Novelty Cakes & Cookies

 
 
Today I purchased (thrift store, fifty cents) McCall's Bake-It Book, 1975. Funky stuff in there, like these cakes that are fun for kids' birthday parties, but don't call for any special cake pans.

Note the fire hose is thin black licorice wrapped around an empty thread spool. Animals are cookies, as are wheels.
 


Mary just made a cake that looks like a radio. Here, cookies that look like a clock.
 
 

  
An ark full of cookies! I don't see why it just has to be Christmas, although it's certainly a fun alternative to the traditional gingerbread house. I love the owls. I wonder how gingerbread houses came to be associated with Christmas anyway? Wouldn't it make more sense to make a gingerbread Nativity scene? And wouldn't it be cool? Hmmm...

But look at the detail! Elephants look they've popped off an Indian tapestry. The frog! The floral pigs! The joy birds! It's awesome.
  

But here's what I want to make most of all: cheesecake with a pineapple glaze. Yum.