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By Angelica Zhiyu Luo<\/b><\/p>\n

Medill Reports<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

At Chicago\u2019s WDNR (read: wonder) Museum, more than 260 fake cakes snuggle amid a landscape of faux whipped buttercream. The floor? It\u2019s paved with plastic sprinkles.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Chicago-based artist <\/span>Anna Lasbury<\/span><\/a>, 27, installed canvas-rendered vintage cakes on three walls. Piped with imitation cream, the cakes bear fake frosting quotes and resemble their real-deal counterparts from head (maraschino cherry) to toe (fluffy frosting), only forever preserved and smush-resistant. But beyond exhibitions, boutique windows and Etsy storefronts, imitation cakes are a meaningful niche art offering creators and fans warmth.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cCake is a medium of sense memory \u2013 like when you smell something, it can transport you to another place,\u201d Lasbury said. \u201cYou almost only exclusively have cake when celebrating something. It surrounds monumental moments of our lives. So I think when people see one, it takes them back to those moments.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

A polar opposite to the \u201cis-it-cake?\u201d trend, where bakers model baked goods after non-cake objects and only break the disguise once cutting a slice, faux sweet treats are also an art. In fact, the internet is so obsessed with ornamental fake sweets that this maximalist, sugary aesthetic earned multiple mentions on <\/span>Pinterest\u2019s top trend prediction for 2025<\/span><\/a>. Inspired by one another, creators across the U.S. developed their own sentimental and creative takes on the craft.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Under the brand name Crappy Cake Art, Lasbury creates and scatters pieces around Chicago, making herself known as the city\u2019s \u201cforbidden\u201d p\u00e2tissier and an advocate of imperfection. \u201cSpreading joy one fake cake at a time\u201d is her motto, but, interestingly enough, Lasbury is neither a baker nor a birthday cake eater.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI usually do ice cream,\u201d she said with a sheepish grin.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Nonetheless, she sees a nostalgic sentiment underlining even the most generic, fuzzy mental image of a cake and aims to awaken past joy through her art. \u201cI want the cakes to be a maximalist mosaic of sense recall. And memory. And emotion,\u201d she said. \u201cSomething that you could step into and then exist in that world for a moment.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Her installation, \u201cLife is Messy,\u201d takes inspiration from this cognitive association. Even before the exhibition officially began, Lasbury felt people\u2019s resonance: A woman saw her work and was moved to tears.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Fake cake installation “Life is Messy” by Lasbury (Angelica Zhiyu Luo\/MEDILL)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cShe pointed to a cake and was like, \u2018My son passed away and he always used to say this to me, word for word,\u2019\u201d Lasbury said. \u201cWe hugged and talked for a long time. It was beautiful.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Recently, the Crappy Cake artist collaborated with Chicago hot dog stand and bar Wieners Circle. She made a pink piece that reads \u201cBad Bitches Play Bingo\u201d \u2013 a namesake of the venue\u2019s bingo party. Participant Aditi Tripathy took this cake home.\u00a0<\/span>Tripathy said she had seen faux pastries art online and found them \u201cfascinating,\u201d even prior to the game night. Additionally, not only was this the first time she won a bingo prize, she had also just moved into a new apartment.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI want to move away from decorating with things that are very generic,\u201d Tripathy said. \u201cSo I\u2019m trying to bring personalized touches, and there\u2019s nothing more personalized than something that has a story attached to it.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

For Vonell Kinderknecht, a Colorado-based creative and founder of Bogus Bakery, fake cake is also an emotional and storytelling art. \u201cI\u2019m ADHD, neurodivergent and a chronic illness warrior with complex PTSD,\u201d she said. Unable to work a regular nine-to-five job, this baking enthusiast said she considers it \u201ca huge blessing to work and contribute to society\u201d through her fake pastries.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Despite constantly innovating new knickknacks resembling foods, ranging from cupcake candle holders to bacon-and-egg earrings, Kinderknecht keeps her prices affordable. \u201cWe really connect food with our happy places,\u201d she said. \u201cI try to have something priced for everybody, so they can always walk away with something fun.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Casandra Bentley, founder of ButtercreamDaydream, echoed this sentiment. She started this side job to \u201csurvive and keep afloat\u201d but now wishes to focus on fake cake art.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cEverybody says, \u2018You eat first with your eyes,\u2019\u201d she said. \u201cWe are all drawn to food by the way it looks. And knowing you can keep this thing makes it like an actual daydream.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

In Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, Beth Townsend creates both fake and edible cakes \u2013 she acknowledges the relationship-building powers of both. As a Food Network star and repeat champion of baking shows, Townsend sculpts real pastries into whimsical characters but sees faux vintage sweets as a symbol of nostalgia.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cMy mom and my grandma did a ton of baking for everybody, and people used to have real cakes on their counters,\u201d she said. \u201cIt gives people that feeling of home and coziness.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

As niche as this art seems, creators tend to draw inspiration from their lives. For instance, Hallie Cooke, founder of Etsy shop RainbowMoonDesignsCo, first learned about this creative avenue during her one-year stay in Okinawa, Japan. It has now been nine years since the trip exposed her to Sampuru art, realistic food models for menu display, and the Decoden art style, a maximalist craft of embellishing plain surfaces with imitation cream, charms and pearls.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Mexican-Texan singer-songwriter Lizzie Astorga incorporates faux cake art into her music career. \u201cWhen I started opening up for big artists and had deals with Live Nation, I would make cakes and give them to artists I would open up for,\u201d she said. \u201cOne of them was (Mexican guitarist and singer) Carla Morrison.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

This backstage moment of Morrison unwrapping the gift garnered nearly 45,000 likes on <\/span>TikTok<\/span><\/a>, which \u201creally picked up sales,\u201d according to Astorga. Now, she has been creating and selling under her brand kimoshicakes for almost three years.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

In fact, this multimedia talent sees a parallel between the rise of cake art and popular music. Astorga identifies pop icons Chappell Roan and Melanie Martinez as major inspirations of this aesthetic, naming Roan specifically as the trend\u2019s kickstarter.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cChappell featured a cake that said \u2018Karma\u2019 in her music video,\u201d she said. \u201cAnd I was like, \u2018Oh, opportunity!\u2019\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Astorga contended that fake food art is on the rise, but she also noticed larger corporations picking up the trend as well. \u201cIf you go to Ross, Marshall\u2019s, Target, especially with Valentine\u2019s Day, they\u2019ve been selling a lot of fake cake trinket boxes,\u201d she said. Fans also reported to her that Temu used pictures of her work, without authorization, as its own products.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Yet, this young artist sees the silver lining. \u201cIt pushes small business owners to go toward the custom route, which a lot of people are willing to pay for,\u201d Astorga said. \u201cThere\u2019s nothing better than knowing that someone actually made something for you.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Angelica Zhiyu Luo is a graduate student at Medill specializing in magazine reporting.\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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