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Home Bakery Does It Again

I admit that our state had high hopes for the Lions after last season. Even though the season ended without advancement to the playoffs, there is still a sense of pride in our team.

Last year, the Home Bakery in Rochester, MI created a life-size replica of Detroit Lions wide receiver Amon-Ra St. Brown doing a headstand. The headstand was in celebration of his scoring a touchdown against the Green Bay Packers in November of last year. Well, this year they have done it again.

This year they unveiled a life-sized cake of Lions running back Jahmyr Gibbs striking his “Spider-Man x Superman” pose, and wide receiver Amon-Ra St. Brown hurdling over him. The St. Brown part of the cake is positioned with his arm appearing to go through the front window of the bakery. Tthe cake is modeled after the pose from Gibbs’ Oct. 20 touchdown celebration against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

Talk about an amazing piece of work …

The creation of this cake took four hundred hours, 65 pounds of fondant, eight cases of Kellogg’s Rice Krispies treats and four sheet cakes! Heather Tocco, who owns the bakery, said the bakery has also done cakes for the “Barbie Movie,” “Beauty and the Beast,” “Wolverine” and “Deadpool.” The consistent production of life-sized cakes makes them “pretty well-known for over-the-top window displays.”

I’ve seen some pretty amazing cakes on the show “Is It Cake?” on Netflix, but these life-sized ones “take the cake!”

One Step Closer

To say that I have been waiting my entire life for this is an understatement! Like many Detroit Lions fans, I wondered if we’d ever get to see a winning season. This season was the best in the history of the team!

My nerves were shot as I waited for the kickoff. So much was riding on this game. The winner would take the #1 seed, while the loser seed #5. I have never really understood how that seeding thing works.

There was plenty of nail biting going on throughout the game, but it ended in a Lions victory! They beat the Vikings 31-9 and ended the season with a 15-2 record. Not to mention that the win gave us back-to-back NFC North Championships.

I saw a piece on the internet that said, “If I am dreaming, please don’t wake me!”

I was on the edge of my seat for much of the game. There were a few times where the Vikings were in position to score, but our defense held them off. Three field goals. That was all that the Vikings got. That lead to one of the funniest memes I’ve seen –

The entire state of Michigan is Honolulu Blue! The excitement and support surrounding this team is electrifying! Sounds of “Another One Bites the Dust” and “Don’t Stop Believing” are all over the radio. Detroit Lions Flags are being flown at homes and on cars and trucks. Detroit Lions shirts, jackets, and hats are all over the place. When a person wearing a Lions hat passes a person wearing a Lions jersey or jacket, there are smiles exchanged between them. We’re all in this together and we’re rooting for our team!

One local bakery really outdid themselves with their Lions support. This weekend in the front window at Home Bakery in Rochester, Michigan, there was quite a site. They displayed a life-size cake made in the image of Detroit Lions’ wide receiver Amon-Ra St. Brown standing on his head. People were lined up along the sidewalk to take photos.

It is truly a work of art!! Kudos to the creators!

Just two more wins gets us to the Super Bowl. Three wins total to win it all! I’m not a betting man, but I liked to see this headline:

The Lions are off this week and will play the winner of the Vikings/Rams game this weekend. It is entirely possible that we will play the Vikings again. We’ll know soon enough. For now, let me say, “If I am dreaming, please don’t wake me!”