Christmas cake

[damerell]

Many of you have already seen it in real life, but for those who haven't, ceb and I made a rather unusual Christmas cake this year, and there are pictures of it here. It is worksafe, highly educational, and completely historically accurate (ish).

Comments

[lokifan]

OMG, that is amazing!!

[damerell]

What is less obvious is that Napoleon has hobbit legs in order to make him short, which is about as historically accurate as the rest of it. :-)

Also, the marzipan round the edge forms the horizontal white, blue, and red stripes of the then Russian flag.

[dancefloorlandmine]

That's awesome!

(And I like your note about the hobbit legs ...)

[damerell]

I seem to be necroing comments today, so; a French friend of mine says in fact the hobbit legs are historically correct; while Napoleon was of average height, his Imperial Guard only recruited tall men, so he should be the shortest person on the cake.