In keeping with the theme of console cakes for my boyfriend’s birthday, this past year I decided to make him a Nintendo 64 cake . This was the console we both grew up on ( holla 90s children! ) and as a verbally abusive Mario Kart enthusiast (and proud Hylian Shield owner), tackling Nintendo seemed to make a lot of sense. This year though , I wanted to kick things up a notch. That’s when I decided that every part of this birthday gift was going to be tied to the N64 theme. After a bit of brainstorming, I had a major lightbulb moment… I was going to make an Nintendo 64 cake, complete with a controller-shaped card and a gift wrapped as a game cartridge, plugged right into the cake. Dayum that’s genius. Curious about how I did it? I outline my methods below! (NOTE: I made this cake last year without any intention of blogging about it, so this tutorial lacks photos and is not super in-depth. I do assure you it’s easy though, and will be happy to answer any ...