As the girlfriend of a major computer/video game geek, and a fan of portal myself, I decided to make the dear boyfriend this weighted companion cube cake for his birthday.
Note: This cake can be made with very little experience with fondant. But, I couldn't find any other way to make it without fondant, so you gotta use fondant.
Think I've said fondant enough?
FONDANT FONDANT FONDANT.
Note: This cake can be made with very little experience with fondant. But, I couldn't find any other way to make it without fondant, so you gotta use fondant.
Think I've said fondant enough?
FONDANT FONDANT FONDANT.
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I used 2 8-inch square cake pans, and betty crocker's yellow cake mix for this cake. Just cool them until they're completely room temperature ((any heat will melt the frosting))
Aqua's Frosting Recipe?
3 Cups powdered sugar
3 tablespoons of butter.
4-5 tablespoons of COLD milk.
Mix well, add more or less milk as need be!
Frost the top of both cakes, and layer them on top of each other. Pretty easy, right? I thought so too.
Then frost along the sides as well. All this frosting will help the fondant stay in place, as well as give it a more pleasant flavor.
It doesn't have to be perfect, as it wont be what is showing.
You can add colors and/or flavors to your frosting as well. For this cake I recommend pink, as it will probably save you a step or two later!
Be sure to save some of the frosting for later, you'll need it!
Aqua's Frosting Recipe?
3 Cups powdered sugar
3 tablespoons of butter.
4-5 tablespoons of COLD milk.
Mix well, add more or less milk as need be!
Frost the top of both cakes, and layer them on top of each other. Pretty easy, right? I thought so too.
Then frost along the sides as well. All this frosting will help the fondant stay in place, as well as give it a more pleasant flavor.
It doesn't have to be perfect, as it wont be what is showing.
You can add colors and/or flavors to your frosting as well. For this cake I recommend pink, as it will probably save you a step or two later!
Be sure to save some of the frosting for later, you'll need it!
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THECAKEISALIETHECAKEISALIETHECAKEISALIETHECAKEISALIETHECAKEISALIETHECAKEISALIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
no one ever gets me because, bec-c-c-cause.........
.....I'm different.
2. this is a insult to the companion cube, you killed it.
3. Nice cake :D i want sum
but seriosly, your moking its death, the cake is a lie
A good friend of mine and I decided to try making this cake for a birthdayparty we were invited to. We all got to know eachother at a university summerschool in game developing so I guess we all qualify as geeks.
Anyway we were all very satisfied with how the cake turned out, so I just wanted to thank you for the instructable!
In case anyone is wondering, we added some goo's from "World of Goo" to the cake, also made out of fondant, call it blasphemy!
Btw. we used a recipe for making our own fondant, mainly based on marshmallows, it was great fun :P
I'm making a note here: HUGE SUCCESS.
It's hard to overstate my satisfaction.
Aperture Science:
We do what we must because we can.
For the good of all of us
Except the ones who are dead.
(Chorus 1)
But there's no sense crying over every mistake
You just keep on trying till you run out of cake
And the science gets done and you make a neat gun
For the people who are still alive.
I'm not even angry.
I'm being so sincere right now.
Even though you broke my heart and killed me.
And tore me to pieces.
And threw every piece into a fire.
As they burned it hurt because
I was so happy for you.
(Chorus 2)
Now these points of data make a beautiful line
And we're out of beta we're releasing on time.
So I'm GLaD I got burned think of all the things we learned
For the people who are still alive.
Go ahead and leave me.
I think I prefer to stay inside.
Maybe you'll find someone else to help you.
Maybe Black Mesa -
THAT WAS A JOKE. HA HA, FAT CHANCE.
Anyway, this cake is great:
It's so delicious and moist.
(Chorus 3)
Look at me still talking when there's science to do.
When I look out there it makes me GLaD I'm not you.
I've experiments to run there is research to be done
On the people who are still alive
And believe me I am still alive.
I'm doing science and I'm still alive.
I feel FANTASTIC and I'm still alive.
While you're dying I'll be still alive.
And when you're dead I will be still alive.
Still alive
Still alive