Forget the Black Forest cake your mom bought you for your birthday, or the simple white multi-layered wedding cake on your special day. These cakes are so awesome you don’t even want to eat them.
Cake sculpting first began as a hobby and is now a full-fledged career option with artists competing for creativity and cake prices climbing a never ending ladder.
Here are 20 examples of some of the most creative cake sculptures you’d never want to cut.
Some photos are copyrighted and only used with the artist’s permission.
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Giant octopus cake
An incredibly detailed giant octopus by Highland Bakery. Photo used with permission by: Karen Portaleo.
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Sumo wrestler cake
An angry giant sumo wrestler cake by Highland Bakery. Photo used with permission by: Karen Portaleo.
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Pegasus cake
A Pegasus cake happy to have won first place in a cake contest. Photo by snarkygurl.
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Punk Zombie cake
Probably the goriest and scariest cake I've ever seen. Photo used with permission by: Barbarann Garrard.
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Tangled cake
Just make sure your fork doesn't get all tangled in this one by Debbie Does Cakes. Photo used with permission by: Debbiedoescakes.
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Diet Coke cake
Not sure about the zero-calories but it sure looks like a real can, by Debbie Does Cakes. Photo used with permission by: Debbiedoescakes.
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Computer desktop cake
Don't focus on the little white cake, it's just a distraction. The whole desktop computer is actually a cake. Photo used with permission by: Debbiedoescakes.
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R2-D2 cake
Perfect for the Star Wars fans. Photo by: The Uncommon Cakery.Intermission
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Steampunk cake
If you're a Steampunk junkie like I am, you'll probably love this one. Photo by: Kelsay Photography.
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Pirate ship cake
Put on your eye-patch and loot this pirate cake. Photo by: mdimmic.
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Building cake
A cake replica of the Bodleian library. Photo by: sally_monster.
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Briefcase cake
Celebrate your birthday in a cubicle with this awesome briefcase cake. Photo by: dahliascakes.
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Mario cake
Older gamers will feel nostalgic with this Mario cake by Su-Yin. Photo used with her permission.
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Dragon cake
Probably the most impressive cake I've ever seen. Perfect for Role-playing geeks. Photo by: Astro-Lopithecus.Intermission
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Angry Birds cake
The popular Angry Birds game now brought to you in the edible world. Photo by: snarkygurl
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15th anniversary cake
The 15th anniversary cake of Fluid Design, an interactive design and branding agency. Photo by: Fluid Design.
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Digital SLR camera cake
I'd love to get this cake for my birthday. Now if I only got the real lens too, it would be perfect. Photo by: Barron.
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Sewing kit cake
An amazing real-looking sewing kit made of cake. Photo by: bunchofpants.
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Wall-E cake
Very impressed by the amount of detail in this Wall-E cake. Photo by: Donbuciak.
Daniel Nahabedian
Daniel left behind his cubicle in 2009 to start a RTW journey & follow his true passion: photography. He is currently settling down in Thailand to work on his Travel Photo Blog Canvas of Light & become a full time freelance Travel Photographer.
I want the giant octopus cake, only if its modeled after that octopus that picks soccer team wins…
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That octopus is freaking insane.
Who is gonna want to eat a Octopus?
Who will get his Dick to eat? Ha ha!
a large cephalopod belonging to the genus Enteroctopus
Oh wow, most impressive indeed. Very nice.
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Generally, I hate the look of an octopus but not in this case. Unbelievable!
How about crediting the artists that create them instead of just generating impression income off of their work without attribution?
Love the steampunk, digital camera, and briefcase cakes! What a fun slideshow.
The unicorn cake is wonderful but i am wondering, how do you get it to support itself considering it is only standing on two legs and a tail? is it all made of cake?
Hi, I don’t really know if you read the text next to each photo but I credited all the artists when known and asked their permission to use their photos. Many of these shots are also under creative commons and all photographers are linked in the description.
Thanks.