"My name's Duncan. I was just a lonely 13-year-old with a rapid aging disease until I met..." Cakey! The Cake from Outer Space! [ episode 2 • 3 • 4 • 5 • 6 • 7 ; each episode 4-5 minutes. Borderline NSFW. Must like talking cake. ]
posted by not_on_display on Aug 24, 2009 - 17 comments

Are you entertaining guests for Easter dinner? Don't forget the dessert. Here are the 50 Best Dessert Recipes. Chocolate lovers in your family? No problem. The 50 Best Chocolate Desserts. Maybe you're partial to cake. Okay, Mom's Best Cake Recipes. Here's to yum.
posted by netbros on Apr 6, 2009 - 17 comments

Sandra Lee: Much loved cake guru, teaches us mere mortals a valuable lesson about Kwanzaa via angelfood cake, in her great track record of cultural and religious understanding. Higher quality vid, w/ads.
posted by mccarty.tim on Dec 28, 2008 - 38 comments

"We believe the request ... to inscribe a birthday wish to Adolf Hitler is inappropriate," said Karen Meleta, a ShopRite bakery spokeswoman. Bottom line: Adolf Hitler Campbell, who turns 3 today, is not going to get the cake of his (and my) dreams.
posted by stupidsexyFlanders on Dec 15, 2008 - 271 comments

Geeky Cakes.
posted by lunit on Oct 2, 2008 - 25 comments

You're planning on baking a cake, but you're bored of your plain old square pan, round pan, or bundt pan? If you live in the US Midwest, it's very possible that your nearby library allows you to check out cake pans. [more inside]
posted by Deathalicious on Jul 30, 2008 - 52 comments

Cake Wrecks. "When professional cakes go horribly, hilariously wrong." [via]
posted by kolophon on Jul 22, 2008 - 69 comments

A tasty chocolate cake you can make from scratch in five minutes. In the microwave. In a mug. Other 5-minute variations include peanut butter chocolate cake (picture), jello cake (picture), and spice cake
posted by blahblahblah on Jul 21, 2008 - 80 comments

How to Make an Anatomically Correct Brain Cake.
posted by unSane on Apr 14, 2008 - 27 comments

Jonathan Coulton performs "Still Alive" in Rock Band.
posted by ryoshu on Feb 26, 2008 - 52 comments

The solution to the Mystery of the Face on the Cake (via BoingBoing).
posted by cerebus19 on Jan 3, 2008 - 36 comments

Massachusetts has Boston Creme Pie. South Dakota has Kuchen. Oklahoma claims Bizcochito as it's own. But should Maryland have an official state dessert? The debate rages on!
posted by grateful on Jan 2, 2008 - 75 comments

Antbuster: Friday Flash Fun
posted by Rubbstone on Jul 20, 2007 - 12 comments

The history of cake has been long and varied, and many have interesting histories. Some are misleadingly named. However, few have had as mysterious and interesting a history as one of the 20th century's most famous cakes, the Chiffon.
From the always wonderful Rake Magazine.
posted by wander on Feb 13, 2007 - 23 comments

Michelle Wibowo makes fantasy cakes and cake toppers. Watch her in action.
posted by jacquilynne on Feb 2, 2007 - 19 comments

War Pigs : An unofficial video for Cake's cover of War Pigs, previously covered by Faith No More.. Originals by Black Sabbath.
posted by hypersloth on Feb 2, 2007 - 140 comments

Mathematicians in the 1940s became curious about Fair Division, thus birthing an entire branch of mathematics concerned with cutting cakes. Recently, this man came up with a new method, purported to be the most fair yet. Hard to disbelieve, coming from the topologist who has mastered shoelaces, although arguably he's missing the point.
posted by eparchos on Jan 15, 2007 - 28 comments

Discworld cake from cake decorator Jane Fisk. (She does some other neat stuff, too.)
posted by LeeJay on Oct 1, 2006 - 28 comments

Engadget turns 2. There are lots of famous birthdays in March, but I'm willing to bet none of them had cakes quite as elaborate as the ones Engadet fans made.
posted by FlamingBore on Mar 16, 2006 - 21 comments

It's Irrational Consumerism day at last, so fold a rose, bake some tasty desserts, dress your self or your SO in something flimsy (previous two links may be NSFW), buy some love potion (via), and throw on some tasty mashup (via).
posted by sourbrew on Feb 14, 2006 - 7 comments

Cupcakes are so damn cute. Almost weirdly so.
(Previously on MeFi (and now with its own Flickr group))
posted by BoringPostcards on Jan 15, 2006 - 22 comments

Nice Cup Of Tea And A Sit Down
posted by Silune on Sep 5, 2005 - 45 comments

Cake Dance The course of true love ne'er did run smooth, particularly for Cat and Bunny (a sequel to this).
posted by SPrintF on Aug 27, 2005 - 11 comments

H. David Dalquist, the inventor of the Bundt pan, has died. Did he even dream of the extensive potential uses of his product? About the logical extension of his invention?
posted by mudpuppie on Jan 6, 2005 - 26 comments

Why straights shouldn't marry. "Phil and Pam both loved to eat Twinkies and Cup Cakes as children. On their first date, Phil ended a day of golf with a bottle of champagne and Cup Cakes to munch on as they watched the sun set over the Hudson." (via Holy Shitake.)
posted by adrober on Sep 25, 2004 - 44 comments

Cookd and Bombd: With news about the drug Cake, Margaret Thatcher as the new Doctor Who questions in Parliament and Blue Jam. Turning the zeitgeist of news gathering into the spirit of investigation, an archive to savour
posted by lerrup on Aug 11, 2004 - 20 comments

Amazing Cakes («flash link) from the food networks Wedding Cake Challenge. Whether it's Mikes Amazing Cakes, Michelle Bommarito's Cakes, or Colettes Cakes, these are all some awesome cakes.
posted by bob sarabia on Jun 20, 2004 - 17 comments

Worship Little Debbie cakes.
posted by y0bhgu0d on Oct 2, 2000 - 0 comments