'Pac-Man' Arcade Cake: The Ultimate Gift for a Geek Goof With a Sweet Tooth
Thanks in part to some popular reality-TV shows, the boutique cake business has really taken off in recent years. Growing up, we were lucky to get a birthday cake with a few plastic soldiers or athletes standing in the thick frosting. But these days, people build edible replicas of everything from Hogwarts Castle to an old-school NES console. So what would be the perfect confectionery consolation for all those disappointing birthdays? This 'Pac-Man' arcade cabinet cake from Seattle's Jet City Cakes would do the trick. Its level of detail really is amazing. There's a fake coin slot, a little red joystick, and a screen studded with little white dots and colorful ghouls -- both favorite eats of Pac-Man, himself. Frankly, our mouths are watering just looking at the picture.
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