Cake Stand #2 - The Leon

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Our 2nd cake stand is The Leon. The Leon is made of solid Mahogany - a super hard hardwood! The name comes - of course - from the sweet and legendary Grandpa Leon. Brian inherited this mahogany board from his dad's lumber stash (thanks, Grandpa Leon!). Evidently it was left over from some work that Leon did for George Norman (Leon built many homes for GN - including the infamous one that Brian helped build in Hawaii back in the 1980s!). George Norman also had a huge home in Holladay, Utah that Leon built for him). Anyway, nephew Brady (who bought the grandparents' home) gave Brian some wood from the family home, so Brian decided to make another cake stand with this new wood. 

I'd call it a roaring success! It is super cool and very sturdy. I'm not sure how many blades were messed up by this wood - but I'm glad that Brian still has all his teeth and fingers after working with this wood! (I'm not sure I realized how dangerous woodworking was before all this wood shop stuff! Well, I do know that my Uncle George is missing part of a finger, but he used to say he ate it in a sandwich, LOL). 

The cake plate is 11" in diameter, so it is large enough to hold cakes of many sizes! The plate is 6" tall so it is quite an elevated cake stand. Brian put lots of work into the post, as it's beveled and really swell. 

All in all, this cake stand is awesome and now I think I must go bake a cake. What kind, and what shall we celebrate?  

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