#nerdy cake

[deadpeopleteafling]

Hey y’all! Please enjoy my Witcher cake! It’s fondant and gumpaste on styrofoam cake dummies. More practice and art project than actual cake! But I’m so happy to see the final product!

[bakergirlsteph]

On the 7th day before Christmas my oven baked for me, a gingerbread man cake! I decided last minute to decorate this cake like Chewbacca. I was going to do a cross stitch traditional design but then I added a little Star Wars flair to it. | Recipe | • Gingerbread Cake 4 oz Butter 1/2 Cup Brown Sugar 1 Egg 1/2 Cup Milk 1/2 Cup Molasses  1 tsp Vanilla Extract 1 1/3 Cup Flour 1 tsp Baking Powder 1/2 tsp Baking Soda 1/4 tsp Salt 2 tsp Cinnamon 1/2 tsp Ginger 1/2 tsp Nutmeg 1/4 tsp Clove 1/4 tsp All-Spice Bake at 350º for 20 - 30 minutes • Buttercream 6 oz Butter 6 - 8 Cups Powdered Sugar 1/4 Cup Milk or Heavy Whipping Cream 2 teaspoons Vanilla Extract

[starlightgems]

good luck for your exam!

THANK YOUU!!!!

it actually went surprisingly well and i done!!!! YAY!!!!

[alexkaycosplay]

Tutorial: Totoro Cake

I know that this tutorial isn't cosplay related, but it was made for a friend who cosplays Totoro, so I consider it at least a frugal nerdy tutorial.

Things you will need!

2 circle cake pans (I already had them, but they're cheap. I've seen them at the dollar store $2)

2 boxes of cake mix (I used chocolate, any flavor you want is fine $3)

Bag of miniature chocolate chips (Grocery store $2)

1 container of white icing (vanilla, cream cheese, whatever $2)

Chocolate covered candy sticks (I guess you could use pretzel sticks too, whatever floats your boat. $1)

Black food coloring (I use the gel kind because it's sold in individual colors in the cake aisle of the grocery store $2)

For me, it cost $7 because I already had the pans and the chocolate sticks, and the food coloring. If you were to get the stuff to make it, it would be about $12. So for about the price of a birthday cake, you can MAKE a cool cake. Yeahhhhh.

First things first is to mix the cake as directed on the instructions, then bake two circle cakes, each of the same size.

These are the two cakes after they've been baked and taken out of the oven.

Next step is to take one of the circle cakes, and cut it up. Cut what looks like a Ushape out of the top. Then take the U shape and cut it in half, we're gonna use that for the ears. Then cut the bottom off so it is flat. I know this is hard to explain, looking at the picture below will probably help. Once you rearrange the pieces on a plate or tray, it should look like this.

It should basically look like a bunny at this point. Don't worry, we're gonna ice it and make it look beautiful.

Next step is to mix the icing. You're gonna take about 2 spoons of the icing while it's white, and using a butter knife or similar icing spreading tool, make Totoro's tummy. Just that white circle where his tummy is. Don't ice the rest of the cake yet. Before you do anything else, spoon about 2 spoons of icing into a plastic bag and put it to the side. Once you're done with that, take the rest of the icing and mix some of the black food coloring to make a grey that you think is Totoro colored. Ice the rest of the surface and sides of the cake  using this grey. Be careful not to cover up the white.

It will look like that... well once you add the eyes. The eyes I made by taking that icing in the bag, remember that bag you made a minute ago? and cutting the tip off the corner of the bag. Squeeze the bag and draw on two white circles where the eyes should be. Leave a little bit of the white icing in the bag still. Use the above photo for reference. You can use a butter knife to smooth it out if you want, but be careful not to smear it in with the grey. To get the eyes defined like above, instead of two big white dots, take the mini chocolate chips and place them in a ring around the white, like an outline. Then put one chip in the center for the pupil. Tada! Eyes!

Next step is to mix a little black food coloring in with the white icing left in the bag to make a little more grey. Make sure it is mixed well and sit it to the side.

Take your baby chocolate chips and outline Totoro's tummy, it should look like this.

You should also take the chips and arrange them to make the nose. I used one chip for the mouth so it looks curious, but in all reality, you don't really have to put a mouth since Totoro is drawn without a mouth a lot.

Take the chocolate sticks and stick them in his cheeks to make the whiskers, then continue to outline. I know this is a tedious process. You're also gonna take the grey bag of icing you put to the side and draw on Totoro's tummy design. They look like upside down V shapes. Guess what you're gonna outline those next too!

Keep up the outlining! It's a pain in the butt, but it looks really great once it's finished! Everyone will be impressed with your mad skills.

Here's the finished cake in the pan.

Here is the cake with the person I made it for!

Good luck and happy crafting! If you attempt this, don't forget to submit photos on my blog! :)

[mycaffeinatedlife]

Alyssa and Eddie getting married.  Sorry for the amateur filming, I went to school for physics.

[manapuddingfox]

Made a Minecraft cake for Arthur for his birthday yesterday :3 Not bad for a first attempt at fondant ^ ^

[rosannapansino]

How to make a Hunger Games Cake! ♥

[nessanarmolanya]

Tonight I have discovered a fantastic baking YouTube channel: Nerdy Nummies by Rosanna Pansino.  She makes fantastic geeky themed cakes.  The one I've posted is the Nyan Cat, but I love so many of the cakes she makes, including a Captain America one that looks like the American Flag inside!  Go watch....