Obi-Wan Kenobi Star Wars Cake – Geeky Cake of the Week

Natasha hand-made the incredible likeness of Obi-Wan Kenobi atop this fondant-covered Star Wars cake of vanilla sponge, vanilla buttercream, and strawberry jam.

I only hope that my features are done such justice when a figure of me–inevitably–one day adorns a strawberry-jam cake. Just make sure there’s plenty of fondant available to recreate my humongous biceps or whatever.

And by “biceps,” I mean “head.”

From Natasha:

The cake was for a little boy called Harry, for his 6th birthday. He is a massive Star Wars fan. I get nervous doing cakes like these because I know how geeky boys and men can get. I did a Yoda cake first and my husbands comment was “If he held his light sabre like that it would cut off his hands!” But Harry was delighted.

Yes, a firm grasp of basic lightsaber mechanics is frequently dismissed as “geeky.” But I bet you’ll start to think of it as “common sense” after the first time you mishandle an energy-bladed weapon. Mm-hmm.

Now excuse me while I push my horn-rimmed glasses up on my nose.

Check out more of Natasha’s baked goods in her Flickr photostream.

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