Sunday
Jan102010
Sunday Sweets: When Gamers Marry
January 10, 2010 After seeing today's Sweets, I think you'll join with me in saying: Play on, Playahs - play on.
First, a cupcake mosaic (yes mosaic) that gives new meaning to the term "Link Love":
(Submitted by Sarah, but darned if I can't find her e-mail to source it. A little help?)If you like this, be sure to check out the "classy" Zelda wedding video here; it features a similar Link cupcake mosaic. (And yes, "classy" IS in quotes.)
Here's one for you Wind Waker fans:
(Submitted by Amy & featured on Kotaku. Baker unknown.)Moving beyond the land of Zelda, how about a Disney/old school SNES/Mii mashup?
(Submitted by Julie, made by Jen's Cakes, & topper by Paul Pape Designs)All together now: Awwww. Love how the bride and groom displayed their Disney name tags, too.
And finally, we have to end with some serious Mario love:
This astoundingly detailed bit of Awesome was made by cake hobbyist Frances Clayton. (That's right, guys, she does this for a hobby, not a living.)And when I say "astoundingly detailed," I mean astoundingly detailed. Check it out:
From a distance I thought all these tiny bits were printed on edible paper, but if you look closely you can see that they're all either molded fondant or piped icing or both. Yowza!And it gets even awesomer.
Next, we take the amazing Mario wedding cake and surround it with amazing side cakes!
Mario Town*!Frances' daughter Mariel sent in the first photo to brag on her mom, and then Frances herself sent in the second pic. Thanks, ladies!
*Yes, that IS a lame Taco Town reference. Sorry.
Oh! Wait! One more thing, while we're talking gamer sweets: if you're one of the few people on the planet who haven't seen these yet:
...then you need to check out the 100 Games Cupcake Game. It's 100 cupcakes, representing 100 games. If you can guess them all, then you get the geeky gamer gold star. (In a purely virtual, metaphorical sense, of course.)
- Similar Sweets: Super Mario Wedding Cake
Reader Comments (80)
I think I need to start working on getting a husband #2- simply to have that Mario cake at the wedding.
How gorgeous. I'm astounded at the level of detail the baker put on the Mario cake.
Hi!!!
You posted a cake that has one of the special cake toppers made by my friend Paul!!
http://www.paulpapedesigns.com/Store_WI.html
Awesome!!! He will be happy to be on such an awesome website!! :) I cant get enough of CakeWrecks!!!
- Maggie :)
The Zelda mosaic is so sweet!
The Zelda mosaic is so sweet! I wish I could re-do my wedding to include a beautiful, nerdy cake.
Awesome post! I love the 100 cupcake game, thanks for sharing! :)
"Moving beyond the land of Zelda, how about a Disney/old school NES/Mii mashup?"
Not that I'm one to nitpick, but that's actually a Super Nintendo (or SNES), not an original NES ;)
-Dan M
The Mario cake... "astoundingly detailed bit of Awesome" is right! The other cakes were very well done too, but that one is by far my favorite (of course, the fact that I'm a huge fan of old-school Mario may have something to do with it).
Wow. that is all I can say.
I believe that is a Super Nintendo (or SNES) not a NES
/nerdy 80s kid
The Mario cakes are freakin' amazing. I'm in awe.
Oh my goodness.
I am in awe of the Mario cake.
Mario wedding cake will be one of my demands if I ever get married.
The Mario Bros. cake is amazing. My inner old school video game geek is weeping with happiness right now.
A Majora's Mask cake would be awesome! Or an Okami cake! How about Paper Mario? Although, any good wreckerator would probably decorate that one with actual paper....
But I really shouldn't let my sweetie know that game cakes are an option, because he'd want a Metal Gear cake. Or a three-tiered Resident Evil, with a magnum-wielding Wesker on top. And that could get ugly.
Those cakes are amazing! The Mario one was just fabulous. How come none of my friends get married with cakes like these? It'd make the receptions more fun.
Loving the gamers cakes! The Zelda wedding was awesome ~ wish I would have thought of that! :)
The Mario cake is unbelievable. I want it.
Also, I had the pleasure of introducing a couple of friends to Cakewrecks the other night. The laughed for hours at the Literal LOLs. Two more converts! Yay!
I did have one cake in my life that was wonderful but you are leading me to cake lust. Especially the "Mario Town" cakes. Wow.
I will add that, since finding you, I have made an effort to bring well decorated cakes when it's my turn to do office birthdays. Thanks.
Thank you, CakeWrecks, but our Sunday Sweets are in another castle.
Bad puns aside, that Mario cake is a thing of beauty. Actually, 'beauty' doesn't do it justice. Genius. It's a thing of genius.
Looooved the 100 game cupcakes game. I totally geeked out when I saw the Tempest cupcake. That was my favorite arcade game back in the day!
If we were getting married now, I'm sure hubby would want a cake like this. Can't want to see both the wrecks and wonderful cakes ppl come up with for Avatar!
BTW: hope you enjoyed your day off.
WV: mardumbe: a newbie who is uninformed about Mario Bros.
Thanks to cakewrecks, I now have my daily "AWESOME!" and my daily trivia. Or at least, my memories have been cleared. Apparently, I grew up with the NES, not the SNES (as mentioned by the above posters, my NES didn't look much like that). Hurray!
These cakes speak to the Nintendo geek in me:-D I'm a little surprised at the halfassedness of the wedding though (check out the video if you haven't). I mean if you're gonna have the cake, the music, the ring and the cufflinks/jewelry, everyone in the wedding party (including bride and groom) should've been in costume. I mean if you're gonna go gamer geek, go all the way!
Very nice cakes though, applause applause:)
That mario cake is amazing. I hope they didn't eat it. It's too pretty. They should just shelac the hell out of it and put it in a museam of amazing cakes. She's like the Susan Goil of cakes.
That Mario cake is amazing. The cake maker is obviously the Susan Goils of cakes.
Cupcake mosaics= much better than cupcake cakes.
Wow, the Mario cake is my favorite! The lady who made it is the Susan Goils of the cake world.
Loved it!
And thanks for the link to the cupcake game. I called my kids to the computer for that one. I was surprised at the ones they knew that I didn't!
Love Cake Wrecks! Thanks for all your hard work! :)
I need that Mario wedding cake! Sure, I'm not getting married anytime soon, but it's so awesome that you can't not have it.
#53 thinks LAMA is a word! And it's a Scrabble game! LOL!
The mosaic cake appears to actually be made of "macarons" which are a French pastry, not cupcakes
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macaron)
:)
Coolest. Cakes. EVAR!
AH MA GAH! I am nerding out and my teeth hurt!
simply amazing! I like the Zelda mosaic - gives it a better feel all pixelated and such. And far superior to any ol' CCC (ptooey)
The details on that Mario cake. Wow. Just wow.
I love Sunday Sweets.
Super Mario and his pals make for great cake designs, because they're so cute and whimsical. So when you get a baker with that level of talent, a masterpiece is bound to happen.
I was never a gamer geek girl, but I adored Tetris. I'd love to see a Tetris cake!
The Mario cake was awesome. I would love to have something like that for my wedding cake. I just do not think my fiance would go for it. Now if it was Modern Warfare, he would. I love all the detail.
Saw CW featured on an entertainment show yesterday...maybe Hot Topics? Lots of cool piccs from the book.
What confuses me is "where are they getting the money for these weddings?"
My ex was a gamer, and he was unemployed half the time!
But that Mario cake is a masterpiece. I love those little squids!
That Mario cake is awesome!! And the 100 game cupcakes are cute
The Mario cake was MY MOMMY'S cake!! :)
I'm glad it finally made it here. The flavours were just as amazing as the cake: Lemon, Strawberry, Chocolate and Pina Colada.
Thank you Cake Wrecks for posting about Gamer Cakes. You featured one of my toppers on the SNES cake! It's good to see that Gamers and Geeks are getting their day in the sun.
Best,
Paul Pape
omigosh!! I love love love the mario cake!! That would be awesome/perfect to have when I get married seeing as my bf is a gamer :)
Love love love the Mario cake.
Cupcake mosaics - interesting idea, especially to represent pixelated things like video games. They're much better than CCCs for sure!
Thanks for the 100 Games Cupcake Game link. My husband impressed me with his game knowledge. I think the cutest one was the minesweeper cupcake.
I've seen the Mario cakes. Amazing. Touches my geeky soul. But our wedding will likely have subtle Lord of the Rings and Harry Potter references.
even though I grew up in the 80's/90's, it was in a house sans Nintendo, I didn't discover the joy of video games until I was an adult. Still, I heart these cakes. So awesome!
Love the Mario cake.
But, in the 100 cupcakes game, #11 is called Pass the Pigs... Great work though, must have taken a lot of time.
I seriously want that Mario cake. I haven't seen so much awesome in one cake before. (Or 5... but whatever.)
I want that Mario cake. But I would leave out the basement layer. Too much black icing.
LOVE LOVE LOVE the Mario cake!!!!
That Mario cake is what I definitely like and what I really want for my kid's birthday!