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Annakin Lego Minifig GIANT geekcake

Wednesday, October 1st, 2008

A quick one tonight.

Geeks seem to love Lego. I think it’s the building combination possibilities.

Geeks feel passionate about the Star Wars universe. Even if you don’t love it , I know, that you know, a geek who does.

So it is with great pleasure I present to you a giant, geekcake, Lego minifig, Chocolate, Anakin!


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Original source is over at the Gamespot blog.

Apparently the entire thing is only chocolate cake and icing (excluding the lightsaber).
Whomever it was made for is one mighty luckiy eight year old !


See you Friday !

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Come to the Darkside, we have CAKE! Darth Vader Geekcake!

Saturday, September 27th, 2008

I have featured Star Wars Geekcake creations before. Star Wars themed cakes and Dr Who themed cakes are probably the most popular geekcake creations.

The ultimate villain of the Star Wars universe is Darth Vader. The original Trilogy made his ultimate evil very clear. The ‘Prequel trilogies’ muddied the moral waters a little – Darth Vader as sympathetic character doesn’t work for me but I admit it is utterly subjective. Your mileage may vary.

What I do know for sure is that I can’t find any Anakin Skywalker cakes, but I can find Darth Vader cakes aplenty!

So here, are four of the best Vader cakes I have found to date.

Over at carolynssweettooth site, is this marvellous piped icing rendition of Vader. Unfortunately I don’t have any creation details.
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Original source here.
Discovered on Flickr, Jen of Jen’s Creations shared her black and red icing version of Vader.

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Unfortunately I do not have any creation details for this one either, but it sure looks tasty to me!

An entirely different Jen over at Layersoflove.com, created this buttercream tribute to Lord Vader:

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And finally (again over at Flickr) we have Vader atop a flaming platform of icing:
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Jane BK describes a little bit behind the creation of the fiery set piece:
Chocolate buttermilk cake with chocolate SMBC filling and covered in fondant. Darth is just regular fondant/gum-tex modeling paste.

See you Monday!

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"A Long time ago, in a galaxy far far away".. Starwars Geekcakes

Monday, September 1st, 2008

Ahh Starwars. The original trilogies are fondly regarded by an entire generation of Geeks. Star Wars, first release in 1977, Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back,  first released in 1980, and Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi, released in 1983

The saga of Luke, Leia, Han, Chewie, Yoda, and other unforgettable characters inspires lots of geekcakes, and below are what I think is a choice selection:
Firstly, Adam and Rae loved Starwars so much that they decided their wedding cake should be  a chocolate Jabba-The-Hut. 
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Found via greatwhitesnark.com 
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Of all the characters that you could make into cakes I would have thought that Jabba was the most un-appealing figure, but this cutout section shows the chocolately goodness. 

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Over at Confectionary Delights, the talented cake creator Michele, has created  a cakey tribute to the scenes depicting Han Solo frozen in Carbonate:

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Finally (and only because this post is getting to be on the longer side):  
Yoda!

Also originally found via the greatwhitesnark blog

The torso is cake covered with buttercream, and dressed with fondant clothing, arms, and feet. The ’skull’ is made of “brown crunch,” which is like Rice Krispies Treats. But… brown. Fondant makes up the features of the head, including those distinctively-Yoda-ish ears.

The creator has her own blog which gives you step by step instructions on how to create your own Yoda cake here:

The new trilogies: The Phantom Menace - 1999,  Attack of the Clones - 2002, and Revenge of the Sith - 2005, have  not inspired any geekcakes that I’ve been able to find, but there must be some out there, and if I find any I shall be sure to share them with you.

See you Wednesday!

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