by Sunshine

Recently, at launch day of SkyRim, I had the surreal experience of being the only female in line to pick up our pre-orders.  Our family is such a fanatical XBox Fan family that we actually had to buy 3 copies of the game so that we could all play – one copy for each David and I and one copy for the kids.  Our family connects through games of all kinds, but XBox games are clearly one of our favorite choices.  In celebration, Father’s Day 2010, my kids and I bought David 3 new games that he wanted and made this Xbox Controller cake for him.  His favorite controller is Xbox black, so we made it chocolate.  You can adapt it to match your favored controller.

Of course, new games means you simply MUST have a late night of playing, so I also used coffee in the mix to give it a mocha flavor and a hint of go-get-um juice. Directions Preheat oven 350 for a metal pan....

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My daughter and I made this Xbox birthday cake for a friend's 13 yr. old son. He just loves X Box. His mom originally wanted a controller for Xbox, but once my daughter and I got started we couldn't stop. This was our first attempt on the whole gaming system with controller.

I took the dimensions from an actual Xbox, as well as the controller. I made the Xbox in a 13 x 9 sheet pan, then cut in half and sculpted it to shape. I sculpted the controller from an 8 in. round pan. I covered both in butter cream and used fondant for the buttons. I used 4 m&m's for the additional buttons.

I took a tip 3 and cut out all those little air holes, big job but in the end I think it made it look even more realistic. The back has the fondant wires, so it looks real from all angles.

It was a very big hit. The birthday boy said it looked identical to his own.

Source: Coolest Xbox Birthday Cake 48