# Making a boob cake - advice required **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 12, 2008, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/making-a-boob-cake-advice-required/441083 "2008-03-12T06:45:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2008, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/making-a-boob-cake-advice-required/441083/21 "2008-03-12T18:09:43Z")
For my 18th birthday, my mother baked me such a cake. A 9"x18" pan produced the body. Mom cut out two triangles from each side to give the lady an “hourglass” figure. The two cutouts were used to give the lady a neck. The “breasts” were baked in two small stainless steel mixing bowls. Mom said they cooked fine. When the cake rises, you end up with a bulge above the rim of the mixing bowl. Cut off this bulge so the “breasts” will lie flush with the “torso”. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Controvert](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dec6dc/32.png) [@The\_Controvert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Controvert)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2008, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/making-a-boob-cake-advice-required/441083/22 "2008-03-12T22:29:51Z")
Forget all the other hackneyed advice in this thread… here’s the real secret to a boob cake: Buy a 8" or 9" round cake pan. Follow the instructions on your cake mix. When frosting, add a nipple, but make it off-center. (important) When people ask, your answer will be "It’s a boob cake, during a mammogram! ---
**Author:** ![JohnnieEnigma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/dfb087/32.png) [@JohnnieEnigma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnnieEnigma)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2008, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/making-a-boob-cake-advice-required/441083/23 "2008-03-12T22:30:26Z")
Who are you making a boob cake for? Governor Spitzer? Hahahahaha!! ---
**Author:** ![Mahna\_Mahna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e47c2d/32.png) [@Mahna\_Mahna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahna_Mahna)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2008, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/making-a-boob-cake-advice-required/441083/24 "2008-03-12T22:57:08Z")
For giggles, you can “pierce” one of the nipples by placing a sliver or gold dragee on either side of the nipple to mimic a barbell. My team and I made boobie cookies as part of our fundraising for a 60K breast cancer walk last year (we used custom molds from an adult store, since it’s hard to find a cookie-sized option… but a bowl will work wonderfully for cake). Everyone loved the whole concept, but the “pierced” boobies got the best reaction. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2008, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/making-a-boob-cake-advice-required/441083/25 "2008-03-13T03:11:32Z")
[http://www.bacheloretteparties.com/boobiecakepan.html](http://www.bacheloretteparties.com/boobiecakepan.html) ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2008, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/making-a-boob-cake-advice-required/441083/26 "2008-03-13T06:26:57Z")
[QUOTE=CalMeacham] [http://www.bacheloretteparties.com/boobiecakepan.html](http://www.bacheloretteparties.com/boobiecakepan.html) [/QUOTE] Ooh, there’s some good stuff for bachelorette parties and I have a co-worker getting married soon. I could make her some little penis chocolates. ---
**Author:** ![Manatee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/50afbb/32.png) [@Manatee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manatee)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2008, 6:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/making-a-boob-cake-advice-required/441083/27 "2008-03-13T06:54:34Z")
“Little” and “penis” should not be placed in the same sentence together. ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2008, 6:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/making-a-boob-cake-advice-required/441083/28 "2008-03-13T06:58:53Z")
[QUOTE=Manatee] “Little” and “penis” should not be placed in the same sentence together. [/QUOTE] Maybe not but it happens sometimes. ---
**Author:** ![bbs2k](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e495f1/32.png) [@bbs2k](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bbs2k)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2008, 8:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/making-a-boob-cake-advice-required/441083/29 "2008-03-13T08:43:19Z")
Is it rude to admit that one year, for my gf’s birthday, she let me have her cake and eat it too? ---
**Author:** ![lunar\_elf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/35a633/32.png) [@lunar\_elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lunar_elf)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2008, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/making-a-boob-cake-advice-required/441083/30 "2008-03-13T13:43:36Z")
Another option is to bake a sheet cake (shape like a body), use some larger cupcakes for the boobies. If you’re not up to icing it and worrying about it getting smooth, you can use [fondant](http://www.wilton.com/yearbook/productinfo/rolledfondant.cfm) and it should be easy to smooth over the chest. It works a lot like playdough and if it’s a little stiff you can nuke it in the microwave for a couple of seconds. You can even cut out circles for the nipples or cover a gumdrop for something extra interesting! Have fun! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/making-a-boob-cake-advice-required/441083.md?page=1)