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Ok, I think that the white frosting under Kirby...was not the brightest idea. :/

nice, but looks kinda gross.

i think that's Olimar, and some Pikmin.

it took me ahwile to see that white frosting.

but carrot cake is delicious, so i'd eat it anyways

That doesn't even make any sense. Fail.

@bigbadron: No, it's Kirby after he swallowed Olimar.

It's the thought that counts, right? XD

MMM I hope that is carrot cake. That's Schoolimangooli's favorite cake.

I don't understand why it is. But it looks charming.

Too bad about it being carrot cake.

Because that's gross.

The pikmin guys came out good. I don't know how hard it could be to make Kirby since he's a pink blob, but they succeeded in making him uber awkward.

From that knife in the foreground I'd say the guy taking the picture's just been stabbed in the back!

There's not much people wont do for delicious cake nowadays..

@karasu is my homeboy: before anyone corrects me, I know it's suppossed to be olimar but his body is pretty much invisible and it looks much more like Kirby than Olimar. Either one is uber awkward.

0 for effort but 10 for edibility.

@bigbadron:
Omg I totally see it now! XD Love that cake!

Only 3 candles?

I lol'd. I love carrot cake, and I dig Kirby. It's all good. I hope it was yummy.

@globones:
8 for class 0 for Graphics 10 for the git that threw up on it.

Oh wait i see where they're going with this cake!

It's inspired by the Portal wall writings! 10 all around in that case!

Aw, guys. Don't be mean. It's not Kirby, it's a bit obvious that it's Olimar and his Pikmin. Either that, or you people just read the post title and commented. Either way, I dunno why I come to the comment section anymore.

Still, they TRIED. The least you could do was cheer them. The kids are probably reading this right now with a bunch of unhappy faces. ;_;

Okay, the whole "THE CAKE IS A LIE" bit was funny in the beginning, I'll admit.

It is no longer funny. It is officially played out and corny. It ends. NOW.

it taste nasty and how many more cake picture do we have left. I remember getting a birthday cake and Sega Genesis beat that.

Life lesson learned:

Friends don't let friends decorate cakes drunk.

That cake looks dangerous.

You know what, this is definitely one of my favorites game cakes so far.

Sure it's a little off but it's still damn cool that it was made for you Blue Cheez.

I'm planning my own Portal themed cake for my friend. I think he'd like the actual one from the end of the game. With any luck it'll be as delicious and moist as it is in my mind.

@Ashurahori: For what it's worth, I don't know who those characters are. I thought it was Kirby, and the white frosting was whoever. I admit my ignorance, but I wasn't trying to be mean.

I think that's actually a cross-dressing Meatwad from Aqua Teen Hunger Force. The gender roles are a lie!

I took that pic ! The cake had rasins in it it was ok, I dont usually prefer carrot cakes

those are definitely pikmin

You know, cake itself goes through Portals. Don't understand what I mean? Your mouth is one portal. Take a guess at what the other one is.

This cake stirs within me the overwhelming yet conflicting urges to laugh and cry. It takes everything I hate (overused memes and captain 'c-stick' olimar) and manages to juxtapose them in a way that...

Wait. Wait just a second...

I... I see it now! The symbolism behind the cake! IT IS GENIUS.

Can you not see it? The parallelism between the two initially incongruent aspects of this cake?

Allow me to clarify:
What did the main plot of Portal revolve around? Answer: The sentient mainframe GLaDOS ordering Chell around to accomplish whatever task she wanted done.

What did the main plot of Pikmin revolve around? Answer: The stranded Captain Olimar ordering pikmin around to accomplish whatever task he wanted done!

In Portal, GLaDOS enticed Chell with the promise of delicious and moist cake, because, seriously, what sentient being would launch itself through experimental, physics-defying rifts in spacetime for FUN?

In Pikmin, we're not specifically told what Olimar uses to woo the brightly colored, motile plants to do his bidding, but it must be something worth seeking, a pikmin universe analogy to cake, because, seriously, what sentient plant would devote its entire, short life to the service of some alien overlord who sacrifices his underlings on a regular basis?

You see, my simple minded friends, eager to dismiss this beautiful, delectable magnum opus as a simple, if not poorly executed, icing job, the works and the picture are not randomly mixed, but placed together to send a message.

I have decoded that message.

While, at the end of Portal (Skip this if you're spoiler paranoid and, well, haven't played this game yet (HAHA)), Chell eventually sees through GLaDOS' chicanery and realizes that, yes, the cake is indeed a lie.

However, the pikmin have yet to come to that conclusion, even becoming subeservient to a SECOND derelict interloper.

Clearly, the creators (or should I say authors?) of this cake have noticed the incongruity, and are using this cake to send a message to the pikmin.

The message is thus:
THE CAKE (or whatever those damn spaceship pilots are using as incentive) IS A LIE! Don't you know that, when all is well and done, they'll simply fix their ship and fly off again, leaving you to your inevitable doom at the hands of the larger, stronger, and evolutionarily superior creatures that roam your home planet?

It says:
Throw off the shackles of oppression! Liberate yourself from mindless servitude and free yourself, as Chell did, from your oppressive master!

It says:
THE CAKE IS A LIE

Do you not see this, friends?

Do you not... see?

...

Dear God what did I just write. This is what happens when I read HP Lovecraft for 5 hours straight, I guess.

And for all those that scroll pass this comment because, well, TL:DR, I shall appease you with a terribly concocted pun:

This cake is nuts! Or, well, coated with them.

*badum kshhhhh*

What do you mean it's a lie? Am I not looking at the cake right now?!

or

Kirby's coming!... All over the place!

@Ashurahori:I read the post, but read "Kirby and Pikmin (Brawl)" instead of what it actually says. Still looks like Kirby with the antenna.

@wolfyFTW:

finally someone understands what its all about.

Man, forget the image, I just wish I had something sweet right now. And Robotron references are always cool Owen.
@SchoolimangooliMenolly: Same here. Carrot takes all comers!
@wolfyFTW: But the cake wasn't a lie...
Now what?

Time is not going to like this.

@wolfyFTW: I'm not even going to begin reading that. But I'll tell you what, you win the longest post this year so far award.

@male roof blower (CFB): To be blunt, fuck Time. Cake rules.

Yikes, freakish looking. Makes me want to send in my Orange Box Painting to the tips line just to clean my palette (Except I don't think they'll accept people sending in their own stuff).

@wolfyFTW: awesome. +1, eldritch.

@Erwin: Exactly. He said he's not reading any more, so to hell with him. Cake for every true Kotaku-ite!

another pikmin cake, my fiance made this one for me last year, it is pure awesome:

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I read the title last night. Looked at the cake and thought, "Oh yeah, I see it now." I didn't bother reading further... until this morning. Man, I was laughing so hard I almost passed out :D

But seriously, anyone that attempts to make a designer cake has to have some balls and trying to make a gamer cake? I'll give them an A for trying and for posting on the internetz for everyone to see (knowing how sharp the tongues of gamers can be).

UGH!!!

What the hell is this, a Kirby and Pikmin in a sarin gas attack cake?

@Okari:
Hardcore.

That white frosting under Kirby looks like man spoo. I'm not touching that.

Geseundheit.

This isn't cake news!

No seriously, that frosting makes it look very unappetizing... and unclever too I guess (Olimar Kirby + beaten-to-death meme = ?????)

Reminds me of the cake that Chef Torte made in Super Mario RPG.
It was a shitty cake named "bundt" that Mario had to fight and that Booster ate in the end.