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For her son's 16th birthday, Neeru Bhalla wanted to do something novel. Rohan had already outgrown his Superman and WWE phase, and Bhalla was trying desperately to think of something suitably hip when an image of her son plugged into his iPod popped into her head. She knew at once that she had the answer. She popped into her neighbourhood bakery and got a two-kilo chocolate cake that looked like the 160GB iPod Classic, right down to a reproduction of the album cover of her son's favourite band. It cost her a small fortune, Rs 3, 500, but the ecstatic smile on her son's face was worth every rupee.
Birthday cakes have always been markers of social trends, and cakes shaped like gadgets, though not new, have suddenly seen a surge in popularity.
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