Aka, someone wanted a Hobbit Hole cake for their daughter’s 11th birthday, and I had way, way too much fun with it.

The top layer (aka Hobbit Hole) was Vanilla butter cake filled with a layer of Apricot preserves and frosting. The bottom layer was chocolate with strawberry filling (local strawberries, frozen and saved from last summer). The frosting was ‘buttercreme’ (not real), because it holds up at room temp even when it’s hot, and kids don’t care. And it’s sweet. The door, paving stones, and chimney stones are made from white chocolate (colored), and everything else except Frodo and Bilbo are frosting.

Yes, I added an inscription in Elvish. Because I could.

Wouldn’t you?

The cake will fit in. It’s for a birthday party that’s Hobbit-themed (the party favors are copies of the book even). The kid is a geek. The parents are geeks. They were thrilled when I dropped it off. 🙂

And, so you all can see how long it’s been since I actually made flowers, a flower closeup (don’t take my Wilton license away!):