Ska in the Park

A few months ago I found out about Ska in the Park. It's pretty much a one-day Warped Tour of just ska. Most. Awesome. Idea. Ever. And the show was the day before my birthday. Best. Birthday. Celebration. Ever. So I was totally stoked. Shortly after I found out about the show, the guy who was putting it on emailed me about making the cake for it. In exchange, I would get an all-access pass. YES!!

So this is the cake I've been looking forward to the most. It was basically my ticket into the show!

This is the flyer for the show:


And here's my cake:


The show was awesome. People loved the cake. I can't wait to do it again next year!

Do the Ska

One of my favorite people at work is Ben. We have the same last name, so we call each other brother/sister. You know the best part about him? He loves ska! I guess his sister (not me haha) does, too, because he ordered a ska cake for her birthday. Her favorite bands are Save Ferris and Five Iron Frenzy. I couldn't think of a clever way to fit that on the cake without just putting the bands' logo, so I went with a generic ska theme. Checkers, music notes and a couple skankin'!





You KNOW I listened to some ska jams while decorating this cake!

NxD

For those who don't know, I lovelovelove No Doubt. I mean, I LOVELOVELOVE No Doubt. They're one of my top five favorite bands. There was a time when almost every single spot on my bedroom walls and ceiling were covered with No Doubt posters/pics. So getting an order for a No Doubt themed cake makes me oh so giddy!

For this one, I had freedom to do whatever I wanted. All they asked is that I incorporate the band's albums. So I ordered some edible images of the album covers and placed them on the sides of the cake. Here's a pic:



On the top I put some No Doubt symbols/logos. An orange, a pink Saturn, an NxD logo and a boom box. I added a checkered border with some rasta striped corners.


I lovelovelove this cake!

This Cake is Super Rad!

To welcome @tonyrad1 to Skalifornia, I decided to make him a cake. And what better way to represent California ska than with an Aquabats theme!





It's a white Russian flavored cake. I think we'd have to eat like five of these to even feel anything. It hasn't been cut yet, so I don't know if the checkered patterned came out. Hopefully, it did! *crosses fingers*

I think I need to make a series of ska cakes.

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.