So there’s this kid, right? And he is awesome. Like super awesome. This dude loves robots, so his parents asked for a robot cake. I was more than happy to oblige!
Ignore that stick coming out of the top of his head. It was just for extra stabilization for the drive to the party.
He loved it! This was the hardest cake I’ve made so far. It’s not as pretty as I wanted, but I think for a fondant-free cake, it’s not bad. I learned some lessons in gravity and making stronger bases for skinny cakes. I already have more ideas for other cakes, which is good since I have three more coming up in the next two months! I think this may become a “thing.”
on Feb 4th, 2010 at 10:09 pm
TOTALLY awesome. Love the colors - how’d you get such a nice dark blue?
on Feb 4th, 2010 at 10:39 pm
@Dot: http://tiny.cc/Iqvfs Wilton Icing colors. They’re concentrated colors so you use less and get really intense colors. Red and black are really hard to make, but all the others are gorgeous!
on Feb 4th, 2010 at 10:40 pm
That is so cute! I’m a anti fondant baker too, so I love all the ways you created all the extras with candy. Loved your R2 cake too!
on Feb 5th, 2010 at 8:30 am
It’s official. You have mad skills!
on Feb 5th, 2010 at 8:51 am
The kids loved it and the party was awesome! Thanks for helping make Eli’s party so special!!
on Feb 5th, 2010 at 9:20 am
Cake makin’ huh? Just don’t ever go to CakeWrecks for inspiration! XD
I’m impressed, but honestly, I knew you’d pull it off. I’ve never seen you put your mind to something and NOT accomplish it!
on Feb 8th, 2010 at 12:56 am
So cute! I love how he is three dimensional. When the parent’s thought robot cake, they probably thought of something 2D. You must have blown them away with this! How did you make the pieces so flat?
on Feb 8th, 2010 at 10:01 pm
[...] Homemade Cake Makers unite! totally loving this fun fondant free Robot Cake! [...]
on Feb 10th, 2010 at 11:03 am
That is an adorable cake! I always love looking at your baked goods– they always look really cute, and super tasty.
You know, it always surprises me how small the internet world is. I’ve worked techops during Dragon*Con the past couple of years, so I’ve met RoboCake’s dad a couple of times in passing. Weird.
on Feb 10th, 2010 at 2:25 pm
@Bridget I used a cake leveler. I LOVE that thing. Then I used a serrated knife to clean up all the edges.
on Feb 10th, 2010 at 2:27 pm
@fangirlzab: You’re telling me! Then again, it could be that all the awesome people are involved in some way with DragonCon. I mean you people are EVERYWHERE! Not that it’s a bad thing. All my favorite people work DragonCon, most of them in Tech Ops
Look forward to seeing you there this year!
on Feb 16th, 2010 at 6:48 pm
[...] And because I haven’t posted since before Eli’s birthday: You can read more about the awesome cake that Reneé made for Eli at The Domestic Scientist. [...]
on Jul 1st, 2010 at 9:27 pm
HELLO DOMESTIC SCIENTIST ILOVE THE CAKE MY SON WANTS A ROBOT CAKE HE’S TURNING FIVE YEARS OF AGE AND I WAS WANTING TO TRY TO MAKE IT MYSELF FORHIMSOCOULD YOU PLEASE TELL ME HOW YOU MADE IT IF YOU COULD THANKS
on Jun 7th, 2012 at 5:23 pm
Hey can u plz send me the recipe to make this pretty plz
on Jun 8th, 2012 at 4:54 pm
[...] to Liza was her awesome cake. Our friend Renèe has made some awesome birthday cakes, including Eli’s robot cake and his World of Goo cake. She wanted to make Liza a cake, so Misty asked Liza what she’d [...]