Pastry artist Barbarann Garrard (a.k.a. Cake Rhapsody) made this Brutal Legend cake for her son’s 10th birthday – it must have been some birthday party. The cake is decked out with a great sculpture of Eddie Riggs atop a pile of skulls – sweet! Amazingly, Barbaraann says she’s not a professional baker, but I certainly couldn’t tell from these pics:

Gotta love that tiny little Marshall stack! Incredibly, the 32″ tall, 70 pound cake is almost entirely edible. Just don’t eat the dowels inside she used for support, and the wires on the guitar won’t taste very good either.

Barbarann, I don’t care what they say, you’re a cake pro in my book.

Get it? ‘Cause they have – so yeah, these are xsomnis’ super special red velvet raspberry [cup]cakes with French vanilla cream cheese frosting and chocolate brains. But screw the French frosting something something, I’m sure you just want to know how she made those brains. I’ll give you a clue: baby dwarfs. No wait: tarsiers. No no no: bite-sized brain candy molds.

Just pour in some chocolate, pop the mold in a freezer and 8 hours or so later you have a tasty treat for Lord Zuthulu. It would’ve been cooler if xsomnis used brain-colored gelatin though, if there is such a thing.

Why are you still reading? Check out xsomnis’ Flickr page for more gross cupcake pics (and then some) along with the secret recipe for tiny brains. Just in time for Halloween!

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Flickr contributor M.A.L. had this Mario Kart-inspired custom cake made for his recent wedding. This intricate Nintendo cake was crafted by the cake artisans of Costa Mesa, California’s Let Them Eat Cake. Amazingly, everything in these photos is 100% eat-able.

Mario, Peach, Luigi, Yoshi and numerous characters from the Mario Kart series make an appearance on this impeccable work of edible art.

You won’t find any 1up Mushrooms inside this cake, but the so-called “Chocolate Decadence” cake is loaded with yummy chocolate buttercream, ganache, mousse. I’m getting hungry just thinking about it.

For more photos of the cake, including the original concept sketch, head on over to the complete Flickr photo set.

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. After you chow down on this sugary delight, you might need to play a round or two of VCS (not so) classic Tooth Protectors to prevent cavities.

Lisa, wherever you are, won’t you please bake a matching 2600 console cake and a couple of paddle cupcakes?