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Dalek wedding cake

Cory Doctorow at 5:59 am Sat, May 16, 2009

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Here's a lovely, nearly-entirely-edible Dalek wedding cake -- we had a Portal cake at our wedding, but this is a close second:

The "tiers" (the base and the middle) are foam board wrapped in fondant, and were planned to be that way from the get-go to support the weight of the cake. The cake itself contains 5 chopsticks: two to support the second tier (holding the upper body) and one each for the core of the three arms. The lower half of the body is white cake frosted with vanilla buttercream and wrapped in coffee fondant. The copper balls are all fondant, and the piping is just royal icing. The upper half of the body is sculpted from Rice Krispie Treat that was then covered with fondtant and piped with details. The little armor plates and the accessories on the arms are made of sugar candy (gumpaste). The whole thing weighed about 10 pounds. Dassit.
Cakey bits (Thanks, Jeff!)
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I write books. My latest is a YA science fiction novel called Homeland (it's the sequel to Little Brother). More books: Rapture of the Nerds (a novel, with Charlie Stross); With a Little Help (short stories); and The Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow (novella and nonfic). I speak all over the place and I tweet and tumble, too.

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  • Daemon

    Dalek > Portal

    #2 – He has had several male companions you know…

  • Anonymous

    LOL to #5

  • Risibot

    And Jack was pretty hot, too.

  • semiotix

    DE-COR-ATE! DE-COR-ATE! DE-COR-AAATE!!!!

    (obligatory)

  • NicoNicoNico

    #3 Hey, some of those guys were hot. I have a crush on Jamie myself. (Kilt action! Woo!) :D

    What’s bad is I want that for my wedding. Too bad I haven’t convinced my boyfriend that Doctor Who is the best thing ever. Some people never learn. *shakes head*

  • ill lich

    Yeah, but who wants to go to a Dalek wedding? All the conversation will be about “exterminating” and “intruder alerts” and undoubtedly some lone nut calling himself a “doctor” will arrive and ruin the festivities.

  • apoxia

    BEST…WEDDING CAKE…EVER.

  • Bonnie

    EXTERMINATE THE BRIDE!

  • PaulR

    Yeah but, Ill Lich, he always drags a hot babe along with him.