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Cupcakes and Passion Open a Gateway to Horror in Delilah S. Dawson’s Bloom

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Books & Comics Cheryl Eddy Feb 24

Hundred-Year-Old Antarctic Fruitcake Found in ‘Excellent Condition’

Conservators with Antarctic Heritage Trust have uncovered a perfectly preserved fruitcake that dates back to Robert Falcon Scott’s ill-fated Terra Nova expedition, which began in 1910. Manufactured by the now defunct Huntley & Palmers biscuit company, the fruitcake was discovered in a long-abandoned hut at Cape Adare—an important landing site and base camp used by…

Tech News George Dvorsky Aug 10

This Lego Batman Cake Is a Giant, Edible Masterpiece

Even those of us who despise the idea of celebrating birthdays probably wouldn’t mind having a party if it included this truly fantastic Lego Batman cake that’s completely edible—save for the glowing eyes that will surely cause bodily harm if swallowed. Designed, engineered, baked, and assembled by Ashlee Marie of YouTube’s Ashlee Marie Cakes, the…

io9 Andrew Liszewski Mar 16

No Way! This Perfect BTTF II DeLorean Replica Is Actually an Edible Cake

You probably woke up this morning never wanting to hear about Back to the Future II ever again. That’s totally understandable, but that also puts you at risk of missing out on this life-size BTTF II time machine replica that’s actually a gigantic amazing cake. The edible time machine was made by the folks at…

Movies Andrew Liszewski Oct 22

This Transforming Optimus Prime Birthday Cake Is Just Amazing

Having your parents throw an awesome Transformers-themed party for your sixth birthday is one thing. But having your dad make a talking Optimus Prime cake that actually transforms? That’s a birthday you’re never, ever going to forget. The lucky lad in this case is the son of YouTuber Russell Munro who used a 3D printer…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Aug 26

You Have To Look Closely To See That This NES Is Actually a Cake

There’s no shortage of wacky wedding cakes on the internet, but this creation is particularly noteworthy because until you get a good close-up look at it, it doesn’t look like a cake at all. You’d swear it was a functional NES console complete with two controllers and a copy of Tetris, but in reality it’s…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Mar 17

I Hope You Can Eat Every Part Of This Incredible Batman ’66 Cake

Yes, right down to the itty-bitty Adam West and Burt Ward. But then again, how do you eat any of this marvellous cakey recreation of the Batcave from the classic Batman ’66 TV show? This delightful creation was made earlier this month by Mike’s Amazing Cakes for a client, and although it’s hard to tell…

Tech News James Whitbrook Jan 1

11 real cakes that look like fast food

I don’t know which of these cakes that look like fast food I like better. The Big Mac, the Chipotle burrito, the bucket of KFC, the Subway sandwich… I just can’t decide. My only option is to shake my head in disbelief and then proceed to stuff my mouth with all of them. Pick a…

Sploid Adam Clark Estes Jul 28

Googlers didn’t make a ‘traitor’ cake for a departing co-worker

You may have seen this hilarious image floating around recently with the caption: “Googler leaves to join Bing at Microsoft. Here’s the cake his co-workers gave him.” Travis is leaving Google for Bing! What a traitor! But unfortunately, it’s a bit too good to be true. Travis, the person who got a job working on…

Tech News Matt Novak Jul 22

Morbid Cross-Sectional Cake Is a Delicious Anatomy Lesson

This anatomical confection from Conjurer’s Kitchen reveals what one of their intricately crafted cakes looks like on the inside. “I often get asked what’s inside the decorated cakes, what they taste like,” writes the cakes creator, Annabel de Vetten. “So I thought I would create a cake to answer that question. Of course only the…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez Jul 11

How Bad Would It Be to Eat This Whole Discworld Cake?

I realize that polite society frowns on plunging your hand right into the middle of a cake and then shoveling that cake into your mouth, but sometimes you can’t help the impulse. And I JUST WANT TO DEMOLISH THIS WHOLE CAKE. I came to Discworld relatively late — in the sense that I was a…

io9 Katharine Trendacosta Jun 20

Dark Crystal Wedding Cake! Dark Crystal Wedding Cake!

Holy skeksis, this insanely detailed Dark Crystal cake makes me want to throw all other cakes on the ground. Just about every character from the ‘80s puppet epic is represented in fondant, and the whole thing is balancing on the famous crystal. WONDERFUL! I was created by the folks over at Little Cherry Cake Company,…

io9 Meredith Woerner Mar 12

A hundred Tim Burton cakes too creepy to eat

To celebrate the spookiest director’s 55th birthday, Cakenweenie has collaborated with 100 different culinary artists to build a giant blog of Burton Cakes. They’re crazy clever. Here are a few of our favorites! More cakes over at Cakenweenie.

Movies Meredith Woerner Sep 9

This Astronomically Correct Jupiter Cake Is a Gas

Not only is this Jupiter cake just a marvelous sight, it’s an astronomically correct model of Jupiter. Hungry? Good. But first, let yourself remember a little elementary science. Created by Cake Crumbs—the same smart baker behind this awesome, accurate Earth cake—the edible Jupiter shows the planet’s core of rock and ice, surrounded by a layer…

Space & Spaceflight Leslie Horn Jul 31

A Hologram-Projecting R2-D2 Birthday Cake Makes Us Insanely Jealous

We’ve seen a lot of awesome cake designs over the years, but this is the first time we’ve been genuinely envious over what a six-year-old was served at his birthday party. After all, who wouldn’t want an R2-D2 birthday cake that actually projects holograms like the one Marc Freilich made for his son Alexander? Besides…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Jun 20

Creepy wedding cake is adorned with realistic chocolate animal skulls

Annabel de Vetten of Conjurer’s Kitchen really puts the death in “Til death do us part” with this morbid wedding confection. Instead of flowers and flourishes, her latest wedding cakes are decorated with chocolate animal skulls. She created this cake for Birmingham’s recent Eclectic Wedding Extravaganza, utilizing a variety of sugary skull designs: It features…

io9 Lauren Davis Mar 23

Bake Up an LCD Display Cake With This Pixelated Pan

If you’re an amateur baker who’s mastered the sheet cake, this alphanumeric grid pan will let you take your creations one step further by turning them into low-res numbers and letters. All you need to do is arrange the included square metal dividers to create negative spaces in the pan that form characters. You can…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Feb 26

This Is What Happens When Your Baker Doesn’t Understand English

The scene: a woman goes to buy a cake for, oh, let’s say her cat Whiskers’s birthday. She decides to put a photo of Whiskers’s face on top of the cake because oh isn’t that fun and also she’s a very lonely woman. She hands the baker a USB drive and asks that she use…

Tech News Ashley Feinberg Feb 1

Tigger is Eleven and Piglet plays a Dalek in this adorable Doctor Pooh cake

The Doctor has stripes now. Stripes are cool. Likely inspired by this Tigger in the Tardis tee, the confectionary wizards at Nerdache Cakes devised this darling sugary treat. It’s Piglet’s homespun Dalek outfit that really sells the sweetness, though. [Nerdache Cakes via Neatorama]

io9 Lauren Davis Nov 18

The sweetest model of Minas Tirith is made of cake and icing

The cake knife that was broken shall return to Minas Tirith. The Cake Geek of Valrico, Florida, made this amazing wedding cake replica of the fortified city from Lord of the Rings. It’s almost a pity that it fell to the siege of hungry wedding guests. The process shots on Facebook let you see how…

io9 Lauren Davis Nov 10

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Cupcakes and Passion Open a Gateway to Horror in Delilah S. Dawson’s Bloom

Hundred-Year-Old Antarctic Fruitcake Found in ‘Excellent Condition’

This Lego Batman Cake Is a Giant, Edible Masterpiece

No Way! This Perfect BTTF II DeLorean Replica Is Actually an Edible Cake

This Transforming Optimus Prime Birthday Cake Is Just Amazing

You Have To Look Closely To See That This NES Is Actually a Cake

I Hope You Can Eat Every Part Of This Incredible Batman ’66 Cake

11 real cakes that look like fast food

Googlers didn’t make a ‘traitor’ cake for a departing co-worker

Morbid Cross-Sectional Cake Is a Delicious Anatomy Lesson

How Bad Would It Be to Eat This Whole Discworld Cake?

Dark Crystal Wedding Cake! Dark Crystal Wedding Cake!

A hundred Tim Burton cakes too creepy to eat

This Astronomically Correct Jupiter Cake Is a Gas

A Hologram-Projecting R2-D2 Birthday Cake Makes Us Insanely Jealous

Creepy wedding cake is adorned with realistic chocolate animal skulls

Bake Up an LCD Display Cake With This Pixelated Pan

This Is What Happens When Your Baker Doesn’t Understand English

Tigger is Eleven and Piglet plays a Dalek in this adorable Doctor Pooh cake

The sweetest model of Minas Tirith is made of cake and icing

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