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[bulldogtrekker]

Star Trek Birthday Cakes






the next year I had a white cake with the 1701D on it; I am hunting for a photo.

The Spock photo cake



Borg:The newest birthday cake; the black icing was messy.


The lost opportunity photo cake; I wanted a sheet cake using a photo of Star Trek superfan Ona Okan in uniform. There was some technical reason why the cake couldn't be made.

[bulldogtrekker]

Here is my 2015 Star Trek Birthday cake.




The picture of the lovely lady is Star Trek superfan Ona Okan from Australia.

[Bud Brewster]

Honest to god, BDT -- that looks good enough to eat!

And the cake is mighty tempting, too!
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Is there no man on Earth who has the wisdom and innocence of a child?
~ The Space Children (1958)

[Pow]

Naughty,naughty,Bud.

[bulldogtrekker]

Let Them Have... Cake!

By Maria Jose and John Tenuto - Startrek.com

"Data, sometimes a cake is just a cake."
-- Deanna Troi, "Phantasms"


One of the ways that the creators of Star Trek help modern audiences identify with 23rd and 24th century characters is to show familiar celebrations and customs that have survived into the future. The use of cakes to celebrate various occasions dates back to at least classic Roman and ancient Greek eras, so it makes sense that the desert would survive into the era of Starfleet. Malcom Reed had an affinity for pineapples, for example, and to help celebrate his birthday, Hoshi Sato had a pineapple cake prepared in his honor. Of course, arguably, the most interesting (and disturbing?) use of the sweet may very well be Data's dream-state Deanna Troi living cake from "Phantasms."



Cakes are also a part of the behind-the-scenes world of the production of Star Trek, where they are used to celebrate various milestones and rites of passage. Sometimes cakes are used to celebrate the filming of special episodes. The occasion of the filming of Star Trek: Voyager"s 100th episode, "Timeless," in August 1998 was marked with a giant cake in the shape of the number. It is a rare feat for any show to achieve the 100-episode milestone (even more rare today with the general Star Trek practice of 26 episodes of season being unheard of today), and as such, an appropriate celebration was had for the actors, writers, past directors, behind the scene artists, and executives. When Star Trek: The Next Generation filmed its 100th episode, "Redemption, Part I," in April 1991, Gene Roddenberry helped celebrate the occasion with a cake.



Other times, cake on the set celebrated the birthday of one of the talent crew or actors who helped make Star Trek so great. During the filming of Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan there were several birthdays celebrated with cake, including marking the special day for director and writer Nicholas Meyer and DeForest Kelley. The cake for Kelley, appropriately, had a skull on it in reference to his character "Bones." During the filming of Star Trek III: The Search for Spock, the official fan club newsletter, published by Dan Madsen, ran a great picture of the talented cinematopher Charles Correll (who has a cameo in The Search for Spock as a dry dock worker when the U.S.S. Enterprise stolen), actor Christopher Lloyd, and director Leonard Nimoy. What makes the picture special is that Christopher Lloyd, in his Kruge costume, is wearing his glasses!......



LINK for more: http://www.startrek.com/article/let-them-have-cake

[bulldogtrekker]

And here is my 2016 birthday cake.