Cake: Loving Dad Bakes Son a Motorized Tank Cake

Loving Dad Bakes Son a Motorized Tank Cake

This dad went above and beyond the traditional lazydad Carvel and built his son a cake in the shape of a tank, with a motorized rotating turret. The canon also adjusts elevation as it turns. But due to wife-husband restrictions from the Tank Cake Treaty of 2006, it does not fire whipped cream munitions anywhere near the freshly cleaned kitchen table, thank you very much mister. Vid post jump. [Instructables, thanks Steve H. ]

1:29 PM on Mon Apr 28 2008
By Brian Lam
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Darrone at 01:35 PM on 04/28/08
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Seriously, this kid's life can't get any better. Every birthday from here on out is a disappointment. Enjoy your one day in the son kid!
Elderwulf at 01:36 PM on 04/28/08
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Now if someone just made a cake that eats itself.
electrikecho at 01:37 PM on 04/28/08
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Damn - my dad never even bothered with a kindle cake. This pwns them pillbox cakes.
Hë×ªV°|† at 01:39 PM on 04/28/08
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SNAP! This makes my dad look like crap w/ all of the pre-made B-day cakes he used to buy me xD
TheTick at 01:43 PM on 04/28/08
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Somebody's been watching Ace of Cakes.
baltwade at 01:44 PM on 04/28/08
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Mmmmmmm.... Fondant icing.

Looks like Play-doo...

Taste like Play-doo.

Still, no matter how it taste it's got to be one of the coolest cakes I've ever seen.
electrikecho at 01:48 PM on 04/28/08
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Bonus: eating it would reveal REAL BATTLE DAMAGE. Make some candy infantry, and battle will have never tasted so good.
willyolio at 01:50 PM on 04/28/08
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@Darrone:
"Enjoy your one day in the son"
oh god, that sounds so wrong.
Pope John Peeps II at 01:51 PM on 04/28/08
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One day I'm just going to cover two asimos with frosting and have them duke it out.

Also, what's with all the cakes? There's a cake post a week on gizmodo? Is there some cake renaissance in America?
rexplex at 01:52 PM on 04/28/08
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Can I trade my current dad for this much cooler one?
shamoononon at 01:55 PM on 04/28/08
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In some sick way it reminds me of that cakes that looked like the bride, rather creepy if you ask me.

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I'd much rather have a tank on my cake. .. than have people eat me. Anyhow, what an awesome cake!!
xint at 01:57 PM on 04/28/08
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@Pope John Peeps II: I say YES to weekly cake posts.
Meurs at 01:59 PM on 04/28/08
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It's the initial installment of the dad's Modern Warfare in Cake series. Next year's will we'll see the tank commander at home, starting to notice the effects of depleted uranium exposure.

In a couple years the kid will be dreading his birthday.
Kaiser-Machead at 02:23 PM on 04/28/08
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I would've had to break the wife-husband treaty and install the cream launcher anyway.
GeekyNerdGuy at 02:25 PM on 04/28/08
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Did he have to use bakeable hardware or did he bake the cake first, then mod it with electronics?
Coop at 02:42 PM on 04/28/08
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Cake, Awesome!
oh...that's the cake?
I'm not hungry anymore.
ideaman2020 at 03:03 PM on 04/28/08
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@GeekyNerdGuy: Yes.
baldingnerd at 03:05 PM on 04/28/08
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that's pretty cool

I'd hate to get a loose screw in a piece tho

CRUNCH!... ow
Reilaos~ at 03:19 PM on 04/28/08
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@Pope John Peeps II: They must catch up to Kaketaku.
froggy at 03:20 PM on 04/28/08
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damn. if i had a kid, i'd feel really awkward now... One more reason not to learn to bake before having kids!
rowdybow at 03:35 PM on 04/28/08
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no cream munitions in the kitchen? thats too bad.
froggy at 03:36 PM on 04/28/08
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OOOPS. TO learn how to bake.
Gann at 05:45 PM on 04/28/08
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This reminds me of those cool tank fireworks that used to scoot forward a few inches then unleash a sparky hell on whatever was in front of it. Those things were awesome.