Meet The Space Core, Now With Delicious Frosting

Earnest Cavalli

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Meet The Space Core, Now With Delicious Frosting



Mike's Amazing Cakes more than lives up to its name by crafting a phenomenal replica of Portal 2's Space Core entirely out of eggs, flour and sugar.

First, a bit of backstory. Somewhere in Washington state there lives an adorable geek couple. To protect the names of the innocent, we shall refer to them as Mr. and Mrs. Sharkhats.

Don't blame me. I just use the internet handles people give me.

So, this couple fell in love and after a touching romance fit for a Kate Hudson romantic comedy, the duo decided to get hitched. As befits their geek leanings, they approached Mike's Amazing Cakes of Redmond, Washington [http://www.mikesamazingcakes.com/default.asp?audvar=true&aud=Turn+Music+Off] with a simple request.

"Make us a cake fit for a prince!" they said. By which of course, they meant The Prince of the Cosmos. Delivering on the inherent promise of their name, the team at Mike's Amazing Cakes crafted this spot-on replica of a Katamari ball [http://www.flickr.com/photos/offwithyourtv/2721045981/in/set-72157606477914814] for the couple's wedding. Feel free to find that thing totally awesome. It is.

The Katamari cake however, is not the subject of today's tale. Instead, I'm here to show you the cake that Mike's crafted for this same couple's three-year anniversary.

See that image embedded above? That's not plastic. It's not resin. It's not some kind of foam mock-up hanging in Valve's offices, either. That's a cake constructed almost entirely of traditional cake materials that looks exactly like the Space Core from Portal 2.

Don't believe me? Here's a shot of the Core as it appears in Portal 2 [http://images.wikia.com/half-life/en/images/3/3d/SpaceCore.jpg]. Are you convinced yet?

To prove that this thing isn't just a clever prop -- you can't trust anything you see on the 'net -- the couple's Flickr stream also includes an image of the Core being sliced up for serving [http://www.flickr.com/photos/sharkhats/5972486936/in/photostream/]. Notice the awesome silver gloves there? Yeah, that has no real relevance, but I like those too.

Admittedly, none of this is world-changing news. In sum it's essentially advertisement for the impressive cakesmithing going on in Redmond. That said, any of you who don't find this entire situation incredibly cool and romantic should check to see when exactly your sense of whimsy burst into flames.

Source: Wonderland [http://www.wonderlandblog.com/wonderland/2011/08/portal-2-space-core-cake.html]


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Gralian

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Oh. My. God.

Cake... IN SPAAAAACE~

[sup]I think this proves the cake is in fact not a lie. It's an Aperture Science Core.[/sup]
 

Not G. Ivingname

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MiracleOfSound said:
So... many... memes ... in one... event... place.... cannot compute....
At least their wasn't any ponies, than reality would go boom!


OT: I wonder, how do you ever begin to make that? How can eggs and flour have enough strength to remain in the shape of a ball?
 

Alphakirby

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That. Cake. IS FUCKING AWESOME!!!
I hope I find this cake store one day just so I can get a replica of something as a cake!
But yeah,I want one.
 

Alphakirby

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Not G. Ivingname said:
MiracleOfSound said:
So... many... memes ... in one... event... place.... cannot compute....
At least their wasn't any ponies, than reality would go boom!


OT: I wonder, how do you ever begin to make that? How can eggs and flour have enough strength to remain in the shape of a ball?
Firstly,oh god no ponies today please.I watched (As in barely paid attention to while looking at TV Tropes) an episode of MLP this morning because nothing was on,and I think it had some messed up side effects.

Second to answer the "How can a cake be a ball?" riddle:
 

Lvl 64 Klutz

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These cakes also cost close to $1,000 or more. To say that I'm not jealous of a couple that can spend that much money on cake not once, but twice... now THAT would be a lie.
 

AlternatePFG

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I don't know what to think.

I despise Portal memes, and this is like two in one. But that cake is so well crafted and actually looks edible...
 

WolfLordAndy

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Not G. Ivingname said:
MiracleOfSound said:
So... many... memes ... in one... event... place.... cannot compute....
At least their wasn't any ponies, than reality would go boom!


OT: I wonder, how do you ever begin to make that? How can eggs and flour have enough strength to remain in the shape of a ball?
Few ways... they either have a ball shaped baking tin, they did it in two semi-sphere halfs and stuck em together with jam/icing or they baked a big square of cake and cut off the corners! :)

(I have done a bit of cake art myself in the past... not to this standard though o_O )
 

The Rogue Wolf

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"I'm a cake. Caaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaake."

Seriously, the picture made me think it was a metal mock-up. Then I read that it was a cake. It's like my brain is chasing its own tail now trying to comprehend that.
 

WaReloaded

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These Escapist romance/love tales always manage to make my day. I'm not even kidding, I guess I just have a soft spot for them.