Last Saturday, Angry Toddler and I went to a birthday party for my friend's son. He was turning 5. He's really into spiders all the rest of those yucky things that boys like. She asked my advice on where to have her son's birthday. I suggested Prehistoric Pets in Fountain Valley.
We arrived at the party and Angry Toddler went crazy. He's been there before, but I guess it's been awhile. He was looking at everything and also touching everything. Thankfully they had lots of hand sanitizer all around the store. After being at the store a few minutes, I realized that there was a lovely smell in the air there. Ruth's friend categorized it as "lizard pee".
Well Ruth did not disappoint as usual for the cake. She usually goes all out and the theme of the party and the cake. This time she had a cake made showing a tarantula in an aquarium. It looked so real. I even took a picture of the cake with my Blackberry and sent it to Angry Husband. Angry Husband responded with something like, "cool". I texted again, "Umm that is the CAKE". He was completely shocked. He thought it was a real tarantula.
We had a great show from one of the employees at Prehistoric Pets. She brought out all kinds of creatures and let the kids touch them. Angry Toddler loved it all. He was not scared at anything.
But really, let's get back to the cake. It was a cake surrounded by plexiglass. The sides of the "aquarium" were held together with fondant. The cake was white cake with fresh strawberries inside. The tarantula on top was made out of cake and fondant. There were also little bugs on top of the cake made with fondant.
Another photo of the cake before it was taken apart.
Removing the plexiglass surround from the cake.
After removing the plexiglass.
The tarantula. Yes, it's actually cake. And yes, it's creepy.
Angry Toddler munching on some fondant leaves.
And as you know, this is Southern California. How much did this cake cost? I know I was going to have that question asked in my comments...$300. I had to ask my friend. My husband asked if the cake came with a blow-job. My friend replied, "No", but her husband did bargain the price down from $400.
