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" Wedding season is upon us, and that means it&amp;#039;s time for all the usual customs, from save-the-dates and registries to showers and parties. One of the most beloved traditions of any wedding is the cutting of the cake\u2014but in today&amp;#039;s world of Ace of Cakes, a cake is no longer just a cake. From a Harry Potter\u00AD-themed groom&amp;#039;s cake to a multilayered pagoda-shaped confection, check out 10 outrageous tiered treats below.  Cowboy Fever  Cake decorator Susan Holcomb baked this groom&amp;#039;s cake in June 2009. The boots are milk chocolate and brushed with luster dust for coloring, the barbed wire is made from fondant and gum paste, and the black-and-white cowhide is made from marshmallow fondant and satin ice fondant. Photo courtesy of CakeCentral.com.  Hunting Season   This &amp;quot;dead deer&amp;quot; groom&amp;#039;s cake from September 2008 is made with red velvet cake for a more realistic effect. The legs are comprised of Rice Krispies Treats. Photo courtesy of BrooksWeddings.com.  Mr. and Mrs. Chesapeake   Baker Kathy Whay at the Yum Yum Shop in Pasadena, Maryland, has baked 25 crab-themed cakes, which take her between 20 and 25 hours to make. Every aspect is edible, including the crabs, which are each hand-molded and airbrushed to sparkle. The whole creation feeds roughly 110 people. Photo courtesy of TheYumYumShop.com.  LEGOs  Made by Charm City Cakes in 2006, this groom&amp;#039;s cake is complete with LEGO bricks, construction vehicles, flowered landscapes and LEGO construction workers. Photo courtesy of &amp;amp;lt; target=&amp;quot;_blank&amp;quot;&amp;amp;gt;Manolobrides.com.  Texas Tech Stadium  Featured on WedShare Daily, a popular wedding blog, this groom&amp;#039;s cake depicts Texas Tech&amp;#039;s Jones AT&amp;amp;amp;T football stadium. The couple, who married in 2009, are graduates of the university and very big fans of the football team. Photo courtesy of Daily.WedShare.com.  Sushi  Julia Stoner of Sweet Julia&amp;#039;s in Wake Forest, North Carolina, spent around six hours creating this sushi boat\u2013themed butter cake. Each grain of rice is hand-rolled from fondant and frosting, while the salmon, shrimp and tuna pieces are fondant, wrapped with icing and painted for a realistic look. The entire display\u2014including the chopsticks\u2014is edible and feeds 20 people. Photo courtesy of Julia Stoner.  Harry Potter   Made by cakelava&amp;#039;s Rick Reichart, this cake was a surprise for the groom. The bride knew her soon-to-be husband&amp;#039;s favorite book was J.K. Rowling&amp;#039;s Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, but he couldn&amp;#039;t decide on a groom&amp;#039;s cake, so she did! The Guava Lava\u2013flavored book is handmade, everything is edible and it feeds 25 people. Photo courtesy of CakeLava.com.  Pagoda  This pagoda cake, which feeds 175 people, was put together in only 10 days. In fact, it was so realistic-looking, guests thought it was just part of the decorations until the bride and groom cut it open to reveal the tiers of different flavors, including chocolate hazelnut truffle cream, sponge cake brushed with orange glaze and vanilla bean poundcake with organic raspberries. Photo courtesy of Stanlee Gatti, Sam Godfrey and Michelle Pattee.  World&amp;#039;s Largest   Weighing 15,032 pounds and standing 17 feet tall, this seven-tier vanilla monster is the world&amp;#039;s largest wedding cake. Made by Mohegan Sun&amp;#039;s Executive Pastry Chef Lynn Mansel, it contains 10,000 pounds of cake batter and 4,810 pounds of frosting. It can feed up to 59,000 people and took 700 sheet cakes and 57 chefs to construct, plus two forklifts to raise each tier. Photo courtesy of MoheganSun.com.  On Display  Photographer Jenny Hayden snapped a photo of this enormous wedding cake at the Marzipan Museum in Budapest, Hungary. Weighing 550 pounds, this cake required 1,400 eggs and 84 liters of cream, and took 350 hours to make! Photo courtesy of Jenny Hayden.   "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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