"SHREK CAKES" On The Food Network Right Now

[Wanna Be A Foster]

"SHREK CAKES" On The Food Network Right Now#1

Posted: 7/25/09 at 9:15pm

Cake making competition based on the characters in SHREK: THE MUSICAL right now on the Food Network.

John Tartaglia is judging.

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[jerseyboyschick2]

re: 'SHREK CAKES' On The Food Network Right Now#2

Posted: 7/25/09 at 9:44pm

Watching it right now. =)

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[CATSNYrevival]

re: 'SHREK CAKES' On The Food Network Right Now#2

Posted: 7/25/09 at 9:45pm

I have to wait three hours, but it sounds fun. I'll probably watch.

[Flaunt It]

re: 'SHREK CAKES' On The Food Network Right Now#3

Posted: 7/25/09 at 11:05pm

It is a repeat.

I can not help but laugh every time they talk about what a smash hit the show is.

[taylorPHENOMENON2]

re: 'SHREK CAKES' On The Food Network Right Now#4

Posted: 7/25/09 at 11:06pm

It's on again at 12...yay

[TimesSquareRegular]

re: 'SHREK CAKES' On The Food Network Right Now#5

Posted: 7/25/09 at 11:11pm

I'll bet they make you fart.

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re: 'SHREK CAKES' On The Food Network Right Now#6

Posted: 7/26/09 at 12:08am

Yeah...kinda fudging the truth by calling it a hit. (though a review quote did say it was a hit, so I guess they can say it's in print somewhere).

[CATSNYrevival]

re: 'SHREK CAKES' On The Food Network Right Now#7

Posted: 7/26/09 at 12:12am

It's sad how John talks about trying to represent the musical rather than the movie, but the cakes really seem to have been modeled after the movie. It's like they didn't understand the challenge.

[BobbyBubby]

re: 'SHREK CAKES' On The Food Network Right Now#8

Posted: 7/26/09 at 12:15am

Well the producers and creative team from the start said they weren't going for a carbon copy of the film but when you look at it it's literally the film on stage. The score is the only truly original part and it only has moments of greatness.

[CATSNYrevival]

re: 'SHREK CAKES' On The Food Network Right Now#9

Posted: 7/26/09 at 12:18am

I agree. I think Donkey would have been the best character to use to try and better represent the stage show, and she really just used the image of Donkey from the movie.

[BwayTday]

re: 'SHREK CAKES' On The Food Network Right Now#10

Posted: 7/26/09 at 1:06am

But how would one go about doing Donkey from the musical in cake?

[TheatreDork2]

re: 'SHREK CAKES' On The Food Network Right Now#11

Posted: 7/26/09 at 1:12am

Perhaps Daniels's upper body coming out of the box.

[BobbyBubby]

re: 'SHREK CAKES' On The Food Network Right Now#12

Posted: 7/26/09 at 1:14am

I'm also confused as to how they wanted her to make Donkey from the show. A bust of Breaker in a Donkey suit would have been ridiculous.

[TheatreDork2]

re: 'SHREK CAKES' On The Food Network Right Now#13

Posted: 7/26/09 at 1:17am

They should have one of them do the fairy tale creatures.

[BobbyBubby]

re: 'SHREK CAKES' On The Food Network Right Now#14

Posted: 7/26/09 at 1:38am

Or each of them do a song from the show.

[TheatreDork2]

re: 'SHREK CAKES' On The Food Network Right Now#15

Posted: 7/26/09 at 1:56am

I don't think they were allowed to use any dialogue or music from the show because it wasn't played at all not even in the clips.