Cake on Polimath

Cake Ander-18: NASA

srh@haptonstahl.org (Stephen Haptonstahl, Ph.D.) — Fri, 01 Aug 2025 00:00:00 -0400

I make birthday cakes for each of my boys. I don’t use fondant – I strive for “tasty” – so it can get a bit crazy.

Ander has always been a fan of space. We’ve watched this IMAX movie about $6.02\cdot10^{23}$ times.

Cake Artemis-19.5: SawStop

srh@haptonstahl.org (Stephen Haptonstahl, Ph.D.) — Mon, 14 Jul 2025 00:00:00 -0400

I make birthday cakes for each of my boys. I don’t use fondant – I strive for “tasty” – so it can get a bit crazy.

This year, Artemis was away at school learning to become a carpenter at North Bennet Street School in Boston, the oldest trade school in the country. Wow, did he learn a lot! With him hundreds of miles away, I couldn’t make him a cake for his mid-winter birthday, so I did something almost as good: a half-birthday cake.

Cake Ander-16: Mario

srh@haptonstahl.org (Stephen Haptonstahl, Ph.D.) — Fri, 04 Jul 2025 00:00:00 -0400

I make birthday cakes for each of my boys. I don’t use fondant – I strive for “tasty” – so it can get a bit crazy.

Ander turns 16
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This was around the time The Super Mario Bros. Movie had come out and Ander had shifted from MK8DX (that’s Mario Kart 8 Deluxe on the Nintendo Switch, for you non-gamers) aficionado to ranked record-holder. Things were getting real. He asked for Mario, in chocolate, as usual.

Cake Ander-17: Yoshi!

srh@haptonstahl.org (Stephen Haptonstahl, Ph.D.) — Mon, 23 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0400

I make birthday cakes for each of my boys. I don’t use fondant – I strive for “tasty” – so it can get a bit crazy.

Ander turns 17
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To say Ander is into Mario Kart is an understatement. He is ranked among world record holders. This is serious. This year, he had been playing a lot with the character Yoshi, so he decided that’s who he wanted.

Cake Artemis-22: Sardine Can

srh@haptonstahl.org (Stephen Haptonstahl, Ph.D.) — Mon, 26 May 2025 00:00:00 -0400

I make birthday cakes for each of my boys. I don’t use fondant – I strive for “tasty” – so it can get a bit crazy.

Artemis turns 22
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Artemis has an imagination. As is typical, he asked for something unusual for his 22nd birthday cake. Here’s the reference art:

Cake on Polimath

Cake Ander-18: NASA

Cake Artemis-19.5: SawStop

Cake Ander-16: Mario

Ander turns 16 #

Cake Ander-17: Yoshi!

Ander turns 17 #

Cake Artemis-22: Sardine Can

Artemis turns 22 #

Ander turns 16
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Ander turns 17
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Artemis turns 22
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