Warhammer cake bites into Food Network

by Richard Mitchell { Aug 26th 2009 at 10:00PM }

A post about a game-related cake can only mean one thing, right? It's a slow news day. Normally, we would agree, but this one is special for a couple of reasons. First of all, Joystiq was actually contacted by a PR company about this cake, so we're guessing it must be a slow PR day, too. Second, this particular cake pretty much leaves all others in the dust.

Modeled after a squig and created for Warhammer Online's Baltimore Games Day booth, the cake is to be featured on Food Network's Ace of Cakes this Thursday, August 27. According to chef Duff Goldman, it's the best cake ever made on the show. Goldman also contributed to the world of strange size comparisons, noting that the cake is "about the size of large sheepdog." Frankly, the cake looks like it could eat a large sheepdog.

Only one question: How do you cut it?

Tags: cake, culture, squigs, warhammer, warhammer-online

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)

Alton Brown [Planeteer | Power of Dueling Banjos] @ Aug 26th 2009 10:02PM

Finally, some Food Network news. Be sure to watch Good Eats, 11pm Eastern!

johnnynumber5 @ Aug 26th 2009 10:03PM

I love cooking but I hate Alton Brown. Can't stand watching Iron Chef America specifically because of him.

Look At This Suit @ Aug 26th 2009 10:04PM

Downvote the non-believer!

Solace (Only on PSN) @ Aug 26th 2009 10:05PM

Anything but Rachel Ray... she is just annoying

Alton Brown [Planeteer | Power of Dueling Banjos] @ Aug 26th 2009 10:06PM

Fuck you. Short Circuit sucks.

I kid, of course, and I can also understand why you don't like AB. I love the guy, but he's SO ANAL. Also, he likes to talk. A lot.

Alton Brown [Planeteer | Power of Dueling Banjos] @ Aug 26th 2009 10:07PM

Oh, God. Solace, you've hit the nail on the head. Why does she have a talk show?

NukeAssault @ Aug 26th 2009 10:07PM

Im tired of watching re runs of "Tender is the loin". =|

The Dark Wayne @ Aug 26th 2009 10:07PM

i miss it when you were Robert Loggia and Doctor Doom at the same time

Sly [Planeteer | Power of Teets & Crumpets] @ Aug 26th 2009 10:09PM

dude, alton brown is amazing. hands-down my favorite person on food network. morimoto is number 2. good eats is one of the most awesome shows ever made.

Alton Brown [Planeteer | Power of Dueling Banjos] @ Aug 26th 2009 10:10PM

@NukeAssault

That's my least favourite episode.

@Wayne

Those were the days. (segue into http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1u4NYpwq_U)

Alton Brown [Planeteer | Power of Dueling Banjos] @ Aug 26th 2009 10:12PM

@Sly

My dad's actually met Morimoto. He was in Philly on business and went to his restaurant. He brought food to dad.

Alton Brown [Planeteer | Power of Dueling Banjos] @ Aug 26th 2009 10:13PM

God, that last post was a grammatical disaster.

Solace (Only on PSN) @ Aug 26th 2009 10:20PM

Semi-Homemade With Sandra Lee is the BEST!

She makes the best desserts!

Sly [Planeteer | Power of Teets & Crumpets] @ Aug 26th 2009 10:22PM

dude, that's amazing! morimoto is easily my favorite iron chef. he's not afraid to be different in his techniques. and you can seriously tell that most competitors are intimidated by him. whenever someone chooses morimoto, you know he has balls.

and just to elaborate on the technique thing - you know how bobby flay always puts southwestern chili peppers in his dishes? it's much too predictable. morimoto rarely does anything the same way, so it's always awesome seeing what he cooks up.

Sly [Planeteer | Power of Teets & Crumpets] @ Aug 26th 2009 10:23PM

sandra lee's story is pretty sad. but yeah, her desserts always look good. also - giada is very awesome too.

Mr. Manly ESC Mcbeefington Ferguson The Second @ Aug 26th 2009 10:26PM

I actually like Rachael Ray cooking segment :/

I wish I had Food Network,I have 2 unknown cooking channels,3 if you count people and arts and they have some of shows from Food Network.

I miss the days when Discovery Channel trasmitted world class cuisine.

Alton Brown [Planeteer | Power of Dueling Banjos] @ Aug 26th 2009 10:33PM

I asked Dad about Morimoto and he said "His sushi is the best I've ever had."

You see, my grandfather on my father's side used to own a sushi cart in Kyoto and he passed his technique on to Dad.My dad praising someone else's cooking is almost unheard of. Believe me. I know.

Mr. Manly ESC Mcbeefington Ferguson The Second @ Aug 26th 2009 10:38PM

I remember that in an Episode of Iron Chef Morimoto made Tamales and some Mexican recipes I wonder if he has them on the menu of his restaurant.

RANDOM G [King of the Scribblenauts][Sweatshop Retiree] @ Aug 26th 2009 10:57PM

Batali pwns everyone.

drumwiz86 @ Aug 26th 2009 11:01PM

Good eats is the TV show that actually got me to cook. AB simplifies things so well, and he makes it interesting. He has a such a depth of knowledge and approaches cooking in a way I haven't seen other TV cooks do. First he frames the dish by what is it trying to do and what are its most desirable traits, and then he comes up with the best way to accomplish it. Brilliant.

Alton Brown [Planeteer | Power of Dueling Banjos] @ Aug 26th 2009 11:05PM

You just summed up Good Eats perfectly.

Sly [Planeteer | Power of Teets & Crumpets] @ Aug 26th 2009 11:38PM

nope, morimoto pwns batali. but you were close, batali does come in second place (even though he's not an iron chef anymore).

and drumwiz, you summed it up near perfectly, but you left out a key ingredient of the good eats recipe. the funny little skits. every episode has tons of awesome little skits to show what he's talking about. the skits are what made the show so interesting to me.

RANDOM G [King of the Scribblenauts][Sweatshop Retiree] @ Aug 26th 2009 11:50PM

WHAT?! No more Mario?

It's been a while since I've watched.

Sly [Planeteer | Power of Teets & Crumpets] @ Aug 26th 2009 11:54PM

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Next_Iron_Chef

first paragraph.

johnnynumber5 @ Aug 26th 2009 11:57PM

Alton Brown is good because he explains the "science behind a specific cooking process. Maybe the word "hate" was a little extreme but he is just one of those guys that annoys me to no end. I don't want to take away from his knowledge or what he has accomplished but was just trying to express that he irritates me. Thats all.

deaftly @ Aug 27th 2009 12:43AM

Diners, Drive In's and Dives Rules

Courtney @ Aug 27th 2009 1:34AM

Thanks to Alton Brown, should I ever find myself stranded with only a Dutch Oven, I know 1001 ways to use it.

@Deaftly And yeah, the triple D rocks. I just saw a place about 30 minutes from me that I hadn't heard of before, gotta check it out soon.

Fill @ Aug 26th 2009 10:02PM

I love Ace of Cakes. When I first saw the teaser for this show and saw the Squig, I geeked out.

Eric H. @ Aug 26th 2009 10:04PM

Games Workshop Baltimore Gamesday....not just Warhammer Online.

Storm Eagle [Resident Capcom Megafan] @ Aug 26th 2009 10:06PM

While I read this story...last week it's good to see it getting some extra press. Ace of Cakes make the most outstanding of cakes.

Alton Brown [Planeteer | Power of Dueling Banjos] @ Aug 26th 2009 10:14PM

So true. Did you see the recent one with the Star Wars cake? That was pretty great.

Sly [Planeteer | Power of Teets & Crumpets] @ Aug 26th 2009 10:25PM

http://www.charmcitycakes.com/gallery/shaped/crayons/

that one is one of the more impressive ones IMO. very intricate.

johnnynumber5 @ Aug 27th 2009 12:18AM

The crayon box actually looks simple in terms of the design itself. The crayons are probably nothing more than shaped fondit. What makes the crayon box special is the artist who painted the crayon box itself. Thats where probably 90% of the work came into that cake. I like when they make recreations of stadiums or tall buildings that are almost completely edible. I bake and cook a lot and have done a lot of cool stuff but what impresses me the most about Ace Of Cakes is when they can accurately scale a large city skyline, stadium or building. I'm not saying the crayon box isn't impressive (because it's very impressive) but I think the shapes themselves aren't difficult. What makes it difficult is the detail of painting the shapes.

The did a tractor cake that absolutely blew my mind because it incorporated so many parts that had to be done to scale which is extremely difficult when baking any themed cake that isn't 2-D.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/hyperbolation/3239308271/

When they can make something that looks like an actual hobby kit model where it looks like the thing would work for real like in real life they have crossed the uncanny valley in terms of baking.

I've done some wicked stuff that took 2-3 days ... I'm talking 3-D pandas that sit up on their own, christmas tree cakes, I've done a 2-D flamingo, ice cream cones and all kinds of stuff. I've made them with specialized mold pans and carved them from large sheet cakes myself. I'm just a hobbyist who isn't much of an artist and I've done some pretty amazing stuff that makes people smile. I couldn't imagine tackling the stuff these guys do when all they have to go on is photographs. Anytime there is a kids birthday or anyones birthday, special event, graduation or whatever I will make the cakes. I do it for the love of creating something and usually charge what it costs me in materials (if I have to buy a special pan, fondit, gum paste etc) and maybe a little extra if it takes a few days days. The hardest part I always have is with my icing techniques because I'm not classically trained. Thats why I prefer to make just a classic cake from scratch that taste good and has a basic design. It's another reason I enjoy cooking so much because the most important part is that the food tastes good and is prepared correctly. Having it look awesome on a plate is a part of it but not like the pressure of making all the 2000 stars on a 3-D panda look the same.

Everyone always tells me the same thing "you should go to culinary school" but I feel like I can get as good if not better knowledge by experimentation and working off classic dishes than paying a minimum of 20K for a le cordon bleu certificate.

ignore my rambling.