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The Orgimmar bank, in cake form. These photos and more from this post at CakeWrecks.blogspot.com

Don't you love it when two geeky fandoms collide? That was my experience this past weekend as I was browsing Cake Wrecks and came across some brilliant WoW-inspired cakes. Now I've seen a fair share of World of Warcraft cakes before, but these definitely top my list as some of the best. So I thought I'd pass the goodness along. My fave from the post would have to be the Orgrimmar bank, complete with the sign in front and a mailbox. I have spent many an hour sorting through my goodies in that very structure. Perhaps even more impressive is a cake shaped to look like a laptop with a WoW login screen showing, all sitting atop books with titles such as "Self Help for WoW Addicts," "Gold Farming Guide" and "Shamans for Dummies." Whoever crafted this masterpiece certainly knew what they were doing. Also check out the post for a few more cakes inspired by our favorite MMO - one of an Alliance Pally smashing through a laptop screen, and two more cakes with the Horde insignia emblazoned across them in one form or another (apparently Hordies can bake. Not me, but I sure could eat one of those cakes... Now I'm hungry!) The post also is an interesting glimpse at how WoW players are viewed by the non-players among us. What do you think of this assessment?

" I get the impression that everybody who plays WoW is in the Horde (the bad guys) and that the Alliance (the good guys) are all "noobs," or geeks of lesser standing (as determined by those who really are in no position to judge)."

The author already had plenty of comments chastising her for misspelling "Orgrimmar" as "Ogrimmar." And she had another large portion of comments either agreeing with that view or opposing it. Looks like she unintentionally got sucked into the debate of what it means to be Horde or Alliance. Fun stuff. So who among our readers would flaunt their WoW fandom to the point of ordering a cake inspired by the game? I think I'd have to go for something a bit less extravagant. I'm thinking cupcakes with the Horde insignia on top. Now just to find the right occasion...

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