Sweet Me Up: Desserts by miVi

After doing some research (thanks BlogTO, A Baked Creation and Yelp :), how does this tour sound (I mainly stayed central-ish but starting at Leslieville thus, omitting places like Cupcake Shoppe and Life Is Sweet)

1. Sweet Bliss Baking Company (1304 Queen Street East)
   * http://www.sweetblissbakingcompany.com/
   * $2.50 each
   * Available flavours as listed on their web site: Vanilla with butter cream icing, Carrot with cream cheese icing, Banana Chocolate, Double Chocolate and Chocolate with strawberry icing
2. It’s The Icing On The Cake (1238 Queen Street East)
   * http://www.itstheicingonthecake.ca/main.html
   * $2.00 each
   * Available flavours: Chocolate and Vanilla
3. BabyCake (892 Queen Street East - located inside parent restaurant Lil’ Baci)
   * http://www.babycake.ca/
   * $3.25 each
   * Available flavours: Listed here but might not be available in-store http://www.babycake.ca/flavours.htm[Might have to walk back to grab the Pape bus and head north to...]
4. Sweet Tooth (508 Danforth Ave - between Chester and Pape Stn)
   * Available flavours: subject to change but when I was there last they had chocolate, vanilla, chocolate mocha, chocolate raspberry, vanilla strawberry and carrot w/ cream cheese frosting[Take TTC to Kensington Market...]
5. Miss Cora’s Kitchen (69 Kensington Ave)
   * http://www.misscoraskitchen.com/Site/Home.html
   * Available flavours as listed on their web site: chocolate/vanilla/lemon/carrot cake with cream cheese icing[A bit of a jaunt to...]
6. Sneaky Dee’s (431 College Street - College/Bathurst)
   * http://www.sneaky-dees.com/
   * Available flavours: cookies ‘n’ cream and pumpkin (both vegan)

UPDATE: Looks like there’s an empty void. Any suggestions what can fill it?
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Bubble Bobble cake requested by a friend for someone's 16th birthday.

Although this is a baking blog, allow me to release my inner geek to tell you  Bubble Bobble was one of many happy memories from my childhood. When my friend asked me if I’ve heard of it, I got so excited at the prospect of design a Bubble Bobble themed cake, I accepted without hearing any details.

In fact, let’s all take a trip, shall we? Let’s wiki this thing!

Now, let’s go play it!

Made these about a month (pre-film-release). They’re sugar cookies with Royal Icing. The black marker you see in the pics is an edible food writer marker.

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Chocolate cake with meringue frosting.

And who doesn’t know who this is?

If you’re familiar with what Reddot is, you can be both my friend and my enemy. Made for a friend’s Farewell From Work party.

Here’s a happy list of geeky baked goods. Wondering if my ColecoVision Cake is worthy to be among them
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Flickr user: katipeck

Also check out her Indiana Jones cupcakes [hearts!]

A few months ago I was asked challenged to make a ColecoVision cake. Here is the result:

(I’m aware the front part is very inaccurate to an actual ColecoVision but hey, I ran out of material)

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Just did a Flickr search on some of my childhood memories in cupcake form…

The Rubiks Cube from Flickr user Anita Jamal

Super Mario Bros. from Flickr user clevercupcakes

Sesame Street from Flickr user EyMie

Daleks from Flickr user Crumbs and Dolies

And finally…

Mahjjong Tiles from Flickr user PinkCakeBox

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I’ve been issued a challenged by my friend to make a ColecoVision cake for his birthday which is in about 3 months. Good sir, you will eat your words… and said ColecoVision cake.