Kotaku: Game Cakes

Forget Quake, It's Cake Team Arena Time

Mike Fahey — Wed, 03 Aug 2011 12:20:00 EDT

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In celebration of this weekend's QuakeCon and the 20th anniversary of id Software, id and Bethesda sent me the most hideous cake I've ever had sitting on my coffee table, and I shop at the Publix bakery. More »

Not the Zerg, but a Sugar Rush

Owen Good — Fri, 31 Dec 2010 00:00:00 EST

StarCraft is the latest contender in the too-good-to-eat gamecake category. As seen on Reddit (via Hot Blooded Gaming). More »

This De Blob Cake Better Not Taste Like Ink

Mike Fahey — Wed, 15 Dec 2010 15:20:00 EST

Few things are important enough to pull me away from my vacation time to post on Kotaku. The one and a half foot tall De Blob cake that just arrived on my doorstep from THQ certainly qualifies. More »

DC Universe Online Artist Now Tries Competitive Cake Making

Owen Good — Wed, 08 Dec 2010 18:30:00 EST

Kotaku has a proud history of showcasing the artistic intersection of video games and cakes, so it's no surprise who our favorite contestant is "Cake Boss: Next Great Baker." Meet Brian Stevens, senior artist at Sony Online Entertainment. More »

Night Vision Cake Makes For A Prestigious Birthday

Owen Good — Wed, 10 Nov 2010 20:30:00 EST

Was it really a year ago that Modern Warfare 2 was the it-release, and its night vision goggles were the opulent special edition premium. This cake doesn't celebrate that anniversary, it's for "stepTOF," from his girlfriend. Sent in by TEAMCHINA. More »

Fallout: New Vegas Is Done, And It's Time For Cake

Mike Fahey — Fri, 01 Oct 2010 18:40:00 EDT

Fallout: New Vegas is 100% complete, the PC specs are out, and the New Vegas designer Robert Lee gets a splendid cake. All is right with the world. As seen on the Bethesda Blog. More »

Lionhead Goes To War...Cake War

Mike Fahey — Mon, 20 Sep 2010 12:40:00 EDT

When two tribes go to war, delicious cake is all you can score. With Fable III due out next month, the developers at Lionhead Studios turn their attentions from making kings to baking things in an all-out Cake War. More »

Now That's Appetizing

Owen Good — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 22:30:00 EDT

Going away present for a family member moving to Oregon. Presumably no rivers need fording. Seen via Reddit. More »

Plants Vs. Zombies Vs. Cake

Mike Fahey — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 00:30:00 EDT

Liam Brockwood had a much better birthday than you did, thanks to this lovingly crafted and entirely edible Plants Vs. Zombies cake. I haven't been this jealous of a seven-year-old since 1981. More »

Happily Ever After

Owen Good — Sat, 10 Apr 2010 14:00:00 EDT

Sackboy and Sackgirl wedding-cake toppers. Made by the artist Japanda, submitted by Kotaku reader Johnny Z. More »

Writing 'Sweets' Summons Scribblenauts Truffles

Owen Good — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 14:30:00 EST

While not cake, these confections define the idiomatic dilemma of choosing to have one or eat it. Ana Fuji's amazing truffles tackle many themes, games among them. On the jump, Pokémon, LEGO and, yes, Super Mario truffles. More »

A Mario Wedding Cake From The Best Bride Ever

Mike Fahey — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 11:20:00 EST

If I ever get married again, I hope my future wife is at least half as amazing as "Bride of a True Geek," who sends pictures and a delicious description of the wedding cake she had made for her husband-to-be. More »

A Phat Slice of Cake

Owen Good — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 22:40:00 EST

PS3 Game Cake with two games, one incompatible. Created by Debbie Does Cakes and seen via PS3 Maven [thanks Julius] More »

A Colorful Cake For A Colorful Racer

Mike Fahey — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 11:40:00 EST

Crafted by a Need for Speed: Nitro DS artist's fiancée to celebrate his first game. More »

EVE Online Celebrates 6th Anniversary With Cake

Mike Fahey — Wed, 06 May 2009 17:20:00 EDT

With EVE Online turning six years-old today and surpassing the 300,000 active subscriber mark over the past few days, there was really only one way for developer CCP to celebrate - spaceship cake. More »

For Some Reason, I Want to Jump on this Cake

Owen Good — Sat, 02 May 2009 19:00:00 EDT

You know? Like both feet together, straight down, off a brick ledge from a height about three times my own. I bet it's super smooshy, just like a Goomba should be. More »

Have Your Rock Band Cake, and GH:WT Bundle for $60, Too

Owen Good — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 10:00:00 EST

Ed B. has had a helluva two weeks. First he got married, and his bride gave him that Rock Band drum cake. Then Best Buy gave him Guitar Hero: World Tour, with instruments, for $60. More »

The Super Mario Galaxy Cake - King Of All Game Cakes

Mike Fahey — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 17:00:00 EST

There are game cakes, and then there are Game Cakes, the ones that require capital letters, applause, and perhaps a brief moment of teary silence. This Super Mario Galaxy cake is definitely the latter. Constructed of pure greatness, actual cake, fondant, Rice Krispy squares, fiber optic lighting, and pure love, the cake features several Super Mario Galaxy features and characters, including the under-glass pill-shaped puzzle area and Princess Peach's castle. And then just when you think it couldn't get any better, the damn thing moves. Hit the jump to see the cake in action. More »

Metroid Baked Goods Look Awesome, Tasty

Owen Good — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 12:00:00 EST

Reader cybershark pointed us to that gamecake, described as "a stunning groom's cake in the shape of Samus Aran's head." Please, say helmet. Otherwise we're going all John-the-Baptist on dessert here. More »

Classic Games Cupcake Tower With Companion Cube Centerpiece

Stuart Houghton — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 15:20:00 EDT

It's been a while since we last featured a Game Cake on Kotaku. Maybe it was an unconscious editorial response to the obesity epidemic, maybe it was just our collective blood sugar hitting a critical redline. More »

But the Bride is in Another Castle ...!

Owen Good — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 11:00:00 EDT

Newlyweds Frank and Paige Hackett are gamers, he on his PS3 and SNES (yep), she on her DS and PSP. They're also, in Frank's words, a "short Italian guy and much taller blonde girl." So it would follow that that thing, above, would be the cake at their wedding last weekend. Frank provided us the source pictures and we'll have an architectural discussion on the jump. More »

Grandma, You're Sitting at the Gears of War Table

ogood — Sun, 04 May 2008 12:00:00 EDT

Seriously, could you imagine saying that to a non-gamer wedding guest? On the upside, they'd never know you deliberately seated them at the last table over by the kitchen. "Aunt Loretta, you're at the Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing Table with my high school guidance counselor." "Well, I'm touched you thought of me that way ..." More »

Gamecakes: Kirby Starring in Robotron: 2084

ogood — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 21:00:00 EDT

I swear to God, that's what this looks like. See, Kirby, that pinkish blob in the middle, vaguely phocomelic appendages, with smiling eyes ... and what looks like three members of The Last Family around him. That's a Kirby-Robotron mashup. More »

Hooray! Kotaku Purchases GameCakes.Com

Mike Fahey — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 10:00:58 EDT

It's a wonderful day in the history of video game cakes! Back at GDC 07 when I first approached Crecente about my idea for an all video game cake website, he told me that it was a great concept, and that it was destined for great things. Now, a year and a month later, GameCakes.com proudly becomes a wholly-owned member of the loving Kotaku family. I'm so excited! I never thought when I first started the website that things would skyrocket like they did. More »

Delicious DDR!

Brian Ashcraft — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 10:00:00 EDT

Dance Dance Revolution makes you sweat. Cake makes you fat. This? This looks yummy. Created by blogger Lafemmereaper, this 20cm Dance Dance Revolution cabinet fruitcake (yes!!) is covered in marzipan and fondant icing. More »

Martha Stewart Wii Cake Made By Human

Brian Ashcraft — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 08:00:30 EDT

Ah, yes. The Martha Stewart Wii cake. Not exactly something easy to make! But Flickr user rufus50 did just that: he actually made one, writing: More »

Martha's Wii Cake - The Recipe

Mike Fahey — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 13:20:33 EDT

Crecente was completely right about the Wired Martha Stewart Wii cake. My head did explode, and once I got around to shoveling the various bits back inside of my skull I immediately started searching for the recipe for this wonder of wonders. Then I got sidetracked by something shiny and forgot about it completely until Kotakuite Chilly directed me to the New York Post of all places, which has posted the recipe in its exhaustive entirety courtesy of Lesli Heffler of the Sono Baking Company and Café. The recipe isn't easy, and it certainly won't be cheap. The cake portion alone requires a recipe for two 8x2 inch cakes multiplied roughly 24 times. That's over 72 cups of flour, 48 cups of sugar, and 144 ounces of butter. The only thing more staggering than the list of ingredients is the sheer amount of effort needed for the massive undertaking, which is why you won't see me making one of these any time soon. Remember kids, glory doesn't come cheap. More »

Vault Boy The Game Cake

Mike Fahey — Sun, 01 Jul 2007 16:00:33 EDT

Luke spoke of this feeling once. Sure, you can look at pictures of game cakes all day long and feel slightly impressed, but nothing compares to seeing one in the sweet, cakey flesh. More »

Goomba Cake

Maggie Greene — Sun, 24 Jun 2007 12:30:20 EDT

Reader Mario P. sent in pictures of this Goomba cake his girlfriend made for him the other day. While not reaching the heights seen in some of our technically brilliant game cakes, Mario notes that she made it "for no reason at all!", so I have to give credit for some on-the-fly artistic impulses. Maggie Greene More »

Mumbai's Gears of War Cake

Brian Ashcraft — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 23:00:40 EDT

For a while, it seemed like we were posting game cakes every damn day. It actually got so bad that I begged for a game cake ban. Didn't happen, but eventually, the game cakes kinda petered out. We haven't posted a cake in a while, so here goes... More »

Bungie Likes Cake Too

fdemarco — Sun, 06 May 2007 16:00:00 EDT

While I was looking over Bungie's most recent weekly update, I scrolled all the way to the bottom and found this awesome picture. A fan made these great Mr. Chief cupcakes and sent a photo to Bungie's Frankie who had this to say More »

The Cactuar Cake

fdemarco — Sun, 04 Mar 2007 14:00:00 EST

Kotakuite Shaunomacx's girlfriend loves Cactuars. According to him, she eats, drinks and sleeps Cactuars. So, for her birthday, Shaunomacx made her this terrific Cactuar cake! These little anthropomorphic cacti have made an appearance in every Final Fantasy game in one form or another since Final Fantasy VI, so my guess is that the girlfriend is probably also a big Final Fantasy fan. As Shaunomacx succinctly put it in his email, More »

Let Them Eat Game Cakes

fdemarco — Wed, 13 Dec 2006 07:30:18 EST

In a world of DIY everything and the rise of The Food Network, everyone is jumping on the cooking bandwagon. In the last year or so, game themed cakes have been all the rage and we've seen some really incredible ones like the Mario Brothers wedding cake which pretty much puts all other game cakes to shame. More »