A long way for an energy drink

Along with my previous order from Cyberdog, I also purchased their energy drink. It does make complete sense that a company that sells rave and cyber wear would have an energy drink.  I guess it would be perfect if you had a club near one of the Cyberdog stores, so someone could go to the store, buy what they need and then go next door to the club.  The Cyberdog store would get so much business....wow.  Anyways, here is the Cyberlog Energy Drink.

This shows the name of the drink in their "Cyber" font.  This is what has gotten so many attention:

Yeah...This is on my can.  Now while I have to commend the company on their great use of artwork on a can, the contents are what really count.  This drink can reminds me of an energy drink which was released several years ago and had featured pinups on the front of each can.  Anyways, the inside drink is tasty and smooth.  My friends couldn't decide if it tasted like Monster or Red Bull.  However, it still tastes fine.  I was a little concerned about the size of the can as it was a small 250ml can.  That is about 1 cup of liquid, or 8 ounces, when most energy drinks seem to be larger 16 ounce or 500ml or even 750 ml cans.  Still, it was a good tasting drink.  So, my review of the can is a 5/5 stars or (cyberdog logos) and the drink is also a 5/5 stars (or cyberdog logos).

Let's make cake, cyber cake

I'm a huge fan of the cyber-punk genre.  I can't help it nor can I explain it, but I like the flashing lights, the bright colors mixed with dark colors, the Tron feel to everything and the futuristic way things look.  I remember going into the Cyberdog store in Camden, outside of London on a very cold, wintry day a few years ago.

Ever since I went there, it has been stuck in my brain of all of the awesome clothing they have.  Well, they also have house-wares.  This is something I purchased recently:

They call it a Retro Arcade cake pan, made of silicone and is green and shaped like an 8-bit video game character.  It is awesome, cute, funny and small, about 6 or 7 inches square.  So, on the back of this box, is a recipe and I thought that I should find out how it turns out.

http://www.cyberdog.net/retro-arcade-cake-mould/p257

So, I follow the recipe and instead of doing the basic vanilla flavored cake, I decide to zest a lemon, boil the zest to make it tender and then add 1 tablespoon of fresh lemon juice as my flavoring agent.

I mix everything together as the basic and simple to understand instructions suggest and pour it in the mold.  After 25 minutes in my 355 degree F oven, I get this, which doesn't look like much now.  I was immediately worried because I had thought that the cake would have risen more.  I didn't know that the cake was like a pound cake.

Perfect.  My review of this cake pan/mold is a 5 out of 5 stars or 5 out of 5 cyberdog logos; whichever you prefer.  It worked great and it was very easy to remove the cake from the mold.  The great thing about silicone is that heat can transcend through it to heat the contents without heating the container too much.  It also cools off so quickly that within a minute, I was able to pop the little guy from the container.