TransporCAKEtion

Go, Cake. Go!

 

This cake is located in the Citywalk District in historic Downtown Ferguson, MO. It greets you as you enter the  town for any of its events such as farmer's market, concerts, community festivals, and parades.

 

The cake has a transportation theme. At one time St. Louis was a mini Detroit, with the top three automakers in the area. But this cake has more than cars.

 

The front of the cake has the train, I would guess, depicting the Norfolk-Southern freight line that rolls past the Whistle Stop as many as 20 times a day.

 

 

There is Spirit of St. Louis that was named in honor of Charles Lindbergh's supporters in St. Louis, Missouri, who paid for the aircraft. Charles Lindbergh flew this plane on his historic, Trans-Atlantic, non-stop solo flight from New York  to Paris, France.

 

On the back is a tribute to the St. Louis Motor Carriage Co., one of many St. Louis automakers back in the day. An old style Metro bus and the Mercury space capsule. The space capsule was built by McDonnell Aircraft Corporation. Famous astronauts that rode it are Alan Shepard who was the first American in space and John Glenn who piloted around the earth.

Cake artist - Dennis Babbitt

  

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