Props Portal Cake

[JUSTINIAN 117]

I have decided to make the cake from Portal, as a joke for one of my friends.

I started out with the paper model (thanks Bevbor). Here it is resined on the outside, and fiberglassed on the inside:

To get the right texture on the cake, I decided to use actual pecans. I also had some roof patch leftover, so I decided to use that as "icing", and then put the pecans over it.

I let the cake dry over night, and then I sprayed a few coats of paint, and then a few layers of polyurethane, so that the nuts won't fall off:

I plan on letting the polyurethane dry completely over the weekend, and then I will paint it, and add the extra details.

Stay tuned...

 

[sonic sod]

i thought the cake was a lie!! lol nice work bro

sonic

 

[Boba Fett]

Well, that is one lie of a cake... Very nice, will be watching!

 

[Shade88]

Interesting... Maybe the military can make the cake into a trojan horse type of deception...

 

[Boba Fett]

Interesting... Maybe the military can make the cake into a trojan horse type of deception...

AH!!!! AT LONG LAST! WE HAVE FOUND THE WMD'S!!!!!! This is their delivery package! The cake truly IS a lie!

 

[Shade88]

A very delicious lie indeed. GLaDOS is a genius.

 

[gingersnapples]

things you must include in that cake!

1 18.25 ounce package chocolate cake mix.
1 can prepared coconut pecan frosting.
3/4 cup vegetable oil.
4 large eggs.
1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips.
3/4 cups butter or margarine.
1&2/3 cups granulated sugar.
2 cups all purpose flour.
Don't forget garnishes such as:
Fish shaped crackers.
Fish shaped candies.
Fish shaped solid waste,
Fish shaped dirt.
Fish shaped ethyl benzene.
Pull and peel licorice..
Fish shaped volatile organic compounds
and sediment shaped sediment.
Candy coated peanut butter pieces, Shaped like fish.
1 cup lemon juice.
Alpha resins.
Unsaturated polyester resin.
Fiberglass surface resins.
And volatile malted milk impoundments.
9 large egg yolks.
12 medium geosynthetic membranes.
1 cup granulated sugar.
An entry called 'how to kill someone with your bare hands'.
2 cups rhubarb, sliced.
2/3 cups granulated rhubarb.
1 tablespoon all-purpose rhubarb.
1 teaspoon grated orange rhubarb.
3 tablespoons rhubarb, on fire.
1 large rhubarb.
1 cross borehole electro-magnetic imaging rhubarb.
2 tablespoons rhubarb juice.
Adjustable aluminum head positioner.
Slaughter electric needle injector.
Cordless electric needle injector.
Injector needle driver.
Injector needle gun.
Cranial caps.
And it contains proven preservatives, deep penetration agents, and gas and odor
control chemicals. That will deodorize and preserve putrid tissue.

 

[sonic sod]

things you must include in that cake!

1 18.25 ounce package chocolate cake mix.
1 can prepared coconut pecan frosting.
3/4 cup vegetable oil.
4 large eggs.
1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips.
3/4 cups butter or margarine.
1&2/3 cups granulated sugar.
2 cups all purpose flour.
Don't forget garnishes such as:
Fish shaped crackers.
Fish shaped candies.
Fish shaped solid waste,
Fish shaped dirt.
Fish shaped ethyl benzene.
Pull and peel licorice..
Fish shaped volatile organic compounds
and sediment shaped sediment.
Candy coated peanut butter pieces, Shaped like fish.
1 cup lemon juice.
Alpha resins.
Unsaturated polyester resin.
Fiberglass surface resins.
And volatile malted milk impoundments.
9 large egg yolks.
12 medium geosynthetic membranes.
1 cup granulated sugar.
An entry called 'how to kill someone with your bare hands'.
2 cups rhubarb, sliced.
2/3 cups granulated rhubarb.
1 tablespoon all-purpose rhubarb.
1 teaspoon grated orange rhubarb.
3 tablespoons rhubarb, on fire.
1 large rhubarb.
1 cross borehole electro-magnetic imaging rhubarb.
2 tablespoons rhubarb juice.
Adjustable aluminum head positioner.
Slaughter electric needle injector.
Cordless electric needle injector.
Injector needle driver.
Injector needle gun.
Cranial caps.
And it contains proven preservatives, deep penetration agents, and gas and odor
control chemicals. That will deodorize and preserve putrid tissue.

erm....yeh (were you bored ?

 

[gingersnapples]

no, found a site with it *cough*wiki*cough*. i didn't type it.

 

[JUSTINIAN 117]

Thanks guys.
Yesterday I painted it with a dark brown base coat:

Then I used a lighter brown and lightly brushed it on the surface, but left enough of the dark brown for detail:

Then I used a golden brown and lightly brushed it, just to give some parts some highlights:

Overall I am very pleased with the finish. This morning my boss thought it was a real cake.

 

[Spartan Will 043]

Overall I am very pleased with the finish. This morning my boss thought it was a real cake.

Ahah, that's right, me too I thought it was a real cake ^^
Good job man

 

[soul products]

things you must include in that cake!

1 18.25 ounce package chocolate cake mix.
1 can prepared coconut pecan frosting.
3/4 cup vegetable oil.
4 large eggs.
1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips.
3/4 cups butter or margarine.
1&2/3 cups granulated sugar.
2 cups all purpose flour.
Don't forget garnishes such as:
Fish shaped crackers.
Fish shaped candies.
Fish shaped solid waste,
Fish shaped dirt.
Fish shaped ethyl benzene.
Pull and peel licorice..
Fish shaped volatile organic compounds
and sediment shaped sediment.
Candy coated peanut butter pieces, Shaped like fish.
1 cup lemon juice.
Alpha resins.
Unsaturated polyester resin.
Fiberglass surface resins.
And volatile malted milk impoundments.
9 large egg yolks.
12 medium geosynthetic membranes.
1 cup granulated sugar.
An entry called 'how to kill someone with your bare hands'.
2 cups rhubarb, sliced.
2/3 cups granulated rhubarb.
1 tablespoon all-purpose rhubarb.
1 teaspoon grated orange rhubarb.
3 tablespoons rhubarb, on fire.
1 large rhubarb.
1 cross borehole electro-magnetic imaging rhubarb.
2 tablespoons rhubarb juice.
Adjustable aluminum head positioner.
Slaughter electric needle injector.
Cordless electric needle injector.
Injector needle driver.
Injector needle gun.
Cranial caps.
And it contains proven preservatives, deep penetration agents, and gas and odor
control chemicals. That will deodorize and preserve putrid tissue.

can i make this into a t-shirt and put "the cake is a lie" on the back? lol

cool "cake" man. does the friend know you're doing this?

 

[JUSTINIAN 117]

lol cool "cake" man. does the friend know you're doing this?

Thanks. He doesn't know about it. He is a very big fan of Valve games, and is graduating college in a few weeks. He also has a daily vlog (video blog), and he likes for people to send stuff in to him. I figured it would be appropriate.

 

[Toacrabman]

Well its kind of a lie in the fact that it is not edible. At school we had a party for the seniors in the HFA program. One of them could not show up so I am still saving him a piece of cake. That made me think of the cake being a lie. In other words im puttin "the cake is a lie" on the board.

 

[Akademee]

I was thoroughly convinced that the first pic was of a real cake.... now it is a fiberglass lie...

 

[JUSTINIAN 117]

I started on the "cherries".

I went to the dollar store and bout a bag of bubble gum:

I gave them a coat or resin, to seal them completely and then painted them red:

I should be able to assemble almost all of it tomorrow.

 

[eternallydusk]

Haha, what an awesome idea. You might be able to use this for a Chell cosplay or something if you know anyone cosplaying as her. You're friend will love it!

 

[EuphoricDorian]

Simply amazing! I may wayya try this now just cause its so cool!

 

[gingersnapples]

can i make this into a t-shirt and put "the cake is a lie" on the back? lol

cool "cake" man. does the friend know you're doing this?

ask GLaDOS, its her recipe (im sure she wouldn't mind, if you paid her in neurotoxin).

 

[JUSTINIAN 117]

I have it just about finished.

On the bottom I engraved this:

All I need to do now is find a candle to put on the top.