Joystick Cake :-D

This weekend it turns out I was only making the one cake because the other was postponed. I don't mind though because it meant I had more time to make the joystick cake. 


It came out pretty good and I'm really proud of it. I did the easy part first, making the basic shape, adding the buttons and joystick and details in the icing. Then I steamed the cake to get that smooth shiny finish and put it in the fridge while I prepared myself for the difficult part.

Here's the cake in its unpainted melted stage

Arcade Joystick Cake

The cake inside is vanilla sponge with a raspberry jam and buttercream filling. 

For the design on top I wanted to make it look like Street Fighter but I'm not a good enough artist to paint a character. Well, maybe I could with time and stenciling but I was afraid of ruining my lovely cake :-p. 

So in the end, I decided to just have the street fighter logo except instead of writing "street fighter" I'd do "happy birthday" and instead of "IV" I'd put the birthday boy's age which is 32, written in roman numerals as "XXXII". Very long indeed, I wasn't sure I'd be able to fit it on the cake :P. At the bottom there is usually a capcom logo so I put his name in the capcom colours.

The cake is a bit smaller than the actual size of the joystick so I couldn't do all the details exactly perfect (like writing 'turbo' on button). I was disappointed that I couldn't find a Street Fighter IV font anywhere online to make sure the letters looked perfect but I don't think he'll mind much.

Here is the finished cake:

Arcade Joystick Cake