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Oh to be 5 years old and have your aunt make you a Transformers birthday cake! And an awesomely rendered one at that!
This is coming to you from the same lovely lass who takes time out to knit Transformers-themed washcloths for her children…
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posted: July 12th, 2008
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author: karen
filed under: geek art & craft | just plain fun
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Oh, Rickrolling, aren’t we finished with you yet? Apparently not, since there is now an Instructables post on how to make a sneaky Rickroll birthday cake.
The cake was made by one Papersatan (a pretty fitting name for a perpetrator of Astley-based crimes, eh?) for her boyfriend’s birthday…
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posted: June 20th, 2008
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author: karen
filed under: geek art & craft | just plain fun | video games
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This Mario and Princess Peach wedding cake is quite possibly the finest piece of video game pastry work I’ve ever seen. And I’ve seen a quite a few.
Flickr contributor M.A.L. had this Mario Kart-inspired custom cake made for his recent wedding…
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posted: June 13th, 2008
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author: technabob
filed under: geek art & craft | video games
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If you’re like me, you probably killed more than a few weekends back in the Fall playing Portal. As you probably know by now, the cake promised as the reward for completing all the puzzles was a big fat lie…
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posted: March 17th, 2008
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author: technabob
filed under: just plain fun | retro | video games
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Not to be outdone by the edible Atari 2600 joystick, the pastry artisans from Los Angeles’ Cakes by the Pound went all out when they created this delectable Atari-inspired masterpiece.
An awesome work of baked goodness, everything you see in the picture is edible other than the board that the cake sits on…
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posted: February 24th, 2008
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author: technabob
filed under: just plain fun | robotics
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Star Wars fans looking for something tasty to serve at their next soiree should look no further than this awesomely great R2-D2 cake.
Created by master pastry chef Mark Randazzo of Brooklyn’s Mark Joseph Cakes, this edible Artoo came complete with a domed lid and plenty of delicious blue and silver icing to satisfy any sweet tooth…
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posted: February 18th, 2008
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author: technabob
filed under: just plain fun | retro | video games
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I was buzzing about over on Flickr earlier today when I came across this excellent Atari 2600 inspired pastry.
While I normally wouldn’t eat a cake with black icing on it, this one looks too good to pass up. Flickr contributor Fredrick Johnson says the fabulous retro Atari joystick cake was made by his pastry chef friend, Lisa…
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posted: February 9th, 2008
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author: technabob
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It just dawned on me that Technabob just hit its one year anniversary! That’s right, it was just about a year ago that I posted my very first story, and now I’m approaching my 1,000th.
In that time, Technabob has gone from a handful of visits from family and friends to over 100,000 readers each month from all around the globe…
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posted: June 20th, 2007
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author: technabob