Dragon made of cake

JD sez, "In the grand tradition of amazing edible sculpture comes this nerdy piece of jaw-dropping confectionery. It's holding a d20, and sitting on a white chocolate hoard. There's a lot of really amazing detail in this thing. Seriously. A dragon made of cake." Dragon cake (Thanks, JD!)

[#1 posted by minTphresh , January 9, 2009 12:29 AM]

i knew if i just waited, patiently waited....

[#2 posted by Jack , January 9, 2009 12:38 AM]

The one thing about this fondant decorated cakes is... The pretty much taste bland as hell.

[#3 posted by Antinous , January 9, 2009 12:44 AM]

Keep clicking through the photos. Inside that scaly exterior is a body made of marjolaine or dacquoise or some other exquisite confection.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/21474400@N04/2082588205/in/set-72157603359146328/

[#4 posted by Burns! , January 9, 2009 12:47 AM]

I like cake.

[#5 posted by kiltreiser , January 9, 2009 1:08 AM]

Mmm, it's my birthday soon. Going to be SOOOO disappointed if I don't get something at least as good as that. Maybe a cake version of the Sandman and his lovely siblings...

[#6 posted by Uncle_Max , January 9, 2009 1:09 AM]

I see the link that says "Dragon made of cake", and I think "Big deal, I've seen dragon cakes before!"

But holy shit, that is beautiful.

[#7 posted by Kieran O'Neill , January 9, 2009 1:11 AM]

My jaw just dropped. Literally.

And Antinous: Indeed, 'twould be a strange bunch of roleplayers indeed who suffered a cake to be bland, even one so exquisite to look upon.

[#8 posted by Kieran O'Neill , January 9, 2009 1:16 AM]

And it's only fair to plug the creators of this wonder, Mike's Amazing Cakes, even if their website is an all-Flash monstrosity.

[#9 posted by Antinous , January 9, 2009 1:27 AM]

I have to say that, as Flash sites go, that one maintains its sense of humor. It's as ornate and fluffy as the product.

[#10 posted by Sir Ominous , January 9, 2009 1:35 AM]

In the Netherlands you can buy a Dragon's tail cake from De Efteling (amusement park). Just watch it on http://drakenstaart.maitrepaul.nl/ . Site is in Dutch, is another Flash monstrosity and features an interesting Title tag.

[#11 posted by Takuan , January 9, 2009 1:37 AM]

didn't see one lolcat cake though. Someone should speak to them.

[#12 posted by arkizzle , January 9, 2009 1:49 AM]

MinT! This one's for you!

[#13 posted by skeletoncityrepeater , January 9, 2009 2:35 AM]

It's beautiful, but I often have a problem with the 3D masterpieces like this that have been popularized by the Ace of Cakes TV show. They seem more like sweet sculptures than food, since most of the visible sculpture isn't delicious cake, but fondant, gum paste, forsting, etc., and often held up by inedible props like PVC tubes. No offense, it's a beautiful piece of nerdy art, but for an alternative, check out this old post..

http://www.englishrussia.com/?p=851

At least most of these look really delicious as well as visually stunning, imho.

[#14 posted by VICTOR JIMENEZ , January 9, 2009 4:37 AM]

Thats is the type of cake everyone would love to have on his/her birthday.

"Cake Dragon"
Small Dragon (Sugar)
Hit Dice: 3d8+6 (20 hp)
Initiavive: +3
Speed: 30 ft (none inside box)
AC: 12 (10 against birthday parties)
Attacks: Meringue Claws +1/+1
Damage: 1d8+6 Sweet Damage
Special Qualities: Breath Weapon, Icing Sugar Cone (30ft) 3d10 sweet damage, Ref Save DC 20, Double against diabetics.

[#15 posted by Ugly Canuck , January 9, 2009 5:04 AM]

Wow.
Best food sculpture that I've yet seen on BB. (perhaps it's just a better photo of food sculpture than most featured here?)
Nevertheless, wow....sadly, this art is not eternal.

[#16 posted by zikzak , January 9, 2009 6:10 AM]

The dragon is a lie.

[#17 posted by kiki1971 , January 9, 2009 6:26 AM]

For more cakey goodness...see

http://cakewrecks.blogspot.com/

[#18 posted by bbonyx , January 9, 2009 7:52 AM]

@#16 - Top drawer, sir (or madam), top drawer indeed!

[#19 posted by IWood , January 9, 2009 8:31 AM]

#13 posted by skeletoncityrepeater:

It's beautiful, but I often have a problem with the 3D masterpieces like this that have been popularized by the Ace of Cakes TV show. They seem more like sweet sculptures than food, since most of the visible sculpture isn't delicious cake, but fondant, gum paste, forsting, etc., and often held up by inedible props like PVC tubes.

That's disappointing. I wanted to lop its head off and feast on it, hopefully while some sort of red fruity jamlike stuff leaked from its cakey neck and the rest of my party carved up its haunches like a turkey. Experience points for all! And treasure. Chocolatey treasure.

[#20 posted by Avarice , January 9, 2009 10:00 AM]

I have never seen a cake look this good and still be edible. No plastic? No piping? No styrofoam? It looks delicious.

[#21 posted by Sekino , January 9, 2009 10:12 AM]

This is a-ma-zing.

That said, I need to make sure no one makes such a beautiful cake for me, ever. I would be torn by the horrible dilemma of seeing it hacked to pieces or letting it rot... *wringing hands*

[#22 posted by T90Dramaqueen , January 9, 2009 11:06 AM]

I am the one who commissioned this cake from Mike's Amazing Cakes in Redmond, WA. You may have seen him on the Food Network Challenges.

It was actually quite tasty. The head, neck, and tail were made out of modeling chocolate, there was one small support in the neck but was otherwise cake covered in fondant.

It was an amazing 30th birthday for my boyfriend.

[#23 posted by Anonymous , January 9, 2009 11:15 AM]

What kind of price tag would be on a cake like this?

[#24 posted by Kieran O'Neill , January 9, 2009 12:28 PM]

Hmmm ... the website put a price of $2.30 per serving for basic (unsculpted) cakes of 1-100 servings, and said that the price was negotiated based on the concept from there on.

I'd be guessing in the $200 - $500 range for this one.

T90Dramaqueen, are you willing to share how much this cost?

(Obviously it's understandable if you aren't - once it's on teh internets, the boyfriend might see...)

[#25 posted by T90Dramaqueen , January 9, 2009 3:06 PM]

It was quite spendy. I would prefer not to say. But it was kind of a "once in a life time" kind of thing so we decided to shoot the moon.

[#26 posted by Machinehead , January 9, 2009 4:48 PM]

I want mine black please. Chocolate black.