Machinarium (Steampunk) cake

    My son asked for a Machinarium cake for his 4th birthday (three of my boys had robot cakes for their last birthday!). I've always wanted to do a steampunk themed cake so I was looking forward to this one and he was very sure of what he wanted.
    machinarium.net/blog/2010/08/05/machinarium-pirate-amnesty/

    The top cake (spaceship?) was made of two 7" cakes - one regular chocolate cake and the other chocolate mud cake.
    The bottom was a dummy cake.

    I really loved doing this cake, especially the robots!

    www.facebook.com/SweetDispositionCakes

    Comments and faves

    1. { Sweet Xpressions } Cake (31 months ago | reply)

      awesome cake!!! love it!!

    2. debbiedoescakes (31 months ago | reply)

      Lisa, people are going to go mad for this!!!!!!!!

    3. Sweet Disposition Cakes (31 months ago | reply)


      Thank you!

      Thanks so much Debbie, I love this and had a great time doing it... not much sleep though :)

    4. Bee's Cake Design (31 months ago | reply)

      I just saw this on facebook and commented, but I'll comment again here, haha. Seriously - you are an artist. You're going to be as big as Planet Cake some day.... Are your little robots carved from styro?

    5. Circle and Dot (31 months ago | reply)

      This is SO awesome I LOVE it!

    6. angelcakecreations [deleted] (31 months ago | reply)

      This is fab Lisa!

    7. Creative Cakes by Julie (31 months ago | reply)

      OK, so I've already looked on FB about 10 times, and now I'm gonna look 10 times on here too! I've run out of words Lisa....

    8. well kiss my frosting (31 months ago | reply)

      Really great! These little guys are so cute and your details are fantastic.

    9. Its A Cake Thing (Jho) (31 months ago | reply)

      OMG!!!! this is FANTASTIC!!! WOW! i can't stop looking at it! i'm lost for words!!! WOW!!!

    10. Lulubelle58 (31 months ago | reply)

      That is amazing...supercalafriggin' awesome really!!! Love it.

    11. bubolinkata (31 months ago | reply)

      AMAZING!!! I can spend hours staring at this piece of art! Great job!!!! One of the best cakes I've ever seen!

    12. ConsumedbyCake (31 months ago | reply)

      This is incredible! How great to be asked for something this exciting by a 4yo! So imaginative, you've really captured the whole steampunk feel :) Your shading is amazing - do you use an airbrush or were they handpainted?

    13. Sugar Pot (31 months ago | reply)

      Incredible......I'm speechless...this cake is amazing.....love it .

    14. Cakesaurus (31 months ago | reply)

      You're a bloody legend!

    15. creative cake couture (31 months ago | reply)

      Fabulous, hats off to you, definitely does not look like cake!! I'm in awe!

    16. Sugarandslice (Emma) (31 months ago | reply)

      Amazing Lisa; you're truly amazing! You've absolutely nailed the steampunk feel of this. There really aren't enough words to describe how thoroughly fabulous this is.

    17. Alix'sCakes (31 months ago | reply)

      What a fantastic cake!!!

    18. Baking Addict (31 months ago | reply)

      wow, incredible!

    19. Milena ❧ (31 months ago | reply)

      Spectacular, Lisa! I'm in awe! This is simply a jaw-dropping cake!

    20. Sweet 'art (31 months ago | reply)

      Awesome cake! Absolutely brillant!

    21. Mama Rhu @ Pimp my Cake (31 months ago | reply)

      what an amazing cake .... lost for words ... simply stunning :-)

    22. Mmmm Cake (31 months ago | reply)

      This is amazing!!!!

    23. LushCakes (31 months ago | reply)

      Fantastic! Brilliant design!

    24. Just Cake by Em (31 months ago | reply)

      My jaw just dropped open!! Outstanding cake - totally mind boggling knowing it's cake!!

    25. oldmamaira (31 months ago | reply)

      This is unreal!

    26. Sweet Disposition Cakes (31 months ago | reply)

      Thanks Bee! The figurines are carved from styro and covered in fondant. The legs are skewers.
      I am so glad he asked for this, I kept asking him if he was sure he wanted this cake! I mostly handpainted the figurines and did a small amount of detail with the airbrush and the cake was mainly just airbrush (with a small amount of petal dust done by hand).

      Thank you so much for the comments!! I am completely overwhelmed by the response to this, I loved doing this cake but as with most sculpted cakes I do I just jump in and do it (sorry, there is a lot of research and drawing involved!!) and hope the finished product matches what I imagine in my head!! So far so good! I would love to do cakes like this more often.

    27. mimoko (31 months ago | reply)

      omg!!!!
      LOVE THIS CAKE !!!!!!

    28. Cakes by AK (31 months ago | reply)

      Wow, that is absolutely amazing. What a fantastic job you did.

    29. Pixie Trix (31 months ago | reply)

      Certianly has the WOW facture. Looks fantastic. Like the metalic finish.

    30. @PAkDocK / www.pakdock.com (31 months ago | reply)

      So nice!!
      The idea is great and the composition is awesome.Fantastic!!
      Congratulations

    31. Erkam42 (31 months ago | reply)

      Great cake ! very nice :)

    32. fati dream cakes (31 months ago | reply)

      Fantastic !!!!!!!!!!!

    33. oneiroi (31 months ago | reply)

      That's amazing. I'm so jealous that I don't have it.

      [ via flickriver explore  --oneiroi ]

    34. just a hero (31 months ago | reply)

      This is definitely the best cake I've seen in ages. I couldn't eat it.

    35. trulycrumbtious (31 months ago | reply)

      Absolutely fabulous!!! Debbie x

    36. Photography South (31 months ago | reply)

      Very, very impressive. I love it!

      Via Today's Explore at #31 on Fluidr

    37. sundogrr (31 months ago | reply)

      Incredibly great!!

    38. Leonie's Creations (31 months ago | reply)

      I love this. Great and Quirky. Excellent job.

    39. This photo was invited and added to the Steampunk Cakes and Goodies group.

    40. Yana's cakes (31 months ago | reply)

      Brilliant, just brilliant!!!

    41. masterofthonbria (31 months ago | reply)

      Absolutely fantastic! That cake is amazing. (And the picture was well done too.)

    42. Carrotdaisy (31 months ago | reply)

      Love , love , love it! fantastic, brilliant work!

    43. runninsolo (31 months ago | reply)

      That is a cool looking cake, I can
      almost taste it, great job

    44. cdgleason (31 months ago | reply)

      Oh my gosh, Lisa............
      this is INSANE!!! I can hardly believe that this is a cake, and I saw it on facebook!!
      You're really incomparable when it comes to thinking out of the box, you and Debbie!!

    45. faithybakes (31 months ago | reply)

      OMG! I saw this on your FB page and i had to come down here to flickr to look for it and comment! It's freaking awesome!! You're unreal and so talented! Love love love it!

    46. le cabri (31 months ago | reply)

      Great shot indeed


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    47. Rouvelee's Creations (31 months ago | reply)

      Like everyone else, saw it on FB, but jumped on flickr too to see if there are other shots :) Can't get enough of it. This is really awesome!!

    48. EForkey (formerly EB Cakes) (31 months ago | reply)

      This is so so so AWESOME! Fantastic job!

    49. Tanya's Photos :) (31 months ago | reply)

      OMG! I am a huge fan of this game and now I see this... I am totally amazed! 5+

    50. Crafty Confections (31 months ago | reply)

      Wow, this is amazing! LOVE LOVE LOVE it!

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