18 Cakes That Are Too Beautiful to Slice, Let Alone Eat

There are desserts and then there are works of art. It’s even hard to imagine how to eat them. Each cake in this article is a real masterpiece, where every detail — from weightless sugar bubbles to filigree figures made of fondant — is designed to delight. We’ve warned you: it’s going to get very beautiful from here.

“I made for my boyfriend’s birthday a bearded dragon cake.”

“Made these air bubbles.”

• It took me 25 seconds to realize this was a cake and not Banksy’s latest mural. Wicked cool! © random***x2 / Reddit

“Wife made me a surprise birthday cake.”

“My best friend turned 50 and I surprised her with this cake.”

• This is wonderful, I’d be over the moon to be given such a beautiful birthday cake! © WhatWasThatAbout / Reddit

“This cake has fooled a lot of people. I’m so proud of it.”

• Oh you should have seen my husband’s face when he realized it was a cake. © TheSaavySkeever / Reddit

“Standing Labubu cake”

• Looks like your Labubu got a labubotomy... It’s really well done! © xylodactyl / Reddit

“My youngest son is a huge Venom fan. It took me a month to make this cake.”

“A mouse cake for my daughter”

“My 3-year-old niece loves dinosaurs, so I made her a chocolate cake like this.”

“Minecraft cake for my daughter’s 10th birthday. And my first time making my own jelly!”

“I made cupcakes and this Viking longship to raffle off at my friends’ event.”

“A country-themed cake with a tractor included”

“My 5-year-old granddaughter had specific instructions. I had to make her a purple and black Wednesday cake with Thing, but not too scary.”

“Stump cake for my son’s birthday”

“This cake I made is like a doll — its vines and mouth move.”

“This cute little rat cake I made for my favorite customer”

“My son loves sushi, so I made him a sushi cake.”

“It’s a Mimic from the Dungeons and Dragons game, I gave it to our indefatigable Game Master.”

• A Mimic is a monster that can assume the shape of any object, and lays in wait to grapple its prey with its tongue and feast on its unwitting victim. This one disguised itself as a birthday cake. © ahayek0715 / Reddit

And these celebration cakes have a whole story behind. Check them out!