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Edible Masterpieces: Best of the bakes 2015
Published 14 October 2015
Marvel at the best masterpieces from our edible art competition.
Inspired by Michelangelo's The Creation of Adam, part of the Sistine Chapel ceiling fresco,
Created by Priley Riley from satsuma. Winner
Inspired by Vincent Van Gogh's Sunflowers from the National Gallery's collection,
Created by Miranda Rowlands as tiger bread and pesto and pine nut bread with rocket and runner beans as garnish
Inspired by Grayson Perry's A House for Essex,
Created by Alison Newbery from vanilla biscuits, fondant, royal icing and rice crispy squares
Inspired by various modern masterpieces, including Dalí's Lobster Telephone from the Tate collection,
Created by Nicole Dodds as fondant cupcakes. Runner up
Inspired by various artist's Kungkarangkalpa (Seven sisters),
Created by Rebecca Haywood as chocolate cake with cream cheese frosting and confectionery decorations
Inspired by Yayoi Kusama's Ascension of Polka Dots on the Trees,
Created by Mary Law using ginger biscuits, macrons and spun sugar
Inspired by a 7th century jewelled Anglo Saxon brooch from the Ashmolean Museum collection,
Created by Karen Webster as a fruit cake. Runner up
Inspired by Alberto Giacometti's L'homme qui marche from the Carnegie Museum of Art collection,
Created by Iona Hughes out of chocolate loaf cake, wafers, chocolate and cereal bars. Runner up
Inspired by Marcel Duchamp's Fountain from the Tate Collection,
Created by Julia Macmillan using 500 marshmallows, chocolate buttons, chocolate icing and whipping cream
Inspired by Antony Gormley's Field for the British Isles, which has been shown at venues around the UK,
Created by Amy Hodgkinson as spiced and chocolate gingerbread men. Runner up
Inspired by George Frederic Watts' Hope from the Tate Britain collection,
Created by Jessica Donnithorne as a sponge cake with fondant icing. Runner up
Inspired by Sir John Everett Millais' Ophelia from the Tate Collection,
Created by Anna Lowe from cake, fondant and jelly
Inspired by Gustav Klimt's Expectation, a frieze in the Palais Stoclet in Brussels,
Created by Anne Irvine as a fruit, nut and chocolate Swiss roll. Runner up
Inspired by Sonia Delaunay's Simultané Playing Cards,
Created by Rachel Smith as vanilla iced biscuits
Inspired by Michelangelo's David from the Galleria dell'Accademia collection,
Created by Sarah Klein using shortbread
Inspired by Dalí's The Persistence of Memory from the MoMA collection,
Created by Kirsty Gibbins as chocolate and coffee sponge with mocha frosting and icing and biscuit decorations
Inspired by Alexander McQueen's Coiled Corset, on display at the V and A earlier this year,
Created by Darren Ball as a chocolate and coffee sponge, with coffee cream mousseline and sour cream icing. Runner up
Inspired by the Sutton Hoo Purse lid,
Created by Sarah Clegg using chocolate cake, gingerbread, royal icing and fondant
Inspired by the Taj Mahal in India,
Created by Evelyn Day using cake and chocolate. Runner up
Inspired by Andy Warhol's Wreath,
Created by Deborah Taiwo using white chocolate, double cream and mint
Inspired by Paul Gauguin's When Will You Marry? from the Fondation Beyeler collection,
Created by Zdena Clark as chocolate cake with fondant icing and fruit decoration. Runner up
Inspired by Mondrian's Composition with Red, Blue and Yellow,
Created by Kirsty Sherwood as an iced fruit cake
Inspired by Giuseppe Arcimboldo's Vertumnus,
Created by Linda Lutz as a vegetable pizza
Inspired by David Nash's Cork Dome,
Created by Penny Williams using brandy snap biscuits, chocolate and chocolate spread
Inspired by the Wandsworth Shield Boss from the British Museum collection,
Created by Alison Beadnellas a gluten free caramel apple cake with cinnamon icing. Runner up
Inspired by Barbara Hepworth's Group III (Evocation) from the Pier Arts Centre collection,
Created by Isla Holloway as biscuits
Inspired by Giuseppe Arcimboldo's Vertumnus,
Created by Pat Franklin as an iced cake
Inspired by Henry Walter Bates' Butterfly Specimens from the New Walk Museum collection,
Created by Jade Baker from gingerbread and rum butter cookies
Inspired by Peter Blake's I Love Art,
Created by Lee-Ann Welsh as an iced chocolate cake
Inspired by Andy Goldsworthy's stone spiral,
Created by Esme and Xanthe Gutch from chocolate drops, cream, sprinkles
Marvel at the best masterpieces from our edible art competition.
All funds raised from the competition will help support UK museums and galleries.