[UPDATE!] Post Your Cake!

On June 04 2009 03:07 wadis wrote:
I'll enter my Reaver cake to the contest (sorry for the huge pictures)
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On June 04 2009 11:26 XoXiDe wrote:
Everything almost baked!

icing took forever

Cybernetics Core finally done!

had to bake brownies later to make the spikes, also had help from bro and friend.

link to full album picasaweb

On June 04 2009 09:56 Aranoi wrote:
M'kay, I finished my cake :D

Background story: I was just as excited as the next savior fan when he made his 2009 declaration, so when the cake contest got announced, I knew that that was the cake I had to make :D I decided to make the backdrop of the cake the map Hitchhiker ( http://www.teamliquid.net/tlpd/images/maps/122_Hitchhiker.jpg ), because that was the map where savior won game 4 of the OSL against NaDa, one of his most famous victories. savior himself is standing in the top-left corner, the same location that he spawned in that game, and the source picture I used for the bonjwa pose was http://i436.photobucket.com/albums/qq83/monsuey/saviorwall5copy.jpg. His two most famous units, control- and awesomeness- wise, are his mutalisks and defilers, so I put them on the cake too, using source pictures from http://www.gosugamers.net/starcraft/images/features/mutalisk.jpg and https://cghub.com/files/Image/18381/image.jpg respectively. His name and declaration are also written across the base of the cake. Also, the cake itself is a chocolate torte.

It turned out a bit more "chibi" than I intended but enjoy!

Finished cake:
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In-process pictures:
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Disclaimer: Every single part of that cake is edible.

On June 05 2009 05:55 lizdot wrote:
WOW, Everyone's cakes are so incredible. Makes me feel completely ashamed of my burnt cookies. Anyway here's my submission. The best was probably the overlord. followed by the marine before i cooked it =[

http://i558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/lizdotbot/group.jpg
http://i558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/lizdotbot/junk.jpg
http://i558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/lizdotbot/marinemake.jpg
http://i558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/lizdotbot/overlordsmall.jpg
http://i558.photobucket.com/albums/ss27/lizdotbot/probesmall.jpg

On June 07 2009 23:55 Vincze01 wrote:
This is my Zerg base. I made my buildings and caracters according to them looks in the Starcraft2. Its foundation is a gateau, everything else is made of marzipan colored with spetial paint for dishes, except the minerals, which are made of white mint flavoured candies, also colored with that paint. (Becous i haven't found blue candies.) In this way everything made to be eatable on my cake. It took me nearly 2 days to make it, but it was worth the time :D


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See more HERE

On June 07 2009 15:14 shaldengeki wrote:
Here's the UChicago Starcraft club's entry, an infested command center. Steelc0w, Starps, and myself worked together tonight over about 5 hours to whip this up. Hope you like it, sorry if it's too long!

Here's the process:

Starps and Steelc0w pouring out the cake mix:
http://seinmastudios.com/teamliquid/teamliquid-01.png
Starps and myself pouring the finished cake mix prior to baking:
http://seinmastudios.com/teamliquid/teamliquid-02.png
Steelc0w is so very excited to be done with baking:
http://seinmastudios.com/teamliquid/teamliquid-03.png
Starps is as well:
http://seinmastudios.com/teamliquid/teamliquid-04.png
Starps melting chocolate cocoa beans for the creep surface:
http://seinmastudios.com/teamliquid/teamliquid-05.png
Steelc0w flattening out the fondant that will cover the CC:
http://seinmastudios.com/teamliquid/teamliquid-06.png
Starps and I blowing excess sugar off of the creep base:
http://seinmastudios.com/teamliquid/teamliquid-07.png
Here I am adding launch pads to the CC:
http://seinmastudios.com/teamliquid/teamliquid-08.png
And Steelc0w is hard at work making mineral patches:
http://seinmastudios.com/teamliquid/teamliquid-09.png
Starps gets to work covering the creep:
http://seinmastudios.com/teamliquid/teamliquid-10.png
The CC, now infested, is pretty much done:
http://seinmastudios.com/teamliquid/teamliquid-11.png
Here I am detailing the morphing egg:
http://seinmastudios.com/teamliquid/teamliquid-12.png
And Starps sets the infested terran in front:
http://seinmastudios.com/teamliquid/teamliquid-13.png
A ground view of the setup:
http://seinmastudios.com/teamliquid/teamliquid-14.png
Here Starps is writing TL on the creep in front of the CC:
http://seinmastudios.com/teamliquid/teamliquid-15.png
We love you, Teamliquid! <3
http://seinmastudios.com/teamliquid/teamliquid-16.png
A final view of everything, mineral patches, morphing egg, infested Terran, and infested CC included:
http://seinmastudios.com/teamliquid/teamliquid-17.png
Starps shows off her handiwork:
http://seinmastudios.com/teamliquid/teamliquid-18.png
And a group photo of the infested zergbakers. From left to right: me, Starps, and Steelc0w:
http://seinmastudios.com/teamliquid/teamliquid-19.png
We all felt awesome when the cake was done, especially Steelc0w:
http://seinmastudios.com/teamliquid/teamliquid-20.png

For reference, the cake was dark chocolate cake, and the blue fondant and brown creep were marshmallow. The brown fondant on the CC and the Infested Terran is actual fondant made with cocoa powder, chocolate, and lots of powdered sugar.

On June 07 2009 12:30 dreamflower wrote:
I think I got in way over my head trying to make a Nexus cake. Especially since this is my very time decorating a cake, so a lot of things didn't go at all according to plan. However, I promised that I would at least enter and try, so here is my attempt at a Starcraft cake. To make it look more like a base, I put minerals, probes and even a vulture harassing the workers next to the nexus.

Starting out.

http://i499.photobucket.com/albums/rr355/maidenofmystery/Starcraft Cake/makingof1.jpg

Getting the pyramid shape right and covering it with frosting was a challenge all in itself.

http://i499.photobucket.com/albums/rr355/maidenofmystery/Starcraft Cake/makingof2.jpg

Hard at work.

http://i499.photobucket.com/albums/rr355/maidenofmystery/Starcraft Cake/makingof3.jpg

Albino nexus!

http://i499.photobucket.com/albums/rr355/maidenofmystery/Starcraft Cake/makingof4.jpg

Finished, with minerals, probes (the tiny yellow three-pronged shapes with blue dots in between the nexus and minerals) and even a vulture harassing (the dark-blue shape with the white stripe just above the probes) on the left.

http://i499.photobucket.com/albums/rr355/maidenofmystery/Starcraft Cake/cake1.jpg

Side view.

http://i499.photobucket.com/albums/rr355/maidenofmystery/Starcraft Cake/cake3.jpg

Whew, finally done!

http://i499.photobucket.com/albums/rr355/maidenofmystery/Starcraft Cake/cake2.jpg

On June 07 2009 09:11 The Communist wrote:
http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l232/The-Communist/Photos/cake2.jpg
http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l232/The-Communist/Photos/cake1.jpg
http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l232/The-Communist/Photos/cake3.jpg
http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l232/The-Communist/Photos/cake5.jpg
http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l232/The-Communist/Photos/cake4.jpg
http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l232/The-Communist/Photos/cake6.jpg

This is my attempt at a hatchery... I figured frosting would give the cake a more organic feel. Everything is eatable. Even the purple tubes which I made using almond paste and food coloring. I hope you like it.

The Communist

On June 08 2009 03:14 geomade wrote:
Here's my cake. Done in 3 hours with tons of marzipan, pastry and of course passion ;D

Hope you like it

Final cake:
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some wip-shots:
http://okazaky.de/laircake/laircake1.jpg
http://okazaky.de/laircake/laircake2.jpg
http://okazaky.de/laircake/laircake3.jpg
http://okazaky.de/laircake/laircake4.jpg
http://okazaky.de/laircake/laircake5.jpg
http://okazaky.de/laircake/laircake6.jpg
http://okazaky.de/laircake/laircake7.jpg

cheers,
geomade

On June 08 2009 03:27 IbakeCake wrote:
Hey guys!
I decided to build a Colossus, which resulted too be much more difficult than I thought it would be. In the end I was also sabotaged by my dog, who really seemed to like the marzipan...
Anyway, I don't want to start it over again, so I post the picture which was in the farest progress already. Still missing the details though.

No dinner for you boy...

http://img195.imageshack.us/gal.php?g=cake8.jpg&via=yfrog

On June 08 2009 04:18 h3r1n6 wrote:
Hi,

I made a Starcraft cake with the help of my sister. The idea was to recreate a scene from a famous Starcraft game. Let's see if you can guess it.

Making the cake in pictures:
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The result:

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Materials:
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Have you guessed it? Let me give you another hint, these are the players:

Zerg:
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Toss:
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And here is the screenshot I baked:
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Got it now?
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Corsairs were a bitch to do, I still don't know how a corsair should look.

On June 08 2009 06:31 mavia wrote:
Hi there,

we (well most of all my girlfriend (and soon to be wife) and me) did an actual starcraft II cake, by making a baneling :D

http://www.wwwfiles.de/sccake/

On June 08 2009 06:36 blapsd wrote:
Hey guys this is my entry, its a Baneling Cake modelled on this:
http://starcraft.incgamers.com/w/images/thumb/3/3e/Baneling_concept.jpg/677px-Baneling_concept.jpg
I'm going to give a little description of how I made it so you can appreciate the actual baking i did too on top of the marzipan details.

I baked my own Choux Pastry and filled them with fresh whipped cream to make something similar to huge Profiteroles/Cream Buns. The legs were made using chocolate fingers coated in marzipan to give it extra detail and texture. The buns were wrapped individually with marzipan before I covered them all with green icing sugar. Then once it had set, I did the black detail with a piping bag. Finally, I sculpted the marzipan horns and teeth. The work was done by myself and my girlfriend! Hope you guys enjoy it!

MAKING AND BAKING:
Recipe book and raw ingredients:
http://blapsd.fileave.com/00beginBANEbake.jpg

Mixing our Choux Pastry:
http://blapsd.fileave.com/01stirringBANE.jpg

Freshly baked Choux Buns:
http://blapsd.fileave.com/02choubunsbakedBANE.jpg
http://blapsd.fileave.com/choubunsaltogetherBANE.jpg

Building and colouring the body + legs:
http://blapsd.fileave.com/greenfirststageBANE.jpg
http://blapsd.fileave.com/legsBANE.jpg

Almost there...:
http://blapsd.fileave.com/banealmostdoneBANE.jpg

FINISHED CAKE:
http://blapsd.fileave.com/headshotcloseupBANE.jpg

http://blapsd.fileave.com/BANEFinalshot.jpg

http://blapsd.fileave.com/banelingFULL.jpg

What it looks like inside:
http://blapsd.fileave.com/eatenblobBANE.jpg

DISSECTION:
http://blapsd.fileave.com/crosssectionBANE.jpg

http://blapsd.fileave.com/dissectedBANE.jpg

On June 08 2009 09:10 summonerrydia wrote:
It's summertime in Boston and there's nothing more refreshing than a cool lemon meringue pie. But wait, wouldn't it be cooler if your slice of pie came with a badass ARCHON on it?? oemgee!

1) making a meringue shell for the archon cloud
http://imgur.com/AFGjG.jpg

2) lemon meringue is all set for Proton goodness
http://imgur.com/fWBwI.jpg

3) shell is finally set after hours of baking and drying
http://imgur.com/nMVEG.jpg

4) preparing golden sugar threads for the orbs, and shaping the archon torso out of marzipan
http://imgur.com/gcxz6.jpg

5) Frosted the shell and speckled blue coloring around the cloud
http://imgur.com/HuemG.jpg

6) Added the orb for the final touch and... ta da!
http://imgur.com/GXHcO.jpg

7) FOR ADUN!
http://imgur.com/CNGeS.jpg

8) nom nom nom
http://imgur.com/tAvCb.jpg

On June 08 2009 09:48 TurqMage wrote:
Zerg rocks and kills everything. Our tribute to Zerg includes lurkers impaling Terran marines and supply depots on fire. Can’t wait to burn up more stuff in SC2!!
-Our miniatures master Lisa at work
http://imgur.com/ToorF.jpg

-making the fans out of Canadian mints and icing
http://imgur.com/6RQav.jpg

-cake is frosted and ready for the final battle
http://imgur.com/C1r9K.jpg

-spikes made out of Hershey kisses and the lurkers are actually burrowed inside the cake (mmm filling)
http://imgur.com/B1n32.jpg

-marines realizing they’re not gonna survive the attack
http://imgur.com/ftuBM.jpg

-Splish! …. gg
http://imgur.com/nXdr2.jpg

-view of zerglings from overhead
http://imgur.com/Gpne6.jpg

-cake is complete!
http://imgur.com/cuKJA.jpg

On June 08 2009 09:57 yongke wrote:
Terran Missile Turret!

Justin Working on the cake
http://torch.cs.dal.ca/~yongke/Cake/IMG_0321.JPG

The top turret assembly before it's put on the base
http://torch.cs.dal.ca/~yongke/Cake/IMG_0324.JPG

The bottom base before coloring and the top turret assembly (look like of bad at this stage).
http://torch.cs.dal.ca/~yongke/Cake/IMG_0325.JPG

The cake after we merged the top and bottom! Now we add some extra frosting to make it look extra nice.
http://torch.cs.dal.ca/~yongke/Cake/IMG_0326.JPG

Missiles ready to fire!
http://torch.cs.dal.ca/~yongke/Cake/IMG_0333.JPG

Finally finished with the radar on top and added some coloring on each side.
http://torch.cs.dal.ca/~yongke/Cake/IMG_0335.JPG

Sideway shot.
http://torch.cs.dal.ca/~yongke/Cake/IMG_0336.JPG

Another sideway shot, notice the green tank in the back.
http://torch.cs.dal.ca/~yongke/Cake/IMG_0338.JPG

Bill holding the cake.
http://torch.cs.dal.ca/~yongke/Cake/IMG_0337.JPG

On June 08 2009 11:24 Suc wrote:
So yeah, I decided to make a lurker cake with a marine being killed. Here are the pics (hope it looks good):
Making of:
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Finished product:
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Authenticity:
http://img357.imageshack.us/img357/8924/img3741.jpg

On June 08 2009 12:24 Tomos wrote:
Okay, here's my Terran Armo(u)ry!

Minerals and gas acquired!
http://imgur.com/uu9Vg.jpg

The 10 cakes used. One of the large round ones was cut up into smaller ones to raise the height of the pillars.
http://imgur.com/55okB.jpg

Doing the second coat of icing (the first coat was a white sealing coat) and decorating it with a piping bag and skittles.
http://imgur.com/tmFF5.jpg

Beginning construction!
http://imgur.com/fE4YL.jpg

Done!
http://imgur.com/PXBV6.jpg

This wasn't done entirely by me. Thanks to my mum for helping with the icing and teaching me how to do bits and my older brother for his skill and finesse with the tin foil on the table.

On June 08 2009 15:16 XoXiDe wrote:
My new cake just finished today

Battle Cruiser Cake Is Operational!!!

http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d56/Gugen/SC Cake 2/071.jpg
http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d56/Gugen/SC Cake 2/079.jpg

Made from scratch
http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d56/Gugen/SC Cake 2/SDC10623.jpg

Dad helping out
http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d56/Gugen/SC Cake 2/SDC10634.jpg

Almost done
http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d56/Gugen/SC Cake 2/SDC10635.jpg

Stencil
http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d56/Gugen/SC Cake 2/SDC10632.jpg

http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d56/Gugen/SC Cake 2/SDC10636.jpg

Teamwork!
http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d56/Gugen/SC Cake 2/SDC10655.jpg

link to full album
this took forever to do, bro is a photographer so got a little fancy on the picture

On June 09 2009 03:38 Aghawa wrote:
Just rotfled a little this afternoon with a SC2 themed Barracks cake with a friend of mine.
Well, you can't really tell that's a barracks...anyway here it is XD

http://img200.imageshack.us/img200/3307/finalomb.jpg
making of:
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On June 09 2009 09:59 Entertaining wrote:

I gave my attempt at a baneling and the eatable jell we used is almost glow-in-the-dark! Its made almost completely out of cake and cupcakes ^^ the legs and armor is made of melted chocolate. Hope you like it!

Making of:
http://img192.imageshack.us/img192/2347/1090957img2.jpg
http://img15.imageshack.us/img15/6830/1090958img.jpg
http://img248.imageshack.us/i/1090993img.jpg/
http://img189.imageshack.us/i/1090968img.jpg
Inspiration:
http://images4.wikia.nocookie.net/starcraft/images/b/be/Baneling_SC2_DevRend3.jpg

On June 09 2009 12:34 agarfin wrote:
My Starcraft2 Drone cake

The making of the cake
Making the fondant
http://i643.photobucket.com/albums/uu151/agarfin/jjh123.jpg
Carving the cake
http://i643.photobucket.com/albums/uu151/agarfin/jjh124.jpg
Covering the body
http://i643.photobucket.com/albums/uu151/agarfin/jjh126.jpg
Adding the wings
http://i643.photobucket.com/albums/uu151/agarfin/jjh127.jpg
http://i643.photobucket.com/albums/uu151/agarfin/jjh140.jpg
http://i643.photobucket.com/albums/uu151/agarfin/jjh132.jpg

Based off this photo
http://starcraft.incgamers.com/gallery/data/517/Drone.jpg

On June 09 2009 19:10 B00ts wrote:
Well here is my Nexus/Probe/Mineral/Gas cake... Some sadness however... ... the coloured flames didn't come out well. For the Gas geyser and glowing crystal on top of the nexus i had green and blue (respectfully) candles (the wax is made specially so that the flame itself is blue or green) to have a flame be the glow of the crystal and the puff of the gas. But sadly the flame in the pictures looks crappy but IRL it looks sick. Oh well.

Took me a little over 3 evenings to complete (total 14-18 hours I think). EVERYTHING is edible aside from the toothpicks to make the probes 'float' (and teh candles lol). Also hard to see in the images is the minirals and gas being returned by some of the probes...check it outttttt.

I had a blast making it, and I wish everyone in the contest luck... even if I dont win a key this has still been a fun 3 days, and these cakes rock!!!

In Process:
http://i667.photobucket.com/albums/vv35/B00ts_photo/STP62811.jpg


http://i667.photobucket.com/albums/vv35/B00ts_photo/STP62812.jpg

http://i667.photobucket.com/albums/vv35/B00ts_photo/STP62815.jpg

http://i667.photobucket.com/albums/vv35/B00ts_photo/STP62816.jpg

http://i667.photobucket.com/albums/vv35/B00ts_photo/STP62818.jpg

http://i667.photobucket.com/albums/vv35/B00ts_photo/STP62821.jpg

Inspiration: SC2 Nexus:

http://sc2pod.com/w/images/c/c8/Nexus.jpg

FINISHED
http://i667.photobucket.com/albums/vv35/B00ts_photo/STP62826.jpg

Slightly better image of coloured flame on top of nexus (proof it actually burns blue), and probes floating/carrying minerals/gas.
http://i667.photobucket.com/albums/vv35/B00ts_photo/STP62831.jpg

Now I can't wait to eat it!!!.. But I gotta wake..a little sick from eating surplus fondent...lol

On June 11 2009 10:57 Pape wrote:
This is my submission for this contest. It is a Baneling sitting on top of a creep, which itself sits on a crepe cake . The crepe cake is made of crepes with sugar soaked oatmeal cookies and vanilla cream between the layers. The ling body and the cake cover is made of self made marzipan with food coloring. Some colors aren't exactly great because it was hard to make the right color and impossible to get a dark brown so my ling is grayish! To top it off I have a EXPLODING :D green jello on the baneling which will explode on human contact. In the end I am exhausted after 3 days of hard work and preparations and I hope you all like the piece.

Click Here for the album.

My design was based on these two:
http://creampuffsinvenice.ca/2007/06/17/the-real-crepe-cake/
http://www.starcraft2.com/art.xml?s=84

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On June 12 2009 06:07 hurka wrote:
Hi!

This is my entry, a Zerg Mutalisk cake.
It's made of gateau filled with hazelnut pudding, covered with marzipan
and with the addition of some cherry. It's eyes are made of gum bears.
The wings are connected to the body with thin wooden rods.
I started making it with big ambitions, but I realized that making of
a cake can be quite time consuming. I've planned more detailed body,
much more detailed wings, and primarily a bit darker, and more accurate color,
but tiredness and the food paint's failure to properly color the marzipan led me to
this solution:

album of pictures: http://picasaweb.google.com/olazs.hurka/TLStarcraftCakeContestMutalisk?authkey=Gv1sRgCI_DkOGy0vGEWg#

for the design I've used a simplified version of this artwork & the starcraft1 mutalisk design:
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the cake:
http://lh5.ggpht.com/_ey1FXsdIMrw/SjFY-h1pMzI/AAAAAAAAADo/Uj1ps1Vke60/s640/HPIM4807.JPG
http://lh5.ggpht.com/_ey1FXsdIMrw/SjFdp3gkfzI/AAAAAAAAAEU/KAfeHwQoixo/s640/HPIM4823.JPG

My friend, Nora have helped me in the making.

On June 12 2009 07:25 pieisamazing wrote:
Greetings TL!

After much consideration and hard work, I present to you my Protoss Zealot cake! It is made entirely of cake, butter cream icing, and fondant. I also used black licorice for the nerve tendrils that come out of the sides and back of a Templar's head. It took me about 15 hours spread over three days to make, and I think the end result was worth it. So without further ado, here it is!

http://img193.imageshack.us/img193/8355/img2646g.jpg
http://img200.imageshack.us/img200/8306/img2647u.jpg
http://img196.imageshack.us/img196/9585/img2642l.jpg

Here's me holding my sign:

http://img7.imageshack.us/img7/9408/img2640v.jpg
http://img194.imageshack.us/img194/5913/img2645h.jpg

Also, the gallery of pictures is here:

http://img3.imageshack.us/gal.php?g=img2622y.jpg

And the pictures I used for reference were various blizzard-made pics, but the main one is:

http://starcraft2.com/art.xml?s=45

Great cakes so far, everyone!

On June 12 2009 15:20 FuDDx wrote:
Ok so I don't feel this is the best I could have done.But I feel it looks ok.I let time slip and honestly I can't spend anymore time on cakes for a few months.hahah

I love everyones cakes.The real top ones have been pointed out.

So It took forever to find fondant I didn't want to fiddle around with making it.I wanted something based off this picture with a reaver hitting the mineral line.
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y162/FuDDx/starcraft-2-screenshot-2.jpg


Heres how it turned out.I can assure you thats fondant and not playdough(playdough on the table) my son was making his own "cakes" with me.

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y162/FuDDx/2008_0726dentist0034.jpg
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y162/FuDDx/2008_0726dentist0016.jpg
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y162/FuDDx/2008_0728betacontest0001.jpg
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y162/FuDDx/2008_0728betacontest0005.jpg
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y162/FuDDx/2008_0728betacontest0003.jpg
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y162/FuDDx/2008_0728betacontest0006.jpg
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y162/FuDDx/2008_0728betacontest0007.jpg

On June 13 2009 00:37 Zabestrial wrote:
Hi its Zabestrial and my son here posting our cake! It took 7 hours because it was our first time :O hope you like it!!!


http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=o6mzk7&s=5

http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=29453ds&s=5

http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=j0a8zm&s=5

http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=2e2jdq1&s=5

http://tinypic.com/r/1zlw277/5


http://tinypic.com/r/2weyp1g/5

On June 13 2009 23:23 Vedic wrote:
Alright, our cake is complete.

We were sure we'd at least take top 3 with our Vulture cake, until some other cakes started rolling in. We began work on a second one that was a baneling. Much like Pape, we thought of using Jello, but we couldn't find a way to make all the detailed and crazy little blobs that would stay. We found a recipe to use Jello mix to make solid gummy, which ended up working VERY well, but the base of the baneling was frosting/fondant (gummy apparently like melts icing) which ended up being a horrible failure for any sort of three dimensional model. We ended up scrapping it and brainstorming something else.

At that point, Vince came out with his cake and he mentioned that he used marzipan. My wife was very intrigued by this, and we bought some so she could test it out. She's an art major, and is used to modeling clay, so we were pleasantly surprised when it held shapes very well. She's done some amazing things in clay, so I went looking for the most detailed SC/SC2 picture I could find. We didn't want to make it solid marzipan, so we have the main centerpiece as the marzipan model, but we still added a ton of detail with the actual cake itself so it didn't feel cheap.

So, I present my lovely wife's second (and last) entry into the competition, the Terran Marine Cake:
http://notvedic.googlepages.com/cake2 - You want a piece of me, boy?

Don't ask how much we spent on this - we ended up having to get way more than is even in the prep picture. =P

On June 13 2009 07:13 Murkyith14 wrote:
This is my cake. I call it...

STARCRAFT > WARCRAFT

Final Product:
http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/gg310/Murkyith14/StarcraftCake014.jpg
Look at that Hydralisk triumphantly stand over its prey, the poor Crypt Fiend. So satisfying.

The making...

So, we started out with a cake base, iced to look like part creep and part blight.
http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/gg310/Murkyith14/StarcraftCake027.jpg
Notice how there's more creep than blight XD

Then, we made the Crpyt Fiends abdomen out of cake...
http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/gg310/Murkyith14/StarcraftCake026.jpg

Afterwards we covered the cake in fondant, and proceded to do the same for the Hydralisk. We took some fondant and used the cake as filling.
http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/gg310/Murkyith14/StarcraftCake007.jpg
Hydralisk mold in place!

Then came the various details.
http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/gg310/Murkyith14/StarcraftCake022.jpg
Hydralisk arms made from fondant wrapped around gummi worms and a straw for support :D

http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/gg310/Murkyith14/StarcraftCake021.jpg
A head for our Hydra buddy.

http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/gg310/Murkyith14/StarcraftCake020.jpg
A shot after the head was attached along with the other parts of the Hydralisk.

http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/gg310/Murkyith14/StarcraftCake018.jpg
The entire cake before we painted it.

Then came the painting.


http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/gg310/Murkyith14/StarcraftCake024.jpg
We made the paint from food coloring, milk, and frosting, so it is edible.

http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/gg310/Murkyith14/StarcraftCake017.jpg

http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/gg310/Murkyith14/StarcraftCake016.jpg
Just some shots of the painting process.

Authenticity picture!
http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/gg310/Murkyith14/StarcraftCake012.jpg
Hey guys!


More shots of the final product.
http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/gg310/Murkyith14/StarcraftCake013.jpg

http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/gg310/Murkyith14/StarcraftCake015.jpg

Enjoy.

On June 14 2009 02:47 blapsd wrote:
This is my second attempt too. It was made with sponge cake, marzipan, icing sugar and even a little bit of pocky on the wings! It took me and my girlfriend 2 days to finish. Hope you guys like it, and props to all other guys that made two cakes! it certainly is hard work.

Finished Cake
http://img150.imageshack.us/img150/536/11062009226.jpg

You can see the rest of the gallery HERE (plus me in the probe tshirt my sister made for me that ive been meaning to post for a while now ^^)

On June 14 2009 21:40 pixelstrom.go.1 wrote:
This is my Nexus Cake!

Finished!


http://proxy1.pixbox.se/arkivet/synligt_34/28060000-28069999/640x480/28060461.jpg?0
http://proxy1.pixbox.se/arkivet/synligt_34/28070000-28079999/640x480/28074849.jpg?0

Construction time!

http://proxy1.pixbox.se/arkivet/synligt_34/28060000-28069999/640x480/28060457.jpg?0
http://proxy1.pixbox.se/arkivet/synligt_34/28060000-28069999/640x480/28060458.jpg?0
http://proxy1.pixbox.se/arkivet/synligt_34/28060000-28069999/640x480/28060459.jpg?0

Unfortunately I deleted my other pictures, because of stupidness.

On June 14 2009 22:33 buscettn wrote:
This is mine and Matel's Cake...
Unfortunately there will be no Reaver in SC2 anymore and since it`s our favourite unit we wanted to grant it a last tribute by choosing a Reaver-drop for the scenery. Sadly when we finished two drones, mineral patches and the reaver there was no more place for a hatchery left

So here is the finished cake:
http://img30.imageshack.us/img30/466/imgp6418.jpg

Here some more shots and construction pics:
the reaver was made out of a kind of cookies (a recipe from our grandparents), and covered with fondant, the cake is a biskuit cake, the drones and the cake covering are marzipan, the mineral patches are fondant and icing. the only thing not edible is the TL-flag

http://img23.imageshack.us/img23/5752/imgp6242.jpg
http://img26.imageshack.us/img26/4992/imgp6269n.jpg
http://img30.imageshack.us/img30/2000/imgp6280.jpg
http://img194.imageshack.us/img194/8635/imgp6313.jpg
http://img35.imageshack.us/img35/4016/imgp6339.jpg
http://img41.imageshack.us/img41/9569/imgp6343.jpg
http://img189.imageshack.us/img189/1655/imgp6357.jpg
http://img41.imageshack.us/img41/9645/imgp6433.jpg
http://img189.imageshack.us/img189/2494/imgp6435.jpg

more can be found here...

On June 14 2009 22:37 DarkTempla wrote:
Hi everyone!

After lurking in the forums for the better part of this year, the SC2 Beta contest literally forced me to register to give it a shot!

So since I am not the greatest baker in the world and we have seen many many really great pies in this contest, I (we that is,a friend and me) decided to make a PASTA-MARINE!!

Yes thats right, we made a SpaceMarine consisting 100% out of pasta!
We didnt use any glue or the like (although we first considered it, as you might see from some materials, but in the end didnt need to!!), but relied solely on the stickability of wet pasta (the starch that is). To get the noodles in the right form, we had to bend them into the position we want without breaking or making them too wet, which would just cause them to fall apart. We then used some food colouring for the finishing touch!

Anyways, here it is our magnificent Pasta-Marine!

I hope you like it!! (you'd better )

Best,

DarkTempla

PASTA MARINE
http://img151.imageshack.us/img151/4337/00thefinishedmarine.jpg

The creation process
http://img269.imageshack.us/img269/2363/10thestart.jpg
http://img194.imageshack.us/img194/9447/12bendinginprocess.jpg
http://img526.imageshack.us/img526/3350/11gettingnoodlesinshape.jpg
http://img197.imageshack.us/img197/6066/13sofarsogood.jpg
http://img526.imageshack.us/img526/9852/14gettingthere.jpg
http://img196.imageshack.us/img196/9878/16addingpaint.jpg

On June 15 2009 06:38 Jazo wrote:
Hi all!
I made this Starcraft cheesecake with my girlfriend and I hope you like it.

so... The making of...

http://img524.imageshack.us/my.php?image=starcrafttorta003.jpg
http://img524.imageshack.us/img524/5553/starcrafttorta003.th.jpg http://img195.imageshack.us/my.php?image=starcrafttorta007.jpg
http://img195.imageshack.us/img195/8930/starcrafttorta007.th.jpg http://img514.imageshack.us/my.php?image=starcrafttorta009.jpg
http://img514.imageshack.us/img514/9453/starcrafttorta009.th.jpg http://img198.imageshack.us/my.php?image=starcrafttorta010.jpg
http://img198.imageshack.us/img198/6371/starcrafttorta010.th.jpg http://img14.imageshack.us/my.php?image=starcrafttorta014.jpg
http://img14.imageshack.us/img14/6375/starcrafttorta014.th.jpg

The final product!

http://img268.imageshack.us/my.php?image=starcrafttorta024.jpg
http://img268.imageshack.us/img268/7276/starcrafttorta024.th.jpg
http://img199.imageshack.us/my.php?image=starcrafttorta019.jpg
http://img199.imageshack.us/img199/3852/starcrafttorta019.th.jpg

I would give 2nd beta key to my girlfriend because she is also a huge fan of Starcraft!

On June 15 2009 05:01 coltrane wrote:
Hi.


My cake>>

LINK!

On June 15 2009 03:46 Kalectotite wrote:
Hello all! Time to sneak another entry in!

Nexus:
http://photos-a.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-snc1/v4803/213/81/13907061/n13907061_53623352_2687141.jpg

Command Center:
http://photos-h.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-snc1/v4803/213/81/13907061/n13907061_53623351_7440462.jpg

Hatchery:
http://photos-c.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs109.snc1/4803_896095570270_13907061_53623394_419015_n.jpg

All three at once:
http://photos-b.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-snc1/v4803/213/81/13907061/n13907061_53623433_2575401.jpg

I see that there is some intense competition, hopefully these can compete with the awesome cakes that you guys have already submitted!

On June 15 2009 15:57 Kalectotite wrote:
A couple of people have mentioned that the cakes I submitted don't seem like cakes, so here are a couple more pictures- unfortunately we did not take any making-of pictures, but we figured that the next best thing would be pictures with slices taken out.

Higher resolution picture of all three:
+ Show Spoiler +

Slice of Nexus:
+ Show Spoiler +

Slice of Command Center:
+ Show Spoiler +

Slice of Hatchery:
+ Show Spoiler +

On June 15 2009 04:17 DoomFish wrote:
Alright, after about 2.5 days of work by me and my girlfriend, only interrupted by some sleep, it’s done.
http://www.abload.de/img/kerrigancakesmallhghh.jpg
HQ-Version

All hail to Kerrigan, Queen of Cakes! ^^

The cake itself is a chocolate cake. Trust me, it’s delicious. By now, all the leftovers are gone. Baking makes hungry. ^^
Kerrigan consists of marshmallow fondant. The green and the purple colour is usual food colouring. For the brown parts we had to use a special mixture of red and green food colouring, cocoa powder and powdered sugar.
For the two upstanding blades we had to use spaghettis to hold them up.

+ Show Spoiler +

And now I’m off to look around in the forums, since I hope to spend some more time here. Getting a beta key from a site after all commits one to contribute footage and content.

On June 15 2009 07:37 Chu Chi wrote:
Here is my cake. Everything is edible with the exception of the one toothpick to hold up the overlord. I made a red velvet cake with white frosting. The creep, forge, cannons and probe are all made out of marzipan, the overlord is taffy and Twizzlers, and the crystals and pylon are Jolly Ranchers. Enjoy!

http://www.gloryofwar.com/forums/uploads/monthly_06_2009/post-540-1245018099.jpg

http://www.gloryofwar.com/forums/uploads/monthly_06_2009/post-540-1245018070.jpg

Here are the rest of the pics from my process:
HERE

On June 15 2009 08:01 airen wrote:
Here is mine and Tox's drone cake.
We had a lot of fun making it

http://lh4.ggpht.com/_S1ADA2IRghM/SjV6q9JXpKI/AAAAAAAAAII/F3HVX9nLGHA/s576/IMG_3384-copy.jpg

http://lh4.ggpht.com/_S1ADA2IRghM/SjV6tyrXiCI/AAAAAAAAAIQ/Rt7DJ4DeMVs/s576/IMG_3386.jpg

Spawning time:

http://lh4.ggpht.com/_S1ADA2IRghM/SjV6cdmhwyI/AAAAAAAAAHU/kz4S4ALeerA/s400/DSC02140.JPG

http://lh6.ggpht.com/_S1ADA2IRghM/SjV6cfvnMAI/AAAAAAAAAHc/aL9nI2Io0sM/s512/DSC02144.JPG

http://lh4.ggpht.com/_S1ADA2IRghM/SjV6kfV5wBI/AAAAAAAAAHs/NCJR0_lp6kU/s400/DSC02160.JPG

http://lh3.ggpht.com/_S1ADA2IRghM/SjV6kQl41rI/AAAAAAAAAHw/jnsRQ-QfyYI/s512/DSC02164.JPG

http://lh5.ggpht.com/_S1ADA2IRghM/SjV6kVb6JtI/AAAAAAAAAH0/9w0gf9khM8g/s512/DSC02167.JPG

http://lh6.ggpht.com/_S1ADA2IRghM/SjV6qkVO9pI/AAAAAAAAAIA/Np7q6EU2jUo/s512/DSC02183.JPG
Off to work!

Link to album

On June 15 2009 08:04 helvetica wrote:
Hello TL! Here is my Kerrigan cake:
http://www.nflight.com/files/starcraftcake/starcraftcake05.jpg

Cakes covered with fondant:
http://www.nflight.com/files/starcraftcake/starcraftcake02.jpg
An eyeball, pre-painting with water and food coloring.
http://www.nflight.com/files/starcraftcake/starcraftcake03.jpg
Kerrigan as a baldy:
http://www.nflight.com/files/starcraftcake/starcraftcake04.jpg
And the authentic pic:
http://www.nflight.com/files/starcraftcake/starcraftcake06.jpg

On June 15 2009 05:59 B-612 wrote:
So here is my entry into the Cake/edible Starcraft object. Originally I was going to make a Siege tank being torn to pieces by a hydra made of marzipan (the clay of the baking world) I needed to use my parents oven to bake the 5 sheets of brownie I was using to construct the base of the cake but an unfortunate event would see a different fierce monster tear the siege tank apart, my parents’ dog.

I lieu of a thoroughly disgusting pile of brownies and icing being eaten by the Hydra I’ve chosen to just enter my painstakingly carved Hydralisk, on a single sheet of brownie that I had planned on using as the turret for my tank.

I’m really impressed with the caliber and quantity of cake people where willing to field, best of luck to the lot of you and I certainly hope we all paid attention to the TL forum rules and had a lot of fun.

Perhaps its immature of me but I have omitted a ton of the basic construction stuff but they all seemed to look like wang if you lot want I can post some of my under construction pictures.

Here is a shot of the torso mid carving
http://img3.imageshack.us/img3/7682/photo1zjb.jpg

Here is a shot of one of the arms while I’m working on some detail stuff
http://img141.imageshack.us/img141/4966/photo2iqv.jpg

The final product and a really tired bum hoping for a beta key
http://img37.imageshack.us/img37/7036/photo4kec.jpg

One final shot
http://img199.imageshack.us/img199/263/photo5t.jpg

I could very well have been late entering the contest Oh well I had fun and enjoyed this epic display of baking prowess.

On June 15 2009 12:51 kfour wrote:
Our tribute to the iconic Lost Temple. We decided to tell you what we made with text cause theres no way to tell its Lost Temple from the picture. Hilariously good time. Tastes like classic battle.net

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b130/kaisa42/cake/100_0520.jpg


http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b130/kaisa42/cake/100_0504.jpg
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b130/kaisa42/cake/100_0505.jpg
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b130/kaisa42/cake/100_0506.jpg
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b130/kaisa42/cake/100_0507.jpg
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b130/kaisa42/cake/100_0510.jpg
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b130/kaisa42/cake/100_0514.jpg
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b130/kaisa42/cake/100_0516.jpg
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b130/kaisa42/cake/100_0522.jpg
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b130/kaisa42/cake/100_0527.jpg

On June 15 2009 13:07 lo_ol wrote:
Matt and Sean's cake:
]http://i43.tinypic.com/1hbes9.jpg

http://i43.tinypic.com/k9vod1.jpg
http://i39.tinypic.com/ofojl3.jpg
http://i41.tinypic.com/2drxuee.jpg
http://i41.tinypic.com/a0l18p.jpg
http://i43.tinypic.com/1hbes9.jpg
http://i44.tinypic.com/33f5chk.jpg

On June 15 2009 13:23 threepool wrote:
And here we have another, from ThreePool, and the confectionary mastermind KiddiePool, with assistance from moodin.

http://lh4.ggpht.com/_9lrJR6D6lKQ/SjXKggtwpyI/AAAAAAAAAhU/6Hyo_ZnRKyo/s720/IMG_0327.JPG
http://lh3.ggpht.com/_9lrJR6D6lKQ/SjXKikh3MkI/AAAAAAAAAhc/elliGkzR35o/s640/IMG_0332.JPG

Full Album

The creep-covered ground is one gigantic brownie, the hatchery is a multi-layer chocolate cake, with some licorice and fruit roll-ups for structure and texture. The minerals are rock candy cupcakes, the vespene geyser is made from some leftover cupcake stems, the drones (which, alas, got too large while baking) are sugar cookies, and the larva are gummi larva.

On June 15 2009 15:29 darkhorse wrote:
Hi everyone at TL!! I'm new to the thread, so it's nice to meet everyone. Anyway, my cake. In the spirit of Starcraft 2, I created a Zerg vs. Terran battle scene using only starcraft 2 units or starcraft 2 styles of original units. These units include a Nydus Worm, Infestor, Infested terran eggs, 3 lurkers (2 are partially burrowed), and 3 banelings, one which is rolling. On the terran side, we have the new powerful Planetary Fortress, a bunker, a Crucio Siege Tank, and MULES harvesting the new Yellow Minerals!!

This cake was made with 2 pounds of homemade marzipan, chocolate cake, lots of food coloring, some pineapple life savers (jolly ranchers don't come in yellow?!? :[ ) and three days of time. Hope you guys enjoy looking at it as much as i will enjoy eating it! YUM!

Process - Molded units, partially colored

http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g122/azn196/DSCN0610.jpg

Colored Zerg Units, and hella azn teapot

http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g122/azn196/DSCN0608.jpg

Entire Cake!

http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g122/azn196/DSCN0639.jpg

Another View

http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g122/azn196/DSCN0638.jpg

Close up of MULE harvesting yellow minerals (Pineapple Lifesavers)

http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g122/azn196/DSCN0630.jpg

Close up of infestor! (Why it laid the terran eggs behind him instead of on the front line i do not know. Silly cerebrate)

http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g122/azn196/DSCN0633.jpg

Lurkers! AHH

http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g122/azn196/DSCN0635.jpg

TL rocks!

http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g122/azn196/DSCN0613.jpg

On June 15 2009 17:57 Ancestral wrote:
Here is my cake. There are images of the process at my imageshack http://www.imageshack.us/user/ancestralbw

Thanks to my brother, sister, her boyfriend, and her friends Shaun and Katie for the artistic and culinary abilities too!

Obviously we're cutting it close and spent three nights up all night ... hope you enjoy!

It is based on this

http://img200.imageshack.us/img200/3828/finalfinal.jpg
http://www.juegosdestrategia.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/wallpaper-zeratul-vs-kerrigan.jpg

The figures are made out of fondant. The armor, kerrigans wings, and warp blade are made out of airheads, and the jewels on Zeratul are Dumb Dumb suckers. Kerrigan's hair is black licorice. The cake is just a plain vanilla cake. The lettering is also done in fondant, made larger than the original portrait because it was not easy to cut such small letters -_-

On June 15 2009 16:49 KingPants wrote:
This is our tribute to Grandpa Toss(Much) and perhaps his most famous match. An3cdot3 and I made it together.
http://i732.photobucket.com/albums/ww328/KingPants/starcraftcake-main.jpg
http://i732.photobucket.com/albums/ww328/KingPants/starcraftcake-main2.jpg
http://i732.photobucket.com/albums/ww328/KingPants/MuchHumilation.jpg

The cake is made from scratch lemon cake, the pylons are white chocolate with food dye(and pipe cleaner for the skirt), the cannons are banana, the darker ground is shaved chocolate, and the warping in cannons are frosting.
http://i732.photobucket.com/albums/ww328/KingPants/starcraftcake-9.jpg
http://i732.photobucket.com/albums/ww328/KingPants/starcraftcake-11.jpg
http://i732.photobucket.com/albums/ww328/KingPants/starcraftcake-18.jpg
http://i732.photobucket.com/albums/ww328/KingPants/starcraftcake-20.jpg
http://i732.photobucket.com/albums/ww328/KingPants/starcraftcake-34.jpg
http://i732.photobucket.com/albums/ww328/KingPants/starcraftcake-38.jpg

On June 15 2009 18:27 musashi wrote:
Sad day that we are so late...

http://fc04.deviantart.com/fs44/f/2009/166/6/6/madness_by_Cwedhrin.jpg
http://fc04.deviantart.com/fs45/i/2009/166/9/f/madnessaa_by_Cwedhrin.jpg

So, can we get kudos for having a gravity defying cake?

On June 15 2009 17:17 Lyll wrote:
So, after helping Disarray make his cake, I wanted to make one of my own. He told me my TeamLiquid pony cake wasn't "Starcraft Themed", so I put him in a WeMade jacket.



http://lh5.ggpht.com/_ApeTzjlI-QQ/SjYCSnDIgTI/AAAAAAAACk8/aQ-9s1vAY5c/s400/cake 048.jpg
http://lh3.ggpht.com/_ApeTzjlI-QQ/SjYCTDcg5aI/AAAAAAAAClE/YG3YbcLwfCI/s400/cake 050.jpg
http://lh6.ggpht.com/_ApeTzjlI-QQ/SjYCTpvZauI/AAAAAAAAClI/H7KyTZ9MpQw/s400/cake 051.jpg

Photos of making both cakes:
http://picasaweb.google.com/k4ph13/Sc2BetaCakeContest?feat=directlink

On June 15 2009 17:22 Disarray wrote:
Could we procrastinate more ? probably not. Here's our entry, its some Siege Tanks on a cliff attacking a protoss base.
+ Show Spoiler [ concept] +

http://lh4.ggpht.com/_ApeTzjlI-QQ/SjYCOo6XThI/AAAAAAAACkU/vpZhAduEMgc/s720/cake 039.jpg
http://lh5.ggpht.com/_ApeTzjlI-QQ/SjYCPOO2uwI/AAAAAAAACkY/7n0k2hSY00w/s720/cake 040.jpg
http://lh6.ggpht.com/_ApeTzjlI-QQ/SjYCQd0eBmI/AAAAAAAACkk/aI_FWXNkNTo/s720/cake 043.jpg
http://lh5.ggpht.com/_ApeTzjlI-QQ/SjYCRUS9u_I/AAAAAAAACks/NTSFo_7PYiM/s720/cake 045.jpg

http://lh4.ggpht.com/_ApeTzjlI-QQ/SjYCR1P6ktI/AAAAAAAACkw/HHEfqQEHgg8/s720/cake 046.jpg
http://lh6.ggpht.com/_ApeTzjlI-QQ/SjYCVPD3cxI/AAAAAAAAClY/QOVc1hPrieQ/s720/cake 055.jpg