Spider-Man Birthday Cake with Handmade Spidey Topper – Geeky Curiosity of the Week
Wednesday, September 3rd, 2008Because my volatile, unmedicated mood swings demanded it! An actual, honest-to-goodheist demonstration of geek cake artistry outside of the Star Wars domain. Enjoy it while it lasts, people. My fixation on Star Wars cakes makes Zack Morris’s crush on Kelly Kapowsky look like the whimsical hobby of a kid with a bad case of A.D.D. [...]
Spider-Man Bust Birthday Cake – Geeky Cake of the Week
Wednesday, February 27th, 2008This cake blows me away. It looks like something you’d see at a wax museum. Almost a waste to eat it. Well, some good news on that front. Artisan Kelly provided instructions on where to properly decapitate Spider-Man through the fondant so that the recipient–five-year-old James–could “keep the head as a memento.” Heh. Kelly created [...]
Superhero Cake – Batman, Superman, Spider-Man – Geeky Cake of the Week
Tuesday, January 22nd, 2008This week, on a Very Special Episode of Geeky Cake of the Week: Kathryn, a cake-making enthusiast from New Zealand, offers this hand-made homage to three of my favorite superheroes: Batman, Superman, and Spider-Man. This vanilla bean and yogurt cake features layers of berry filling and buttercream, and fondant detailing. (Read just this next part [...]
No Takebacks! The Top 10 Geek Events I Wish Never Happened
Tuesday, November 20th, 2007Marvel Comics has apparently never heard of the “No takebacks!” rule, first popularized by third-graders in Pokemon card-trading circles, and more recently by President Bush, addressing the American electorate. (Warning: Potential spoilers ahead on the current Spider-Man One More Day storyline.) Way back in 1987, Marvel established a comic book milestone when Peter Parker married [...]
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