“It’s such a fine line between stupid, and clever.”

Not when it’s made of chocolate!

This was a very, super special birthday cake for someone who’s a huge fan of the movie so I knew he’d understand most of the little jokes. Somara was very dedicated to this project because I had to buy her the DVD of This is Spinal Tap since she had never seen the mockumentary. What a fitting theme too. They’re doing an unplugged tour (no stop in Austin though, lame!) and this is the 25th anniversary of the film. I lost track how many times Somara watched it.

This cake goes to eleven…in its chocolatey taste.

Now this is a theme cake which means it wouldn’t be flat or square or round. The objective was to make it more along the lines of a sculpture, collage or any other kind of artwork. According to Somara, “it’s a chocolate cake with chocolate cream cheese frosting and a dark chocolate fondant.” Is it all edible? Yes but it’s all fondant which I think is some kind of Play-Doh of the culinary/pastry world.

Just like the movie, Stonehenge still isn't the right scale to impress the crowd.

We hope to hear from the birthday boy in a couple days, then we’ll know if he enjoyed it visually and gustatorily (sense of taste, I looked it up). I know Somara enjoyed creating this because it involved flexing her creative ability. I was skeptical though. Many of those theme cakes shown on Food Network suck in my opinion; they tend to take a shotgun approach of numerous elements and resemble a Web page made by Homer Simpson. Heck, I even advised her to just make a 12-inch square of black cake. It may have been interpreted as a mean prank yet it would be a simple, to-the-point joke.

Somara thought about hiding this element somewhere but no one bothers to eat cake with equipment from Homeland Security.