I can hardly make pasta, much less bake a cake, so major props go to these seriously creative inventor-bakers, discovered over the years by Boingboing’s cake-obsessed Cory Doctorow.
Creepy bride replica wedding cake
I never thought a cake would fall into the uncanny valley, but this one is so well-crafted that it does. Chidi Ogbuta of Allen, Texas told CNN that she always wanted a doll of herself, so she had one made for her wedding — out of cake. It took two bakers to make both the head and the body. In the picture at least, both husband and wife seem to be reconsidering their bizarre choice.
Back to the Future cake
The famous courthouse square may have burned down in last year’s Universal Studios backlot fire (now rebuilt), but it lives on in this wedding cake. Flickr user Snot Boogie reports “The cake was the clock tower and was red velvet. It was done by Caryn’s Cakes in Atlanta.”
I quit — the cake!
W. Neil Berrett (holding cake) quit is job in a most unconventional manner — by writing his resignation letter on a cake which he presented to his boss. It reads:
“Dear Mr. Bowers,
During the past three years, my tenure at the Hunters Point Naval Shipyard has been nothing short of pure excitement, joy and whim. However, I have decided to spend more time with my family and attend to health issues that have recently arisen. I am proud to have been part of such an outstanding team and I wish this organization only the finest in future endeavors.
Please accept this cake as notification that I am leaving my position with NWT on March 27.
Sincerely,
W. Neil Berrett”
Giant squid cake
Now made with real squid! Wait, that can’t be right.
Dragon cake
This huge dragon made of cake is holding a 20 sided die and sitting on a sheet of white chocolate. A bigger photo of it can be found here, which shows off the amazing detail in this thing a bit better.
Polyhedral dice cake
Speaking of nerdy stuff and twenty-sided die, here’s a D&D-er’s dream cake. +8 flavor spell!
Zombie Hello Kitty cake
Wow, this is beautiful! Bigger pictures (and shots of the cake being devoured) are here.
Star Trek cake
I’m afraid she canny CAKE much more o’ this, cap’n! (Sorry, couldn’t resist.) Created by Duff Goldman, whose Baltimore cake shop was featured on the Food Network’s fancy cake reality show, The Ace of Cakes.
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I love CAKE!
posted by Hyacinth on 7-14-2009 at 10:27 am
love, love, love the squid cake!!
posted by the creature on 7-14-2009 at 10:58 am
The cake is a lie! The cake is a lie!
posted by Steve on 7-14-2009 at 12:01 pm
I love these! (Well, minus the bride replica cake.)
posted by Steve from San Diego on 7-14-2009 at 12:15 pm
I love the dragon cake! The details are amazing…
posted by KWildman on 7-14-2009 at 1:04 pm
For more cake fun, check out Cake Wrecks, when professional cakes go hilariously wrong. My name should link you to it.
No, I don’t work there but I do visit a few times a week; I can always count on getting some laughs. On Sunday, they have actual GOOD cakes in order to throw the rest of the week into sharper contrast.
posted by frodopal on 7-14-2009 at 1:56 pm
I also highly recommend Cake Wrecks! It is so funny! I stop in once a week on Friday afternoons to help move the last day of the work week along! I browse through the entire last week of entries! Some are beyond belief and I often feel sorry that people had to pay money for some of the cakes, they are that bad!
posted by Mavis on 7-14-2009 at 2:13 pm
It took me a few minutes to realize where the cake was in the first picture. It looks so real.
posted by Monica on 7-14-2009 at 2:19 pm
Uh, yeah… the bride cake was a little weird. Nothing says “I love ME” like a lifesize replica in cake! Although, CAKE IS GOOD!
posted by Hyacinth on 7-14-2009 at 4:01 pm
The bride cake is dumb. Why would I want people hacking into me on my wedding day. Was the inside red velvet?…
The Hello Kitty cake is adorable. And the coloring on the squid cake is beautiful.
Great article.
posted by Chrystani on 7-14-2009 at 4:12 pm
Love the Hello Kitty cake!
And Duff Goldman … he’s a god!
posted by Katherine on 7-14-2009 at 4:58 pm
if your looking for more cakes there’s a blog called cake wrecks that’s all about messed up cakes and amazing ones. there’s a baby one that’s just scary
posted by Amaya-chan on 7-14-2009 at 6:27 pm
Click on the photo of the Dragon Cake, then click the link below the photo that comes up for Mike’s Amazing Cakes – this guy has so many mind blowing designs in his gallery he didn’t even include the dragon.
posted by PartiallyDeflected on 7-14-2009 at 8:11 pm
I also suggest cakewrecks – it is incredible how BAD looking a cake will be and it’s still for sale. And some of the Sunday Sweets (the really good/creative cakes) are really amazing!
posted by Meri on 7-14-2009 at 8:13 pm
Add another vote for Cake Wrecks (in fact, I’ve seen most of these on that blog). The cakes range from magnificent (on Sundays) to totally freaky (the rest of the week), with comments from Jen (the blog owner) and her faithful readers that are hilarious.
posted by Seanette on 7-15-2009 at 3:26 am
who made the 20 sided die cake i would like to communicate with them so i can get tips on making the die. My brother wants kinda the same cake for his grooms cake and I am making it i just need a few pointers on making the die.
posted by Annie on 8-3-2009 at 5:07 pm
OH.MY.GAWWWD! THESE CAKES ARE FUDGING AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!! UGH I WANT A CAKE JUST LIKE THE DRAGON FOR MY B-DAY!!!!!
-YOU’RE WORST NIGHTMARE
posted by Katie on 8-24-2009 at 2:12 am
Yummyyyyyyyyyyy
posted by Habibies on 9-7-2010 at 2:35 pm