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Our judges are looking for one winner. Contest ends on the 5th of September, 2012! Good luck!

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Wanted an iPhone as your birthday gift but it’s too expensive? How about the iPhone showcased below? It’s cheaper, it’s bigger, and it even got an exclusive feature – it can be eaten! Yeah, because it’s a cake.

(Image Source: Debbie Does Cakes)

Driven by our geeky 2.0 sharing spirit, today we want to showcase 40 cakes that gadget geeks or gamers alike will die for. From iPhones, the Xbox and even Deathwing’s head, we got every extremely geeky cake covered here! Most of them even look like they are the real deal, but don’t just take our word for it, have a look!

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Hongkiat. The first geeky cake is indeed the lovely Hongkiat cake featuring the shining Hongkiat.com logo! The cake was made for the site owner, Hongkiat’s birthday celebration. (Image Source: Hongkiat)

Nikon Camera. Cameras too expensive for you? Consider this one then. It’s gorgeous, and it’s delicious! You can view more surreal camera cakes here and here . (Image Source: Tina’s Cakes)

Blue iPod. Complete with earphones, this iPod cake has got it made for the birthday boy. If you prefer pink, there’s one too! (Image Source: Debbie Does Cakes)

iPhone3G. I thought this is a real iPhone when I first saw it, the detail is simply amazing! Debbies Does Cakes brings cake-baking to epicness levels! (Image Source: Debbie Does Cakes)

iPad. I think if you make this cake as a birthday gift for your kids, you better prepare a real iPad too. Anyway, it’s a perfect imitation of the real iPad. (Image Source: Debbie Does Cakes)

Blackberry. Now here comes a pretty darn cool Blackberry cake, should taste like blackberry too! (Image Source: Debbie Does Cakes)

Mini Mac. It’s truly mini, as they are cupcakes. I couldn’t resist their cuteness! (Image Source: Cakehead Loves)

MacBook Pro. The new MacBook Pro with retina display costs more than $2000, you can get this one for a lot less. (Image Source: elidr)

Nintendo Entertainment System. Geek dads will definitely love this NES console, a reminder of the golden age of their gaming youth. (Image Source: sgs_1019)

SNES. My heart melts when I saw this cake; it brings back so much precious memories! And it’s probably because it looks real similar to the real deal. (Image Source: Ninja Dog Corps)

PlayStation. “The guys were in geek heaven with the cake.” (Image Source: everdale1)

PlayStation 3. Put in a game disc (pick one of the two that came with the cake!) and you may just be able to fire up this cake for a run. The baker is insane. (Image Source: Debbie Does Cakes)

PlayStation Portable. My jaw dropped when I saw this one, as I’m a PSP addict and this basically has no difference with the real one. (Image Source: Debbie Does Cakes)

Nintendo DS. Now here’s a Nintendo DS XXXXL! (Image Source: Paddy’s Place of Prattling)

Xbox. Love the color and the simplicity. View another realistic one here! (Image Source: Susan-Claire’s Cakes)

Xbox 360 Halo Edition. I wonder how much effort did the baker put in to craft out every little detail on the cake. It’s mind-blowingly impressive. (Image Source: Cakes by Bernard)

Halo. A hardcore cake for a hardcore Halo fan, made by a similarly hardcore baker. (Image Source: Mike’s Amazing Cakes)

Portal 2 Space Core. The shading is so perfect that I even wonder that if it’s really a cake. Baking an epic cake is a "piece of cake" for Mike’s Amazing Cakes. (Image Source: offwithyourtv)

Companion Cube. Many bakers love to do this companion cube cake! Guess it’s because of its simplicity, but of course cuteness does matter a lot! (Image Source: freeforged)

Mario Kart. How can you call this a geeky cake collection if Super Mario is not inside? Here’s one big, fat and charming Super Mario for you to taste! (Image Source: Rachel Manning Cakes)

Happy Ending. With this wedding cake and his own princess, the geek wedding is complete. (Image Source: M. A. L.)

Super Mario. It is a touching moment to see your childhood hero appear on your birthday cake! (Image Source: BarbaraRG)

Ms Pac-Man. Ingredients for a Pac-Man cake: Basic Yellow Cake, Buttercream, Fondant and a touch of white chocolate, and lots of cuteness! (Image Source: melonqueen)

Angry Birds. Nothing is better than this cake for an Angry Birds addict. Also, you can take a close look at Red Bird cake here! (Image Source: Anita Jamal)

Twitter Fail Whale. I’d rather stare at it than eat it, as it looks so beautiful and most importantly, peaceful. (Image Source: Mariana Pugliese)

FarmVille. This cake could be the bestseller in the local shop, considering the number of FarmVille addicts out there! And it’s even charming. (Image Source: Anita Jamal)

Wall-E. How dare you eat this cake when it’s staring at you like this! Besides, you could see the baker has really put extreme effort into every single part of detail. Look at the ‘dirt’ on its rollers. (Image Source: donbuciak)

Baneling. It’s Baneling from StarCraft 2! It’s the nastiest masterpiece ever! (Image Source: Tina’s Cakes)

World of Warcraft – Deathwing. This is beyond epic. If the silver plate was not under the head, I won’t even believe it’s a cake. It is perfection, in fact, it’s beyond it. (Image Source: Obajoo)

World of Warcraft – Human Shield. For every human player in Warcraft 3 and World of Warcraft, this cake is for you! (Image Source: auroracakes)

Diablo 3. If there is only one thing to complain about, I will say that Diablo’s head is just too adorable! (Image Source: Vickibakes)

Eye of Sauron. Am I supposed to eat this… eye? I will probably start slicing it by stabbing the eye first! (Image Source: emzstar)

Dragon. How to bake a dragon – “The Dragon was a rice crispy sculpture covered in fondant and the rock was cake and buttercream”. There’s also another great dragon cake inspired by Dungeons and Dragons! (Image Source: Mary Griffis)

Mass Effect 2. “Shepard, you’re offering me cake? Can it wait for a bit? I’m in the middle of some calibrations.” (Image Source: 4lici4)

Venom. Sickening Venom, baked with coolness and epicness. (Image Source: chocmocakes)

Captain America. No, this is not photoshopped. And yes, it’s clean and perfect. Take a close look at another cake depicting his cool… delicious shield! (Image Source: chocmocakes)

Optimus Prime. Roll out, autocakes! (Image Source: Cakerific)

Batman. Not sure if it’s a cake anymore, or a great building made by the cake’s ingredients. (Image Source: William Eng Photography)

AK 47. This AK-47 could kill people with its coolness and sweetness. (Image Source: auroracakes)

Rubik’s Cube. Even if the shape is quite primitive, it’s still a creative and appealing cake for Rubik’s cube solvers! (Image Source: BRIAN)

Reflection

I believe if you’ve browsed through every cake showcased in this post, you will agree that they are all made in great detail, and this is what impressed me the most. Creating illustrations with graphic editing software like Photoshop and Illustrator is hard enough, but shaping a cake with so much attention to detail is just insane! You need both patience and skill to surpass the skills of these bakers. Kudos to all of master bakers!

Did you spot some really geeky cakes elsewhere? Be sure to share them with us. Embrace the web 2.0 sharing spirit! And if you are a fellow superbaker, don’t be shy to showcase your handmade geeky cakes, we are salivating for some eye candy from you guys.

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