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How can I make this 'Bulge Cake' look more realistic?

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IMakeCrapCakes · 10/02/2024 10:25

Don't ask but I made this cake on request. I am not a baker, just someone who makes cakes for friend's birthdays. This is for a friend but he's closer to other friends than me and they asked me for this design.

I wanted to do the trousers/shorts grey but I couldn't get the colour right so decided on white.

I was thinking, could I put some creases in somehow? So it looks a bit less 'cartoony'?
Would you know what it was meant to be?
TIA.
(Yes I've name changed). It's only a bit of fun, people know I am not a cake decorator! I've made 'novelty' cakes for a few different people but how 'wrong' they look is just part of it!

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How can I make this 'Bulge Cake' look more realistic?
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verityveritas · 02/06/2025 21:23

I love your cakes, you’re the naive/ folk artist/ baker of the cake world.

IMakeCrapCakes · 03/06/2025 11:41

burglaraphobia · 02/06/2025 16:20

Both the balls have eyes, maybe one's just a bit wonky.

so it's supposed to be one eye per testicle? That's strange. Aren't they their own person? Shouldn't they each have two?

Cyclopian balls.

It does look like one has two and the other has none though.

Thanks for this. It's life enchancing. 🤔

Hm, I didn't think of this. Next time I have a 'cock and balls' related cake situation I will try two sugar paste eyes.
This is obviously very important and an oversight (see what I did there) on my part.

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IMakeCrapCakes · 03/06/2025 11:41

verityveritas · 02/06/2025 21:23

I love your cakes, you’re the naive/ folk artist/ baker of the cake world.

I feel like I need to know more about why this is
😆
Where's our laughter reaction gone?!

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nopenotplaying · 03/06/2025 11:44

Oh my goodness laughing and crying 😂

IMakeCrapCakes · 28/05/2026 21:43

What does the person who this is for do for a living?

How can I make this 'Bulge Cake' look more realistic?
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pickledandpuzzled · 28/05/2026 21:48

Tree Surgeon! Forester?

Or just possibly, exotic fungi farmer 🤣

MoonlightMemories · 28/05/2026 21:48

A fortune teller? Or a geography teacher? 🤣

BruceAndNosh · 28/05/2026 21:52

Person who drops nuclear bombs?

IMakeCrapCakes · 28/05/2026 22:16

One of you is right! Which gives me hope that it looks SOMETHING like it is supposed to look! 😆

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IMakeCrapCakes · 28/05/2026 22:17

BruceAndNosh · 28/05/2026 21:52

Person who drops nuclear bombs?

🤣 most obvious answer of course. No. I find nuclear bombers are usually more 'flan' type people. 😉😆

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pickledandpuzzled · 28/05/2026 22:19

I’m planning a triple bday cake, but don’t have your pizazz! I’m thinking more about the flavours 🤣

IMakeCrapCakes · 28/05/2026 22:31

pickledandpuzzled · 28/05/2026 22:19

I’m planning a triple bday cake, but don’t have your pizazz! I’m thinking more about the flavours 🤣

Triple layered?

Chocolate

Lemon an elderflower (or vanilla)

Orange/citrus

White chocolate and coconut

Salted caramel

(I should think you'd get some good flavours from reddit or similar)?

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GauntJudy · 28/05/2026 22:33

Another classic, I think it's for a fortune teller

pickledandpuzzled · 28/05/2026 22:37

IMakeCrapCakes · 28/05/2026 22:31

Triple layered?

Chocolate

Lemon an elderflower (or vanilla)

Orange/citrus

White chocolate and coconut

Salted caramel

(I should think you'd get some good flavours from reddit or similar)?

It’s a boy that’s all about chocolate, his girlfriend who’s more varied in her tastes, and me. Elderflower is a good call. I was planning chocolate, lemon and rose, and a third yet to be decided. Elderflower would be good.

Shape? Loaf cakes arranged like a triangle? Three intersecting circles? Cup cakes all mixed in?

pickledandpuzzled · 28/05/2026 22:38

yours could be for the illustrator of the Pooh Bear books. It’s a very Pooh Bear tree!

IMakeCrapCakes · 28/05/2026 22:41

pickledandpuzzled · 28/05/2026 22:37

It’s a boy that’s all about chocolate, his girlfriend who’s more varied in her tastes, and me. Elderflower is a good call. I was planning chocolate, lemon and rose, and a third yet to be decided. Elderflower would be good.

Shape? Loaf cakes arranged like a triangle? Three intersecting circles? Cup cakes all mixed in?

I like the idea of a triangle! Maybe a pyramid sort if possible! I can't remember what occasion it was for but I made an elderflower cake some time ago and it went down very well!

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IMakeCrapCakes · 28/05/2026 22:41

pickledandpuzzled · 28/05/2026 22:38

yours could be for the illustrator of the Pooh Bear books. It’s a very Pooh Bear tree!

Is it? I have no idea and I now need to look that up!

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pickledandpuzzled · 28/05/2026 22:46

Oh yes! You are very 3d aren’t you? It wouldn’t have occurred to me to make a pyramid! That’s a plan!

IMakeCrapCakes · 28/05/2026 23:02

Aww that is a thing of dreams! How lovely!

I was never much into Winnie the Pooh. I couldn't get past that he was named after, well, poo... Or figure out why!

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IMakeCrapCakes · 28/05/2026 23:02

pickledandpuzzled · 28/05/2026 22:46

Oh yes! You are very 3d aren’t you? It wouldn’t have occurred to me to make a pyramid! That’s a plan!

Am I?That's good to know! You have to take a photo and add it to this thread!

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IMakeCrapCakes · 29/05/2026 11:10

Some more guesses please. I am surprised and very pleased that one poster has guessed correctly so far.

I sent the same photo to a friend and got something to the lines of 'TF is that?!' 😆

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pickledandpuzzled · 08/06/2026 13:09

IMakeCrapCakes · 29/05/2026 11:10

Some more guesses please. I am surprised and very pleased that one poster has guessed correctly so far.

I sent the same photo to a friend and got something to the lines of 'TF is that?!' 😆

I expect this has been eaten, now! Did they recognise the intent?

I’m still guessing tree surgeon, though. This weekend my cake making is happening, actually more likely Friday. I’m using a yogurt recipe, and the three flavours we already talked about.

Geneticsbunny · 08/06/2026 16:51

I think its a crystal ball.

Bignanna · 08/06/2026 19:07

OP- are you a Henry Moore fan? It looks like one of his sculptures!