May 8 2008Sweet (!) Companion Cube Birthday Cake
A guy who goes by N III sent me a little tip about this delicious Weighted Companion Cube cake. He writes, "My girlfriend decided to be awesome, and collaborate with a friend to make a pretty fantastic rendition of the Portal companion cube in the form of a birthday cake for me." Now that is so sweet. I wish I had a girlfriend that gave me something besides a mysterious rash for my birthday. Listen, I know what you readers are thinking -- "fondant tastes like plaster", but that's not what this is about -- this is about a girlfriend who lovingly made a companion cube cake for her boyfriend. If fondant is the key to wicked cake artistry, so be it. So just save your "I once fondanted my gonads and the dog wouldn't even lick it off" comment for somewhere else.
Two more pictures of the cake (including one with it cut so you can see the red-velvety deliciousness inside) along with a link to a bigger gallery, after the jump.
Weighted Companion Cube Cake [photobucket]
Thanks N III, you've got a good woman, so hold on tight
Reader Comments
1. fondanter - May 8, 2008 1:00 PM
I once fondanted my balls and neither the dog or cat would lick it off.
2. mr. geekologie - May 8, 2008 1:00 PM
damn you.
3. The Superficial Writer - May 8, 2008 1:02 PM
So, really, does fondant taste like ass? Because someone just made me a life-size Chewbacca cake and I'm freaking hungry.
4. not first - May 8, 2008 1:13 PM
dericios!
5. Jumpin_J - May 8, 2008 1:34 PM
Dude, if you think fondant tastes like plastic, you gotta shop somewhere else. I just put some on my ass and it doesn't taste like ass... wait, is that a hint of nutmeg?
6. Slapmaster Ed - May 8, 2008 2:05 PM
I believe the appropriate comment here would be:
*ahem*
The cake is a lie!
7. Robert - May 8, 2008 2:14 PM
Fondant isn't supposed to taste like ass!?!?... it's ussualy something like a sweet marshmallow.... I mean unless of course your girlfriend whipped out the spoiled ass flavoring?
8. N III - May 8, 2008 2:28 PM
Totally not a lie. Also, it kind of looked like it was bleeding when I sliced the first piece off, which made me feel a little guilty.
9. Mr Hobbes - May 8, 2008 2:55 PM
Did everyone already know what fondant is? Or, did you have to look it up like I did?
10. Scott - May 8, 2008 2:59 PM
I thought fondant was the french word for penis.
I didn't mean that in a bad way.
11. GLADos - May 8, 2008 3:18 PM
This was a triumph...
12. GLADos - May 8, 2008 4:04 PM
I'm making a note here: HUGE SUCCESS
13. James - May 8, 2008 4:59 PM
I had to look up 'fondant' on Wikipedia, due to never having seen nor heard the word before, and it seems to be just water and sugar. I don't think that sounds very appetising but, then again, I'm not a giant alien cockroach wearing a dead man's skin.
14. Duck - May 8, 2008 7:04 PM
James - You.are.awesome.
As is that cake =]
15. K - May 8, 2008 10:44 PM
For those not familiar with fondant, no it's not really that bad. It can taste a little chalky to some, and there are people who really don't like it, but there's always icing underneath. (So there's no crumbs and the fondant looks smooth.) If you find it icky, it's usually perfectly acceptable, even at weddings, to peel it off and leave it on your plate.
There's also fondant you can make out of marshmellow. I've done it myself, and it works pretty well as long as you're doing something relatively flat. (This cake is a good example of something that would work great.) It is, however, very sweet, and some people don't like that either.
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16. Patricia - May 9, 2008 6:49 AM
now why is the recipe NOT put up? I want to follow the example of this awesome girlfriend.. but mine would be more awesome... i've make a penis one or something "here you go hun, happy bday" "oh babe, this cake seems more like a gift for yourself than for me... boobs would've been more appropriate"
17. Maersk - May 9, 2008 9:38 AM
having read the post about the stem cell coat beforehand, "red velvety deliciousness" does not sound all that appetising to me :S
18. Scott - May 9, 2008 11:05 AM
You can actually by fondant premade ala Charm City Cakes. You don't think they actually make all that stuff do you?
19. joDi - May 9, 2008 2:17 PM
Speaking from personal experience, N III indeed has a wonderful woman. Unfortunately I missed out on the cake because I moved far away. Man, I suck at life.
20. MMMM - May 9, 2008 3:28 PM
Fondant is excellent. We even have a few fondant restaraunts in my town. I love putting food on a pointy stick and dipping it in cheese or chocolate.
Quit hating on the fondant you uncultured heathens, it's Yummy.
21. Uncultured Heathen - May 10, 2008 12:42 AM
What you're talking about is fondue, not fondant.
-10
22. MMMM - May 10, 2008 9:22 AM
Isn't fondant the past tense of fondue? e.g.: We fondanted last night and my broccoli fell into the cheese.....and I cried.
23. Veshengri - June 7, 2008 12:59 PM
Fondant is indeed yummy if made properly. Even better with a layer of marzipan underneath. And it's not hard to make, either... I made my own wedding cake, and I am *not* a professional chef, let me tell you, and that was the easiest part of the whole process. ;)
If that cake is a lie, I don't want the truth. I have a friend who will be *heartbroken* that I saw this *after* his birthday. :D
24. strenith - October 29, 2008 12:34 PM
it's hard to over state my satisfaction.
25. Jordan - November 24, 2008 7:04 PM
Looks like there's plenty of Rhubarb in there.
26. Emilie - April 30, 2009 8:38 AM
If it tastes like ass, why didn't she just use marzipan? ;p
Nice cake though, maybe she didn't WANT you to eat it 0o hehe