Cakes: no lie

Previously I blogged about a Rickroll cake that was hidden beneath a 'cake that was a lie'...


Well, here’s yet another Rickroll cake.



It’s not too surprising though. It seems that the Internet memes and in-jokes have long been the inspiration for some fantastic cake ideas. It all goes to show, if it exists, there is cake of it.

Check out some of these geeky masterpieces:

The perfect Portal cake, baked using the recipe found hidden in the Portal game. (Instructions via instructables)


The AYBABTU cake from Flickr


The Mudkip cake made by Clever Cake Studio. Here's another.


The Domo cake found on Deviant Art and instructions on how to make your own.

 The Dramatic Hamster/Prairie Dog cake (via Flickr)

 The Lolrus cake... made of fish!

Two 1337 cakes

Pirates vs Ninja cake from Scienceblogs

The Chuck Norris cake

The Hypnotoad inspired Hypnocake.




And here's a bonus: a FAIL cake - they asked for it to read "Best Wishes Suzanne" and underneath that, "We will miss you".

For more Internet-inspired cakes, see Gizmodo’s cake gallery and this geekcake blog.

And while we’re on the subject of baked goods, here’s a Pi Pie.

Three memes, one picture

Chuck Norris – the man, the myth, the ledged.

Chuck Norris, star of the TV show ‘Walker, Texas Ranger’ is pretty tough. In fact, he’s so tough, he spawned his own internet phenomenon.

Chuck Norris facts started spreading across the internet in late 2005, proclaiming Chuck as the ultimate power in the universe.

A few examples:
• Chuck Norris counted to infinity - twice.
• Chuck Norris can sneeze with his eyes open.
• Chuck Norris beat the Sun in a staring contest.
• Guns don't kill people. Chuck Norris kills People.

Many of the facts centre on his trademark Roundhouse Kick. For example, “Chuck Norris once roundhouse kicked someone so hard that his foot broke the speed of light, went back in time, and killed Amelia Earhart while she was flying over the Pacific Ocean.”

Norris has written his own response to the parody on his website, stating that he does not feel offended by them, and finds some of them funny. He appeared on TV to read his top 10 facts. He stated that his favorite was “They once tried to carve Chuck Norris's face into Mount Rushmore, but the granite wasn't hard enough for his beard.”



You’ll find many sites dedicated to the craze including:

http://www.chucknorrisfacts.com/
http://www.thechucknorrisfacts.com/
http://chucknorrisisgod.com/

Also, try this:

Go to Google.com.
Type in “find chuck norris”.
Click the “I’m feeling lucky” button.

World of Warcraft players adopted the phenomenon, often forming Chuck Norris guilds, and converting others to the Norris ‘religion’.

The phenomenon lead to many spin-offs, including Mr T facts, Vin Diesel facts and ‘The Hoff’ facts.