Lips for fun

I received an order this week that I just loved.
The reason I loved this order was not just because the cake was very fun to make, but because this cake was something different, and it's based on a show which I love, the cult classic, Rocky Horror Picture Show.
Love it or hate it, you must admit that it is concept unique to this movie, that has made it withstand the test of time: Audience Participation.
In case you have no idea what I am talking about allow me to briefly explain. Every year, this movie is shown in select theaters. People come from all over, dressed as their favorite characters, with props.
Here is how it is explained on one website: "Rocky Horror is the first and only true audience partici-(SAY IT!)-pation movie. People yell back lines at the screen during the extended pauses between dialogue, dress up in costume and act out the film, and throw props various times during the film. The audience participation phenomenon was observed as early as the film's first run in 1975 (when it bombed during limited engagements in 7 of 8 cities), and was later re-released as a midnight movie where the audience participation really began to flourish. And by the way, for the "gore sensitive", Rocky Horror is NOT a horror film. It is a rock-musical send-up of old science-fiction and horror films."

To mix it up, I thought I'd post some stats you may not know about this show:

RHPS Premiered in the US in 1975

Widely known by mainstream audiences, it has a large international following and is one of the most well known and financially successful midnight movies of all time.

RHPS was filmed in England at what was then a dilapidated castle. Today the castle, Oakley Court, is a luxury hotel.

MTV was planning to remake it and release it in 2009, however, those plans were canceled.

Now, aren't you glad you know all those facts?
This cake was done to look like the lips of the main character. They were made out of a sheet cake, cut, stacked and carved.
Once they were covered in fondant, I airbrushed them using orange, pink and red, along with black for the inside of the mouth. Teeth were carefully measured and cut to fit the lines of the mouth (they were actually very hard and time consuming!)

I love the finished product and have had "Let's do the Time Warp again..." stuck in my head for days now.