Imagine the most visually striking cake you’ve ever seen. It could be from a wedding, a 50th birthday party, or a cousin’s baby shower. What likely caught your eye is the attention to detail, proving that making a cake can be an art form in itself.
Now, if you think you’ve seen the best one, you likely haven’t come across our list of photos. The aesthetic appeal of these cakes may leave such a lasting impression that you may feel guilty cutting into them.
Enjoy scrolling through, and don’t forget to upvote your favorites!
#1 This Cake Was Created In Honor Of One Of North America’s Most Misunderstood Apex Predators: The Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake
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#2 His Half Lambeth, Half Sculpted Beauty Is Crawling (Literally) With Detail
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#3 Easter Bunny Roll Cake
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Much like any other visual art form, cake decorating requires planning, especially at the professional level. Orlando Soto-Caceres, a former pastry student of the Institute of Culinary Education, provided details about how the process works.
“A simple scheme for the tiers, colors, and the placement or distribution of ornaments is essential,” he wrote, noting that the plan is both a guide to keep the decorator on point and provide a preview for the client.
#4 Inspired By Innes House – Better Known As Halliwell Manor
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#5 Stack Of Woolly Jumpers Cake
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#6 Duckies
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If you’re a budding pastry chef, there are specific cake decorating techniques you must keep in mind. The Auguste Escoffier School of Culinary Arts wrote an extensive article on this topic, covering a lot of ground.
#7 A Gorgeous Garden For A Fantastic Friend
This classic two-layer 6” cake features a floral landscape tableau on the sides with hazy hills and crisp clouds, and a veggie garden on top with tomatoes, pumpkins, cabbage, carrots, potato flowers, and crystallized chocolate soil.
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#8 First Bee-Day
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#9 One Of My Favorite Alice
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Spatula icing is described as the “first step” to a cake that is a feast for the eyes. According to the article, the spatula is the easiest way to apply icing, regardless of what look you’re going for.
Piping is another essential step in making a cake that can turn heads. The process itself is complicated, involving different designs such as stars, dots, rosettes, shells, and zigzags.
#10 We Celebrated Our Favourite Chicken Farmer’s 77th Birthday Last Month
This classic two-layer 6” cake features sage green sides with Lambeth frills, a palette knife painted chicken, and organic veggies Karen grows on her farm, as well as a piped and sculpted chicken on top to cap it off.
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#11 I Made A Bonsai Cake
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#12 Book Cake, It’s Time To Turn The Page
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Decorated cakes are certainly eye candies, but they were also used as a marketing tool to sell boxed cake mix. This happened in the 1950s, when sales of cake mix began to plummet.
As a way to fix the problem, companies provided people with the chance to decorate their own cake, which also led to a boost in sales of store-bought icing.
#13 Cartoon Milkshake Supremacy
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#14 Frog Cake
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#15 Ratatouille Cake I Made This Weekend. I Have A New Found Appreciation For Remy
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Now, we’d like to hear from you, our readers. Which of these caught your eye, and why did it grab your attention? Would you dare cut into a cake if it were this visually striking? Share your thoughts in the comments!
#16 Turtle Hatchlings Cake
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#17 I Had Thousands Of Sprinkles, A Pair Of Tweezers And A Dream. 22 Hours Later, Van Gogh’s Starry Night Was Completed
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#18 Highland Cow Cake
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#19 I (15) Made My Dad A Birthday Cake
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#20 Birthday Cake
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#21 My Three Year Old Asked For A Construction And Dinosaur Cake. This Is What I Came Up With
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#22 Together With You, Is My Favorite Place
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#23 I Have Wanted To Make A Harry Potter-Themed Cake In The Form Of Mandragora For A Very Long Time
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#24 Small, Neat, For A Nature Lover
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#25 Here To Bless Your Feed With This Cutie Pie Bear Cake
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#26 On This Train Of Life, We Cherish Every Moment And Write Our Own Brilliant Chapter
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#27 40th Birthday Cake
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#28 Skier Cake (Sprinkle Skiers)
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#29 The Ski Cake I Brought To Thanksgiving Yesterday
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#30 Monster Mouth/Mimic Vintage Cakewalk
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#31 I Made An Axolotl Tart
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#32 Candle Cake
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#33 Daughter Asked For A Duck Birthday
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#34 Ramen Noodles Cake
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#35 Humans Planet Through Cake
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#36 Created This Beautiful Little Bento Cake
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#37 Little Strawberry Wildflower Cake
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#38 Cinnamon Roll Birthday Cake For A Friend
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#39 Three Cakes For A Wedding Upstate This Past Weekend – Strawberry Rhubarb Mosaic, Chocolate Guinness, Coconut Tres Leches With Orange Marmalade
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#40 The Fabergé Egg Cake
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#41 Vanilla Lambeth Cake Topped With Miniature Chocolate Lambeth Cakes Complete With Real Miniature Candles
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#42 Blooming Magnolias, Sun, And Warmth. And What Do You Remember When You Look At Our Cake?
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#43 Wafer Cake Beauty
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#44 Swan Cake
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#45 Finally Tried A Basket Weave
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#46 First Attempt At The Sun And Moon Vintage Cake Trend
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#47 I Designed And Made A Crochet Cake
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#48 Cake I Made For Me
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#49 This Is Adorable
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#50 Stunning Cake
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#51 My Christmas Cake
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#52 Birthday Cake. For Me, By Me
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#53 For The Children’s Cake Championship
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#54 The Mood Was Ethereal And Soft Drapes For This Beautiful Bride And Groom
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#55 I Made This For Earth Day
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#56 Christmas Cake? Christmas Dinner
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#57 African Girl Cake
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#58 Sculptural Palette Knife Painting
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#59 The Buttercream Geese Tested My Skills & Patience But I Couldn’t Be Happier With How It Turned Out
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#60 Birthday Cake
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#61 Chinese Knots And Pink Blossoms For A Customer Preparing For Their Eastern Travels
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#62 Cake For Lovers Of White Mushrooms, Especially When They Are So Hard To Find Here In The Forest
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#63 I Decided On A Mushroom Theme
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#64 My Signature Orchid Cake
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#65 My First Try Of The Cartoon Cake Trend
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#66 Welcome Baby Cake
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#67 Cute Giraffe Head Customise Cake
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#68 Had Some Spare Time On Monday So I Thought I’d Try My Hand At This Cool Evil Eye Cake I’d Seen
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#69 Dog Shaped Cake For Human Owner’s Birthday
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#70 Hand Painted Embossed Details, Wafer Paper Relief Florals, Edible Spiderweb And Hanging Spider
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#71 The Stunning Steaming Island Cake
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#72 Happy Birthday
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#73 Simple Designs Yet Compelling Which Is Always Cause For Celebration Itself
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#74 Castle Cake
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#75 Marble Cake
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#76 I Did It! Winnie The Pooh Baby Shower Cake
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#77 Mother’s Day Cake (Words Are Hard)
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#78 The Cake And The Inspo
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#79 Wildflowers Inspired Wedding Cake With A Doggo On The Side
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#80 My Friend’s Come A Long Way – So I Baked Him A Cake To Match The Journey
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#81 I Wish I Could Make All The Cakes In My Head. Anyone Else Suffer From This Problem?
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#82 My Sister Graduated In Medicine University And My Girlfriend Made This Cake
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#83 Son Asked For A Rabbit Cake For His 12th Birthday
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#84 Sheet Cake I Made At Work
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#85 My Salad Fingers Cake
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#86 Double Layer Jellycat Theme
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#87 Gorgeous Cake
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#88 This Is The Cutest Thing I’ve Ever Seen
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#89 Welcome To Our Tiny Enchanted Swamp! Overgrown, Mossy, And Full Of Strange Little Secrets
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#90 Another Version Of Our Magritte Cake. Decorated With Isomalt Pearls And Candles, Edible Images, Cherries, Strawberries And Small Apples
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#91 Chapiteau “Centá” Birthday Party
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#92 Rainbow Dream Cake
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#93 Had So Much Fun Making This Hand Painted Cheetah Print Cake
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#94 Labubu And A Variety Of Emotions
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#95 The Birthday Girl Wanted Something Related To Her Favorite Horse
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#96 Purple Cake
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#97 Angels And Demons Cake
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#98 Birthday Cake
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#99 The Most Beautiful Birthday Cake For Noor. Always Such A Pleasure To Bake For My Customers Year On Year
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#100 Kirby’s Dreamland Cake
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#101 Big Custom Pansy For The Happiest Baby Shower
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#102 Wedding Brief: Bright, Colourful, And Absolutely Upstage-The-Bride Energy
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