Keeping To A Cake Theme,

in 2004,

 Smithsonian archaeologist Eric Hollinger made a cake for his office Christmas party the yearly tradition started then and continues to this day, Hollinger is an archaeologist at the Smithsonian Institution, and uses a different theme every year, pictured above Hollinger's scale model of Al Khazneh at Petra, Jordan, a laptop to the right shows previous year's creations, photograph James Di Loreto, Smithsonian Institution,

amongst many of the cakes Haida has made the designs include a Native American longhouse out of chocolate, replicas of a Viking ship, Chinese terracotta soldiers and King Tut's tomb, above Hollinger painting edible gold on a chocolate sarcophagus for his scale recreation of King Tut’s tomb, photograph Lauren Sieg, “Eric devotes evenings and weekends to making the cakes,” says Laurie Burgess, the associate chair of the anthropology department. “We don't think he sleeps, because he just cranks out so much work during the day, and then he goes home and works on the cakes.” if you want to see what sweet treat he has produced, make sure to keep an eye on the museum's Facebook and Twitter feeds come December 18, you can see some of Hollinger's past archaeology cakes at Smithsonian, they almost look too good to eat, I did say almost, yummy!