Bizarre Birthday Cakes

By Michelle Toglia

Remember when your mom got you a Fudgie the Whale cake for your birthday and you almost died of delight? What you didn't know was that there are some pretty crazy cakes out there that swim laps around old Fudgie. From Raggedy Anne to SPAM, take a bite out of these truly bizarre birthday cakes.

For instance, this Chinese take-out box, complete with chopsticks and fortune cookies had us completely fooled! Rick Reichart of cakelava designed this cake for a 60th birthday celebration for a woman who was born in the Chinese zodiac year of the ox. All components of the cake were edible and handcrafted. As appetizing as it looks, we hope she refrained from using soy sauce.

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Puff Pastry
One cigar aficionado received the cake of his dream on his 60th birthday. Designed by
Anne Heap of Pink Cake Box, this humidor cake included cigars, a temperature meter, brass handles and a lock. If that wasn't sweet enough, several sugary accessories came alongside the humidor, including a Zippo lighter, clippers and an ashtray.

Pink Cake Box

Doggie Treat
What dog lover wouldn't want to get their paws on this cake? This sculpted bulldog birthday cake was made by Rick Reichart of cakelava as a gift for a special dog owner.

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Read it and Eat
Ever love a book so much that you wanted to...eat it? Rick Reichart of cakelava made this "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows cake", made for a huge fan of the series. We hope he used the handcrafted magic wand wisely!

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Let the Games Begin!
Don't try plugging this Xbox in -- this is entirely cake! Vikki Sgro-Konopka of Sunshine's Cake Creations included LED light in the controller and in the Xbox power button to make the cake look just like the video game system. This is one game everyone can play!

Vikki Sgro-Konopka

Chew on This
Rick Reichart of cakelava sculpted this detailed Copenhagen tobacco can in a Peanut Butter Fudge flavor for a man who loves his chew. Warning label included.

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"Sam am I, I am Sam"
Anne Heap of Pink Cake Box created this 5-tier, Dr Seuss-inspired cake for a birthday girl named Sam. Each tier was decorated with her interests, including a passport, ice skates and ballet slippers. Curly fondant decorations and large flowers filled out the separators.

Pink Cake Box

Tastes Like Money
One birthday boy wished for a barrel of money on his birthday -- and he got it! Anne Heap of Pink Cake Box made the ultra-sweet fifties out of sugar with edible images. The brown barrel was covered in fondant and airbrushed.

Pink Cake Box

The Charm City Cakes staff is at it again! This time with a life size Ducati Street fighter cake. The Food Network stars created this masterpiece, complete with working exhaust pipes, for GoDaddy CEO Bob Parsons.

This cake and several hundreds more are featured in Ace of Cakes: Inside the World of Charm City Cakes.

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Let There Be Cake
Precious antique or delicious birthday cake? With scripture passages from Genesis and an Adam and Eve scene painted across the globe, we had a hard time believing this was a cake! The birthday boy's name was written in Old English and gilded with gold, while a 3D snake spiraled up from the base and wrapped around the sugary vines.To top it off, Anne Heap of Pink Cake Box, included a motor which spins the globe on the Sir Edward Burne-Jones-inspired cake.

Pink Cake Box