Italian Pastry Chef Creates Miniature Worlds With Desserts
Matteo Stucchi is a pastry chef from Monza, Italy, who builds playful tasty-looking worlds using only desserts and and fills them with little figurines. “A dessert’s looks is just as important as its taste,” says Matteo and we couldn’t agree more. Baked brownies become mining sites, cake pops turn into a Ferris wheel – there’s no limit to his wild imagination. The only thing that comes close to his...
When Graphic Designer Uses Design Skills To Make Cookies (60+ Pics)
Who do you want to be, a baker or a designer? To this question, Holly Fox would answer “both”. To her, it’s when you mix and match, that something interesting happens, and in this case, it’s not only interesting but also tasty! Los Angeles-based graphic designer Holly Fox merges her passion for colorful designs with baking, and the results are these adorable sugar cookies: “I started baking about 5 years...
20+ Galaxy Sweets That Are Out Of This World
If you’ve ever seen (or eaten) space food, you’ll know that most of it is pretty unappetizing. But as this list compiled by A&D proves, there’s more to space food than freeze-dried packets of powdered ice-cream and weird tubes of semi liquids. From cakes and cookies to lollipops to donuts, this interstellar collection of space-themed desserts is simply out of this world. And the best part is that you don’t...
Japanese Make The Coolest Sweets Ever (50+ Pics)
The Japanese have long established themselves as the experts of cute. When it comes to food, they can make it so awwdorable, that you will cry bitter tears blaming yourself for having eaten that sugary kitten. A&D is on a mission to compile the ultimate list of both cute and mouth-watering Japanese sweets. Post your pics or upvote the cutest ones, let’s make the world a sweeter place! (H/T: Bored Panda) 01. Candy Cats Trying...
55+ Of The Most Creative Pies That Are Too Cool To Eat
Not all pies are created equal. Some, like mine, are miserable trainwrecks, while others, like the amazing pies on this list, are culinary masterpieces. Working with pies is different from working with cakes because, by most standards, fondant and icing don’t cut it – you need to use the pie’s pastry and filling to work your magic. If you’ve created a beautiful pie that you’d like to share with the world,...
How To Make A Red Velvet Brain Cake For Halloween
Ewww! Gross! These are not usually the reactions I’m going for when I bake one of my novelty cakes. But when it comes to my zombielicious Brain Cake, it’s music to my ears! I’ve been baking for 18 years, and my YouTube show “How To Cake It” lets me unleash my passion for cake decorating in a whole new way. I’m working my way through my caking bucket list. All the cakes I’ve always wanted to make but never had the opportunity. If I can...
40+ Totoro Cakes That Are Too Cute To Eat
Totoro, everyone’s favorite big, lovable forest spirit, is one of the best (and tastiest) ways to decorate a cake for any occasion – especially a birthday! This Japanese animated classic by Studio Ghibli reminds us to nurture our inner child, and there’s no better way to do that than with a big slice of Totoro cake! The movie’s big, round characters and clear colors make them excellent subjects for creative cake...
Movie-Inspired Cupcakes By DreamWorks Animator
Past a certain point, food art becomes so beautiful that you become unsure if you’d actually eat and ruin something so beautiful. Fernanda Abarca, an incredibly talented animator for DreamWorks who also creates realistic cakes, cupcakes and sugar sculptures, passed that point ages ago. Her detailed edible sculptures and cake toppers bring characters from popular animated movies to life. Given her work as an animator for beloved movies...
30+ Cute And Creative Pieces Of Sushi Art
For the creative mind, anything can be made into art – even a dish as specific and traditional as sushi. Purists might say that sushi is already an art form, and they’re right, but we think that these creative reinterpretations of this deeply traditional are amazing pieces of (very edible and delicious) art. If this inspires you to try your hand at sushi art, or of you or someone you know has made some, we’d love to see it...