# I Bet ExTank Will Want THIS for His Birthday! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 2, 2008, 8:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-bet-extank-will-want-this-for-his-birthday/447731 "2008-05-02T08:56:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2008, 8:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-bet-extank-will-want-this-for-his-birthday/447731/1 "2008-05-02T08:56:56Z")
It’s a [tank birthday cake!](http://www.instructables.com/id/Tank-birthday-cake/) > [@](#): > > we were just on vacation at Disney so I didn’t want to get too elaborate due to time constraints. My son asked for a tank cake. I’m sure he would have been happy with a cake with a picture of a tank on it or a model tank. But I would not have been happy. First I decided that the turret would rotate. That is pretty easy. I toyed with the idea of having it shoot something (what says happy birthday more than getting shot in the face with whipped cream) That idea got shelved as soon as I imagined the look on my wifes face. To up the difficulty level I decided to make the gun go up and down as the turret rotated. It doesn’t fire anything, but at least the turrent moves. ---
**Author:** ![hocow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hocow/32/4112_2.png) [@hocow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hocow)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2008, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-bet-extank-will-want-this-for-his-birthday/447731/2 "2008-05-02T12:23:41Z")
That’s awesome! If I was more mechanically inclined, I would make that for my ex-Army boyfriend. Off topic, but [this cake](http://www.instructables.com/id/PortalRickroll-Cake/) is awesome in a geeky way too. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2008, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-bet-extank-will-want-this-for-his-birthday/447731/3 "2008-05-02T15:43:37Z")
Best cake EVAR (that doesn’t have a girl popping out of it). My mother had a cake made for my dad’s 60th birthday (14 years ago yesterday – happy birthday, dad!). It was their back yard, complete with a compost heap made with frosting, a tractor, and a ham radio tower. Some friends of mine lived on a boat, and their wedding cake was an exact model of the boat. ---
**Author:** ![detop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@detop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/detop)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2008, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-bet-extank-will-want-this-for-his-birthday/447731/4 "2008-05-02T16:42:46Z")
Pfft ! [This cake](http://homepages.tesco.net/~janefisk/discworld/discworld.htm) is the most awesome, geeky, worldly… ---
**Author:** ![MikeG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mikeg/32/4329_2.png) [@MikeG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeG)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2008, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-bet-extank-will-want-this-for-his-birthday/447731/5 "2008-05-02T17:24:58Z")
[QUOTE=detop] Pfft ! [This cake](http://homepages.tesco.net/~janefisk/discworld/discworld.htm) is the most awesome, geeky, worldly… [/QUOTE] BEST! I want that more than you know. ---
**Author:** ![detop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@detop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/detop)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2008, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-bet-extank-will-want-this-for-his-birthday/447731/6 "2008-05-02T17:38:01Z")
Thanks, if you are into other kinds of fantasy, there is always the [Minas Tirith cake](http://www.toccc.co.uk/wedding/art/small/innovations/minastirith.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Cerowyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/82dd89/32.png) [@Cerowyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cerowyn)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2008, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-bet-extank-will-want-this-for-his-birthday/447731/7 "2008-05-02T19:04:00Z")
You guys really have to watch “Ace of Cakes” on the Food Network. They do some absolutely amazing cakes.