Preesenting.. The Geek Element!
You'd never have guessed. It's a Tetris wedding cake! How weird is that??? But it's so unique and fun and it was a real surprise for everyone who came to the wedding. And for people who knew the couple, they'd know straight away the "inside joke", you know? Because the groom is a real computer gadget person and actually, and he was the one who said his cake must have a geek element to it, and he thought of including Tetris since he likes the game.
So I got to work thinking about the game and decided it'll be interesting to have rectangular shaped holes carved into the sides of the cake for the spaces that weren't filled. Thanks to Carol's nifty Sculpey handiwork, we had ornaments in the shape and colour of actual teris block configurations that looked like they were falling into position.
The cake was displayed with all the groom's gadget boxes (mostly empty). The eager geeks among the guests hoped they were actually door gifts. duh.
But the Topper was the really fun part! We had this idea of making a tetris blocks topper that made up the couple's initials, J and C. It was a T, L, L and the inverted L that made up the topper. Carol was super. She thought of using magnets to make the pieces attachable and detachable!
When the cake was on display, it looked like the J and the C but after cutting the cake, the couple took apart the topper into their four individual blocks and fitted them onto the spaces of the cake I had planned for them.. And so the line was completed and the cake was to "disappear" (as in served up immediately)!
The couple were very "game" (pun intended), and the part when they were looking around the cake to fit the topper pieces into their cake was very animated and interesting for everyone to watch. The groom then proclaimed that this cake will go down in history because it's has to be cut side ways because the line will disappear.
Anyway. It was a truly rewarding cake and again, well worth the effort. Phew! I slept at 4:30 am saturday morning painting on the luster dust!!! It was like putting nail polish on many many many finger nails. But really, it was very rewarding and well worth the effort just to see the joy on the couple's faces. :O)
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Latest... the cake got featured on GameAxis.com ! They beat me to it!!! Talk about efficiency... Thanks, guys, for the glowing review of the cake. :O)
Double Latest... and kotaku.com ...
Triple Latest... and a video montage on youtube!!! Thanks Jaleeb... It is totally geek with the flashing tetris borders and all that... People love your video.
My picture's going to be all over the net!! It was a brilliant cake, I just wished there was a video that showed the cake in all its angles, the photos just don't seem to do it justice.
Hey, thanks again for the cake, it was one of the best games of tetris I ever played--so delicious that everything disappeared!
Posted by: John & Clara | 23 July 2007 at 11:09 AM
wow wow wow. i saw this lovely cake on gameaxis and i had to see the maker. indeed! a lovely creation. i hope you'll still be making cakes in years to come. I'd love to have a computer game themed cake for my wedding as well! prolly a super mario one woooooooooooooo. cheers! I'll be sure to promote you're baking services to my friends. PS: I do have to taste it first tho. :)
Posted by: jm | 23 July 2007 at 11:16 AM
John and Clara, fortunately or un-fortunately, your picture is all over the net... I'm not in to gaming and stuff so I'm kinda amazed at the attention your cake is getting. Grief. :OP
Well, I'll just count it as my 1 minute of fame... :O)
Maybe someone did take a video? We'll look for it. I suspect ZY did.
Posted by: Suwei | 23 July 2007 at 03:27 PM
Hey, jm... thanks for the compliments. Groan... I hope this won't be the start of my career making computer game themed cakes... double groan... :OP Just kidding.
As for the taste of it.. I guess you'll just have to take RexRetry's word for it?
"Oh and for the record, it was delicious carrot cake with thick sugar frosting, which left the lot of us with a sugar rush. Just the way we like it."
One of my aims is to bake cakes that taste as good as they look. ;O)
Posted by: Suwei | 23 July 2007 at 03:34 PM
I made a montage of your cake using your images, I hope you don't mind. If you have any objections, I will remove it immediately. Congratulations on a masterpiece wrapped in fondant.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSNUS9pC74Q
Posted by: Jaleeb Caru | 25 July 2007 at 02:18 AM
Suwei,
I looooovvvveeee the cake! Your imagination is putting Da Vinci to shame!
Can I have a camera cake next time? Ha:P
Posted by: Desmond | 26 July 2007 at 06:51 PM
Now now Des... you know fine compliments won't get you cake...
:OP
Thanks for the compliment but I really can't hold the candle to Da dude. :O)
Sure, we can think about a camera cake but have to warn you... you need to put LOADS of black food colouring to make it a black camera. Blech..
Posted by: Suwei | 26 July 2007 at 09:26 PM
There's a new, slightly different less abrasive version of the earlier montage on YouTube at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TF6PYQBXVlI that uses the original Gameboy soundtrack for the ultimate in Tetris Cake enjoyment!
Posted by: Jaleeb Caru | 28 July 2007 at 06:13 AM
wow impressive can i shameless put a shout out on me facebook?
Posted by: candy | 14 January 2008 at 12:32 PM
that would be my honour, Candy! :O)
What's a "shout out"? :OP
Candy's ventures, check it out: http://www.whitedogbobby.com/
Posted by: Suwei | 14 January 2008 at 12:48 PM