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Cakes Throughout U.S. History is brought to us by America’s Test Kitchen. The infographic/timeline starts with America’s humble beginnings of the Boston Creme Pie and Baked Alaska, hits a bit of a snag during the Jell-O-obsessed 1950s, and wraps up with the Smith Island Cake and its layers of awesomeness.
[link, via The Presurfer]
Brought to us by Amanda Oakleaf Cakes, the Life-Size Stormtrooper Cake was created for the Arisia Sci-Fi Convention in Boston, MA. At 6′ 4″, 300 lbs, it’s certainly not short for a Stormtrooper, and took two weeks and Oakleaf Cakes’ entire crew of ten people to put the cake together.
Then, the rebellion showed up…
[thanks to our favorite vegan, Jake]
Remember typewriters? Those were crazy. And although they laid the groundwork for our wireless and smartphone keyboards, they just don’t get the respect they deserve. Enter the Gingerbread Typewriter, created by Patti from Baked Ideas. Completely edible, the tribute to antiquated word processing was created as part of a gingerbread display to benefit City Harvest — currently on view for a month at the Parker Meridien Hotel in NYC.
[Baked Ideas, via Cakehead Loves Evil]
If you grew up somewhere that Entenmann’s was not available, then I can’t help but feel bad for you. But for those in the know — the cakes, cookies, and logs of raspberry danish are store-bought baked goods nirvana. The stark white box with blue logo is recognizable from a supermarket’s length away, and nothing is more depressing than an empty one.
So it should be no surprise that someone chose to have the Entenmann’s Box Cake at their wedding. The groom’s cake was created by Cake Power in NYC, and was made to replicate the supermarket staple ‘Chocolate Fudge Cake’.
Why turn 30, when you can seemingly turn XXX? This year, top that birthday cake with Roman Candles. The letters, that from our understanding are actually numbers, are here to make your age a bit easier to accept. Apologies if you’re turning XL this year — it happens.
Available at the Foodiggity Shop.
Dessert for Breakfast, Cereal Couture, and Swedish Chef… It’s Foodiggity’s Best of the Week.
Metal God, Cake… Ozzy Osbourne Cake
Dessert first… This Breakfast Is Dessert
Apple guy… Steve Jobs Made From 3750 Apples
Cereal Couture… If Fashion Designers Made Cereal
Well done… Jack O’ Burgers
Bork, Bork, Boom!… Swedish Chef ‘Carves’ Some Pumpkins
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