No, you aren't looking at cartoons. These are real cakes made by Ramsbottom baker Amy Bicknell - and they're nothing short of incredible.
The 44-year-old was inspired to create her own epic 2D cakes after spotting a picture of one on Instagram. Though the first cake she made proved challenging as she doesn’t usually work with fondant icing, her animated-style slice cake soon became incredibly popular.
Amy has since made about 10 cartoon cakes and has been inundated with requests from around the world for special occasions like birthdays and even wedding cakes.
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Footage shows her entire process, from covering the sponge in icing and perfectly smoothing it out to lining the edges with thin black fondant to create the animated effect.
Amy works as an assistant headteacher at a secondary school so bakes in her spare time. She started Amy’s Little Cakery in April 2020 for fun during lockdown and had no intention of it becoming a business.
Amy said: “I created a page for my cakes as I had private social media accounts due to being a teacher. I quickly grew a following and it just spiralled from there.
"I never expected my account to grow so quickly, but I’ve been very lucky to work as a brand ambassador with several amazing companies. I love what I do and find it to be a creative release from a very stressful job. I have met many lovely bakers along the way!”
Amy uses the social media site Instagram to share her creations, where she has amassed over 120,000 followers. The online reaction to her cartoon cakes has been ‘amazing’ as many people don’t even believe they are cakes until she cuts into them.
Amy hopes that her projects help inspire other bakers to have a go at this trendy cake decoration. She said: “I wanted to post my cakes online to showcase my work - it really makes people look twice as they look just like a drawing! I love an illusion that you can make out of cake and I hope they can make people smile. Cake making is a skill! I hope people are inspired and wowed by what I create."
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