Kotaku: cakes

This Left 4 Dead Birthday Cake Looks Infected

Michael McWhertor — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 13:40:25 MDT

I'm torn. On the one hand, I love Left 4 Dead. On the other, I love cake. A lot. Surprisingly, bringing the two hands together results in total revulsion.

This horrifying looking frosted concoction, custom made for a Left 4 Dead fan's 22nd birthday, was lovingly crafted by master undead baker Charra Jarosz. I think the reason it makes me want to go Boomer into the nearest vomit receptacle is the infected fingernails. I don't want to eat fingernails, under any circumstance.

Maybe it's the black icing...

Left 4 Dead Birthday Cake [Flickr via Hellforge - thanks, Boyd!]

I Hunger... For This Fabulous Sinistar Cake!

Michael McWhertor — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 17:20:12 MST

Seems we're back on the cake(s). This one, a remarkable achievement unearthed (read: re-blogged) by the eagle-eyed gang at Arcade Heroes, was created for a Killer List of Video Games message board poster and presumed Sinistar fan by a co-worker. We can only assume that by "co-worker", the poster means "best friend in the universe" and "the only one who understands my true passion." It's really quite glorious in it's full-sized form, but remember that there are only about three Sinistar jokes one can make and I've already made one of them. Comment carefully!

Sinistar Cake [KLOV Forums via Arcade Heroes]

Happy Birthday PS3, The Cake

Mark Wilson — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 12:40:27 MST

While we're still a day away from the PlayStation 3's first birthday, Sony is already sending out some cakes to celebrate. This particular sugary concoction didn't go to us, but here's what recipient Russell Heimlich had to say.

Sony sent our office a birthday cake celebrating the 1 year anniversary of the PS3. The picture is one of those sugar print outs. The cake tastes a bit sour kind of like the price of this outrageous gaming machine.

Ouch.

That's just poor form. Because just as a famous cynical eater like Anthony Bourdain says, when anyone shares food with you, no matter how bad it is, you smile politely and ask for seconds. Besides, there's been a price drop, after all. I wonder if Crecente has a cake waiting on his Colorado doorstep, being picked at by cold crows as he sunbathes in Australia.

PS3 Promotional Cake [russelheimlich]

Not Another Nintendo Mini-Cake Collection!

Michael McWhertor — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 18:20:00 MST

Things tend to get a little hairy on NPD sales data day, which, by the way, is not over yet. Media Create sales are due any minute now, so we'll see precisely how well Sony performed with its new 40GB edition of the PlayStation 3 and we expect comments from The Big 3 within the hour. Given all that, Super Mario Bros. cupcakes, specifically, would be a nice break right about now. Something short, sweet, pick up and eat, with that thick leathery frosting might cleanse the palette of bitter fanboy tears.

More detailed pics of these fine pastries at the Flickr photostream.

Super Mario Cupcakes [Flickr - thanks, AxleMunshine!]

The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Caker

Michael McWhertor — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 18:40:24 MDT

What hath a new video game cake post wrought? A flood of new video game cake submissions! While I certainly don't plan on making a habit of publishing daily posts on nerdy wedding desserts (or fashioning awful pun headlines), someone's gone ahead and done something awesome again, forcing my hand to set this post to "Publish" status. Reader Ash and her husband had this fantastic The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker cake made for their wedding day, writing that "this was the one way we could really express ourselves in the wedding without making parents go crazy." Full shots after the jump.

Pretty, awesome and pretty awesome. Now I put my cake evaluation career on indefinite hold. It's been fun.

The Zelda Vodka Luge (And Um... Mario Wedding Cake)

Michael McWhertor — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 15:20:18 MDT

We're well aware of the fact that some of our readers are so humorless, so singularly focused on complaining between bouts of waiting to die, that the posting of kitschy video game cakes makes their blood boil. But, when someone delivers frosted awesome into our tips inbox, giving us a view into their wedding day baked goods, we're just pleased as punch. Take, for example, newlywed Cory of Blizzard Entertainment who had this gorgeous cake designed to commemorate the last day of his bachelorhood featuring a three-tiered Super Mario Bros. stack of deliciousness.

Not quite sure why the underwater level is hovering over world 1-1... but who are we to nitpick something this tasty and gorgeous?

While cake may genuinely be my favorite thing to ingest, alcohol may come a close second. That's why I was doubly impressed to see the wedding's ice luge.

Yes, that's the Master Sword and Hylien Shield from The Legend of Zelda: The Ocarina of Time delivering ice cold vodka to wedding invitees. Could anything be more perfect?

Those in the SoCal area who are interested in achieving this level of nerd-cool at their next social gathering will be happy to know that Cory plugged the creators of both. Professional cake maker Erica Obrien was responsible for the Mario creation, with Union Ice doing their best to get everyone drunk at freezing temperatures.

Thanks a bunch, Cory!

The Jello Jiggly DS

Brian Ashcraft — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 05:00:36 MDT

Cakes schmakes. The next big thing? J-e-l-l-o. Some dude's wife made this pastel jelly DS. Nothing says "yum" like paste! Over at Monroeworld Forums, that dude writes:

I say she almost nailed the exact thickness of the Lite, do you agree?

Yes, yes I do. Right below the Jello post, another forum member wrote, "Send it into Kotaku.com they always like showing game based cakes and deserts." Kotaku.com, your source for gaming cakes, jello deserts and other things that rot your teeth. *Sigh*
Jello DS [Monreworld, Thanks Daniel!]

More Damn Cakes

Mike Fahey — Wed, 31 Jan 2007 15:40:22 MST

Okay people, apparently we are going a bit cake crazy as of late. I am scared to open my inbox for fear of cake spilling out all over the place, making me spend hours scraping frosting off of press releases and screenshots. Take this one, for instance, from Kotakuite Adam's wedding rehearsal dinner.

Nicely shaped, good attention to detail. The only thing that could improve this one is if it was a birthday cake and the candles were inside the cartridge slot, which you would then have to open and blow into in order to have all of your birthday wishes come true. Still think a better choice would have been the Snes, because then you could use a buttercream frosting with a little caramelized sugar on top to simulate yellowing plastic...damn it. Now you've got me doing it too.

Soon I'll end up like Bonnie over at Heroine Sheik, who has been reduced to obsessively creating game cake mosaics. I picture her rocking manically back and forth in her head as she cuts and pastes again and again, chanting "cakes!" and giggling in a broken sort of way. Michael Fahey

Let Them Eat Game Cakes

fdemarco — Wed, 13 Dec 2006 05:30:18 MST

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.

Riding one of this year's other popular trends, the top 10 list, the folks over at YouNewb have put together a list of the "Top 10 Gamer Cakes". Some of these we've featured here on Kotaku, but there are several I'd never seen before. The cake pictured at right, which I can only assume is supposed to be a Guitar Hero controller, falls into the category of "Cakes I wish I'd never seen and certainly wouldn't eat." I'm not sure what offends my senses most about it. It could be that it's in three parts with the body on a separate plate, or maybe it's the fact that the frosting looks like it was applied by a blind monkey on a feces throwing binge. Flynn De Marco

Top 10 Gamer Cakes [YouNewb]

3D Arcade Cakes

Brian Crecente — Mon, 24 Jul 2006 09:00:22 MDT

Here in the Kotaku secret lair we've seen our fair share of video game-inspired cakes and edibles. In fact, I was pretty certain I was beyond being impressed. But the always-delightful Alice over at Wonderland managed to dig up some delectable that are truly stunning. The GBA and NES 3D cakes are kinda cool, but check out these sweet mini-arcade cabinets. Man, I need to eat a Joust machine on my birthday. NEED TO! Brian Crecente

826 Cakes [Glitter Pissing]