Hello LilyOnTheLam.Com Readers:
If you are a regular reader of LilyOnTheLam.com, you may have your suspicions that I may be a little unhinged. Off kilter. Nuts. Insane. Narcissistic. Egomaniacal. To paraphrase Billy Joel, you may be wrong but you may be right.
Last year, the super fantastic bakery Sweet Tweets Cakery in Tampa, Florida made my birthday cake. I modeled it off Angelina Jolie's birthday cake because you know, she and I are so much alike. It was a purple cake with the cutest figure of Maleficent the witch from Sleeping Beauty on it. Dare I say that Sweet Tweets' replica was even better than Angelina's. (Hey she has Brad Pitt, so I at least can get a better looking cake - RIGHT?) See the GORGEOUS cake by clicking here.
This year I wanted to do something equally as wacky and wonderful with Sweet Tweets Cakery for my birthday. But I have family coming to visit at Christmas and I thought if I am going to do a big, over the top, gorgeously decorated cake - I should do it when the people I love most in the world are with me to enjoy it. And to celebrate all things me.
Plus my family's birthdays are all within a few months of Christmas, so basically it's like a joint birthday celebration. Except I'm the star. All about me. Got it? I'll let my family have some cake, but let's not forget who it really is all about ... me. YES, ME!
So basically I issued a royal proclamation extending my summer birthday all the way into December 2015. Doesn't everybody do this at one time or another?
Next, I needed an idea to top the Maleficent cake of last year. But what to do ... what to do ...
I am half-Asian and my maternal family lives in Taiwan. If you go to the Taipei airport, one of the many "Made in Taiwan" products they offer for you to take home as a souvenir gift is Taiwanese pineapple cakes. Think a bigger "Fig Newton" cookie stuffed with a pineapple jelly-type substance. When they are fresh and good quality, they are pretty tasty.
Also one of my Aunts worked in a Taiwanese factory that canned pineapple in the summer and mushrooms in the winter. I was maybe 4 or 5 years old when I went to visit the factory. I remember they gave me a cup of hot chocolate when all I wanted was to fill my greedy little hands with as much pineapple and mushrooms as I could get. It's amazing what weird things I remember from my weird youth.
Now perhaps this love for pineapple drove my decision on what my next birthday cake will be. Or perhaps it was really my love of drag queens ...
You see, I am an ardent watcher of RuPaul Drag Race. On one of the seasons, there was an Asian drag queen from Minnesota named Manila Luzon. I was instantly obsessed. I too am from Minnesota and am Asian. Plus Manila Luzon's real name is Karl ... and um that has four letters and Lily also has four letters, so basically Manila Luzon should be my new BFF, right? OK maybe I'm not THAT obsessed, but I love his work. I am definitely a "Manila Fanila."
Plus I absolutely died when Manila Luzon came out on RuPaul Drag Race wearing THIS number ...
It's a PINEAPPLE DRESS ... with pineapple ring earrings and a PINEAPPLE PURSE! Seriously, is there anything better than that? It's so camp and yet Manila made it look high fashion! I instantly began following Manila on Instagram. Then one day, this was posted ... a reference photo of a Manila Luzon doll on Etsy from Monoped Creations.
A gentleman in Australia sells "amigurumi" - which I have no idea what that means but I consider it to mean "awesome little dolls that look like drag queens from RuPaul Drag Race." I love the ones of Raja, Pearl, Gia Gunn ... I love them all too much. I knew I had to have the Manila Luzon one AND I suddenly knew what I wanted on my next birthday cake!
Yes, I am 987 years old and I ordered this little doll of a drag queen all the way from Australia. I'm obsessed. And weird. But when we're talking about inspiration for a cake, doesn't the end justify the means? Come on, people!
So Sweet Tweets Cakery, I am putting you on NOTICE! This December, I'll be contacting you to make me a Manila Luzon topped birthday cake. Are you up for the challenge?
If you are a regular reader of LilyOnTheLam.com, you may have your suspicions that I may be a little unhinged. Off kilter. Nuts. Insane. Narcissistic. Egomaniacal. To paraphrase Billy Joel, you may be wrong but you may be right.
Last year, the super fantastic bakery Sweet Tweets Cakery in Tampa, Florida made my birthday cake. I modeled it off Angelina Jolie's birthday cake because you know, she and I are so much alike. It was a purple cake with the cutest figure of Maleficent the witch from Sleeping Beauty on it. Dare I say that Sweet Tweets' replica was even better than Angelina's. (Hey she has Brad Pitt, so I at least can get a better looking cake - RIGHT?) See the GORGEOUS cake by clicking here.
This year I wanted to do something equally as wacky and wonderful with Sweet Tweets Cakery for my birthday. But I have family coming to visit at Christmas and I thought if I am going to do a big, over the top, gorgeously decorated cake - I should do it when the people I love most in the world are with me to enjoy it. And to celebrate all things me.
Plus my family's birthdays are all within a few months of Christmas, so basically it's like a joint birthday celebration. Except I'm the star. All about me. Got it? I'll let my family have some cake, but let's not forget who it really is all about ... me. YES, ME!
So basically I issued a royal proclamation extending my summer birthday all the way into December 2015. Doesn't everybody do this at one time or another?
Next, I needed an idea to top the Maleficent cake of last year. But what to do ... what to do ...
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| Photo from Sweet Tweets Cakery |
I am half-Asian and my maternal family lives in Taiwan. If you go to the Taipei airport, one of the many "Made in Taiwan" products they offer for you to take home as a souvenir gift is Taiwanese pineapple cakes. Think a bigger "Fig Newton" cookie stuffed with a pineapple jelly-type substance. When they are fresh and good quality, they are pretty tasty.
Also one of my Aunts worked in a Taiwanese factory that canned pineapple in the summer and mushrooms in the winter. I was maybe 4 or 5 years old when I went to visit the factory. I remember they gave me a cup of hot chocolate when all I wanted was to fill my greedy little hands with as much pineapple and mushrooms as I could get. It's amazing what weird things I remember from my weird youth.
Now perhaps this love for pineapple drove my decision on what my next birthday cake will be. Or perhaps it was really my love of drag queens ...
You see, I am an ardent watcher of RuPaul Drag Race. On one of the seasons, there was an Asian drag queen from Minnesota named Manila Luzon. I was instantly obsessed. I too am from Minnesota and am Asian. Plus Manila Luzon's real name is Karl ... and um that has four letters and Lily also has four letters, so basically Manila Luzon should be my new BFF, right? OK maybe I'm not THAT obsessed, but I love his work. I am definitely a "Manila Fanila."
Plus I absolutely died when Manila Luzon came out on RuPaul Drag Race wearing THIS number ...
It's a PINEAPPLE DRESS ... with pineapple ring earrings and a PINEAPPLE PURSE! Seriously, is there anything better than that? It's so camp and yet Manila made it look high fashion! I instantly began following Manila on Instagram. Then one day, this was posted ... a reference photo of a Manila Luzon doll on Etsy from Monoped Creations.
A gentleman in Australia sells "amigurumi" - which I have no idea what that means but I consider it to mean "awesome little dolls that look like drag queens from RuPaul Drag Race." I love the ones of Raja, Pearl, Gia Gunn ... I love them all too much. I knew I had to have the Manila Luzon one AND I suddenly knew what I wanted on my next birthday cake!
Yes, I am 987 years old and I ordered this little doll of a drag queen all the way from Australia. I'm obsessed. And weird. But when we're talking about inspiration for a cake, doesn't the end justify the means? Come on, people!
 |
| Manila Luzon Pineapple Dress by Monoped Creations |
So Sweet Tweets Cakery, I am putting you on NOTICE! This December, I'll be contacting you to make me a Manila Luzon topped birthday cake. Are you up for the challenge?
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