I have been asked to bake a cake shaped like a human kidney 
One of my customers has a co-worker who recently donated his kidney to someone. Now they want to celebrate with a "kidney shaped" cake. 
I am trying to figure the best way to do this. Maybe a heart shaped pan and cut off the pointed end? Maybe an oval cake and cut an indentation? Also what is the best cake recipe (chocolate) to use. My normal cake is too light to cut up. Any input is certainly appreciated. 
they actually sell a comma shaped cake pan that you could use. but unless you intend to make an awful lot of kidney or comma or artist paint tray shaped cakes, i would agree with codex about using a trimmed oval pan.
as for recipes...i personally like cake mix. i use a devil's food mix, one extra egg (total of 4), a box of dry choco pudding (not mixed or anythign), and a little bit of meringue powder. plus the water and oil. i like it. 
in 2004 i had a kidney transplant, and so on sept 21 2005 we had a "happy 1st birthday kidney" cake, it was just a reg cake with a kidney drawn on it, it was nice...
wow, its amazing that ive already had the kidney for just about two years... :O crazy...
just thought i would share
Depending on how much cake you need, I would just cut it out of a sheet cake. Search on google for kidney drawings or cartoon kidneys or even kidney coloring pages and you'll probably come up with a good shape that will be easy to cut out. I did this for the tooth cake in my photos. I found a coloring page that had the shape I was looking for and cut it out of a 12x18.
For added effect, a red velvet cake would be great! If you add an extra egg and a box of instant pudding to each box of mix you use, you'll have a nice firm cake that will be easy to cut.
My advice on cutting is to take away small amounts. If you cut too much off it's hard to put it back on!
o0lilnikki0o Happy almost 2nd Birthday to your new kidney 
I hope all is well!! Thanks for sharing. I have my cake in the oven now.. Decided to try a 12" heart pan. I will be sweating this out lol. The most difficult part is the cutting off of the point. I hope I dont wind up with a crumbly mess. OY !
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