Space-Themed Birthday Cake Reveals an Entire Universe When Sliced

Space Birthday Cake Reveals an Out-of-This-World Surprise When Sliced

Want to make sure someone’s birthday out of this world? This spectacular dessert will do the trick! Naushee (aka Pedagiggle) created this multi-layered space birthday cake for her 4-year-old son, Ilyas, that’s as (inter)stellar inside as it on the outside. The exterior of the tall treat features hand-painted planets among the cosmos, while a rocket ship blasts off the top of the cake. If that’s not special enough, once you cut into it, a whole solar system is revealed—including Earth, Mars, and the mesmerizing swirl of the Milky Way.

To create this vanilla-flavored cake, the culinary mom had to employ some creative problem solving. “I wanted to make a galaxy/space cake that was space-y on the outside, but also space-y on the inside,” the baker explains. “I could not find a recipe so I had to improvise.” She started with a white cake recipe in order to have “true colors and white galaxy/Milky Way swirls.” Then, she dropped in food coloring for the green, blue, red, orange, and yellow, representing the planets and sun. These were fashioned into spheres with a cake pop mold and later incorporated into the swirling purple of the overall cake.

For more information on how to create your own space birthday cake, check out the full instructions on Imgur.

Here's the space birthday cake from the outside…

…and its spectacular inside!

Space Birthday Cake Reveals an Out-of-This-World Surprise When Sliced

Space Birthday Cake Reveals an Out-of-This-World Surprise When Sliced

h/t: [Reddit]

All images via Pedagiggle.

Sara Barnes

Sara Barnes is a Staff Editor at My Modern Met, Manager of My Modern Met Store, and co-host of the My Modern Met Top Artist Podcast. As an illustrator and writer living in Seattle, she chronicles illustration, embroidery, and beyond through her blog Brown Paper Bag and Instagram @brwnpaperbag. She wrote a book about embroidery artist Sarah K. Benning titled 'Embroidered Life' that was published by Chronicle Books in 2019. Sara is a graduate of the Maryland Institute College of Art. She earned her BFA in Illustration in 2008 and MFA in Illustration Practice in 2013.
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