Wednesday, September 9, 2009

Can't You See I'm Addicted?

Ska is pretty much the best thing that's ever happened to me. Give me a horn solo and an upbeat rhythm any day! It's hard for me to put into words how much I love this music. I wrote a blog once about ska that was posted on Hot Topic's site. If I was at work right now, I'd just repost that. But since I'm not, I'll use some lyrics from a Spring Heeled Jack tune to try to express my love.

When things are going down and you wanna pick it up
Why don't you try and do what I do
The way I know to get you out of a slump is
To listen to music that puts a smile on your face
I won't let you be down so you better start jumping
Cause you're making me ill
Well no one says when they grow up
They wanna be an addict well, I wouldn't have it another way

When things are going down and you wanna pick it up
Why don't you try and do what I do
I know some days you get dealt a bad hand
So listen to music that puts a smile on your face
I won't let you be down so you better start jumping
Cause you're making me ill
Well no one says when they grow up
They wanna be an addict well, I wouldn't have it another way

While you're passing through my way give me a little S-K-A
On my tongue and in my veins, I wouldn't have it another way


Can't you see I'm addicted?


I don't know why I haven't made a ska-themed cake yet. I've just been too busy making cakes for everyone else. It's about time I make a cake for myself! haha

My mom has a cake pan that makes a checkered pattern. Totally perfect for this cake. So I stoleborrowed it. I followed the directions and it doesn't seem like this would make a checkered pattern, but as you'll see in a bit, it does!


I decided to use this picture as my design for the cake.


I covered the cake with white frosting. Not the best icing job, but I wasn't in a cake mood at the time and I was almost out of frosting.


Since I wasn't in a cake mood, I decided to take a break and decorate the cake when I was cheerful. A day later...


A ska cake is not a ska cake without a checkered pattern.


And in case you still didn't know what kind of cake it was.


It's even checkered on the inside. <3


We do the ska, yeah we ska, yeah we ska...Ska is all we need.

7 comments:

  1. this is so cool! i am a huge less than jake & reel big fish fan.. RBF's song "Beer" is one of the best songs ever to jam out to in the car! That checkerboard pattern is amazing! Great job!

    xoxo

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  2. That looks awesome!!! I bet it tasted yummy!! :D

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  3. I think this may be your most shining baking achievement. I want to eat a piece the skank around the room.

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  4. So, I just have to say, this is by far the most amazing cake I have ever seen. I was searching google for some pictures and saw a picture of this cake and almost crapped my pants cause it was so awesome. Ska is by far the greatest music ever. It seems you are a big fan as well, so check out this site http://www.skafreaks.com If you ever feel like chatting about Ska shoot me a message from that site.(use the feedback)

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  5. holy Cow! That is so rad! I never knew they made such a contraption to make checkered cakes.

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  6. Hello, i really want to do one of this for my boyfriend, he love´s ska (and me too) . I love to cook buy i don´t have a clue about do cakes. Could you give me the receipe for this? hoy can i do de squares inside? what do you use for the white and black outside?? it´s a great job!! congrats! please reply me in dinamitaverde@gmail.com

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