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| Lion's fan, Barb G., at Home Bakery to view Amon-Ra St. Brown cake |
Amon-Ra St. Brown is an extraordinary wide receiver whose cake-constructed life-size image has been a well received by local Detroit Lions fans thanks to the creativity and skill of Home Bakery's staff.
The Rochester bake shop is known for its festive cake and fondant masterpieces that are showcased in the storefront's large windows. We've visited Home Bakery in past holiday seasons to view their impressive culinary art displays, including a recreation of the characters from "Frozen" and the gang from "Peanuts".
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| Home Bakery's holiday display in 2022, Peanuts |
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| Admiring Charlie Brown and Snoopy |
But, this year, the cake sculptors, headed by master baker, Heather Tocco, found inspiration with Detroit's record-setting football team. As noted in Saturday's Detroit Free Press, Tocco and team had no difficulty agreeing on what form their new cake creation would take: Amon-Ra St. Brown's celebrated headstand after he scored a touchdown during last November's match up with Green Bay.
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| Inside view of the Amon-Ra St. Brown life-size cake. |
The six foot life-size confectionary doppelganger of St. Brown took a month to assemble. It now stands (upside down) in the Home Bakery's front window and has scored big with fans in the area, including Barb's Tea Service.
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| Home bakery offers game day treats. . . |
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| football cookies and cupcakes! |
We paid a visit today, and even on a bitter cold Tuesday afternoon, both inside and outside of Home Bakery were full of gawkers and customers. And, even though the Amon-Ra St. Brown cake is not really edible (the cake and rice Krispies had to be very firm for construction, so too dry to be tasty), the bake shop does offer plenty of Lion's themed sweet treats for consumption, including football-shaped sugar cookies and cupcakes topped with football-frosting designs. While picking up a half dozen of the latter, our server told us the Amon-Ra St. Brown cake is "by far" the most popular of any Home Bakery's previous window displays.
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| Detroit Lion's afternoon tea, a work in progress. |
The Detroit Lion's win over Minnesota Vikings Sunday has continued to fuel the Honolulu Blue fever and we're all in. With the playoffs coming up and, inspired by Home Bakery's football goodies, we're working this bye week on a Detroit Lions themed afternoon tea. We're experimenting with blueberry tea (not quite "blue" enough") and other three-tiered sweets and savories worthy of a 15-2 season.
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| Home Bakery, downtown Rochester |
In the meantime, for more information on Home Bakery, visit their website at the Home Bakery, or take a drive on Main Street in downtown Rochester and see Amon-Ra in the window.
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