Upelkuchen is a special cake that exists in Underland. When someone eats it, it makes them grow to a certain size depending on the amount ingested, as seen in the 2010 film, Alice in Wonderland.
Background[]
When someone eats an Upelkuchen cake, they will grow to a certain size that is determined by the amount of the cake that was ingested. The more an Upelkuchen cake is eaten, the more whoever ate it will grow.
In terms of appearance, there is nothing in an Upelkuchen cake that indicates that it is a magical cake. They are generally tasty-looking and the one Alice Kingsleigh found out in the Room of Doors even had an inviting "Eat Me" written on it.
Recipe[]
Linda Woolverton's first draft of the screenplay of the film has the White Queen preparing for Alice Upelkuchen instead of Pishalver. The recipe of both of them share some similar ingredients. The recipe for Upelkuchen is:[1]
- Two cups of flour
- One cup of sugar
- A pinch of fungas
- Worm fat
- Tongue of blowfish
- A pinch of thyme
- Three coins from a dead man's pocket
- Two table-spoons of Wishful Thinking
Both recipes ends up with The White Queen spitting into the mixed ingredients.
Appearances[]
Alice in Wonderland[]
After Alice drank the Pishsalver and got small, she was unable to reach for the key on the table. She then found out an Upelkuchen cake with "Eat Me" written on it and ate a small part of it. She grew up enormously, to the point of reaching the ceiling of the Room of Doors. Later, in the Red Queen's castle, the White Rabbit gave to her a piece of an Upelkuchen cake he had with him. Alice once again ate a part of it, but this time she grew up to such an enormous height that her clothes got torn apart, leaving her completely naked.
Alice Through the Looking Glass[]
At the end of the film after Tarrant finds his missing family and the Chronosphere is put back in its proper spot, the family members are released from the ant farm as the White Queen gives Tarrant some Upelkuchen as he sprinkles them on Tarrant's family as the members of the Hightopp Clan are restored back to their normal sizes. After that, Tarrant's family is happy to see their son back in joy as they reunite with him.
Gallery[]
Trivia[]
- The equivalent of the Upelkuchen in the animated film is the Eat Me Cookies.
- The cake's name is comprised of the fictional word "upel" (referring to the cake making one grow taller, or up) and the German word "kuchen" (cake, or generally any food made of dough).
- The Upelkuchen props were created by Joan Spitler and Leigh Grode and their business "Cake Divas" (later renamed to "Joanie & Leigh's Cakes"),[2] who also provided the food for the wedding and tea party scenes. Wanting to be authentic, the bakers looked through various old-fashioned cake recipes and ultimately chose a traditional Victorian recipe for brown sugar molasses cake. The cakes were covered in fondant rather than traditional buttercream icing to prevent them from sweating and melting under the heat of the filming lights. Of all their work for the film, Joan Spitler is most proud of creating the Upelkuchen cakes.[3]
- In the original Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, unlike the Drink Me Bottle (adapted into Pishsalver in the live-action film), the cake's taste is not specified, and the only detail known of it is that the words "EAT ME" are written using currants.
References[]
- ↑ Alice in Wonderland script (first draft) by Linda Woolverton (see this image)
- ↑ https://joanieandleighscakes.com/about/
- ↑ Alice in Wonderland Blu-Ray featurette: "Cakes of Wonderland"
