The Bizarre Toe Cakelet

The Bizarre Toe

“Excuse me?  You want a what?”  That is a common response to many cakelet requests but this time I needed more info from the client because now she had me intrigued.

The email read something like this:

Hi Cupcake Envy!

My boyfriend is turning 25 next month and I wanted to give him a cakelet that is kind of an inside joke.  See, he’s got this thing with his foot.  His 2^nd toe is WAY longer than the others.  It sticks out and we always make fun of it.  I thought it would be really cool if you could make a cakelet with a really long second toe.  I know this is kind of a strange request but do you think you can do it?

Thanks,

Leslie

Kind of a strange request?  I had to call this girl and find out more about this.  After chatting with her on the phone, I realized A. She was serious and B. She had a really good sense of humor.  She thought this would be a hilarious dessert for her strange-toed boyfriend.  I immediately agreed to do it.

I worked on that cakelet design and it raised many eyebrows in the shop which only made me smile as I sculpted this unusually long 2^nd toed foot. 

She was not having a big party, rather, it was just the two of them.  She didn’t need a large cake, just something small and personal.  No other dessert option could have possibly fit the bill for this request except a cakelet.  So that week, as I looked at the completed orders of flower pots and purses, there shined the foot cakelet.  It was at that moment that I was reminded of the awesomeness of cakelets.

Whatever the occasion, or theme, or bizarre inside joke shared between 2 people, what better way to celebrate than with a custom cakelet.  There’s no flower bouquet or fruit basket in the world that could even come close to telling a story like a cakelet design.