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A Tale Of Gaming Cake Heartache, Redemption

InsidiousTuna — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 00:14:16 MDT

@Maxine_T: Yes, the first picture definitely looks like layers of cake with icing in between, but the second picture looks like a block of foam.

InsidiousTuna

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kjander — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 19:35:15 MDT

Here's the full story: craftastica.blogspot.com

Basically, I started with real cake, but it was failing even with the dowels in place. Then, I made an attempt to salvage it by replacing the cake with (cheater) styrofoam, but ran out of time.

The modeling chocolate stayed cold enough (I cycled it in and out of the fridge as needed), but was too heavy for such a tall, narrow cake. Next time (?!), I'd use a solid block of cake with no layers/filling to interfere with the much-needed structural integrity.

Thanks for noticing...

kjander

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ohayou_kun — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 16:24:56 MDT

The cake would have been salvaged if she used fondant for the entire thing, it would have been all edible and measure twice and cut once. But the second cake not bad.

ohayou_kun

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Godstar — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 15:45:18 MDT

Pretty lady, I think I would eat any cake she baked for me, no matter how bad it turned out. LOL!

Godstar

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JustShotMarvin — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 15:42:27 MDT

Damn you, game cakes! Now you're making me hungry as hell!

JustShotMarvin

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Laser_iCE — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 14:04:38 MDT

@ChickenOfTheSea: Look in the first picture, you can see where the icing overflowed past the edges of the insides of the cake -- sorry, it's NOT styrofoam.

Laser_iCE

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kaze_neko — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 13:58:51 MDT

It looks like it was probably too hot for the chocolate to stablize. Regardless, it was a fantastic save! Always have a Plan B. The cake looks great.

kaze_neko

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HOVA — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 12:43:45 MDT

Bravo...

wheres the 360 or ps3 cakes, Someone make it happen

HOVA

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jacksinn — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 11:41:15 MDT

Her flickr site has some cool other pics too like setting the long exposure time with the fireworks.

jacksinn

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markuspants — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 09:26:35 MDT

I don't care how the hell it ends up. I will cram the entire thing in my face.

markuspants

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gstaff — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 09:26:11 MDT

Looks delicious...must be lunch time soon.

gstaff

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MechaTama31 — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 09:18:18 MDT

@belo: Yes.

MechaTama31

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pyrealnova — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 08:57:37 MDT

I think she was using the styrofoam as a base to build the exterior icing around. You can easily tell from the first picture that the interior is cakey (with some kind of jam/jelly filling?).

A baker and a gamer. Kristy, if you're reading this and are into guys who are also gamers, and enjoy eating baked goods, please let me know.

pyrealnova

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ConstantCupcake — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 08:43:19 MDT

@ChickenOfTheSea:

Both cardboard and dowels are common and in fact necessary materials in constructing cakes. I'm talking about all cakes. If you see a tiered cake it has cardboard under each layer and dowels stuck in the cake to support the layer. Styrofoam she could be faulted for, but certainly not dowels or styrofoam.

ConstantCupcake

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vanderblade — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 08:11:23 MDT

@DarkOwl: This way. ^

vanderblade

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Chilly Hollow — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 08:04:41 MDT

Cake. Yum! Nice salvage job, too. Way to go, Kristy. I love it when a baker isn't afraid to show off their failures as well as successes.

Chilly Hollow

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doubtful — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 07:59:47 MDT

Valiant effort.

doubtful

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Syril — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 07:09:11 MDT

That cake looks so delicious and moist.

Syril

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Akin — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 06:17:27 MDT

Cake should have been horizontal, this would have resulted in less problems, I imagine.

Don't give up trying till you run out of cake.

/me waits for a portal-related cake.

Akin

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SuperSci — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 06:14:46 MDT

YOU WANT THE CAKE?!? YOU COULDN'T HANDLE THE CAKE!!

SuperSci

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DevCo — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 05:59:15 MDT

We do what we must, because we can

DevCo

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cannolikiller — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 05:43:35 MDT

Did someone say milf?

Oh wait, that was me.

cannolikiller

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Eltigro — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 05:30:20 MDT

It would have been a lot easier to make the cake if she had put the Wii in the horizontal position... but then... does ANYONE actually have their Wii horizontal? I don't think anyone would recognize it that way. "Hey a Wii-mote, nunchuck, and a white rectangle!"

Eltigro

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belo — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 04:53:47 MDT

Kristy is pretty cute. An thats no lie.

belo

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humilitybecomeshim — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 04:37:53 MDT

The cake is a lie. The cake is a lie. The cake is a lie. The cake is a lie. The cake is a lie. The cake is a lie. The cake is a lie. The cake is a lie.

humilitybecomeshim

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projectmayhem — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 03:45:36 MDT

@Kuraudo: Beat me to it :(

projectmayhem

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InsidiousTuna — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 03:30:31 MDT

@Maxine_T: Definitely looks like styrofoam to me. She wasn't afraid to use cardboard or dowels. Foam wouldn't surprise me, and that definitely looks like it.

InsidiousTuna

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Laser_iCE — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 03:16:55 MDT

@ChickenOfTheSea: styrofoam? Buddy, that's the "icing" that attached the inner cake to the outer hard shell. It must have dried and not stuck on :( Too thick/heavy maybe? Looks friggin awesome otherwise though -- and she's cute to boot!

Laser_iCE

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slapme7times77 — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 03:15:27 MDT

lol... these articles are tasty...

it's too bad you can't send tangible objects like food through the internet =)

slapme7times77

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InsidiousTuna — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 02:44:31 MDT

@erlik: There's a good chance she actually used a block of styrofoam in constructing it, as a way of situating the icing structure. That's my guess.

InsidiousTuna

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Reneg — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 02:40:45 MDT

That nunchuck is insane!

Reneg

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erlik — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 02:39:10 MDT

I guess it collapsed when she pulled the sticks out?

But why does the formerly scrumptious-looking middle suddenly look like a big block of styrofoam in the 2nd pic?

So many mysteries...

erlik

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Kuraudo — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 02:38:39 MDT

The cake is a lie!

Kuraudo

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Anemone — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 02:19:20 MDT

It turned out well enough in my opinion. Things looked well in the first picture, it looks like she just got pissed/frustrated and mauled the cake in the second.

Anemone

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photoboy — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 02:12:29 MDT

Hello, the Aperture Corporation would like to purchase your cake as part of an experiment into the science of portal technology. Please come to our underground bunker and do not bring any mobile phones or devices for communicating with the outside world with you. You'll be GLaD you did.

photoboy

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regnez — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 02:11:22 MDT

Perseverance FTW.

regnez

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Witzbold — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 02:07:15 MDT

I must say the nunchuck and remote look damned good. Nice job on those :)

Witzbold

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Nirvash — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 02:05:08 MDT

Mmm.

Nirvash

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InsidiousTuna — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 01:50:19 MDT

Aw, it was a valiant effort, and I'm sure it was delicious.

Protip- Ask a pro.

Now I want cake.

InsidiousTuna

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SolDieR — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 01:48:08 MDT

I would of ate the cake as is.

Must of taken alot of time with the nun chuck and Wiimote.

SolDieR

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Kublikahn — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 01:47:50 MDT

Still looks great, I would have gone the lazy rout and just done a Salvadore Dali version on a cake.

Kublikahn

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ashtar — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 01:46:26 MDT

Dammit, people are dicks. I think the cake was a job well done!

ashtar

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Mr_Fuzzypaws — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 01:43:55 MDT

Pro Tip: Frosting melts in warm kitchens.

Mr_Fuzzypaws

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King Louse — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 01:37:09 MDT

It still looks like a cake. I'd like to see something that is indistinguishable to the real thing.

King Louse