50 Pop Culture Cakes

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[Editor’s note: It’s Thanksgiving, so your Flavorwire editors and writers are taking a much-needed break. We’ll return to our normal publishing schedule tomorrow, but in the meantime, we’ll be revisiting some of our favorite content from the past few months. This post was originally published October 8, 2010.] Believe us when we say that all cakes were not created equal. Sometimes, they can transform into something greater than a common dessert — particularly when coupled with a bit of cultural inspiration. Whether you’re a pop culture junkie who loves books, film, music, TV, or the visual arts, we’ve scoured the Internet to find the perfect cake to match your obsessive devotion. Some of them are awesomely bad, while others are edible works of art. Click through, and let us know in the comments which cake is your favorite.

Books

Atlas Shrugged

Catch-22

The Catcher in the Rye

The Giving Tree

Harry Potter

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy

Infinite Jest

The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe

The Very Hungry Caterpillar

Where The Wild Things Are

Film

The Big Lebowski

The Dark Knight

The Godfather

The Goonies

Juno

The Lord of the Rings

Labyrinth

Pulp Fiction

Raiders of the Lost Ark

Toy Story 3

Music

Bald Britney

Blondie

Joy Division

Lady Gaga

Lil Wayne

Madonna

Michael Jackson

New Kids on the Block

Nirvana

Prince

Television

Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Doctor Who

Glee

The Golden Girls

Lost

Mad Men

The Office

Oprah

The Simpsons

True Blood

Visual Art

Andy Warhol

Banksy

Damien Hirst

Frida Kahlo

Jackson Pollock

Mondrian

Pablo Picasso

Salvador Dali

Shepard Fairey

Vincent Van Gogh