Star Wars Cakes

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Ever since the first birthday for Star Wars in May of 1978, people have been baking Star Wars-inspired cakes. It’s almost an art form to itself with some amazing designs popping up in the last few years. A wedding cake that’s a dead Tauntaun with Luke pouring out of its belly? Yup that’s been done. As have just about any Star Wars creation you can think of, in edible cake form.

22 Scrumptious Cupcakes to Satiate the Techie Appetite

By Chip

From http://walyou.com/

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Geeks are not always weird. Apart from endless hours sitting motionless in front of the computer and ridiculous faith in science-fiction, they are certified human beings with all humanly needs. When they combine their bizarre interests and human beings’ desires, let’s say cupcake, the results can be astonishingly delicious. Here is the list of 22 geekiest cupcakes for your appetite.

Star Wars Cupcakes

Star Wars cupcakes come in a set of 20 whereas each cupcake features a character or an item you either love or hate: the Dark Lord Darth Vader, young hero Luke Skywalker, beautiful Princess Leia, faithful R2-D2, powerful Yoda, the impressive space station and you name it.

Star Wars Cupcakes II

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Baked by a Flickr user called two part sugars, this Star Wars cupcakes collection offers no less variety and geekiness.

Clone Wars Cupcakes

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It’s no surprise that A Baked Creation‘s blogger Sylvia, the creator of Clone Wars cupcakes, is a Star Wars noob whose only knowledge about Star Wars is Darth Vader is the father of Luke Skywalker. Real fans would go for real Star Wars.

Darth Vader Cupcakes

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Danger! Danger! The dark side of the Force is on the rise! There are so many Darth Vader cupcakes that it might take a large number of humans to finish them all.

Superhero Cupcakes

Baked by JustJenn, these awesome Superhero cupcakes feature logos of legendary superheroes: Superman, Batman, Fantastic Four, Flash, etc. that any true comic fan would have no difficulty identify.

Google Cupcake

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The Google cupcake, characterized by the famous Google logo and homepage on top, is appropriately clicked with a Macbook Pro in the background.

iPod Touch Cupcakes

It must have taken The Cupcakelicious a lot of time and Apple frenzy to carefully bake and arrange these cute little cupcakes into the perfect replica iPod Touch’s homes creen.

iPhone Cupcakes

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These scrumptious cupcakes have been decorated to look like the various iPhone applications. Hopefully, you won’t have to wait three weeks for approval from the iTunes App Store before you can actually eat them.

Mac Cupcakes

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It’d be inappropriate if iPhone and iPod cupcakes are here and Mac cupcakes are not. They come with white piped icing theme inspired by the signature white color of Mac.

Windows and Mac Cupcakes

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Windows and Mac joined hands together for the first time in a party where the host serves them side by side together with mouse cupcakes and CD/DVD cupcakes.

Ubuntu 10 Cupcake

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While open source Ubuntu is for everyone, this tiny Ubuntu 10 cupcake is only enough for the owner of the Macbook on the background.

Laptop Cupcakes

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Of course, we need these tiny laptop cupcakes to run all the operation systems cupcakes we have had above.

Lego Cupcakes

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Many people have used Lego pieces to build various things, but this FollaBackGrrl is probably the only one who uses Lego to make cupcakes.

Robot Cupcakes

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An understanding Mom has made these delicious frosting robot cupcakes for her 3 year old kid, making him the luckiest boy in the world.

South Park Cupcakes

South Park series has been around since forever and its brilliant humor has been entertaining us for generations after generations. OK, I agree that I might be a little bit exaggerating, but those South Park cupcakes do look fun.

Blue Cookie Monster Cupcakes

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Even if you are not a big fan of Sesame Street, these mouth-watering Cookie Monster cupcakes with all of his overly adorable facial expressions will make you scream out loud “Me want cookie!”, “Me eat cookie!”.

Angry Bird Cupcakes

If you have ever found yourself restlessly chasing the green pigs to have them pay for stealing your eggs, you will also find it impossible to resist those inviting Angry Bird cupcakes.

Domo Kun Cupcakes

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Japan does not only have sushi and Hello KittyDomo, it only has these fearful sawtooth Domo Kum cupcakes. In case you have never heard of Domo, it is the mascot of NHK television station in Japan. In case you have never heard of NHK, google!

Hello Kitty Cupcakes

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Talk about Hello Kitty, it would be inappropriate not to mention these ultra cute Hello Kitty cupcakes. Not recommended for upright straight guys, unless you want to give your girlfriends a surprise.

Periodic Table Cupcakes

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The periodic table cupcakes are something that can actually make chemistry palatable. Created by a teenager called Kimmy, those cupcakes make up the entire periodic table with the information of different elements on each cup.

Brain Cupcakes

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Those imagination provoking brain cupcakes were made based on the creator’s reasoning that “human brains are filled with chocolate ganache”. As you expected, these cupcakes were made of a swiss meringue butter cream and a chocolate ganache filling.

Amazing Back To The Future 25th Anniversary Cake

By Ron
From http://www.walyou.com/

Back To The Future must be one of the most popular movies ever, and for the 25th Anniversary, a stunning Delorean Cake was made to show off for the reunion.

While we have seen an amazing Delorean Cake before, it wasn’t nearly as hot as this one. Heck, this one even includes the burn marks (still on fire) as if it was just cooked at 88 MPH.

For other cool Back to the Future posts, make sure to have a look at the Flux Capacitor Infographic which explains time travel, or the Real Marty McFly Shoes that we remember from Back to the Future II.

Via: Geekologie

The World’s Top 10 Most Luxurious Desserts

In Daily List, by stephaniem
 
Ever feel the distinct need to spend a crapload of money on some sugar and cream? Of course not, but let’s look at how the other half live, shall we?
I have compiled a list of wicked ridiculously expensive desserts that probably taste so-so, but intrigue all of us brownie out of the box eaters. Get your American Express ready, kids — it’s sugar and gold shopping time!

10. Diamond Fruitcake

We all know the holidays are coming up and if you want to ensure nobody will re-gift or trash your fruitcake, invest in this 1.65 million-diamond piece of awesome. This cake is encrusted with 223 diamonds and you can still eat it. Win, win, friends and who cares if it tastes bad…THERE ARE 223 DIAMONDS ON IT. And we all know it’s all about gifts at Christmas.

9. Strawberries Arnaud

This is no normal plate of strawberries, ladies. The berries are marinated in a wicked expensive port, served with fresh mint and cream and are garnished with a 5-carat pink-diamond ring. Just snatch the menu, order it and bill your beau later. Stop being a wimp. Do it.

8. The Sultan’s Golden Cake

If you’re thinking about taking a romantic trip to Istanbul (stop the sneering, it could happen.) stop by the Ciragan Palace and indulge in delicious rum, caramelized black truffles and gold, real edible gold, dessert. You get to keep the silver cake box it comes in and I say for $1,000, it’s a steal.

7. The Madeleine Truffle

This $250 truffle isn’t expensive because it’s made of gold or has diamond chunks in it; this lofty price tag is all about the labor. Apparently, the ganache is whipped by hand until it’s as smooth as your nana’s hands. Plus, the poor little old chocolate maker has to make the stuff in an ultra cold refrigerated room. Now get out your wallets and give this guy some cash. He deserves it.

6. The Brownie Extraordinaire

The fact that this $1,000 brownie is in Jersey still makes me giggle. I guess they’re trying to class up the joint by throwing in Italian hazelnuts, dark chocolate brownies and crystal atomizers so people can squirt port into their greedy, greasy mouths after every bite.

5. Golden Opulence Sundae

Gold. Gold. Gold. Although, this dessert chooses insanely expensive chocolate over Hershey’s syrup and candied fruits, gold covered almonds and chocolate truffles over walnuts and a maraschino cherry, I still can’t quite wrap my cheap mind around the $1,000 price tag for…friggin’ ice cream.

4. Chocolate Variation

Stopping by Italy? Shoot your heavy pockets into Mezzaluna and sample the scrumptious chocolate dessert that has been ranked one of the most expensive desserts in the world — $640. It’s made with champagne sorbet (made from Roederer Cristal) and, of course edible golden leaves. I’m thinking this is where all the cash for gold is going.

3. Macaroons Haute Couture

I searched and searched as to why these macaroons have the hefty $7,414 price tag, but other than the “fleur de sel,” butter cream and balsamic vinegar, I have no real explanation for you. I can tell you that they do have peanut butter one’s so, if you are a crazy peanut butter lover that feels like cleaning out your 401k, go for it.

2. The Fortress Aquamarine

This dessert served in Sri Lanka is $14,500 and well worth it. There’s some chocolate, cream, some sort of berry, a red squiggly on the plate and a gianormous 80-carat aquamarine gem. Gimme. Gimme. Gimme.

1. Platinum Cake

Dear Boyfriend,
I want this ordinary cake covered in platinum jewelry. It is only $130,000 and I will never ask for another piece of jewelry again…this year.
Thank you.
XOXO,
Stephanie (Feel free to cross out my name and insert yours.)