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You’ve likely heard people say, “You eat with your eyes first.” Any well-presented dish is more enticing to devour, which is likely why food presentation has become an art form.
But some delicacies are so elegantly prepared that you’d feel guilty taking a bite. The cakes you’re about to see are an excellent example.
These goodies are from the Cake Recipes 101 Facebook group. With more than 930,000 members, it showcases eye-catching sweet treats that are more worthy of being on a display case than on someone’s plate.
As you will see, some of the photos we’ve collected for this list pop out more than others. Feel free to scroll through and be amazed. They may even inspire you to try your hand at baking.
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Damned_Cat 1 year ago
I would just take that home and put it on a shelf. Sorry kids, no cake for you!
Nina 1 year ago
The fish itself and bij the looks of it, probably the foot piece.
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Mona Stevenson 1 year ago
I would not want to be the poor soul tasked with cutting up this work of art.
anne Nattermann 1 year ago
I'm absolutely love this..I've never seen an all miniature cake..it's adorable and beautiful...🥰🥰
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Krizzy Wilde 1 year ago
That really is beautiful, I really don't think I'd be able to cut into it 😍
University of Oxford experimental psychology professor Charles Spence conducted a study to prove the power of visually appealing food. He took 30 men and 30 women and presented each one with three salads.
The three dishes contained identical ingredients. However, one resembled a Wassily Kandinsky painting, the other had been “neatly” arranged, and the third was the run-of-the-mill tossed variant.
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Bouche and Audi and Shyla, Oh My! 1 year ago
*spit* These are fake! Mean soft can-openers!
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Agamemnon O'Neill 1 year ago
I love that this looks like real cake, not fondant and spun sugar that look great and taste awful.
She who must not be named 1 year ago
I am 31 and would absolutely love a cake like this 😍 Tangled is my favourite Disney film, and I love buttercream 😁
Danish Susanne 1 year ago
But I am 71 and dream about getting such a cake too.
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Janice Sanz 1 year ago
What is the cake made of? In fact, I'd like to know what ALL the cakes are made of.
steaky 1 year ago (edited)
Lol. Go make it yourself. Like the 5 star baker you are. It looks awesome. Even as an adult I would love a cake like this.
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Lyoness 1 year ago
I think this is just as good if not better than the pink fish on this thread.
Danish Susanne 1 year ago
I think it is better because of all the corals.
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As predicted, most respondents picked the Kandinsky-style salad for its “complexity” and “artistic presentation.” The participants were also more willing to pay twice as much for these salads than the other two.
Even with similar ingredients, the respondents rated the Kandinsky salad higher in “tastiness.” That says a lot about the effect of food presentation.
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DEW 1 year ago
I'm in!! I love making strawberry shortcake with angel food cake. I use a box of angel food cake and it only needs 1/3 of a cup of water. Then stick it in a angel food cake pan(?) and bake it. When it comes out I put it upside down to cool. I get the strawberries all cut up and mashed with some sugar. Then the whipped cream is just cold whipping cream and a mixer. Then as it thickens I add some sugar. I cut the angel food cake into slices and pour over the strawberries and then the homemade whipping cream. It's the best!! It's a big dessert and everyone has two pieces of angel food cake that with everything on it would be $14 in a restaurant. I get 6 for around the price of 1. The family is always ready!!
Ms.GB 1 year ago
That's a healthier option too. My mom loves angel food cake.
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Carman Davis 1 year ago
I'll take this thank you!!! I can't even begin to tell you how much I LOVE strawberries and anything with strawberries!!!
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Danish Susanne 1 year ago
This looks like a cake for a little girl, but appeals to girls of any age I think.
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If you're looking for ways to elevate your food presentation, here are some simple tips from professionals. Restaurateur and culinary director Daniel England recommends cutting meat horizontally or “fanning.”
England explains that it provides an enticing cross-section that works well for medium-rare steaks. He advises slicing at a 45-degree angle against the grain for aesthetic value and tenderness.
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Captain Usopp 1 year ago
My eyes focused on the dog first. And I was like 'why is there a picture of a dog hiding in a rose bush?'
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Firstname Lastname 1 year ago
🎵Good day to you, so nice of you to go bake me, looks like cake, some sort of treat, likely someone will eat me. Guess that's just the way that it has to be, here in my tasty fate 🎵
Texture elevates an already tasty delicacy. It adds an extra layer that enhances the overall experience in every bite. San Francisco-based pastry chef Joyce Tang recommends playing around with foams and sauces.
Adding textures is an easy, straightforward approach that adds a few levels of sophistication to a seemingly ordinary dish.
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Victoria 1 year ago (edited)
Funny bon mot.... But this looks like Ramen. With sushi accompaniment.
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Susan Teter 1 year ago (edited)
I TRULY LOVE THIS, don't get me wrong. The only thing I don't like are the colors that stain your mouth and teeth, and I know that can't be helped.
Gwynne Greene 1 year ago
I would love this to be my gothic cake when I hit the big 4‐0 !! Goth emo Boho chic here lol 😆 🖤
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Bouche and Audi and Shyla, Oh My! 1 year ago
Oh look! They left me a napping spot! *curls up* Zzzzzzzzzzzzzz,
Many of the cakes on this list are bursting with color. The variety of hues is an instant attention-grabber. Fortunately, this is also easy to achieve, and here’s a simple idea from restaurant owner and chef Tanner Agar:
“Items like carrots, potatoes, cauliflower, lettuces, beans, and more come in a variety of gorgeous colors. The difference a purple cauliflower puree makes on a plate is striking.”
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justagirl 1 year ago
Well it's number 19 now and I think we can get it higher!
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Now, we’re shifting the attention to you, reader. Which of these photos stood out to you the most? Were they appetizing enough? Or perhaps they inspired you to take up baking? Share your thoughts in the comments!
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Bouche and Audi and Shyla, Oh My! 1 year ago
No, I'm not going to lie on that. Syrup is so hard to get out of my fur.
crousleystephens 1 year ago
Is that an actual cake that's carved and frosted to look like pancakes or is it actual pancakes?!
mysterious(all pronouns) 1 year ago
There's probably a metal or plastic rod holding up the syrup bottle that's been concealed with the chocolate(?) being "poured" out of it.
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Lyoness 1 year ago
How the h*ll did they do this? Edible paper and inks? Fondant and spray plus hand painting? My brain is literally scrambling trying to figure this out.
Lyoness 1 year ago
I believe it's the glass cloche from Beauty and the Beast (Disney version) that covers the enchanted rose. Someone must love him before the last petal falls yadda yadda.
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justagirl 1 year ago
yes but could you stare her in the face and slice into her? I think not! It's incredibly beautiful, but I give the edibility a zero. Simply too lifelike.
Vvee Work 1 year ago
Yes I could look it in the eyes and cut it....slowly that's what cake is for
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nottheactualphoto 1 year ago
...everyone who is fortunate enough to make it to 40.
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Bouche and Audi and Shyla, Oh My! 1 year ago
*bats frantically at the jewelry* It's okay, soft can-openers. I killed them for you.
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Ella 1 year ago
would you like to sit in it? it'd probably get in your fur tho...
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Josey Griffin 1 year ago
Buy the proper boards. Makes a more professional difference. Great cake.
Bouche and Audi and Shyla, Oh My! 1 year ago
Chicken! *steals a drumstick and runs under the sofa with it* Cake? Stupid soft can-openers!
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Alison Marchand 1 year ago
🎶I never thought that I could fly over the moon in ecstasy, but suddenly now it's there that I'm shortly about to be!🎶
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Dew has a right to his opinion. And that's what it is: an opinion, not negativity.
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I have to admit that the chocolate river always freaked me out. Also the Brandywine River. You all can guess Bouche and Audi's opinion on any river.
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Blue Bunny of Happiness 1 year ago
Same! I was thinking that’s one heck of a cake to celebrate a vasectomy!
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DarkViolet 1 year ago
Someone knows me very well. Dark cherries, dark chocolate. Take me, I'm yours, body and soul!
Gen X Feral 1 year ago (edited)
That cake is a crime against the Geneva Convention. It's bleeding ffs
xolitaire 1 year ago
Looks more like that was put on the foto, not the actual cakeboard.
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Patricia Smith 1 year ago
It needs some ribbons and medals around the bottom. Chocolate medals of course.
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David Brown 1 year ago
Super cool cake. A 1 year old will devour it. It's hard to judge size but looks to be just right for the smashing that is to come. Good job baker!
PattyK 1 year ago
I don’t think a 1-year-old would care what color they’re cake is (but why is this photo printed backwards?).
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DEW 1 year ago
Just learned that Hello Kitty isn't a cat but is a little girl. I know cats have whiskers but I've never seen a little girl with whiskers or ears on the top of her head. I really do like this cake.
xolitaire 1 year ago
Yup, she is a "little girl named Kitty White from the suburbs of London" which makes no sense at all.
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nottheactualphoto 1 year ago
I like this one. It's well executed, but in understated good taste. Not over the top.
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Ms. Mack 1 year ago
Love and frosting! The best combination for a yummy cake.
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Beth Wheeler 1 year ago
The flowers are gorgeous but wedding cakes these days need some dang color to them.
justagirl 1 year ago
Right? A wedding's a joyful occasion! Colors! Rainbows! I mean I have nothing against it if that's what a couple wants but the white is a bit...sterile.
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JoMeBee 1 year ago
Cake is well done, sentiment on the topper is questionable...
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Bouche and Audi and Shyla, Oh My! 1 year ago
*plants her face on top* And cats!
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JoMeBee 1 year ago
Florals look artificial, not edible. This would actually be super easy to create ..
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Monica Leigh 1 year ago
Adorable little frogs. Their sitting area is so deep, they could've been soaking in a pond too.
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DEW 1 year ago
This has a spring feel to it. I don't know if I like it. The flowers seem off to me and the way the stems are made so the flower is leaning over. It may just be me.
xolitaire 1 year ago (edited)
Maybe they didn't want to use fondant, which would have been necessary to make the stems and flowers stand up. This way they could use butter cream for the flowers instead
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Farah the Turtle 1 year ago
I cant comprehend that this is a cake. HOW. TF. IS. THIS. A. CAKE?????
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paigeofcolors 1 year ago
Nothing is perfect and I think before criticizing something, we should appreciate the hard work someone put into making that cake.
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Stephanie Goadsby 1 year ago
Oh, but you are. I'd like to taste what this one tastes like instead. 😉
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Damned_Cat 1 year ago
That looks homemade, but I am upvoting for the excellent effort to make something lovely for the family.
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Slivered Light 1 year ago (edited)
My only "expertise" is watching baking competitions on TV, but I'd guess airbrushing - lots of it. ;) but it looks like the maker is @bakedexp so maybe you can ask them! ;)
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Monica Leigh 1 year ago (edited)
I wanna taste. However, I'd like Irish cream whiskey with mine.
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Gwen 1 year ago
Flick the scale off of your whisker, and they'll be none the wiser!
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Stephanie Goadsby 1 year ago
If they ever saw this, you know they would market Mini McCakes or McCookies that look just like this in a heartbeat.
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What do you think ?
Anna Ekberg 1 year ago
The cakes a very creative and pretty but how many of them are done with sugar paste? I upvoted for creativity but i would not want to eat them, i tried sugar paste and it tasted awful but maybe others like it?
Raelyn’s Soliloquy 1 year ago
TIL that fondant is called sugar paste in the UK! And I actually love the taste, but I can definitely understand why others wouldn’t!
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Rose the Cook 1 year ago
So many creative cooks, I used to make things like this before we moved to China. Paid a fortune for an oven for our apartment and the element exploded after only a couple of uses. Cost of replacing it the same as another new oven. Needless to say we never bothered.
Bored Panda 1 year ago
That sounds incredibly frustrating after making such an investment! 😟 Have you found any alternative cooking methods since then?
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Magic poodle (she/her) 1 year ago
They were all beautiful and yummy looking! but now I want cake..
Kathy Sinclair 2 weeks ago
Beautiful cakes! I thought, "Oh, I have time to look at 50 cakes" as your title indicated. And then there are 118 pics! Why can't Bored Panda write, 118 Talented Bakers...?
Anna Ekberg 1 year ago
The cakes a very creative and pretty but how many of them are done with sugar paste? I upvoted for creativity but i would not want to eat them, i tried sugar paste and it tasted awful but maybe others like it?
Raelyn’s Soliloquy 1 year ago
TIL that fondant is called sugar paste in the UK! And I actually love the taste, but I can definitely understand why others wouldn’t!
Load More Replies... Rose the Cook 1 year ago
So many creative cooks, I used to make things like this before we moved to China. Paid a fortune for an oven for our apartment and the element exploded after only a couple of uses. Cost of replacing it the same as another new oven. Needless to say we never bothered.
Bored Panda 1 year ago
That sounds incredibly frustrating after making such an investment! 😟 Have you found any alternative cooking methods since then?
Load More Replies... Magic poodle (she/her) 1 year ago
They were all beautiful and yummy looking! but now I want cake..
Kathy Sinclair 2 weeks ago
Beautiful cakes! I thought, "Oh, I have time to look at 50 cakes" as your title indicated. And then there are 118 pics! Why can't Bored Panda write, 118 Talented Bakers...?
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