What is it that makes us want to put the things we love into our mouths? Maybe we can chalk it up to oral fixations developed during childhood and hardwired into us by the time we reach adulthood. Now we're all grown up and trying to find new ways to satisfy the urge to devour the things that makes us happy -- without choking to death on small plastic parts.

Luckily someone came up with the novel idea of making cake replicas of sneakers, video game characters and just about anything else that outwardly expresses our innate geekiness. Custom cakes are big business these days, as evidenced by shows like Food Network's "Ace of Cakes" and TLC's "Cake Boss." These sculptures made from batter, icing and marzipan are the perfect desserts for our obsessive personalities. StreetLevel takes a look at some of the coolest (and not-so-cool) custom cakes we've seen.

See pics and read more after the jump.


10) Lost 100th Episode Cake
To celebrate 100 episodes of vague, meandering plot lines, the cast of "Lost" was treated to a cake that was just as random the show's story arcs. It has the show's characters, a computer, beer cans, and a suitcase. We would've added a pack of Newports, a fruit Roll-Up and an Ugg boot to this cake island and it would've made just as much sense as the black smoke monster. Oh sorry, that was a spoiler for next season, pretend you never read that.



9) Super Mario Brothers Mario Cake
Normally if we got a cake with a fat plumber bursting out of it, we'd wonder what assumptions our friends were making about our sexual proclivities. In this case, though, we'd know that our pals were paying attention to our controller-calloused hands and honoring us with the greatest overall wearer ever to stomp a Goomba.



8) Twitter Fail Whale Cake
Twitter is a certified social media phenomenon that has taken the nation by storm. Unfortunately, a different fad that has also swept the nation is morbid obesity. Featuring the "Fail Whale," Twitter's mascot of server overload, this is a great cake to get for that chubby girl who tweets about her self-image and weight problems. It's the cake that says, "Happy Birthday! You'll never be skinny, so you might as well grab a bib and eat me."


7) Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Raphael Cake
Although this looks like something that would turn up in Splinter's bed in a Ninja Turtle remake of "The Godfather" infamous horse head scene, this decapitated Raphael looks delicious. Well, at least we know it's gotta taste better than these. We love the hard-core sneer on Raph's face; let's see how hard-core you are when we're taking bites out of your skull. Cowabunga.


6) Star Trek Captain Kirk Cake
Man, a cake that boldly goes where every other cake we've seen has gone: in our bellies. We'd devour this just for all the "Beam me down, Scotty" jokes we could make on the toilet.



5) Vashtie Kola's Air Jordan III Birthday Cake
What type of birthday cake do you get for Vashtie Kola, NYC's "Downtown Sweetheart"? No, not Fudgie the Whale or Cookie Puss -- a Jordan III cake. That's right, cool chicks like kicks. And a really cool chick's favorite shoe is arguably the best sneaker design ever.



4) Nikon D700 DSLR Cake
Our theory is that the digital zoom on your camera will never work if your casing is full of red velvet cake. In an effort to prove us wrong, someone painstakingly baked this photophile's dream. Wow, being right never tasted so good. Eat your heart out, Terry Richardson.



3) Samus Aran Helmet Cake
Remember beating "Metroid" for the first time and being shocked when the main character, Samus Aran, removed her helmet, revealing that she was a woman? That was huge moment for gaming gender equality. But what if she'd taken off her helmet and shown that it was full of scrumptious cake? This woman bought this kotaku cake for her husband-to-be, now that's what we call love.


2) Kanye West's Nike Air Yeezy Birthday Cake
For his 32nd birthday this year, Kanye West got a cake that exemplified his success and his foray into the sneaker game. You already know what kind of excitement surrounded the Nike Air Yeezy's release; now imagine that Nike, Kanye and the Cake Boss collaborated to mass-produce cakes like these? We can already see the fanboys lined up outside of the bakery.


1) Dungeons & Dragons Cake
Once you've dedicated your life to putting on your robe and wizard hat and rolling a 20-sided dicedie, most would say that you have nothing left to live for. So what else is there to do but take the hard-earned money you make working at Gamestop and blow it on a really expensive cake. This "Dungeons & Dragons" cake makes us want to cast a Cloak of Invisibility on our level 5 Paladin just to sneak a taste.


Honorable Mentions:

Mantastic Cakes
Guitar Hero Cake
Rubiks Cube Cake
XBOX 360 Cakes
Nintendo Wii Cakes
Editor's Note: If we left out any amazing cakes, be sure to leave a comment and let us know!