Comments on: R2D2 cake http://boingboing.net/2008/02/18/r2d2-cake.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Thu, 23 May 2013 09:08:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Lone http://boingboing.net/2008/02/18/r2d2-cake.html#comment-126979 Lone Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-126979 Taste would likely include flavors of cardstock, wood, possibly metal, chewy mostly tasteless sugar and then some cake. In most cases these cakes are a lie. Taste would likely include flavors of cardstock, wood, possibly metal, chewy mostly tasteless sugar and then some cake. In most cases these cakes are a lie.

]]> By: counterpt http://boingboing.net/2008/02/18/r2d2-cake.html#comment-126990 counterpt Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-126990 #1, Why would R2D2 taste like Chewy? #1, Why would R2D2 taste like Chewy?

]]> By: knifie_sp00nie http://boingboing.net/2008/02/18/r2d2-cake.html#comment-127004 knifie_sp00nie Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-127004 It's technically a cake, but really, it's a marzipan sculpture. Has anyone ever tasted one of these things? Are they worth eating, or is it just piles of generic yellow cake encased in marzipan? It’s technically a cake, but really, it’s a marzipan sculpture. Has anyone ever tasted one of these things? Are they worth eating, or is it just piles of generic yellow cake encased in marzipan?

]]> By: Jeff http://boingboing.net/2008/02/18/r2d2-cake.html#comment-127010 Jeff Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-127010 I'd like a piece of the eye, please. Or perhaps the extendable date port-thing. I’d like a piece of the eye, please. Or perhaps the extendable date port-thing.

]]> By: Gilbert Wham http://boingboing.net/2008/02/18/r2d2-cake.html#comment-127276 Gilbert Wham Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-127276 #2: #1 was funny, 'till you came along and <kicked his ass</i>. Winner. #2: #1 was funny, ’till you came along and . Winner.

]]> By: theminx http://boingboing.net/2008/02/18/r2d2-cake.html#comment-127043 theminx Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-127043 @#3, it's probably covered in <i>fondant,</i> not marzipan. Some of it even tastes good. @#3, it’s probably covered in fondant, not marzipan. Some of it even tastes good.

]]> By: Tao http://boingboing.net/2008/02/18/r2d2-cake.html#comment-127044 Tao Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-127044 Beautiful. Wasn't <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/debbiedoescakesnet/">this flickr</a> also Boingboinged once? Beautiful.

Wasn’t this flickr also Boingboinged once?

]]> By: ill lich http://boingboing.net/2008/02/18/r2d2-cake.html#comment-127052 ill lich Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-127052 C3PO: "What's that R2?. . . what do you mean 'EAT ME'???!!!!" C3PO: “What’s that R2?. . . what do you mean ‘EAT ME’???!!!!”

]]> By: Editz http://boingboing.net/2008/02/18/r2d2-cake.html#comment-127054 Editz Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-127054 @#4: "extendable date port"? Is there some SW droid porn out there I'm not aware of? @#4: “extendable date port”? Is there some SW droid porn out there I’m not aware of?

]]> By: Jeff http://boingboing.net/2008/02/18/r2d2-cake.html#comment-127062 Jeff Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-127062 Should have been "data." R2's best work can be found on Roboporn.org. Little guy is always sticking his thing in strange computers. I hear he's quite the popular tool at cylon parties. Should have been “data.” R2′s best work can be found on Roboporn.org. Little guy is always sticking his thing in strange computers. I hear he’s quite the popular tool at cylon parties.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2008/02/18/r2d2-cake.html#comment-413049 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-413049 I recently made a cake based on this one. He gave a recipe for marshmallow fondant that was very easy to make, and quite delicious. My 7-year old son and his friends loved it! (So much better than store-bought fondant, and much less expensive too!). I have to say, though, that the frame made out of wood, etc. was unnecessary. I made mine out of two supports on the bottom (foil covered ceramic mini loaf pans), with a flat plate at the base with the cake on top. You could also use covered 2x4 scraps cut the the right size, covered in foil, then covered in fondant. I recently made a cake based on this one. He gave a recipe for marshmallow fondant that was very easy to make, and quite delicious. My 7-year old son and his friends loved it! (So much better than store-bought fondant, and much less expensive too!). I have to say, though, that the frame made out of wood, etc. was unnecessary. I made mine out of two supports on the bottom (foil covered ceramic mini loaf pans), with a flat plate at the base with the cake on top. You could also use covered 2×4 scraps cut the the right size, covered in foil, then covered in fondant.

]]> By: Bonnie http://boingboing.net/2008/02/18/r2d2-cake.html#comment-127893 Bonnie Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-127893 This IS the droid I'm looking for! ;-) This IS the droid I’m looking for! ;-)

]]> By: palindromic http://boingboing.net/2008/02/18/r2d2-cake.html#comment-127386 palindromic Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-127386 Ace of Cakes anyone? Come on Bravo, thats just sad. Ace of Cakes anyone? Come on Bravo, thats just sad.

]]> By: gadget44 http://boingboing.net/2008/02/18/r2d2-cake.html#comment-127404 gadget44 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-127404 #5 you are right it was fondant. It was the cake my wife got my 35th birthday party. She got at Mark Joseph Cakes in NY. It was actually quite tasty; chocolate cake with a chocolate "mousey" cream underneath the fondant. I have a bit of a sweet tooth, and this really tasted good... even 3 days after the party. The only "problem" was decapitating R2 in front of my friends in order to serve it. I felt like Darth Vader blasting him in the trench outside the death star. #5 you are right it was fondant. It was the cake my wife got my 35th birthday party. She got at Mark Joseph Cakes in NY. It was actually quite tasty; chocolate cake with a chocolate “mousey” cream underneath the fondant. I have a bit of a sweet tooth, and this really tasted good… even 3 days after the party.

The only “problem” was decapitating R2 in front of my friends in order to serve it. I felt like Darth Vader blasting him in the trench outside the death star.

]]> By: mellangatang http://boingboing.net/2008/02/18/r2d2-cake.html#comment-127161 mellangatang Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-127161 My <a href="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2205/2275619326_68af2719b3.jpg?v=0">eight birthday</a>. My eight birthday.

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