ROCHESTER — The 2025 season might have ended for the Detroit Lions, but the viral “Spider-Man + Superman” celebration between star players Amon-Ra St. Brown and Jahmyr Gibbs has taken on a life of its own.
The Home Bakery in Rochester recreated another life-size cake featuring St. Brown and Gibbs in their famed pose, where St. Brown flies over a crouching Gibbs after his 78-yard touchdown run from Detroit’s Week 7 win over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
Also featured in the cake display are the custom cleats worn by St. Brown designed by the East Jordan Shoe Club back in November part of the My Cause, My Cleats initiative, which he wore during the Nov. 23 game against the New York Giants.
Store owner Heather Tocco was one of 24 workers who spent at least 400 hours working on the cake, which is on display in the front window of the store.
Last January, Tocco and her staff also created a life-size 6-foot-2 cake of St. Brown completing his headstand celebration.
She told ESPN she wanted to recreate the magic of last year’s cake, although the Lions failed to reach the postseason for the first time since 2022 after finishing 9-8.
Detroit ended the season with a Week 18 victory over the Chicago Bears. Tocco even served as one of the models for Gibbs’ pose to help get the shape as accurate as possible before the cake’s completion.
“We have a fist bursting through the glass. Like, it’s the coolest thing,” Tocco told ESPN. “We just really pushed our limits on what we could do and suspending a cake from the ceiling, really giving it that life, and the black uniforms are so cool.”
“The fans united, and it’s giving us something to rally around and still show our love,” Tocco said. “Sure, the season didn’t go as we wanted, but at least we beat the Bears.”