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Baketopia – an edible pop up to launch National Baking Week

October 12, 2013 By All That I'm Eating 5 Comments

It’s all about baking at the moment. The Great British Bake Off has taken over our Tuesday evenings and I for one have felt the need to bake more so than usual. National Baking Week starts on Monday (the 14th to 20th October 2013) and Baketopia was a fantastic way to kick it off. The Tattooed Bakers, Nevie Pie Cakes, Caking It, Cake Revolution and Conjurer’s Kitchen are some of the people who contributed to Baketopia which is also supported by John Whaite, winner of GBBO 2012.
Baketopia mushrooms Baketopia rainbow unicorn cake

The event is being held in Kingly Court (off Carnaby Street in London) and the last day you can gorge yourself on all manner of sweet treats is 12th October. It is quite a thing to be seen, it’s hard to believe that almost everything is edible. I hope my pictures can get across how realistic some of the bakes were.

Baketopia meringue wigwam Baketopia edible meadow

 Above (clockwise from the top) is the edible meadow; covered in brightly coloured macarons and biscuits. The unicorn was fantastic and it seemed such a shame to cut into it (although it was made of rainbow cake so well worth a slice) and The Tattooed Bakers told me it took around 120 hours to put together. I can’t imagine where I would even start.
I loved the ridiculously realistic looking slug on top of the rather magical looking mushrooms. Even though I know it’s not actually a slug, I wasn’t tempted to try it! The meringue wigwam was so bright and colourful and the pistachio meringue I tried was delicious.

Ruby Tandoh John Whaite Caroline Taylor Baketopia
It was great that John Whaite and Ruby Tandoh also came to the event to show their support for National Baking Week and they were both very kind to let me muscle in for a photo! The vegetable patch below was suspiciously realistic but I did try a potato just to make sure it was cake.
Baketopia vegetable patch cake

I think this is a great event to inspire people to bake. I don’t think I’ll be attempting a cabbage cake because I know it would look more like an accident but I’ve just realised I have at least eggs, butter, flour and sugar which means my possibilities are endless.
All donations made at Baketopia are going to Great Ormond Street Hospital.

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Comments

  1. Jenny @ BAKE says

    October 13, 2013 at 16:53

    this looks like such a fun experience! can’t wait to see what you do with those eggs, flour and sugar!

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  2. lena says

    October 14, 2013 at 01:30

    those veggies are cakes?? wow, they look so real! guess it must be quite an eye opener experience for you !

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  3. Andrea Mynard says

    October 14, 2013 at 10:26

    I can’t believe those veggies are cakes either! My daughter would love those macaroons – more than if I made a cake that looked like a vegetable. Not that I could manage such a thing, but I’m more likely to hide veggies in cakes for her.

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  4. grace says

    October 15, 2013 at 20:51

    i don’t usually need inspiration to get into the kitchen and bake, but if i did, something like this would do the trick!

    Reply
  5. Cass @foodmyfriend says

    October 17, 2013 at 03:49

    Oh My God. This is amazing. I am so so truly jealous of you!

    Reply

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