Gizmodo: Cake

Motherboard Cake, Eat Before Obsolete

Mark Wilson — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 16:20:00 EDT

Who knew sugar wafers and Rolos could so accurately recreate the situational Pavlovian response we get from looking at the latest silicon wonders from Intel, AMD, ATi and NVIDIA? While we've never before craved some motherboard and milk or hot motherboard à la mode, we must admit, we're coming around to what could be the hottest dessert trend of Q4 2008. And that old Dell gathering dust in the corner is looking mighty scrumptious. [Craftster via Technabob and Geekcake]

Millennium Falcon Cake Can't Hyperspace, But is Best Birthday Cake Ever

Kit Eaton — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 07:41:00 EDT

This Millennium Falcon was never going to do the Kessel Run... but it might just qualify as the most awesome birthday cake ever made. I mean, look at the detail! Made by Charm City Cakes in Baltimore, one lucky guy received it this weekend... and can you guess his generous brother's profession? Yup, you were close: it's as a sysadmin. I just hope he appreciated it, since I know an armload of people who'd weep with joy if this arrived on their birthday. Particularly if it were cunningly combined with LED birthday candles for special lighting effects. There's another pic below, if you haven't seen enough.

Now all I need to do is remind my wife of this posting when my birthday comes a little nearer... [LaughingSquid]

Photo by Michael Biven

Microsoft Mistakes Browser War for Browser Party, Sends Firefox a Lovely Cake

John Herrman — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 20:40:00 EDT

Just like they did when Firefox 2 dropped, Microsoft has sent the guys over at Mozilla a congratulatory cake. The nerd food was delivered in person and was graciously accepted by the Firefox crew, who managed to hold back snide remarks about the cake's standard compliance and proprietary recipe long enough to take a few pictures. At least Microsoft has a sense of humor about their eroding market share. [Al Billings]

Fair Share Cake Plate, Hands Off Kid!

Mark Wilson — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 18:20:00 EDT

You know what we hate? When people get all up in our cake. You know what we're talking about. You've got a sweet banana cream or a succulent red velvet, and then, you know, someone gets all up in your cake. What's with that? With this plate, you can measure your cake consumption—or more appropriately—the consumption of others. That's right. Put down the cake, kid. That 2mm is ours. And we're gonna eat it. (The cake.) [uptoyourtoronto via bookofjoe]

R2-D2 Cake Brings Balance to the Force, Dorkiness to Wedding

Jesus Diaz — Mon, 12 May 2008 08:00:00 EDT

Perhaps knowing that a Death Star wedding cake was starting marriage asking for trouble, reader and chef Charlene made an R2-D2 one, bringing balance back to the Force, and restoring dorkiness throughout the Galaxy. There have been others, but her nine-layer version of everyone's favorite astromech is far more realistic and complex, thanks to some DIY tech hacks.

While the R2-D2 wedding cake is not as advanced as the stunningly-accurate Maker Faire R2-D2, Charlene told us that she "bastardized an old camera for the lenses, with blue Halloween lights flashing behind throughout the whole wedding" for added realism.

The cake was the centerpiece in the wedding of two members of a Star Wars fan group in Alabama, which had all the guests dressed up as Star Wars characters, included the minister, who probably was wearing an R2-D2 beanie like mine. I've got to admit that it looks yummy, but seeing people eating R2's dome disturbs the Force out of me. [Thanks Charlene]

Cake Royale USB Drives Are Delicious, But Deadly For Children

Jason Chen — Thu, 08 May 2008 15:15:00 EDT

Not since the USB Food Hub from Solid Alliance have we seen a peripheral that made us actually want to put it in our mouths and swallow. These Cake Royale series drives range from chocolate, to some yellow looking one, to a white one with strawberries on top, and finally a fruity one. Can you tell we went to culinary academy for three years? No price yet, but the release date is sometime in May. [Vavolo via Nexus404]

Loving Dad Bakes Son a Motorized Tank Cake

Brian Lam — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 13:29:18 EDT

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. ]

Death Star Wedding Cake Wins Fanboy of the Year Award, Sets Grounds for Divorce

Jesus Diaz — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 08:00:00 EDT

I got this picture from our Tips mailbox just after reading Wired's article on Fanboys, Ernie Cline's odyssey of a group of diehard Star Wars fans who break into Skywalker Ranch to steal a copy of Episode I before opening day. Reader Rye Clifton explained what it is, much to Addy's disbelief:

I just got back from a wedding where the groom had a Death Star groom's Cake.

Yes. A Death Star wedding cake.

Now, I know there are fanboys everywhere, but come on people. Heck, yes, I admit it. I'm guilty as charged, your honor. But although I was willing to pilot the X-Wing rocket (on retrospective, I'm glad that didn't happen), and I know the first trilogy backwards, forwards and inside-out, I've never dressed up or played lightsabers, re-enacted scenes or been to conventions. At most, I played Larry Holland's X-Wing and TIE Fighter simulators when I was in college. And, of course, built Star Wars LEGO stuff. And while I may have suggested to Addy that we should go and live in an Ewok village, I would have never, ever have subjected her to a Death Star wedding cake. Seriously.

Mainly because I didn't want to end up like Greedo, that is, or frozen in carbonite. [Thanks Rye]

Is Getting a Caked a Good Omen for a Gadget?

Jesus Diaz — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 16:30:07 EDT

This bookake looks as disgusting as the real Amazon Kindle. Not because it's a bad cake. I'm sure it tastes great and the details are accurate. The problem is that, unfortunately, the chef didn't have a lot to start with. Brian says that all this baking is good for Kindle. It's all about what he calls "The Cake Factor":

Brian Lam's Cake Factor: no one makes a gadget cake unless they love the gadget, so this is a good sign for Kindle

A "good sign"? I completely disagree with him, and I have definitive proof:

I rest my case.

What do you think?

[Geeksugar]

R2-D2 Cake Looks Too Delicious to Eat

Sean Fallon — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 17:30:25 EST

If I were to get married, I would be honored if pastry chef Mark Randazzo of Mark Joseph Cakes would whip me up one of these awesome looking R2-D2 cakes for the reception. Unfortunately, that would also probably mean that my marriage would be over before it began. I would be left all alone, weeping in a corner cramming fistfuls of R2's delicious body into my mouth. [Mark Joseph Cakes via B-Side Blog via Boing Boing via Technabob]

Gigantic Optimus Prime Birthday Cake Forcefully Removes Socks From Feet

Jason Chen — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 14:30:04 EDT

Morgan Valentine, better known as best wife ever, ordered a custom-made Optimus Prime cake for her husband's 30th birthday. The cake was made by Nashville's The French Connection, and has dirt, rocks, grass, plants and an Optimus Prime the size of a toddler. I bet the guy even got sex afterwards. [Flickr via Boing Boing]

The Best iPhone Wannabe Yet, from Sugarcat Cakes

AddyDugdale — Mon, 30 Jul 2007 20:00:59 EDT

This is an iPhone Cake.
For the Steve that is Fake.
Did it take a long time to Make?
I dunno, I'm not very good in the kitchen. [PhotoBucket via The Secret Diary of Steve Jobs]

Helio Ocean: The Cake

Jason Chen — Tue, 29 May 2007 13:40:34 EDT

Our female-fearing cousins over at Kotaku are familiar with cakes made in the shape of their favorite things (games), but we don't often get the pleasure of eating our own gadgets. That's why this Helio Ocean cake made by a geeksugar reader is so sweet (heh).

The cake itself looks gigantic, and features none of the features the actual Ocean has—unless you count the fact that they both make us drool. Hit the link to see more pictures and the two creators posing next to the cake.

– Jason Chen

Edible Geek: Helio Ocean Cake [Geek Sugar]

Sea-Monkeygate: Triops Calls Out Sea-Monkeys, War Declared

Gizloco — Mon, 12 Feb 2007 08:15:31 EST

Ladies and gentlemen, I present Sea-Monkeygate. While at the Toy Fair here in New York, I stumbled upon two products that essentially do the same thing (let you grow small animals in a small water tank): Sea-Monkeys and Triops. You've probably heard of Sea-Monekys, those weird things that come in packets and grow in water. Triops are similar, but according to the guy who was promoting them, they're so much better. He ranted for several minutes (just ask Noah) on why Sea-Monkeys are really a scam because they don't grow instantly as promised, among other things. Then he went off on a tangent and Noah and I hurried away. Luckily, I ran into the Sea-Monkeys people a few minutes later. And boy were they hot under the collar when I told them about Triops stylin' on them.

The Sea-Monkey response? That Triops are "gross." The reps— two lovely young ladies, not that that affects my judgement, mind you—then lauded Sea-Monkeys and how they're the original, um, sea creature for children. To prove how much better Sea-Monekys are than Triops, they offered to sing me "Happy Birthday," (it was last week) complete Sea-Monkey cake. I wonder what that tastes like. I graciously declined.

So who's side are you in this war for tiny sea creature toy supremacy? Forget Blu-ray versus HD DVD—this is the war that really matters. – Nicholas Deleon

Sea-Monkeys

Triops

Gallery: 10 Yummy Techie Cakes

Mark Wilson — Sun, 11 Feb 2007 14:15:54 EST

Why does man choose to remake his favorite gadget in flour, sugar, eggs and butter? There are many theories, but current academic consensus seems to be that by ingesting an object, the ingestee can be imbued with the "powers" of said object.

I, myself can now store 100,000 songs and chirp when sensing cops on the highway. – Mark Wilson

Sweets for My Stud

johnb — Tue, 14 Feb 2006 09:28:03 EST

OK. This isn't a gadget but this is so important that it has to go up. I can't believe we missed this. Anyway, it appears that eating sweets in Japan is not masculine. The solution? A "candy suppository?" A hot caramel injection straight into the spine? Nope—candy shaped like fast food.

It appears that men do not like to be seen eating elaborate cakes in public, so a confectioner set up what looks like a typical fast food outlet to sell what look like hamburgers and fries, but that are in fact cake.

Elaborate cakes in public? Japan, please: we can't help you if you don't help yourself. With your psychosexual comic books and strange, wandering RPGs filled with be-wedgied ladies, you're heading down a long, hard road full of furtive masturbation and bulimia. If anyone in Japan can explain this to us, we'd much appreciate it.

Trends in Japan: Sweets in Disguise [Treehugger via BoingBoing]