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Most of us have probably quit jobs before. Sometimes the impulse to burn all bridges on your way out is too strong to ignore, but any career advice you're likely to get will tell you to leave in a polite, cordial way. What's more polite and cordial than handing in your resignation letter on a cake? Nothing.

At Geekosystem, we've covered cakes and we've covered zoetropes, but rarely have to the two intersected. That changes today, with this astonishing zoetrope cake by animator and foodie Alexandre DUBOSC, inspired by the works of Tim Burton. Folks, you need to see this. Video, after the break.

Yet another awesome pastry to give you cake envy. This time, we have an Eye of Sauron cake, complete with Elvish writing. Though this cake should satisfy any Lord of the Rings viewing party (which would, roughly, last weeks) sees all, we all know that sometimes red frosting tastes terrible, so it might not see its way into your stomach after that initial taste. Also, it's a giant fiery eye.

I think we can all agree that everything about this Ghostbusters cake is fantastic. First and foremost is the excellent assembly and frosting of the Stay Puft marshmallow man -- not to mention the fact that he's bleeding actual marshmallow fluff. Personally, my favorite aspect is how the baker chose to use a collection of vintage The Real Ghostbusters action figures for the creation. A true master stroke! If you ain't afraid of no cakes, read on for more images.

Artist and expert baker Kate Hopkins has taken the appetite-suppressing grotesquery of Jabba the Hutt and (for better or worse) combined that with a delicious cake. The result is this stunning confection, fit for a Hutt, presumably to celebrate a birthday. Stunning in every respect, my personal favorite aspect of the cake is the surprised, incredulous look on Jabba's face. Henry, you are one lucky man.

As far as geeky cakes go, this fully edible stormtrooper by Amanda Oakleaf Cakes certainly takes the, uh, cake. Standing a whopping six feet four inches and weighing over 300 pounds on Rice Krispy Treat legs, this cake apparently required whole new cake-making methodologies. The results speak for themselves, as does the fact that it fed around 600 attendees to the Boston Arisia Sci-Fi Convention. Who knew the shocktroops of the Galactic Empire could be so delicious?

What better way to honor the birth of a new year than the falling of a dreaded enemy? That was the thinking from the writer at the Domestic Scientist, who wanted to celebrate the victory of the Molten Core Swim Club guildmates over World of Warcraft's dreaded Deathwing. The resulting celebratory cake is a thing of beauty, even if some of the horns didn't survive the baking process. See more pictures, after the break.

Because we haven't terrified you yet today, here is an edible cake that looks like a dead possum with its guts spilling out all over the place.

A three-level cake decorated with Van Gogh's Starry Night. Impressively, the decoration seems to be purely icing or frosting, rather than fondant, the food decorator's choice material nowadays.

Whenever I watch a television show or movie where some guy hides an engagement ring inside his girlfriend's glass of champagne, I'm always terrified that she is not going to notice the ring, drink the champagne, and swallow the jewelry. The scenario never fails to make me anxious, because it seems totally plausible that it would happen in real life.

22-year-old Xaio Li bought his girlfriend, Wang Xue, an $800 necklace for her birthday and, in an attempt to surprise her, hid it in a muffin he baked for her. Li presented the pastry gift wrapping to Xue at her birthday party, then watched in horror as she ate the whole thing, swallowing the necklace.

When sprinting was introduced in Minecraft 1.8, I'm sure the developers never expected people to use the fast-running long-jumping ability to make totally sweet parkour videos. Using ladders for wall-jumping, vaulting over canyons, hop-scotching through a lava field, and running over thin panes of glass dozens of blocks above ground level, the video shows off many of the game's new features as well as the player's obvious skills. It's a fun ride. (via Reddit)

In the far and distant past, we here at Geekosytem compiled a list of the 21 most amazing creations in Minecraft. Since then, much has changed. The game has entered Beta, and numerous updates have added new dimensions to the game that we could have only dreamed of back then. In honor of the impending 1.8 Adventure Update, we've assembled a bold slate of champions. Behold, 21 More Amazing Minecraft Creations!

Does this change everything or what? A group of students at the Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering have designed a cake-frosting machine that allows users to draw a design in a Paint-like graphical user interface, then marvel as two Arduinos translate their designs into cake frosting.

From Python, the programming sends commands over PySerial to two Arduinos. The first Arduino controls the motion of stepper motors which drive threaded rods to move the cake in the x and y axes. The second Arduino controls a servo which dispenses frosting from a plunger. All of these systems, working in unison, transform a user design on a computer into a beautifully frosted cake.

Coming soon, hopefully: Better accuracy in GUI replication and automatic sensing of the size and shape of cakes placed on the tray. (So basically, magic.)

The world of bad cake decorating doesn't usually overlap much with the world of geekdom.  So why do we keep a close eye on watch Cake Wrecks, the badly decorated cake blog?  Because every Sunday they showcase a bunch of really well decorated cakes, and frequently this is where the couple behind Cake Wrecks let their readers in on a little secret: they're big geeks too. This week they're showcasing a bunch of television inspired cakes, and we've highlighted three more of our favorites below.

She's all alone. All alone in her time of need.

(via reddit)