Here’s one cake that it sure wasn’t a piece of cake to make! But the end result was worth it, 8 or so inches around, 2 inches tall, and best of all: 0 calories! Read on to catch a glimpse of the inner workings of this LEGO creation.
First of all, a picture of the complete cake. Chocolate, with chocolate frosting and swirly highlights. And a layer of frosting and some sort of raspberry filling inside, too!
Unlike real cakes, where the frosting is sometimes the easiest part, frosting this LEGO cake was by far the most complicated aspect of the build! But then, that was almost the only aspect of the build… as you can see once I take the top off!
Oddly enough, the top is far from a perfect circle. I’m not sure I could explain exactly how it happened, but this shape just seemed to work best from the angle I intended to present the cake.
In many places the frosting is two studs thick, so it fits snugly into the cake base.
Achieving the filling inside was a little bit tricky. Hinge bricks, sideways building, and a bunch of other complicated stuff later, we had a creamy inside that I would really like to bite into right now!
Next comes the slice of cake itself. Well, in point of fact, I built this first and the rest of the cake was based off it!
Although it’s actually attached in this case, the top frosting still comes off easily, giving us a glimpse into the innards of the slice… a little more complicated, or at least more condensed, than the inner workings of the rest of the cake!
You’ve probably noticed long before now that I didn’t build much more of this cake than would end up visible from the final angle. The truth was, I just didn’t have enough brown pieces. So a look at the back of this slice is none too pretty!
Here’s another view of the inside. The hinge bricks were vastly important here, and I jumped on the opportunity to introduce another of those curvy tan pieces into the inside filling. As it turned out, that was actually very complicated to pull off, but in the end, I’m glad I managed it!
The top frosting uses a technique I’ve often found immensely helpful. In fact, I used this a couple other times in this same build! A double cheese slope fits into the underside of a 2×2 (or a 2×3, or a 2×4, or what have you) and attaches perfectly to another 2×2. (For the LEGO savvy: a normal cheese can do the same between a 2x? brick and a 2x? plate, but it’s important that you stick the cheese into the plate first, otherwise it’s liable to just get pushed into the brick. For a sturdier connection, you can use two cheeses, too.)
And there you have it! I had always wanted to build a LEGO cake, so when I was challenged to use those tan squiggly pieces I knew I’d have to do this! I hope you enjoy the result!
If you appreciated walking through this creation, you may also be interested in:
Geneva D 
Impressive! This is probably my favorite from your ABS entries 🙂
Thank you! Probably my favorite also!