I mention this by way of introduction to today's featured NON-Wreck, made by Heather Haynes of Clarksville, Indiana:
Yes, it's all the characters from the Muppet Show, modeled in fondant, on cake.
Awesomeness.
The Electric Mayhem is looking mighty groovy.
And I love Camilla the chicken. Say, have I mentioned that my hubby John does a fantastic Swedish Chef impersonation? Seriously. If you ever meet him, ask him to say "Bork bork bork" for you. It's downright uncanny.
Of course a Muppet Show cake would never be complete without their in-house peanut gallery, Statler and Waldorf. Still, I'm guessing even those two curmudgeons wouldn't find a thing to complain about on this sweet creation.I don't have any info on baker Heather; I only know this cake won the blue ribbon at the 2007 Kentucky State Fair. If anyone has more info or a website for her, be sure to let me know.
Also, there's a nice slide show of these and more photos here. Thanks to all of you readers who sent in the link!
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FANTASTIC!
I don't think I could ever eat it though! I love the Muppets and so do my kids. I think somehow the idea of taking a bite out of Kermit is wrong :| And I'd keep Animal...he's always been my favorite, hehe.
I love Beaker! Too awesome. This cake is amazing!! No wonder it won!
Incredible. I wish I'd had this for my wedding cake 23 years ago!
I love the muppets and I love this cake.She did such a great job on it.I hope you find out some more info on her.I would love to see some more cakes designed by her.
Absolutely remarkable!!!
That is fabulous!
She's even got the Professor and Beaker.
That's great!!!
My husband actually does a fantastic impression of the Swedish Chef, as well...it's one of the things that attracted me to him, when we met waaay bak in middle school. Funny guys = good. :-D
I love the Muppets; I love this cake. I still get sad when I about Jim Henson being gone.
That thing is awesome! Great details.
Her name is Heather Haynes and she is from Clarksville, Indiana. She won honorable mention in 2005 in Wilton's Cake Decorating contest with a cake called "A Mad Tea Party." From what I can tell, she has no web site or anything.
This cake is great! :) We've been renting all of the Muppet Shows from Netflix...my nine-year-old loves them. I can't believe it's been so many years since they were on!
Well, sorry to disappoint you all, but the Swedish chef doesn't speak Swedish. We don't understand him either...
This cake is fantastic. She did a terrific job. I'd be scared to eat it.
That is the best cake I've ever seen.
That's absolutely stupendous!
When Jim Henson died, my first thought was, "I wonder if Kermit is OK." Silly. I know. But that's how lifelike and endearing The Muppets are to me.
This is quite impressive, I can't imagine eating it though. I'm with v. nicharico, isn't it wrong to bite off Kermit's head?
Statler: You know, there's nothing like a good cake.
Waldorf: Yeah, and this is nothing like a good cake.
Both: Dwoah! Ho ho ho ho!
Sorry, I had to!
It's time to put on make-up, it's time to light the lights...
I would admire the hell out of this cake, take many hundreds of photos, and then eat it with great enjoyment. Yes, MOI!
I don't know how you can eat something so beautiful! (I feel the same way when I watch Ace of Cakes and see all that work go into something someone is gonna eat!)
I love the cake - it's a piece of work (and I am from the muppet era so I'm LOVING it!).
Cathy
These cakes came out so good it's almost sad to think they have to be eaten.
That is an awesome cake! I miss the Muppets! :(
Terri
ZOMG!!! Professor Bunson Honeydew and Beaker!!! The Electric Mayhem!!! Gonzo!!! Camilla!!! Scooter!!! Sam the All-American Eagle!!!
(faints dead away from the awesome)
You know, when The Muppet Show was on the air, my family judged the relative coolness of celebreties by how they interacted with Muppets. My father's brain nearly imploded the night Alice Cooper was on. Here was this freaky guy wearing makeup and singing songs that creeped him entirely...but he was so great with Muppets he had to be cool...but he was a freak...but he was cool...it was amusing to watch.
I'll never forget the one with Rudolph Nureyev, simply because he looked like he was having the time of his life dancing a spoof ballet (Swine Lake) and singing a duet with Miss Piggy.
I'm with middle aged woman, this would be a wedding cake to stand up and cheer for...even if I would feel guilty eating Kermit.
That is awesome! I love the Muppets- what an incredible cake! :)
This is an incredible cake. I'd have to take all the fondant characters off, shellac them, and put them on a shelf. I couldn't eat them.
Not only because they're the muppets, but because look at all the loving effort that went into making them? All that detail. Sam's feathers! Rolf's fur! Gonzo's argyle sweater!
I sooooo want that cake!!!!
This is WONDERFUL! Thanks for sharing non-wrecks.
How is it that someone from Indiana enters the Kentucky State Fair?
I don't remember seeing this cake when we went to the fair last year, and I know we stopped by the baked goods and such...
Hmmm... I'll probably remember it later...
Wow.
To recreate the characters so true to their form? Truly a gifted person!
Jen, this is one of my all-time favorite cakes - I can't believe I didn't think to send this for a Sunday blog. You get extra props for posting this near Jim's birthday, too, which was this past Wednesday, 9/24.
I'm huge fan of the Muppets. I entered my wedding reception to "Mahna Mahna" (wish we'd had this cake!). My car's license plate is MUPPET (and the car's name is Camilla). My blog is named in honor of the Swedish Chef. For all of these reasons, I tip my hat to you for honoring this cake.
For anyone who's looking for some Muppety fun and news, I'd recommend checking out http://www.toughpigs.com!
That cake is incredible! You've got to love the Muppets!
Woohoo! I love it! Last year for Christmas, my Hubby got me season one of the Muppet Show. The whole family loves to sit down and watch it!
This cake is AMAZING!!!
I miss the muppets so much. Looking at this cake makes me wanna go out and rent muppets in space. hahaha
The chicken is my favorite, it just looks so darn cute. :)
That is FREAKIN AWESOME!!!
Props to a fellow Hoosier!
I'll have to show this to my kids. We just watched The Muppets Take Manhattan last night!
That's an incredible cake!
I love the muppets! How cute!
oh man where's Pepe the prawn? He is my favorite
great post. Thanks for the pictures
That is the best cake I have seen in a long time! I grew up watching that show and unsuccessfully tried to get my kids to watch it. They never got hooked, but I still am :) Awesome cake!!
As long as John doesn't say:
"BJork Bjork Bjork...."
-Laura R
I was also amazed when I stumbled upon this at the 2007 state fair. I spent more time admiring this cake than I did anything else at the fair that day. And took lots of pictures, too.
That is AWESOME! I'm seriously in awe. I've been renting the Muppet Show for my kids....good times.
This is so beautiful!! My one complaint is that I'd never want to eat it. :-D
Wow! I think this is the best thing I have ever seen. I don't think I would be able to desecrate it by eating it.
-Nee
who has a tshirt "I appreciate the Muppets on a much deeper level than you"
I LOVE the Muppet Show. As a child I never wanted the episode to end and as an adult I've bought the DVD sets. I'm just as excited to watch the shows as my children are! This cake is amazing!!
If I could buy it, I'd find a way to perserve it forever!!
Simply AWESOME! I would buy that cake in a heartbeat! Too bad it is almost too perfect to eat......almost.
I think it is the most fabulous cake I've ever seen!!!
I agree, I don't think I could have eaten it. For sure I would have taken the fondant characters off and preserved them, somehow....
She is awesome and the likenesses are FABU!!!
Jim Henson would be so proud!
That is a beautiful cake! I love it!! That is amazing!
Wow that is amazing! I'd hate to cut it though it is too pretty to eat.
Absolutely gorgeous!!! The only notable (IMO) missing is Rizzo the Rat.
Surely Jim is up there somewhere smiling down on Heather for her faithful re-creation, and on you Jenn for spotlighting them this week.
(Netflix has The Muppet Show?? OMG, I'm signing up TODAY! My 18 m/o daughter needs the exposure!)
Wow, fantastic. How do you serve a cake like that, though? I wouldn't know where to start cutting...
I saw this cake in person at the fair. The pictures do not do it justice--it was simply amazing. I know I looked at it for over thirty minutes!
Beautiful cake! I could never eat it though.
I love "The Rainbow Connection". I also love "The Muppet Christmas Carol". I wonder if anyone's ever done that for a Christmas cake?
Kat
Wow! One of the most amazing cakes I've ever seen. I think I need to go rent The Muppet Movie!
That is one AWESOME cake!!
omg i love this. i want it for my birthday
I swear I can hear the theme song from here!!!
that is unbelievable!!!
I love this cake!
I live in KY and I now have made it my mission to hunt this gal down and have her make one of these cakes for me!
I just can't believe the likenesses. This is the most awesome cake I have ever seen!
Wow, that is an incredible amount of work! I LOVE the Muppets!
I also admired (and took loads of pics) of this cake at the fair last year! It's SO amazing! Heather, if you are out there, you can charge any amount for a cake even half this good and my husband will get it for me for next year's b-day, at my command! We were anxiously trying to guess which cake at this year's KY State Fair was Heather's. (Perhaps the garden gnomes? Anyone know?) This is the best cake ever.
Since nobody else has mentioned it so far, I will comment that this awesome cake is based on the gala sequence from The Great Muppet Caper. Kermit and Piggy are posed in a pretty good recreation of the fountain that Miss Piggy does her synchronized swimming number in. (Minus the fountain part, probably because Piggy still has her evening gown on.) The outfits are all exactly right. She must have watched the sequence many times to get it so right.
Holy Moly! That is one fabulous cake! The Chef is my fave character too.
That is AMAZING!
Fabulous cake! I enjoyed the comments too. Perhaps you should rename the post: For the Lovers, the Dreamers and Me.
She definitely channeled Jim Henson on this. They are spot on replicas. In marzipan?!!? wow.
"We just watched The Muppets Take Manhattan last night!"
"Well, they finally made it to Broadway..."
"Yeah, I've got tickets!"
"Are they good seats?"
"Yeah; they're for the next train out of town!"
LOL, Statler and Waldorf...
I found this website: http://www.slashfood.com/2008/07/01/fair-winning-muppet-show-cake/
One of the commenters on the post about the Muppet cake claims to be the baker's future sister-in-law, and stated that the baker, Heather Hayes, is not a professional, baking is just her hobby, but she hopes to one day open a bakery.
Cheers!
NIMAL ANIMAL ANIMAL!!!!!!!!! Love that cake its just way too cool!
What a wonderful creation...but how could anyone destroy it by eating it?? I'm in awe of the person who made that cake!
VH
Oh. my. GOSH! I love the Muppets! I love cake!! I love this blog! Put it all together... oh, man, I think I'm hyperventilating out of the excitement of it all. This is one freakin' sweet cake. Heather, whoever and wherever you are, I bow down to you!!!
That is AWESOME. Also, I need to know where you got a Kermit with light up fireflies that plays Rainbow Connection. I mean seriously, I NEED to know this.
Statler and Waldorf would probably manage to complain about the cake being fattening if they couldn't object to the artistry. Just amazing.
(Hmm. Netflix... now that I've graduated and passed the bar and have a job, i.e. now that I have more income AND more time, it might just be time for a Netflix sub. Muppet Show would be high on the list.)
That is fantastic!!!
That. is so. AWESOME!!
The muppets have always held a special place in my heart, and seeing such an amazingly made homage to them is the coolest thing ever.
On a related note, it would have been a crime NOT to have put the Swedish chef on the cake. A crime I say!
Great to see some real cake talent on this site once in a while. It gives me faith in humanity.
YAAAAAAAYY! *flails!
Love this! The baker is a true artist. I couldn't eat it, it's such a work of art!
I FREAKING LOVE THIS CAKE!!!!
I absolutely adored the muppets growing up and I still love them!!! Especially the two old grumpy men! Thanks for the smile!!
This cake is absolutely magical, I love it!
Just thought I'd share this with everyone: there is a Swedish Chef Google (i.e. Google Bork). It's one of google's funny language things, it's just like regular google, except that the opening google page is written as if by Swedish Chef. Your searches all come back in regular English though, so funny! Here's the link:
http://www.google.com/intl/xx-bork/
LOVE it - what a wonderful job on every single character! I wouldn't be able to eat it (don't like fondant that much) but wow!!! I'm with you on the chicken - so awesome!
My fav has always been Dr. Bunsen Honeydew and Beaker the intrepid assitant. I see they are on one side of the cake and Beaker is surprisingly in one piece.
Usually Dr B blows him up.
Amazing, I couldn't draw that well, let along make those characters out of fondant!
The cake is awesome! Muppets are awesome! They need to cancel most of the crap that passes for kid TV these days and rerun the Muppets and Looney Tunes!
but I see one mistake - Floyd, the bass player in Dr. Teeth's band, is supposed to be pink
LOL...my fiance does a pretty good impression of "bork! Bork! Bork!" too. Maybe he and your hubby can have a contest!
This cake is amazing. WOW. My favorite is of course the chicken.
This cake? Totally made my day! *happily hugs Kermit the Frog doll*
[Clueuin Bowing]
I am not worthy, I am not worthy, I am not worthy!
Best Blog Post Ever!!!!!!
Peace,
Clueuin
P.S God, I miss the muppets and Jim Henson! (He's son does good work though. Ever seen the work he did with his father,"Dark Crystal"?
I live about 3 minutes away from Clarksville, Indiana. Possibly she works for one of our local bakeries! I will definitely be looking out for her name from here on out...
PS - to the person who asked how someone from Indiana enters the KY state fair: Clarksville is about 5 minutes away from Louisville, KY, which is where the state fair is held. They don't limit entries to residents of Kentucky. Just FYI!
For the one or two of you who have inquired about my Kermit statue: first off, you can't have it. :)
Secondly, my hubby got it a few years ago from The Art of Disney Store at the park, and it's called a "big fig". I don't know if they still carry them there, but I did see one over on ebay. Hope that helps.
This is faaaaBBBBBUlous! I am a huge muppet fan! HOw awesome!
Totally amazing cake. I am so impressed, and I can't believe that she does this as a hobbyist! Such talent!
For all you fellow Muppets fans, if you ever go to Anaheim, CA, try to get to California Adventure (adjacent to Disneyland) and do the Muppet Theatre attraction. I was practically squealing!
That cake is rad. I heart the rainbow connection....
Stef
WOW, this is an awesome cake, well done! I admire you for your patience.
Cakes and baked good that are show items don't get eaten unless they are being entered as a taste item. At our state fair (which is still very agricultural and 4H-ish), there are many items that are submitted for taste contests. Then there are the ones such as wedding cakes, show cakes like this one etc, that are judged solely on the decorating, elaboration, constancy of theme, difficulty.
They're not cut into and eaten. And considering that they are baked and sometimes semi-constructed beforehand, and then they usually sit in a (dusty fairground) Exhibit hall for the 2 weeks of the fair....they're not anything you'd want to eat anyway.
OMG, are you kidding me with that thing?!? that is nothing short of a-freakin'-mazing! the only thing though... i'd REALLY have to struggle with actually cutting in and eating it.
and thank god she didn't include those rats that show up in the later muppet movies (particularly the one w/ the jewel heist in london)...
Oh how I loved the Muppet Show!
I want this cake! If I ever get married, I want this at my wedding.
Congratulations to Heather! I love cake almost as much as I love the Muppets and it looks like she did justice to both.
so freakin talented!
that is amazing!
WOW!!! That is incredible! I would love to see more of her work.
I love me some Muppets...
love love love this cake!
that cake is AWESOME.
dont forget the mario kart cake though!
I've read the blog for a while -- and love it! I've never commented before today though.
This cake is AMAZING! It has brought me out of hiding. This is what they call talent!
WoW! Love that cake! HUGE Muppet fan. I love how all the characters look right.
That is so awesome! If you dont know already, there are some new shorts on youtube that are official NEW Muppet shorts.
Here is something to wet your Muppet whistle!
http://www.youtube.com/user/meepmeepmeepow
Wow! That's the best cake I've ever seen. It's so well done. http://www.ineedtext.com/FoodBlog/
THIS IS WHAT THEY CALL THE MUPPET SHOW!! Man, I loved that show and wow that cake is incredible!! I think the timing is great considering the Disney Chanel has been incorporating the Muppet Show characters into one of their shows.
Wonderful work, makes me wonder if she entered the competition this year....
Probably the Indiana State Fair. I didn't get to the Baked Goods area this year, but it looks like the display area from the Indiana State Fairgrounds. Maybe state fairs all look like that...
The cakes are always amazing!
Absolutely Fab..
Hi! This comment isn't really relevant to the amazing muppet-fondant creation of childhood and dreams, but you may like it anyway.
I recently discovered your blog and went back allllll the way to the first one. My family and I are big bakers, we don't do anything professionally but we all love your site. Thank you for reviewing horrific and splendid cakes!
That is the BEST. CAKE. EVER. Who cares if I'm turning 33 on my next birthday? I act like I'm 3.
That is an awesome cake. I would not want to eat it.
visions of Sam the Eagle in my head singing... "Willow, tit willow, tit willow." LOVE it!
-moochmom
the Swedish Chef does not nor has he ever spoke Swedish.
He speaks MOCK Swedish...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iljHvsGWPkE
That is some quality craftsmanship. You couldn't eat..you just couldn't.
Marvellous. xx