I mean, seriously? A skateboard on your birthday cake at age 21. Did the numbers get reversed or something? Are you sure he’s not 12? Come on man, get a car. That’a a nice looking board actually. I’ve seen a quite a few crappy skateboard birthday cakes on the interwebs, but this one’s got class. Google barfed up this link from Elaine’s Expression. I’m jealous… of the cake and the fact that he’s turning 21. Skateboard cake cornucopia after the jump.
The “Spiffy Skateboard Cake” is a how-to found on Disney Family Fun. The wheels are chocolate snack food doughnuts. Homer Simpson approved, and DaddyYo supplied.
This is a 5″ tall Cake topper from 1979 made by a company called Wilton. There were a handful of these on eBay, and surprisingly, I don’t own one. He looks creepy, like he’s wearing a mask made from the flesh of another kid.
This wedding cake topper cost $60 from Fun Wedding Things. Well, we know that $3.99 covered the expense of buying a Tech Deck, that leaves about $56 for the actual topper. I love it when “crafts” people slap a store bought fingerboard on a preexisting item to give it skateboard appeal. I ran across an eBay auction like this recently. Someone had glued a loose skateboard from a McDonald’s Happy Meal onto a Troll doll and was passing it off as a factory issue. I’ve got a handful of loose Kermit the Frog skateboards from the 80’s Happy Meal toys floating around my house, so it was instantly recognizable. For some reason everyone seems to lose the Kermit figure. And thanks to DaddyYo for this tip.
If you are in a bind, you can order this customized skateboard cake delivered overnight. Kind of blah though. What would you expect from a place with an imaginative name like the Chocolate Bakery.
The Oriental Trading Company has this edible inkjet printed skateboard graphic.
Hey, it’s the Gonz at some art show… how strange. Thanks to Seth Levy for the tip. I think he sent me a link to the event, but I lost it. Maybe he’ll read this. Photo “courtesy of” Brokensquare on FLickr.
Related skateboard cake posts:
Piece of Cake
Tony Hawk knows how to party (Like a six year old)
13 comments
Brenda Reynolds
My son is getting married Oct.26, 2013. He is an avid skateboarder. I love the topper with the bride pulling him away from the skateboard. My question is could I get the bride with dark hair. Please email me back. Thank you.
Bridge Troll
You’re so random (and we love you for it). Try googling “Fun Wedding Things” for the topper, if they still exist… google “tech decks” for places you can get the miniature skateboard… and, if you get that far, get some black or brown plastic worm dye from an online or local fishing tackle emporium, and very carefully apply it to just the hair. Or, just try a Sharpie. And, if you get any on the wedding dress… just remember it’s the thought that counts. (Though, who knows what your daughter-in-law would think the thought is, in that case.)
charle
omg i really want a cool skater cake for my 14th bday
Lisa
Hello, “Kilwag!”
We were alerted to your blog by a friend of ours. We’re sorry you didn’t care for the skateboard-themed wedding cake topper we had listed on our Web site, but perhaps a little more information about us and the item in question would be helpful.
We’re a small, family-owned and -run business. We do our own crafting (we’re not a chain), and the vast majority of our cake topper ideas came from customer requests – such was the case with the skateboard-themed topper you pointed out in your blog.
The oval base we put many of our cake topper figurines on is no longer being manufactured. We love the look of it, so we have it specially made and ordered just for us.
With each and every wedding cake topper purchase, our customer friends receive a free clear plastic display box – helpful for future safe-keeping and display, of course. We also include a free wedding garter – that would be a skateboard-themed garter in this instance. Then we only charge a flat-rate $4.50 shipping for every order, regardless of size or weight – the shipping on our cake toppers generally runs right around $10 actual cost, not counting insurance.
That’s just the tip of the proverbial iceberg, but again, I thought I’d let you know a little more information about us, our items, our pricing, and how we choose to run our business. Thanks so much for reading, and please don’t hesitate to contact us if you have any questions. Happy 2010!
skaterhusseindave
I got that same creepy yellow shirt dude on a cake in my mid to late twentys… That’s twenty plus years ago
kilwag
I helped my wife make one like that for my son on his 2 year birthday, though to be fair, it was more of a miniramp than a half pipe. It had a Tech Deck Dude skating on it.
burke
when i turned 31 (yes, 31) the girl i was dating made me a cake shaped like a halfpipe. not on it’s side, but an upright halfpipe. with a plastic skater doing a backdisaster or something.
Danimal
pie is better than cake
Livmo
BK had one for his 40th
Vegetable Lasagna
That IS rad.
Brandon Draga
I actually got a skateboard cake for my 21st birthday – it had a couple cheap plastic fingerboard toppers. I thought it was rad, though…
Talentlessquitter
….Sheckler??
Prickly Pete
My wife had her friend do up a groom’s (not grom’s) cake for me that was the classic Gonz shape with a sorta backwards Zflex graphic on top.