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Loving Dad Bakes Son a Motorised Tank Cake
Posted by Brian Lam at 3:29 AM on April 29, 2008
This dad went above and beyond the traditional lazydad Carvel and built his son a cake in the shape of a tank, with a motorised rotating turret. The canon also adjusts elevation as it turns. But due to wife-husband restrictions from the Tank Cake Treaty of 2006, it does not fire whipped cream munitions anywhere near the freshly cleaned kitchen table, thank you very much mister. Vid after the jump. [Instructables, thanks Steve H. ]
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baldingnerd
Posted 5:05 AM 29/4/08
that's pretty cool
I'd hate to get a loose screw in a piece tho
CRUNCH!... ow
baldingnerd
ideaman2020
Posted 5:03 AM 29/4/08
@GeekyNerdGuy: Yes.
ideaman2020
Coop
Posted 4:42 AM 29/4/08
Cake, Awesome!
oh...that's the cake?
I'm not hungry anymore.
Coop
GeekyNerdGuy
Posted 4:25 AM 29/4/08
Did he have to use bakeable hardware or did he bake the cake first, then mod it with electronics?
GeekyNerdGuy
Kaiser-Machead
Posted 4:23 AM 29/4/08
I would've had to break the wife-husband treaty and install the cream launcher anyway.
Kaiser-Machead
Meurs
Posted 3:59 AM 29/4/08
It's the initial installment of the dad's Modern Warfare in Cake series. Next year's will we'll see the tank commander at home, starting to notice the effects of depleted uranium exposure.
In a couple years the kid will be dreading his birthday.
Meurs
xint
Posted 3:57 AM 29/4/08
@Pope John Peeps II: I say YES to weekly cake posts.
xint
shamoononon
Posted 3:55 AM 29/4/08
In some sick way it reminds me of that cakes that looked like the bride, rather creepy if you ask me.
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I'd much rather have a tank on my cake. .. than have people eat me. Anyhow, what an awesome cake!!
shamoononon
rexplex
Posted 3:52 AM 29/4/08
Can I trade my current dad for this much cooler one?
rexplex
Pope John Peeps II
Posted 3:51 AM 29/4/08
One day I'm just going to cover two asimos with frosting and have them duke it out.
Also, what's with all the cakes? There's a cake post a week on gizmodo? Is there some cake renaissance in America?
Pope John Peeps II
willyolio
Posted 3:50 AM 29/4/08
@Darrone:
"Enjoy your one day in the son"
oh god, that sounds so wrong.
willyolio
electrikecho
Posted 3:48 AM 29/4/08
Bonus: eating it would reveal REAL BATTLE DAMAGE. Make some candy infantry, and battle will have never tasted so good.
electrikecho
baltwade
Posted 3:44 AM 29/4/08
Mmmmmmm.... Fondant icing.
Looks like Play-doo...
Taste like Play-doo.
Still, no matter how it taste it's got to be one of the coolest cakes I've ever seen.
baltwade
TheTick
Posted 3:43 AM 29/4/08
Somebody's been watching Ace of Cakes.
TheTick
HëתV°|†
Posted 3:39 AM 29/4/08
SNAP! This makes my dad look like crap w/ all of the pre-made B-day cakes he used to buy me xD
HëתV°|†
electrikecho
Posted 3:37 AM 29/4/08
Damn - my dad never even bothered with a kindle cake. This pwns them pillbox cakes.
electrikecho
Elderwulf
Posted 3:36 AM 29/4/08
Now if someone just made a cake that eats itself.
Elderwulf
Darrone
Posted 3:35 AM 29/4/08
Seriously, this kid's life can't get any better. Every birthday from here on out is a disappointment. Enjoy your one day in the son kid!
Darrone
froggy
Posted 5:36 AM 29/4/08
OOOPS. TO learn how to bake.
froggy
rowdybow
Posted 5:35 AM 29/4/08
no cream munitions in the kitchen? thats too bad.
rowdybow
froggy
Posted 5:20 AM 29/4/08
damn. if i had a kid, i'd feel really awkward now... One more reason not to learn to bake before having kids!
froggy
Reilaos~
Posted 5:19 AM 29/4/08
@Pope John Peeps II: They must catch up to Kaketaku.
Reilaos~
Gann
Posted 7:45 AM 29/4/08
This reminds me of those cool tank fireworks that used to scoot forward a few inches then unleash a sparky hell on whatever was in front of it. Those things were awesome.
Gann