Natalie Sideserf makes hyperrealistic illusion cakes - Insider - INSIDER

Natalie Sideserf started working with cake at a friend's behest and felt like she was really onto something.
No one was doing bust cakes or hyperrealistic cakes at the time.
After a cake she made in the likeness of Willie Nelson went viral, she opened up Sideserf Cake Studio in Austin, Texas, and has been whipping up eerily realistic cakes ever since.
Her work has garnered her a show on Food Network, and guest appearances on baking competitions like "Chopped Desserts!" and "Nailed It!"
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Natalie Sideserf's cakes are literal works of art — and that's not surprising considering that she started her career as a sculptor with a bachelor's degree in fine art.

She started working with cake only after a friend requested a cow-skull cake for her birthday, saying that it would be just like sculpting.

Sideserf had so much fun making that cake, and got so much positive feedback on it, that she decided to keep working with dessert.

"There are so many different ways to replicate fine art in edible ways," she told Insider.

Today, she runs Sideserf Cake Studio with her husband, had her own two-season show with him on Food Network, called "Texas Cake House," and has been a guest judge on competitions like "Chopped Desserts!" and "Nailed It!"

Keep scrolling to see more of Sideserf's hyperrealistic cakes and to learn more about her work.

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