Cookie Code Cake!

Pokie wanted something special for Mike's birthday and since he's not crazy about cake, but LOVES cookies, a cookie cake was the natural choice.


Being both a nerd and having a great sense of humor, Mike's cake became a fun project for Pokie and me to brainstorm.


We decided to write a code that I would pipe on top of the cake. 

Pokie wrote the code in my office, debugged it by inspection and when we were finally satisfied that it made enough computer science sense, I started making the cake. 


My big addition was working out all of the binary that would actually spell out "Happy Birthday Mike!" with proper binary for both the capital letters, spaces, and exclamation mark. 

Chocolate chip cookie "terminal" cake covered in chocolate frosting with blue border and green pipped icing. 

Date: Fall 2010