make Uni-Cupcakes, inspired by Uni-Baby and Uni-Man from Uni-Smart World, the goal became figuring out the best way to construct 80 or so unicorn horns. After considering various edible sculpting mediums, I chose Vanilla Tootsie Rolls. Thankfully, since Valentine's Day is just around the corner, Vanilla Tootsie Rolls are currently being sold in bags with their Cherry flavored counterparts. I did some practice runs with the cherry flavored candies (which, by the way, smelled exactly like the playdough I made from cherry flavored Kool-Aid the other day- huh) and then an actual vanilla one. They are pictured, from left to right, in the order I made them.
I decided coffee stir straws would be better than doubling up toothpicks and managed to perfect my unicorn horn twisting technique, here's the result...
...and then I made 86 of them...
The Uni-Cupcake Prototype (hand-crafted Vanilla Tootsie Roll unicorn horn stuck in an Albertsons Bakery cupcake). I am so glad this worked because I didn't really have a "Plan B" (obviously, I like to live on the edge)...
Lots of Uni-Cupcakes...
My daughter waited all day to partake of the chewy confection. In the world of Axe Cop, uni-horns can grant wishes. I wonder what Sofie wished for...
...another cupcake, of course!
This awesome candle, which topped an Albertsons Bakery cake, was constructed by Will Crawford (check out his blog here), another friend of Ethan's. It is a reference to Ask Axe Cop #3, Will did an excellent job making it authentic. Good thing too because we didn't want to get anything wrong like they did in Ask Axe Cop #50...
Another angle of the awesomeness...
Ethan and Malachai, the masterminds behind this whole crazy thing, did the honors and blew out the candles after we sang Happy Birthday to Axe Cop.
This whole event was just a really fun time. Ethan and Malachai signed lots of copies of Axe Cop Volume 1 (including ours). They also conducted a live panel during which they showed us the Axe Cop process, created a new character on the spot, answered some questions, and showed some great Axe Cop related videos. On the way home, my husband and I discussed how mind boggling this whole Axe Cop thing is. We are so proud of Ethan and the hard work he is doing. He displays an insane amount of patience in letting a six-year-old dictate the stories but it is the genuine love he has for his little brother that makes the whole thing work.
Happy Birthday Axe Cop! Your crazy antics and outrageous characters bring us laughter and remind us that even the innocence of childhood is riddled with bad guys whose heads must be chopped off.
2 comments:
You are my hero! You work with yarn, fabric, playdough, and now candy!!!! You are amazing!
Thanks Susanne! It was kind of funny because as I was obsessing over the best way to sculpt a unicorn horn out of Tootsie Rolls Josh said, "Oh no. I hope this doesn't awaken anything in you." I just laughed maniacally and threw candy at him. I don't think I'll be applying for a job with Ace of Cakes any time soon but this was a fun challenge.
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