Brain Cake.

April 14, 2008 2:33 PM

How to Make an Anatomically Correct Brain Cake.
posted by unSane (26 comments total)

Of course if you're a fan of 1950s Betty Crocket cookbooks, you can just skip all the trouble and use a real brain set atop your favorite kind of jello mold.
posted by crapmatic at 2:39 PM on April 14, 2008

Betty Crocker
posted by crapmatic at 2:40 PM on April 14, 2008

Speaking of Jello molds.
posted by unSane at 2:40 PM on April 14, 2008 [3 favorites]

unSane, I bought that jello mold last year, and my kids LOVE it. Zombie night is a big hit around my house.
posted by bradth27 at 2:44 PM on April 14, 2008

To me this just says specialized cake pan: I've got a tractor pan, why not a brain pan?
posted by anotherpanacea at 2:45 PM on April 14, 2008

why not a brain pan?

Indeed.
posted by brain_drain at 2:49 PM on April 14, 2008

Betty Crocker

Dude, it's 2008. Betty Crockr!
posted by dobbs at 2:56 PM on April 14, 2008

I have made many biologically-inclined cakes, but never one shaped like a brain. New goal. Also, that Jello mold is awesome.
posted by Tehanu at 2:59 PM on April 14, 2008

I dunno, the steps aren't much more detailed than

1. Look at a picture of a brain
2. Make a cake that's shaped like the brain
3. Cover it with frosting that looks like the brain

Still, neat idea, and sure to be fun for the kids!
posted by dosterm at 3:10 PM on April 14, 2008

Thorax cakes.
posted by dgaicun at 3:13 PM on April 14, 2008 [2 favorites]

Holy shit, dgaicun. That first link is amazing. And actually kinda killing my cake appetite.
posted by Tehanu at 3:17 PM on April 14, 2008

This thread is not anatomically correct without cortex.
posted by weapons-grade pandemonium at 3:26 PM on April 14, 2008

Halloween 2008 is going to be awesome for me because of this thread, I hope you realize.
posted by The Power Nap at 3:30 PM on April 14, 2008

Where are the medullary olives? Or the substantia nigra?
posted by porpoise at 3:54 PM on April 14, 2008

The recipe says to repeat for each cortex. I guess we only have to do it once, then!
posted by ooga_booga at 3:56 PM on April 14, 2008

Alas, my anatomically-correct brain cake wouldn't have a corpus callosum to lick. But it would still be delicious.
posted by emelenjr at 4:40 PM on April 14, 2008

Regular fondant is nasty. Is marshmallow fondant better?
posted by the littlest brussels sprout at 4:56 PM on April 14, 2008

BRA-A-A-A-A-I-N-N-N....cakes.
posted by spoobnooble at 5:10 PM on April 14, 2008

I prefer the kitty litter box cake.
posted by Frank Grimes at 5:30 PM on April 14, 2008

unSane, I bought that jello mold last year
Hey! web-goddess has one of those brain molds too.
posted by tellurian at 5:47 PM on April 14, 2008

Finally, a brain (cake) even slow zombies can catch.

(Also, awesome!)
posted by oddman at 6:12 PM on April 14, 2008

I can't wait for Mythbusters to stick one of those in Buster before dropping him off a building.
posted by bwg at 6:45 PM on April 14, 2008

"Someone left a cake out in the braaaaain"
posted by FelliniBlank at 6:53 PM on April 14, 2008 [1 favorite]

I'll probably never make this (I usually stay with a jello mold brain), but it's a good idea.
posted by ObscureReferenceMan at 10:17 AM on April 15, 2008

This thread is not anatomically correct without cortex.

o hai
posted by cortex at 7:47 PM on April 21, 2008

A little bit of brain surgery and justin time.
posted by tellurian at 8:06 PM on April 21, 2008