So….where did you go to high school?

Hazelwood West. Class of 1997.

You thought this was a blog about finding cakes around St. Louis didn’t you? Well, it is! That is the title of the cake we found at the University City Lion Gates on Delmar Boulevard. "Where did you go to high school" is known as "The St. Louis Question".

This cake was painted with chalkboard paint so you can write where you went to high school on it. The kids, of course, are too young for high school, so they just wrote their names. We had a special visitor with us this time, my cousin Jessica from New York. The candle on the cake looked like a pencil.

I was wondering why this cake was decorated the way it was because the cakes have been decorated with their locations in mind. I found out that the lions on the gates guard the "Gates of Opportunity". In other words, do well in high school and it will open the Gates of Opportunity for you.

The lions on the gates were constructed in 1909 by George Julian Zolnay. In 1991 they were replaced by fiberglass lions and the original lions were put in the collection of the Missouri Historical Society.

Thanks again to Diane for being the guest blogger!

Cake artist - David Jackson

Thirthteen down 237 to go.