Do you need a cake? In this article, you’ll find out how I celebrated Geek Native’s greatest ever commercial failure (so far) with cake and get my cake generator.
I did not make the cake. I do not have the skills. Instead, for my birthday, I turned to Edinburgh’s Licks Cake Design.
“I want a mind flayer vomiting a rainbow,” I said to Alicks, “you know like it was sending a Snapchat message.
![mind flayer vomiting a snap rainbow cake](https://images-geeknative-com.exactdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/22230931/mind-flayer-cake-cut-scaled.jpg?strip=all&lossy=1&sharp=1&ssl=1)
Alicks agreed because he’s a professional, and he didn’t even object when I told him I’d made a spreadsheet of flavours to randomly determine what I wanted.
On schedule, my coffee and caramel mind flayer rainbow vomiting cake was made, and it tasted delicious!
Fantasy cake generator
(Disclaimer: Geek Native style cakes only)
Your cake will be…
Mind flayer cake
Licks Cake Design kindly agreed to photograph some of the magic known as baking.
![mind flayer vomiting a snap rainbow cake](https://images-geeknative-com.exactdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/22230955/mind-flayer-cake-1-263x350.jpg?strip=all&lossy=1&sharp=1&ssl=1)
![mind flayer vomiting a snap rainbow cake](https://images-geeknative-com.exactdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/22230956/mind-flayer-cake-2-263x350.jpg?strip=all&lossy=1&sharp=1&ssl=1)
![mind flayer vomiting a snap rainbow cake](https://images-geeknative-com.exactdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/22230942/mind-flayer-cake-3-263x350.jpg?strip=all&lossy=1&sharp=1&ssl=1)
![mind flayer vomiting a snap rainbow cake](https://images-geeknative-com.exactdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/22230956/mind-flayer-cake-4-263x350.jpg?strip=all&lossy=1&sharp=1&ssl=1)
![mind flayer vomiting a snap rainbow cake](https://images-geeknative-com.exactdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/22230941/mind-flayer-cake-5-263x350.jpg?strip=all&lossy=1&sharp=1&ssl=1)
![mind flayer vomiting a snap rainbow cake](https://images-geeknative-com.exactdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/22230943/mind-flayer-cake-6-263x350.jpg?strip=all&lossy=1&sharp=1&ssl=1)
The failure story
Geek Native has some cute monster mascots which merge fantasy RPG encounters with social media.
There’s the texting kobold, Redditor Medusa, VSO dryad and an owlbear taking a selfie.
The design I went large on, ordering extra versions, is a mind flayer sending Snaps. You can see the rainbow puke filter, puppy ears, flower crown and heart eyes.
All these designs are available as t-shirts, stickers, cases, socks, posters and other merch from the Geek Native store. Do you know how many mind flayer designs have sold to date?
None!
Surprise! Not a surprise. Only I thought a Snap sending cute mind flayer would be a good idea.
So, to celebrate wasting that money and the time of a talented illustrator, I turned it into a cake.
I guess the lesson is; that if you know someone who can cope with wedding cake stress, then you know someone who can turn fantasy monsters and random flavours into a cake.
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