Southland Savvy
Now the bakery owned by sisters Becky Palermo and Beth Fahey is hoping to broaden that name recognition with an edible version of a Christmas icon: a life-size cake in the shape of the leg lamp from the classic holiday film “A Christmas Story.”
The cake will be part of the Wednesday night opening of “A Christmas Story, the Musical” at the Chicago Theatre. The musical based on the movie and produced by a grown up Ralphie (Peter Billingsley) runs from Dec. 14 to Dec. 30.
“We were contacted by the production company to produce a cake in the shape of the leg lamp,” said Palermo.
When completed, the cake will stand about five feet high, Palermo said.
“The shade is about a foot and a half high,” she said. “It’s made from chiffon cake with raspberry and lemon mousse.
“The leg is 35 inches long and made from modeling chocolate because it has to stand up,” she said.
“Then it will stand on a crate with the word FRAGILE, which is made from red velvet and white cake.” The crate will be decorated with images from the show and movie such as a Red Ryder BB gun, Ralphie’s stepped on glasses, pink bunny slippers and a bar of Lifebuoy soap.
Palermo said 17 employees from the bakery at 16649 Oak Park Ave. are going with her and her sister to Wednesday night’s opening. “We took the tickets as partial payment for the cake,” she said.
“We’ll cut the cake for them,” said Palermo adding the lampshade and crate will be the best tasting parts of the unique creation.
How much for such a custom cake?
“If someone just came in and ordered it, the man hours alone would push the price to $2,000-$3,000,” she said adding the cake is the most extreme stunt cake the sisters have produced.
“We’re doing it to help get our name out there,” she said.
For information on Creative Cakes, call 708-614-9755 or visit them online at http://www.realbuttercream.com/
For tickets to “A Christmas Story, the Musical,” call 1-866-809-3075 or 312-423-6612 or visit http://www.thechicagotheatre.com/tickets/
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