OT?: Michigan Stadium Graduation Cake

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May 1st, 2009 at 10:26 PM
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OT?: Michigan Stadium Graduation Cake

I'm finally graduating tomorrow, 18 years after I took my first class in Ann Arbor, Fall of 1991. Obviously, this is a pretty big deal, so we're doing the whole friends-and-family graduation party at the house afterwards. My wife has been taking cake decorating classes, and got good enough at it that she's now teaching the classes at a local Michaels. We got a sports arena bundt pan from her brother a year or so back, and figured this was the perfect time to break it out. After a test run last week to check the frosting colors and whatnot, she finished up the final product today. Some pictures: (Clicky on the pictures to go to larger versions on my Gallery site.)

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May 1st, 2009 at 10:34 PM | Awesome (Score:1)
Terminate Carr
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Beautiful!

May 1st, 2009 at 10:40 PM | Thta is really cool... (Score:1)
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coincidentally, what did you achieve after 18 years? Your Masters Degree?

May 1st, 2009 at 10:48 PM | Achievement (Score:1)
billsquared
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Nope, just my BS, in Earth Sciences. I left school after Winter '95 a few credits short, plus needed my ULWR. I finished the credits locally a couple of years back, then just recently finished working with one of the Geology profs on getting the second half of the writing requirement finalized. Nothing like trying to go back after 15 years away from a subject to write a ten-page paper. Ugh. Still, very glad to have it finished, finally.

May 1st, 2009 at 10:50 PM | Well, Congratulations!!! (Score:1)
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Well, Congratulations!!!

May 1st, 2009 at 11:10 PM | That. Is. Fucking. (Score:1)
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That. Is. Fucking. Awesome.

Congratulations on graduating and all, but mostly congratulations on that CAKE. OMG.

May 2nd, 2009 at 12:03 AM | Good for you man! (Score:1)
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Congrats. Also..... you made a good wife choice.

"He has an uncanny ability to get kids to believe in him and believe in themselves. He doesn't do it with smooth words. He's not smooth. He does it by being the same genuine person day after day." ~Jason Whitlock on Brady Hoke

May 2nd, 2009 at 12:56 AM | Congratulations, man. Going (Score:1)
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Congratulations, man. Going back after being out of the game for so long is truly commendable. And you definitely found a winner in your wife. Good luck with your future journeys.

Oh, and.....that cake is fucking AWESOME. Kudos to your wife.

"The difference between a man and a boy is, a boy wants to grow up to be a fireman, but a man wants to grow up to be a giant monster fireman."

- Jack Handey

May 2nd, 2009 at 1:50 AM | That cake is beautiful. (Score:1)
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That cake is beautiful. Eating it is gonna suck, no matter how good it tastes.

Are the scoreboards edible?

...and by that, I mean helter-skelter, willy-nilly and putt-putt!

May 2nd, 2009 at 1:48 PM | Edible stuff (Score:1)
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Yep, basically everything is edible. The scoreboards and goal posts have florist wire holding them up, that's the only thing of the entire cake that isn't edible. The scoreboards and field are rolled fondant. It's not the tastiest of stuff, but it is absolutely edible.

May 2nd, 2009 at 4:34 AM | When I was growing up, who (Score:1)
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When I was growing up, who ever was celebrating his or her birthday would get the best piece of the cake (i.e., the one with the most candy decorations, the one without melted wax, etc).

So, my question to you is, as the guest of honor, what piece will you select?

May 2nd, 2009 at 1:49 PM | My piece (Score:1)
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I'll probably take whatever is served to me. Probably a piece with the M on the seats, though.

May 2nd, 2009 at 8:49 AM | Congrats man! That cake is (Score:1)
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Congrats man! That cake is unreal.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3410/3415982873_44fd339e16_o.jpg

Your cake owns the LSU cake. It says Geaux Tigers? I am Ron Burgundy?

May 2nd, 2009 at 11:07 AM | it says Geaux tigers with a (Score:1)
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it says Geaux tigers with a question mark?! lol

amazing cake! I wouldn't want to eat it!

"Ohio is like a giant turd that Michigan just can't pinch off"

May 2nd, 2009 at 1:51 PM | Geaux Tigers? (Score:1)
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Wow, that's, um, special. I see what they were trying (and failed spectacularly) to do, but still...

May 2nd, 2009 at 9:08 AM | out (Score:1)
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standing

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We're not arrogant, we're just better.

May 2nd, 2009 at 10:24 AM | I would feel bad cutting into (Score:1)
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I would feel bad cutting into that, it's so freeeeekin awesome.

No question, Jim.

May 2nd, 2009 at 12:10 PM | When is she going to (Score:1)
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When is she going to construct the new suites?

May 2nd, 2009 at 12:24 PM | Size (Score:1)
5150
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You should have put an object for reference in the picture, like a church, so there's no question as to actual size. I'm sure my perception is acurate regardless and that thing will easily feed 106,501.

May 2nd, 2009 at 5:15 PM | Sweet (Score:1)
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Sweet cake. I have a question: Is there any significance to the numbers on the scoreboard? A particular game, or anything?

Hopefully I can get a cake like that when I graduate.

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May 2nd, 2009 at 6:15 PM | 1997 (Score:1)
chally
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1997

May 2nd, 2009 at 7:17 PM | 1997 (Score:1)
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chally wins the prize. Yes, that's the '97 OSU game. Yes, the yardage stats are accurate. :-)

May 2nd, 2009 at 8:20 PM | Grad cake (Score:1)
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My wife WILL take special orders, y'know... :-)

May 3rd, 2009 at 1:21 PM | This is awesome. Only one (Score:1)
jmblue
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This is awesome. Only one super-nitpick: we still had the old-school (non-Jumbotron) scoreboards in '97 ;).

May 15th, 2010 at 4:13 PM | I want to eat this post. (Score:1)
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I want to eat this post.

Who has been putting out their Kools on my floor?!?!

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