Tintin

This Fabulous Snowy Cake was made by Esme Dawson of Cakes by Esme for the Cakes From Middle Earth Cake Collaboration. Esme loves the Tintin movie and is a dog owner and dog lover, so she chose to make this Snowy cake.  She did a great job creating this edible statue of Snowy. Snowy’s eyes and nose make him look adorable. 

She decided her creation had to be a delicious cake. The legs and body of Tintin were made from a chocolate mud cake. with buttercream icing. Modeling chocolate was used to make the facial features. The fur was made from fondant sculpted with a dresden tool. This amazing Tintin Cake took three days to complete.

Side view of Snowy

Close-up of Snowy’s head

Snowy went into work so he had to abide by the dress code and wear a tie. 

This Terrific Crossing the Line cake was made by Jenn McMillan of Utopia Cakes for the Cakes From Middle Earth Cake Collaboration.  This cake features the scene of the trenches with enemy planes chasing a three dimensional plane. Jenn wanted to do a cake about a war themed short film as homage to all of the brave men and women in the armed forces. A family friend  served in the Air Force, and one of her Grandfathers served in the Army, and the other one served in the Navy.  She thought doing a cake set in the World War would be a great way to honor them.  The three dimensional biplane was done for her late Father-in-law who loved warplanes.The three dimensional plane has a working propeller operated by a small motor hidden in the nose of the plane. 

One of her granddads was born on Anzac day and since he and Jenn were ex-Navy, she put the blood red poppies on the cake for him. Anzac Day is the day on which Australians who served and died in all wars, conflicts, and peacekeeping operations are remembered. 

She was originally going to do Heidi from Meet the Feebles, so there is a black and white photo of Heidi as the photo that was dropped by one of the characters in the film.

black and white picture of Heidi from Meet the Feebles

battle scene with green army helmet, teddy bear, red poppies, and photo

Green helmet, red poppies, teddy bear

World War biplane with working propeller

This poster for the movie “The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn” was chosen to be the cover for the DVD release.

The extremely talented ladies at Iced Over Cakes recreated this image as a cake.  Here’s their terrific Tintin cake:

Their sculpture of Tintin, Snowy, and Captain Haddock on the motorcycle is terrific.

The detail on Tintin is amazing.  His shoes even have laces.

Here is a close-up of their adorable Snowy.

While Tintin and Snowy are great, my favorite character on the cake is Captain Haddock.  The look of terror on his face is wonderful.  It very difficult to sculpt a character and have them look correct.  Adding little touches like a panicked facial expressions is even harder.   

Here’s Tintin and Captain Haddock in the process of being made.  The little details on the characters and motorcycle are wonderful.

Iced Over Cakes is a family affair, based in North London making creative homemade cakes for any occasion.  For more of their work, check out their stunning Toy Story 3 Cake and terrific Tangled Cake.

Wendy’s Taarten 4 the love of cake in Holland made this wonderful Tintin Visits the Moon Cake.  Wendy’s Tintin and Snowy figures are wonderful.  The cake is based on Herge’ two part Tintin story Destination Moon and Explorers on the Moon.