I think it's safe to say that not everyone is going to love this cake. I'll admit that when artist
Andrea Everman emailed it to me, I looked at the first pic and thought,
oh, that's sooo cute and then I saw the second photo and my feelings changed to
hmmm…it's also kind of disturbing, and then quickly switched back to
but, it is clever. My emotions continued to sway back and forth like this for several minutes until I just couldn't take it anymore and had to ask for another opinion! I think it's definitely well done and interesting, but, as an animal lover, I don't know if I could actually eat it! On the other hand, the less emotional part of my brain keeps saying, why wouldn't you eat it! It's just cake! So, what do you guys think of this particular lamb cake or lamb cakes in general??? Clever or disturbing?
For those of you interested in trying this at home, the cake is strawberry and those are cilantro leaves filling in for the grass. Oh, and Andrea is a lovely lady and is going to making us a vegan dessert later in the year, so if you hate this cake, please don't take it out on her! :-) Thanks, Andrea!